Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

Chinese hackers have hacked thousands of Taiwan Government email accounts belonging at least 10 Taiwan government agencies, officials said. Chinese hackers have gained access to around 6,000 email accounts belonging to at least 10 Taiwan government agencies, officials said. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Taiwan).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

11, when the company’s Twitter account started fielding reports from users who said they were no longer receiving messages. VFEmail’s Twitter account responded that “external facing systems, of differing OS’s and remote authentication, in multiple data centers are down.” 9], username “aktv.”).

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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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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

Barely a day goes by without news of an elite hacking team creating a more stealth exploit– malware , elaborate spear-phishing attacks, trojans, and a killer array of ransomware that can take factories and other organizations offline, or even hobble entire cities. Cyberattacks are constantly getting more sophisticated.

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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

APRIL 15, 2021

Over $760 million worth of Bitcoin that were stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 were moved to new accounts. More than $760 million worth of Bitcoin, stolen from Asian cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 , were moved on Wednesday to new accounts. SecurityAffairs – hacking, bitcoin).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2020

Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. But the reality is most malicious software also has its share of security holes that open the door for security researchers or ne’er-do-wells to liberate or else seize control over already-hacked systems.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2021

In January 2016, Ferizi pleaded guilty to providing material support to a terrorist group and to unauthorized access. He admitted to hacking a U.S.-based based e-commerce company, stealing personal and financial data on 1,300 government employees, and providing the data to an Islamic State hacking group.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The experts reported that the ATP group has been using this malware at least since 2016 to siphon millions of dollars from ATMs of small and midsize banks in Asia and Africa. The malicious code intercepts declined magnetic swipe transactions and authorizes them with random amounts in Turkish Lira for specific cardholder accounts.

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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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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. Abusewith[.]us

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The post Warning To Employers And Their Former Employees: Ex-Engineer Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Hacking Cisco’s WebEx appeared first on Joseph Steinberg. Million in damage (including $1 Million of refunds to impacted customers and $1.4 Million in damage (including $1 Million of refunds to impacted customers and $1.4

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

billion worth of cryptocurrency linked to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack. Billion in stolen cryptocurrency stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex. billion in cryptocurrency linked to that hack. based business accounts to legitimize activity. The law enforcement seized $3.6

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2021

com , a wildly popular service that sold access to more than 12 billion usernames and passwords stolen from thousands of hacked websites. In an ironic turn of events, a lapsed domain registration tied to WeLeakInfo let someone plunder and publish account data on 24,000 customers who paid to access the service with a credit card.

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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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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

” Organized cybercrime gangs that coordinate unlimited attacks typically do so by hacking or phishing their way into a bank or payment card processor. “At a pre-determined time, the co-conspirators withdraw account funds from ATMs using these cards.”

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Which brings us back to Aadhaar and some rather unpleasant headlines of late, particularly the likes of The World's Largest Biometric ID System Keeps Getting Hacked. They claim that they're hack-proof. But claiming the service is "hack-proof", that's something I definitely have an issue with. Can you prove otherwise?

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Back in 2016, the primary focus of our expert was on major cybergangs that targeted financial institutions, banks in particular. It could be compromised directly or by hacking the account of someone with access to the website management. This browser attack chain, popular in 2016, is no longer possible.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Donot Team (aka APT-C-35 and Origami Elephant) has been active since 2016, it focuses ongovernment and military organizations, ministries of foreign affairs, and embassies in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries. .” ” reads the report published by CYFIRMA.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2025

It can steal accounts, send messages, steal crypto, monitor browsing, intercept SMS, and more. The Triada Trojan was spotted for the first time in 2016 by researchers at Kaspersky Lab who considered it the most advanced mobile threat seen to the date of the discovery. 231 banking malware.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Satnam Narang , senior research engineer at Tenable , said the vulnerability affects the following installations of IE: Internet Explorer 11 from Windows 7 to Windows 10 as well as Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019; IE 9 on Windows Server 2008; and IE 10 on Windows Server 2012.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2019

From there, the attackers simply start requesting password reset links via text message for a variety of accounts tied to the hijacked phone number. million stealing cryptocurrencies and extorting people for restoring access to social media accounts that were hijacked after a successful SIM-swap.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

But in February 2016, Babam joined Verified , another Russian-language crime forum. Verified was hacked at least twice in the past five years, and its user database posted online. The username associated with that account was “ bo3dom.” com back in 2011, and sanjulianhotels[.]com com (2017).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2023

A married couple from New York pleaded guilty this week to laundering billions of dollars stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. The couple pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in connection with the hack of the cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex that took place in 2016. Law enforcement also seized over $3.6

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The trouble is, there’s little to stop criminals from leveraging newly registered or hacked LinkedIn business accounts to create their own ad campaigns using Slinks. Way back in 2016, security firm Fortinet blogged about LinkedIn’s redirect being used to promote phishing sites and online pharmacies.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

A large number of French critical infrastructure firms were hacked as part of an extended malware campaign that appears to have been orchestrated by at least one attacker based in Morocco, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. There is a third Skype account nicknamed “Fatal.001” 001” Skype account.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

Department of Justice (DoJ) charged Iranian national Alireza Shafie Nasab (39) for multi-year hacking campaign targeting U.S. 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. ” concludes DoJ.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 14, 2019

Also last week, a 30-year-old in the United Kingdom was sentenced to 32 months in jail for using an army of hacked devices to crash large portions of Liberia’s Internet access in 2016. The Boston Globe reports that Gottesfeld and his wife in 2016 tried to flee to Cuba in a rented boat, but the trip didn’t go as planned.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. In almost any database leak, the first accounts listed are usually the administrators and early core members. The Facebook account for Aleksey Safronov. A “Djamix” account on the forum privetsochi[.]ru ” Mr. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

According to the New York Times , the threat actors hacked an employee’s Slack account and used it to inform internal personnel that the company had “suffered a data breach” and provided a list of allegedly hacked internal databases. “I SecurityAffairs – hacking, Uber). states the message.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Email systems used by some county election officials lack rudimentary security settings and are vulnerable to hacking, according to a recent survey conducted by the nonprofit investigative newsroom, ProPublica. Election security best practices suggest 2-Factor authentication for sensitive email accounts.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Security experts say both VPNFilter and Cyclops Blink are the work of a hacking group known as Sandworm or Voodoo Bear , the same Russian team blamed for disrupting Ukraine’s electricity in 2015. energy facilities. and international companies and entities, including U.S. federal agencies like the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Following their dramatic arrests in 2016, many news media outlets reported that the men were suspected of having tipped off American intelligence officials about those responsible for Russian hacking activities tied to the 2016 U.S. Both men maintained their innocence throughout the trial. presidential election.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

Investigators believe the intruders were using the ScreenConnect software on the hacked Wipro systems to connect remotely to Wipro client systems, which were then used to leverage further access into Wipro customer networks. based company in 2016 and 2017. This is remarkably similar to activity that was directed against a U.S.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

A federal court has ruled that violating a website's tems of service is not "hacking" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The plaintiffs wanted to investigate possible racial discrimination in online job markets by creating accounts for fake employers and job seekers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2024

Microsoft revealed that the Russia-linked APT Midnight Blizzard has compromised some of its corporate email accounts. Microsoft warned that some of its corporate email accounts were compromised by a Russia-linked cyberespionage group known as Midnight Blizzard. Microsoft notified law enforcement and relevant regulatory authorities.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 27, 2019

Those sources say the attackers stole administrative credentials that PCM uses to manage client accounts within Office 365 , a cloud-based file and email sharing service run by Microsoft Corp. As noted in that April story, PCM was one of the companies targeted by the same hacking group that compromised Wipro.

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