Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2019

Foxit Software, the PDF software provider behind the Foxit PDF reader app disclosed a security breach that took place recently exposing customers’ information. Foxit pointed out that it does not maintain customer payment card information in its systems. ” continues the advisory. ” concludes the advisory.

Data breaches 79

Data breaches Passwords Software Identity Theft 79

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

authorities on six counts of aggravated identity theft, threatening to damage a protected computer, and conspiracy. ” According to the 2017 indictment , Wyatt used email and telephone accounts to send messages used to threaten the hacked companies of releasing their information. “a. The man was charged by U.S.

Identity Theft 109

Identity Theft Accountability Hacking Advertising 109

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The hard drives contained information on US workers who were employed by Facebook in 2018, exposed data includes bank account numbers, employee names, the last four digits of their social security numbers, their salaries, bonuses, and equity details. The company notified the data theft to its staff via email Friday morning.

Identity Theft 85

Identity Theft Banking Advertising Media 85

Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2020

billion records containing personally identifiable information (PII) of employees, reporters, and at least 42,000 users. Logs sensitive data related to the company’s data infrastructure included SQL query errors, Traffic between different servers, Communication protocols, Potential access to admin accounts. billion records.”

Identity Theft 109

Identity Theft Passwords Advertising Accountability 109

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The cluster included multiple databases, two of them contained tax and personally identifiable information about Russian citizens, prevalently from Moscow and the surrounding area. “The first database contained more than 14 million personal and tax records from 2010 to 2016, and the second included over 6 million from 2009 to 2015.”

Identity Theft 69

Identity Theft Scams Advertising Risk 69

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.

Hacking 130

Hacking Identity Theft VPN Accountability 130

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Attackers have stolen personal identifiable information (PII), including names and/or Social Security numbers (and/or other tax identification numbers), financial account information, driver’s license information, and/or passport information. .

Data breaches 92

Data breaches Ransomware Identity Theft Advertising 92

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

In response to the incident, the bidding portal has forced a password reset for all users’ accounts, both bidder and auctioneer ones. Unfortunately stolen data are already available for sale on the dark web, security researchers at CloudSEK reported. The experts found a post advertising information of roughly 3.4

Hacking 95

Hacking Data breaches Identity Theft Advertising 95

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

“The US authorities accuse the prosecuted person of extortion, bank fraud, and identity theft, among other things. At the time, DoJ accused Penchukov of coordinating the exchange of stolen banking credentials and money mules and received alerts once a bank account had been compromised.

Cybercrime 86

Cybercrime Banking Identity Theft Hacking 86

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

While IndieFlix believes that the bucket has been publicly accessible since May 2015, the company has not found any suspicious activity or unauthorized access attempts to any of its accounts during the period. You can reach him via email or find him on Twitter chuckling at jokes posted by parody accounts. Disclosure.

Identity Theft 55

Identity Theft Accountability Advertising Marketing 55

Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2021

The man was arrested in Georgia at the request of US authorities, he was charged with multiple conspiracy counts, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and four counts of computer hacking. Andrei Tyurin is accused of being the mastermind of the organization that targeted the US financial institution from 2012 to mid-2015.

Marketing 81

Marketing Hacking Identity Theft Banking 81

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2019

.” Individuals impacted by the data breach were enrolled in the department’s welfare and children services programs at the time of the security incident. Nine employees opened the email and clicked on a link that gave the perpetrator access to their email accounts.” ” reads the Associated Press.

Data breaches 72

Data breaches Identity Theft Advertising Insurance 72

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2019

The suspects have received sentences ranging from four years and three months to eight years and two months i n prison on wire fraud conspiracy , computer fraud and abuse, and aggravated identity theft charges. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Attorney Byung J. BJay ” Pak.

Hacking 79

Hacking Banking Identity Theft Phishing 79

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. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days. Pierluigi Paganini.

Social Engineering 116

Social Engineering Passwords Marketing Phishing 116

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. The Snewpit team responded within minutes and secured the files containing user records on the same day.

Identity Theft 111

Identity Theft Passwords Advertising Password Management 111

Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

They ask you to make certain changes in your account by entering your login password or ask for some reconfirmation. The motto behind the email is to lend you to a fake web page that is designed for the sole purpose of stealing user information. The most common type is phishing is carried out through fraudulent email receptionist.

Phishing 86

Phishing Accountability Authentication Passwords 86

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In July 2017, Aloba and his co-conspirators compromised the email account of a court employee and used it to send the phishing emails to coworkers. The compromised email accounts then were used to send the roughly 2 million phishing emails.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Hacking 48

Hacking Phishing Identity Theft Advertising 48

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

By 2015, Microsoft joined, and in 2020, Apple followed. The account recovery element of passkey is another double-edged sword. While a consumer application will almost certainly be pleased to outsource account recovery to Apple, Google, or Microsoft, many administrators may not be. Security, Legal and Ethical Implications.

Passwords 122

Passwords Password Management Authentication Technology 122

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

You can reach him via email or find him on Twitter giggling at jokes posted by parody accounts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Original post available on Cybernews: [link]. About the author Edvardas Mikalauskas. Edvardas Mikalauskas is a writer for CyberNews.com. Pierluigi Paganini.

Identity Theft 67

Identity Theft Advertising Accountability Passwords 67

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

“The Hospital encourages those who may be affected to remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft and fraud, to review account statements and explanation of benefits, and to monitor credit reports for suspicious activity and to detect errors.” ” concludes the notice. “Under U.S. “Under U.S.

Ransomware 46

Ransomware Identity Theft Encryption Advertising 46

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2019

Predators, disturbing content, identity theft attempts, and other things you wouldn’t let them experience in real life are all waiting for them. In 2015, the Pew Research Center found that 92% of teenagers go online daily and that 75% own a smartphone. Netflix supports kid-focused user accounts to block adult-only shows.

Internet 80

Internet Internet Media Accountability 80