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PoS malware infected systems at 71 locations operated by US store chain Rutter’s

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

US store chain Rutter disclosed a security breach, 71 locations were infected with a point-of-sale (POS) malware used to steal customers’ credit card information. convenience store, fast food restaurant, and gas station chain owner, has disclosed a security breach. The Rutter’s , a U.S.

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U.S. Charges Russia GRU Intelligence Officers for notorious attacks, including NotPetya

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

According to the indictment, the GRU officers were involved in attacks on Ukraine, including the attacks aimed at the country’s power grid in 2015 and 2016 that employed the BlackEnergy and Industroyer malware. Pavel Valeryevich Frolov · Developed components of the KillDisk and NotPetya malware.

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Watch out! Malware Analysis Sandboxes could expose sensitive data of your organization

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at the threat intelligence firm Cyjax analyzed file uploaded by organizations via malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that they were exposing sensitive data. ” concludes the company.

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Staples discloses data breach exposing customer order data

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Exposed data could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities, including identity theft and phone call scams. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Fragomen law firm data breach exposed Google employee’s data

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The form contains employee’s information, including full name, date of birth, phone number, social security number, passport numbers, mailing address, and email address, Exposed data could be abused by crooks to carry out multiple malicious activities, including identity theft. Pierluigi Paganini.

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APT41 actors charged for attacks on more than 100 victims globally

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The attacks also aimed at carrying out other criminal activities, such as the deployment of ransomware and cryptocurrency malware. They have been also charged with identity theft, access device fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Payment card breach potentially impacts all locations of Wawa convenience store

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security team discovered a PoS malware on its payment processing systems. The malware affected in-store payments and payments at fuel dispensers, anyway ATM machines were infected. ” concludes the note.

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US DoJ charges Iranian hackers for attacks on US satellite companies

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The hackers were employed in a coordinated campaign of identity theft and hacking on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The campaign aimed at stealing critical information related to United States aerospace and satellite technology and resources.

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Tank, the leader of the Zeus cybercrime gang, was arrested by the Swiss police

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

“Penchukov was named in a 2014 indictment by the U.S. “The US authorities accuse the prosecuted person of extortion, bank fraud, and identity theft, among other things. Two other members of the gang, Yevhen Kulibaba and Yuriy Konovalenko, were arrested in 2014 and pleaded guilty.

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US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The malware was completely removed on November 11, 2019. While Hanna Andersson’s investigation into the security incident revealed that no all of the customers who paid using their payment cards through the Salesforce Commerce Cloud (previously known as Demandware), it was not able to pinpoint the ones who were.

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Popular Marketing Tool exposes data of users of dating sites

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Leaked data could expose users to several malicious activities, including scams, identity theft, blackmail and extortion, and of course attack takeover. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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A member The Dark Overlord group sentenced to 5 years in prison

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

authorities on six counts of aggravated identity theft, threatening to damage a protected computer, and conspiracy. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The man was charged by U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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3.4 Million user records from LiveAuctioneers hack available for sale

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

Experts warn that attackers can use the PII in the data dump to carry out phishing campaigns, online and offline scams, and even identity theft. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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A previously undetected FIN7 BIOLOAD loader drops new Carbanak Backdoor

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

In August 2018, three members of the notorious cybercrime gang have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cognizant admitted data breach in April Ransomware Attack

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

“The majority of the personal information that was impacted was information relating to our corporate credit cards. ” The company offers credit and identity theft monitoring services from ID Experts to all associates who have an active corporate credit card. Pierluigi Paganini.

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New Zealand property management company leaks 30,000 users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

Due to the fact that it is extremely easy to access these types of files, it is possible that bad actors may have accessed the information in this bucket and may potentially use it for malicious purposes. 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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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When I first encountered now-31-year-old Sergei “Fly,” “Flycracker,” “MUXACC” Vovnenko in 2013, he was the administrator of the fraud forum “thecc[dot]bz,” an exclusive and closely guarded Russian language board dedicated to financial fraud and identity theft.

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EU Council sanctions two Russian military intelligence officers over 2015 Bundestag hack

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The attackers used a sophisticated strain of malware to violated the Bundestag network and syphoned sensitive data. The experts that analyzed the malicious code employed in the hack found many similarities with a piece of malware used in a previous attack against a German Government network that took place in 2014.

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FIN7 Hackers group is back with a new loader and a new RAT

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2019

In August 2018, three members of the notorious cybercrime gang have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Brooklyn Hospital lost patient records after a ransomware infection

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

.” “Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York has announced that a security breach occurred in late July 2019 that resulted in malware being installed on some of the hospital’s servers.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the notice.

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Cloud Hopper operation hit 8 of the world’s biggest IT service providers

Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

indictment in December that accused two Chinese nationals of identity theft and fraud. “APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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350 million decrypted email addresses left exposed on an unsecured server

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Clicking on suspicious messages or any links therein is a risk that may result in your computer being infected with malware. Even if your email address has not been exposed in this or other breaches, securing your email account is key if you want to keep it from joining the 7 million daily leaked records statistics cited above.

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IndieFlix streaming service leaves thousands of confidential agreements, filmmaker SSNs, videos exposed on public server

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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Australian social news platform leaks 80,000 user records

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

We discovered the Snewpit bucket on September 24 and immediately reached out to the company in order to help secure the bucket. The Snewpit team responded within minutes and secured the files containing user records on the same day. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Online marketing company exposes 38+ million US citizen records

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Because we were initially unable to identify the owner of the unsecured bucket, we contacted Amazon on July 27 to help them secure the database. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. What happened to the data?

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5 Common Phishing Attacks and How to Avoid Them?

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

This link is the landing page to a malware which allows the host to access the account details of the person lending on the site. Always look for HTTP secured web pages while entering your account details to save yourself from being the victim of pharming. You can further secure your connection by using a VPN.

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US DoJ charged two Chinese hackers working with MSS

Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post US DoJ charged two Chinese hackers working with MSS appeared first on Security Affairs. ” concludes the DoJ. Demers declared. Pierluigi Paganini.

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PoS malware infected systems at 71 locations operated by US store chain Rutter’s

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Staples discloses data breach exposing customer order data

Fragomen law firm data breach exposed Google employee’s data

APT41 actors charged for attacks on more than 100 victims globally

Payment card breach potentially impacts all locations of Wawa convenience store

US DoJ charges Iranian hackers for attacks on US satellite companies

Tank, the leader of the Zeus cybercrime gang, was arrested by the Swiss police

US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach

Popular Marketing Tool exposes data of users of dating sites

A member The Dark Overlord group sentenced to 5 years in prison

3.4 Million user records from LiveAuctioneers hack available for sale

A previously undetected FIN7 BIOLOAD loader drops new Carbanak Backdoor

Cognizant admitted data breach in April Ransomware Attack

New Zealand property management company leaks 30,000 users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data

Interview With the Guy Who Tried to Frame Me for Heroin Possession

EU Council sanctions two Russian military intelligence officers over 2015 Bundestag hack

FIN7 Hackers group is back with a new loader and a new RAT

Brooklyn Hospital lost patient records after a ransomware infection

Cloud Hopper operation hit 8 of the world’s biggest IT service providers

350 million decrypted email addresses left exposed on an unsecured server

IndieFlix streaming service leaves thousands of confidential agreements, filmmaker SSNs, videos exposed on public server

Australian social news platform leaks 80,000 user records

Online marketing company exposes 38+ million US citizen records

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US DoJ charged two Chinese hackers working with MSS

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