Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

The attacks aimed at stealing information to gain an advantage over CrowdSurge, which was acquired by Warner Music Group (WMG) in 2017. “Ticketmaster Used Passwords Unlawfully Retained by a Former Employee of a Competitor to Access Computer Systems in Scheme to “Choke Off” the Victim’s Business” wrote the DoJ.

Hacking 85

Hacking Passwords Accountability Cybercrime 85

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The StreetEasy data breach took place in the mid-2016 and exposed 988k records that included names, usernames, email addresses and SHA-1 password hashes. The data has been available for sale in the cybercrime underground since February. Impacted data includes names, usernames, email addresses and SHA-1 password hashes.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. It uses a list of hardcoded username/password combinations to login into devices in the attempt to access systems using weak or default credentials. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

In total, the database leaked over 152,000 pieces of information pertaining to customers, such as emails, names, links to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook profiles, and hashed passwords. The instance also contained 15 employee emails, names, and passwords protected by a weak SHA1-128bit hash. Dangerous leak.

Ransomware 95

Ransomware Passwords Encryption Identity Theft 95

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

“The new finding came to light over the weekend after a hacker put up for sale the hotel’s data in an ad published on a dark web cybercrime marketplace.” The hacker claims to have obtained the database from the hack of the DataViper monitoring service operated by the security firm Night Lion Security.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

MajikPOS PoS malware was first spotted by Trend Micro in early 2017, when it was used to target businesses in North America and Canada. On July 18, 2019, the source code for MajikPOS (aka MagicPOS) was offered for sale on the cybercrime forum “exploit[.]in” MajikPOS is written using the “.NET

Malware 80

Malware Cybercrime Banking Marketing 80

Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

Schuchman, Vamp, and Drake created the Satori botnet in between July and August 2017. The first Satori iteration targeted devices running with factory-settings or protected with easy-to-guess passwords, the bot infected over 100,000 devices in its first month. the man also claimed that the botnet was capable of DDoS attacks of 1Tbps.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Schuchman , Vamp, and Drake created the Satori botnet in between July and August 2017. The first Satori iteration targeted devices running with factory-settings or protected with easy -to-guess passwords, the bot infected over 100,000 devices in its first month. SecurityAffairs – Satori, cybercrime). Pierluigi Paganini.

IoT 81

IoT DDOS Internet Internet 81

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

BleepingComputer was informed that the Delaware County was hit by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. “BleepingComputer was also told that the ransomware gang advised Delaware County to change all of their passwords and modify their Windows domain configuration to include safeguards from the Mimikatz program.”

Computers and Electronics 103

Computers and Electronics Ransomware Insurance Cybercrime 103

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The group (also known as Cicada, Stone Panda , MenuPass group, Bronze Riverside, and Cloud Hopper ) has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. .”

Technology 93

Technology Hacking Passwords Software 93

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

US authorities have indicted two men for hacking the exchange EtherDelta in December 2017, one of them was also accused of TalkTalk hack. US authorities have indicted two men, Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka, for hacking the cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta in 2017. Six days later, on December 19, 2017.

Hacking 79

Hacking DNS Cryptocurrency Accountability 79

Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

million customers impacted. million customers impacted.

Data breaches 61

Data breaches Hacking Cryptocurrency Scams 61

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2023

The group also plans to publish information that can allow a threat actor to access the company’s infrastructure. “In the case of payment refusal, also will be published points of entry into the network and passwords and logins company.” ” reads the announcement published by Lockbit operators on their leak site.

Manufacturing 81

Manufacturing Ransomware Hacking Security Awareness 81

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Lisov was arrested in January 2017 at the Barcelona airport by the Guardia Civil. The banking trojan is able to record keystrokes, to steal passwords stored on the PC, and take screenshots and videos from the victims’ machine. LISOV had administrative-level access to those computer servers.”

Banking 102

Banking Malware Advertising Passwords 102

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2018

Security experts from Group-IB, an international company specializing in preventing cyberattacks and developing information security solutions, has investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. In 2017, their number increased by 369% compared to 2016.

Cryptocurrency 48

Cryptocurrency Passwords Authentication Accountability 48

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

The only thing that’s juicy about such bogus links is the bundle of personal details you are giving up by clicking on them, because it won’t be the latest hot clip you’re sharing when you do – just your name, address, and passwords, which are then harvested for profit by the threat actor who has fooled you. Inside a criminal stronghold.

Scams 120

Scams Phishing Media Passwords 120

Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

Fxmsp took his first steps in the cybercrime scene in September 2016 when he registered on an underground forum, fuckav[.]ru. Fxmsp included one of his Jabber accounts, in his contact information on the forum which helped Group-IB researchers to establish his presumed identity. First steps. Proxy seller. Recommendations.

Antivirus 84

Antivirus Advertising Hacking Banking 84

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. The WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks in May and June 2017, respectively, were the most devastating in history. None of these early threats went pro.

Ransomware 243

Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2020

In some attacks, they attempted to elevate privileges using exploit for CVE-2017-0213. As the attackers usually need several attempts to brute force passwords and gain access to the RDP, it is important to enable account lockout policies by limiting the number of failed login attempts per user.

Threat Detection 85

Threat Detection Ransomware Advertising Cybercrime 85

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Group-IB , an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks , has conducted high-tech cybercrimes research based on an analysis of responses to information security incidents carried out by Group-IB Incident Response team in 2018. More information can be found here.

Banking 75

Banking Marketing Cybercrime Information Security 75

Spinone

DECEMBER 24, 2018

According to Juniper Research , cybercrime is estimated to become a $2.1 Based on the “Key findings from the Global State of Information Security® Survey 2017” by PricewaterhouseCoopers , over 28 percent of respondents have become the victims of mobile hacking. trillion dollar issue by 2019.

Encryption 61

Encryption Mobile Computers and Electronics Government 61

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware. In 2017, password-protected archives accounted for only 0.08% of all malicious objects.

Ransomware 70

Ransomware Antivirus Malware Banking 70

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 malicious messages included links to a phishing website set up to request LASC users their email addresses and passwords. .” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

Hacking 49

Hacking Phishing Identity Theft Advertising 49

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Bruce Schneier | @schneierblog.

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The news reported by ZDnet is not surprising, I have discovered several times such kind of offer, but it is important to raise awareness on the cybercrime-as-a-service model that could rapidly enable threat actors to carry out malicious activities. Exploit.in

Accountability 105

Accountability Cybercrime Hacking Retail 105

Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

Turchin obtained credentials to target networks by launching spear-phishing attacks and brute-forcing the passwords of remote desktop servers exposed online. Once the hacker gained access to the network, the deployed password-stealing malware and remote access trojans (RATs) to harvest credentials and establish persistence in the system.

Hacking 72

Hacking Antivirus Advertising Cybercrime 72

Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2024

Thus, Resecurity is specifically concerned that both foreign and domestic threat actors may exploit the sensitive personally identifying information (PII) of Indonesian voters obtained from various network intrusions to stage targeted information-warfare campaigns during the 2024 Indonesian election and beyond.

Identity Theft 96

Identity Theft Cyber threats Marketing Risk 96

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) launched an investigation into the case, codenamed Cepheus, in 2017 after it received information about a “suspicious RAT” from cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks and the U.S. The authorities believe the man earned between $300,000 and $400,000 from selling the malware.

Spyware 103

Spyware Malware Cybercrime Hacking 103

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

The crooks exploited online tools and technology along with social engineering tactics to target the victims and steal usernames, passwords, and bank accounts. From September 2015 to June 2017, Olorunyomi and an accomplice engaged in a romance fraud scheme that resulted in losses of more than $1 million. Pierluigi Paganini.

Social Engineering 78

Social Engineering Scams Small Business Banking 78

Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

Cybersecurity firm Sucuri has been tracking Balada Injector activity since 2017 but has only recently given this long-running campaign its name. Balada activity has been associated with well over 100 unique domains since 2017. Organizations should also enforce a strong password policy (complexity, 16+ characters, etc.),

Malware 83

Malware DNS Software Penetration Testing 83

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Use a safe and password-protected internet connection. The TA505 cybercrime group that is known for the distribution of the Dridex Trojan and the Locky ransomware , in mid-2017 released the BitPaymer ransomware (aka FriedEx) that was used in attacks against high profile targets and organizations.

Ransomware 81

Ransomware Social Engineering Malware Advertising 81

Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

CyberCrime Tracker. Since 2017 (starting in Black Hat USA – Las Vegas), Cisco Umbrella has provided DNS security to the Black Hat attendee network, added layers of traffic visibility previously not seen. Now, logging into Meraki only requires an email address and no password or additional DUO push. alphaMountain.ai

Malware 81

Malware Accountability DNS Technology 81

McAfee

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

For example, in a recent lawsuit that Google subsidiary Waymo filed against Uber in February 2017, the company alleges that a former Google employee downloaded 14,000 sensitive documents related to self-driving car technology before leaving the company. The Global State of Information Security Survey 2018. Sources: 1.

Threat Detection 40

Threat Detection Accountability Risk Data breaches 40

Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2022

Since he first gave a speech on the topic in 2017, Microsoft President Brad Smith has become almost synonymous with the term “Digital Geneva Convention.” It’s not real to the older military veterans, or to the even older politicians who confuse Facebook with TikTok and use the same password for everything.

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