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New Charges Derail COVID Release for Hacker Who Aided ISIS

Krebs on Security

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. The release was granted in part due to Ferizi’s 2018 diagnosis if asthma, as well as a COVID outbreak at the facility where he was housed in 2020.

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ROUNDTABLE: Why T-Mobile’s latest huge data breach could fuel attacks directed at mobile devices

The Last Watchdog

TMobile has now issued a formal apology and offered free identity theft recovery services to nearly 48 million customers for whom the telecom giant failed to protect their sensitive personal information. For T-Mobile, this is the sixth major breach since 2018. Most immediately is the ubiquity of 2-factor authentication.

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350 million decrypted email addresses left exposed on an unsecured server

Security Affairs

The timeline of uploads might indicate that these emails have been either stolen or acquired on the black market back in October 2018 , and then gradually decrypted by the owner of the bucket. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for as many of your online accounts as possible. Who had access?

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

1970-1995 — Kevin Mitnick — Beginning in 1970, Kevin Mitnick penetrates some of the most highly-guarded networks in the world, including Nokia and Motorola, using elaborate social engineering schemes, tricking insiders into handing over codes and passwords, and using the codes to access internal computer systems.

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Spam and phishing in 2022

SecureList

Those who wished to receive the “aid” were asked to state their full name, contact details, date of birth, social security and driver’s license numbers, gender, and current employer, attaching a scanned copy of their driver’s license. Those who took the bait were directed to a fake page with a login form on it.