Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

The group is also responsible for the 2015 Health Insurer Anthem data breach. The US Department of Justice indicted Fujie Wang (32), a member of sophisticated Chinese hacking group that breached at several US companies, including the health insurer Anthem Inc. back in 2015. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2020

” Experts pointed out that exposed data could lead to identity theft and multiple fraud scheme. Journalists are a privileged target for nation-state actors that could use exposed data to launch spear-phishing attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Meanwhile, more advanced threat actors will utilize IP addresses, packet sniffing, and dark web data brokers to obtain personal details. Another widely used tactic for information gathering is phishing or the engagement and manipulation of another user’s trust. Publishing Documents. Hopefully, no pwnage is found!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

. “Affected individuals could be at risk of identity theft and should monitor their accounts closely. “Potential victims should also be on the lookout for targeted phishing and other scams. Fraudsters could pose as tax officials, for example, to steal money or request additional information to aid in identity theft.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

If you believe your information was contained in LPM’s unsecured database, we recommend you set up identity theft monitoring and be on the lookout for suspicious emails, which could be phishing attempts. After we insisted that this type of data should not be made public, Amazon was finally able to secure the database on July 6.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

What happened to the data? Look out for potential phishing emails and spam emails. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. If your email happens to be among those leaked, immediately change your email password.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s a heartwarming tale of multiple mass data compromises, which affected yours truly. We’ll also discuss how major data breaches occur, and what you can do to protect yourself in the Age of the Large Data Breach. How Website Security Breaches Occur. This week we have a personal story for our readers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Here are some examples of how potential attackers can use the data found in the unsecured Amazon S3 bucket against the owners of the exposed email addresses: Spamming 350 million email IDs Carrying out phishing attacks Brute-forcing the passwords of the email accounts. Watch out for potential spam messages and phishing emails.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

What happened to the data? Look out for incoming spam emails and phishing messages. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on your email and other online accounts.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In this article we will take a look at major cybersecurity risks and best practices how to reduce or avoid corporate data leakage. The breach was not fully disclosed until September 2016. In July 2015, user data of the extramarital dating site, Ashley Madison, was stolen by hackers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

Even though most of the personally identifiable data stored by IndieFlix on the unsecured Amazon server is not deeply sensitive, a single social security number contained in a tax ID request can fetch about $4 – a relatively good price – on the dark web, putting the total black market value of the SSNs found in the bucket at up to $13,000.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Ed’s interests include all things tech and cybersecurity. You can reach him via email or find him on Twitter giggling at jokes posted by parody accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

Justice Department announces more than 70 indictments and 125 convictions or arrests for phishing, hacking, spamming and other Internet fraud as part of Operation CyberSweep. . Media scrutiny eventually leads the consumer data broker, which has since been purchased by LexisNexis, to reveal another 128,000 people had information compromised.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As you can see in the chart below from Statista, data breaches rose more than tenfold between 2005 and 2017. This is valuable personal data that can be used for anything from targeted advertising to identity theft in extreme cases. How do databases get compromised? Cross-Site Scripting & SQL Injection.

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