Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Microsoft warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” reads trhe announcement published by DKWOC.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2019

The German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed that the software company behind TeamViewer was compromised in 2016 by Chinese hackers. China-linked hackers breached German software company behind TeamViewer in 2016, this news was reported by the German newspaper Der Spiegel. “In autumn 2016, TeamViewer was target of a cyber-attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Zendesk discloses a data breach that took place in 2016 when a hacker accessed data of 10,000 users, including passwords, emails, names, and phone numbers. In 2016, customer service software company Zendesk suffered a security breach that exposed data of 10,000 users, including passwords, emails, names, and phone numbers.

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Uber CEO said a 2016 data breach that exposed 57 million Uber user accounts and a subsequent payment of $100,000 to a hacker to delete data and keep it a secret is inexcusable.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Facebook announced in a blog post on November 5th that it blocked 115 accounts on its platforms after being informed by law enforcement that they may have been “engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior.”. According to the company, the content posted by the blocked accounts was focused on politics and celebrities.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

I was invited to present a talk titled WordPress Security 101 in the beginner track during the afternoon, which turned out to be ideal for me, taking into account the 3-hour time shift and midnight flight I’d just undertaken. It’s been many, many years since I’ve seen trees turn. Rochester was no exception.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 13, 2023

.” Rapid7 lead software engineer Adam Barnett pointed out by email that while the FAQ provided with Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2023-29357 states that both SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 and SharePoint Server 2019 are vulnerable, no related patches are listed for SharePoint 2016. is also worth noting.

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The State of Security

MAY 5, 2022

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks which use a variety of social engineering and phishing techniques to break into accounts and trick companies into transferring large amounts of money into the hands of criminals.

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 3, 2017

A public records request submitted by IndyStar showed that Mike Pence used his personal AOL account, which was hacked, to discuss security issues with top advisors while he was governor of Indiana.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 2, 2022

However, in 2016, the Java-based client was mostly phased out in favor of a standalone C++ […]. The post New RuneScape Phishing Scam Aimed at Stealing Accounts and In-game Item Bank PINs appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. RuneScape was initially a Java-based browser game constructed using the C++ programming language.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 5, 2017

A new report from AV-Test showed that ransomware attacks on Windows in 2016 were low. Still, attacks like WannaCry and NotPetya caused a significant amount of damage.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2018

as part of a settlement with the Financial Conduct Authority following the 2016 security breach. fine to Tesco Bank for the vulnerabilities in its systems that were exploited by hackers to steal millions of pounds from customers’ online accounts in 2016. over 2016 cyber attack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

The 911 user interface, as it existed when the service first launched in 2016. net available at the Wayback Machine shows that in 2016 this domain was used for the “ ExE Bucks ” affiliate program, a pay-per-install business which catered to people already running large collections of hacked computers or compromised websites. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

Compromised data vary by individuals and organizations, it includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers, and more. In June 2016, security researcher Chris Vickery found a copy of the World-Check database dated 2014 that was accidentally exposed online.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2016, WhatsApp gave users a one-time ability to opt out of having account data turned over to Facebook. If you’re a WhatsApp user, pay attention to the changes in the privacy policy that you’re being forced to agree with. Now, an updated privacy policy is changing that.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Running Your Project with Enterprise-Grade Account Management” – Karim Marucchi , CEO, Crowd Favorite. “The Importance of Estimating: An Exploration of Estimating Philosophy, Methodology, and Practical Application to Scalable Resource Planning” – Jess Jurick , VP of Client Delivery, 10up. ? Brian Messenlehner. Jess Jurick. Karim Marucchi.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2020

The alleged hacker behind the credential stuffing attacks on UK National Lottery accounts has been sentenced to nine months in prison. ” The attack took place in November 2016 and impacted the National Lottery customer database containing about 9,000,000 records. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – National Lottery, hacking).

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The ride-sharing company has confirmed an October 2016 data breach that compromised 57 million accounts.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Flashpoint said MrMurza appears to be extensively involved in botnet activity and “drops” — fraudulent bank accounts created using stolen identity data that are often used in money laundering and cash-out schemes. was used for an account “Hackerok” at the accounting service klerk.ru

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

Canadian media revealed that in November 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was a hit by a large-scale cyberattack. According to an investigation conducted by Secureworks hackers were also able to access the hackers were also able to compromise the mail servers to obtain access to admin accounts.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In almost any database leak, the first accounts listed are usually the administrators and early core members. The breach tracking service Constella Intelligence finds that the phone number associated with those domains — +7.9676442212 — is tied to a Facebook account for an Aleksei Valerievich Safronov from Sochi.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2019

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a reader who’d just purchased a copy of Microsoft Office 2016 Professional Plus from a seller on eBay for less than $4. Let’s call this Red Flag #1, as a legitimately purchased license of Microsoft Office 2016 is still going to cost between $70 and $100. Thank you for your purchase:).

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Yesterday, July 6, 2019, hackers breached the GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., On July 6, 2019, hackers have breached the GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., Hackers at least created 11 new GitHub repositories in compromised Canonical account. the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution. ” states the Canonical team.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 20, 2020

Preston was featured in the 2016 KrebsOnSecurity story DDoS Mitigation Firm Has History of Hijacks , which detailed how the company he co-founded — BackConnect Security LLC — had developed the unusual habit of hijacking Internet address space it didn’t own in a bid to protect clients from attacks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

According to DoJ, from at least in or about 2016 through or about April 2021, Nasab and other co-conspirators carried out a coordinated multi-year campaign to breach computers worldwide. In one case, the hackers successfully compromised an administrator email account associated with a defense contractor. ” continues the DoJ.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Jun was employed by Netflix from July 2016 to February 2017. Between July 2016 and April 2017, Jun's brother, Joon Jun, made $215,419 and co-conspirator Junwon Chon made $521,400. Sung Mo Jun and his brother Joon Jun pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle to running an insider trader ring that made more than $1 million.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

The perpetrators also alter account balances and security measures to make an unlimited amount of money available at the time of the transactions, allowing for large amounts of cash to be quickly removed from the ATM. “At a pre-determined time, the co-conspirators withdraw account funds from ATMs using these cards.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2019

Million email accounts without permission. Million email accounts without user’permission. We recently read about an embarrassing incident involving the social network giant that asked some newly-registered users to provide the passwords to their email accounts to confirm their identity. This means that roughly 1.5

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

” From 2013 to 2016, upO was a major player on Exploit[.]in For roughly one year beginning in 2016, Lebron was a top moderator on Exploit. For roughly one year beginning in 2016, Lebron was a top moderator on Exploit. in in late 2016, complaining that RedBear was refusing to pay a debt owed to him.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

If you had a Yahoo account between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2016, you may be entitled to a bit of money.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Marketplace was introduced by Facebook in 2016 and quickly became a popular platform to sell items to local buyers. Should you get a request for your account or personal information, contact the company asking for it by using a phone number or website that you know is real. Set up a PIN or password on your cellular account.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

Security researchers from Microsoft have uncovered a large-scale phishing campaign that uses HTTPS proxying techniques to hijack Office 365 accounts. According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), BEC attacks have led to over $43 billion in losses between June 2016 and December 2021.

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Scary Beasts Security

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Overview Recently (Nov 21st, 2016), I published an 0day exploit against the gstreamer FLIC decoder, here on my blog. On Nov 22nd 2016, they published a gstreamer advisory: USN-3135-1. At the time of writing -- Nov 24th, 2016 -- I am not being offered patches for my Fedora 24 or Fedora 25 installs, by way of contrast.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Zendesk says access occurred in 2016 and that only a small percentage of customers were impacted.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 17, 2020

The 2015 Cybersecurity Culture and Compliance Initiative outlined 11 education-related goals for 2016; the GAO found that the Pentagon completed only four of them. GAO repeatedly identified lack of status updates and accountability as core issues within DoD's cybersecurity awareness and education efforts.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 18, 2019

The social media company automatically uploaded the information from users who had registered with the site after 2016 and provided their email addresses and passwords. Facebook announced that it “unintentionally” harvested the email contacts of 1.5 million of its users without their consent.

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