Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Data Breach: WizCase team uncovered a massive data leak containing private information about Turkish Citizens through a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. How Did the Data Breach Happen? How and Why We Discovered the Breach. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Data Breach). What’s Going On?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Speaking of generous contributions, more than 100 readers have expressed their support in 2018 via PayPal donations to this site. The majority of those funds go toward paying for subscription-based services that KrebsOnSecurity relies upon for routine data gathering and analysis. What the Marriott Breach Says About Security.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet infrastructure. 30, 2018 through Oct. 26, 2018 — 58 days’ worth of spam.” “Talos extracted all messages from these two sextortion campaigns that were received by SpamCop from Aug.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

Worse still, the DFS found, the vulnerability was discovered in a penetration test First American conducted on its own in December 2018. But in Wednesday’s filing, the DFS said First American was unable to determine whether records were accessed prior to Jun 2018.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

— ProtonMail (@ProtonMail) November 16, 2018. ” ProtonMail confirmed to be aware of a limited number of hacked accounts that have been compromised likely through credential stuffing of phishing attacks, but excluded that its systems have been breached. Why mention Avenatti in a scam attempt? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 26, 2018

pic.twitter.com/lifCZRcICF — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 20, 2018. I couldn’t help myself pic.twitter.com/zvx3myyItn — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 20, 2018. pic.twitter.com/i2EFDFgLem — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 20, 2018. pic.twitter.com/hzXmVWq2KD — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 20, 2018.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

billion in 2018. billion in 2018. Most financially devastating threats involved investment scams, business email compromises (BEC) , and romance fraud. According to the 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report , 43% of all nefarious online activities impacted small businesses. What about data breaches?

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Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2021

When the Ashley Madison data breach occurred in 2015, it made headline news around the world. Secondly, there are very good business reasons why employers want visibility to the exposure of corporate accounts in data breaches.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit disclosed a security breach, the company told its customers that hackers have stolen $48.5 According to the data breach notification published by the company, hackers stole 342,000 in Ethereum (ETH), approximately $48.5 million in crypto-currency from its hot wallet. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2020

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. users Thousands of WordPress WooCommerce stores potentially exposed to hack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 2, 2023

It amends the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) introduced in response to rising consumer data privacy concerns. It has significantly impacted data collection and handling practices, giving consumers more control over how businesses handle their data. On the other hand, the CPRA relies on opt-out consent.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In mid-November 2018, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a Jared customer who found something curious after receiving a receipt via email for a pair of earrings he’d just purchased as a surprise gift for his girlfriend. . That would be a pretty convincing scam. Or just targeted phishing attacks.” ”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

. · Systemd flaw could cause the crash or hijack of vulnerable Linux machines. · A few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1,

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1. In our 2018 Data Threat Report-Retail Edition , we found 50% of respondents reported a data breach this past year, so it goes without saying that the holiday shopping season is a prime time for cyber criminals to target both retailers and consumers alike. No phishing here.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Ransomware attacks like the ones carried out by OnePercent Group have been crippling businesses across the country since the FBI first reported a 37% uptick in cybercrime in 2018. How to spot their scam and protect yourself.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . · Experts warn of fake Adobe Flash update hiding a miner that works as a legitimate update. · NHS is still assessing the cost of WannaCry one year later. · Pentagon Defense Department travel records data breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Evolution of threat landscape for IoT devices – H1 2018. Adobe issued a critical out-of-band patch to address CVE-2018-12848 Acrobat flaw. US State Department confirms data breach to unclassified email system. Homebuyers Being Targeted by Money Transfer Scam.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

At this time it is unclear for how long the data remained exposed online without protection. “The British Council takes its responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) very seriously. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

a very strange scam attempt. a very strange scam attempt. a very strange scam attempt. a very strange scam attempt. Paper Copy. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

On July 20, the attackers turned their sights on internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare.com , and the intercepted credentials show at least five employees fell for the scam (although only two employees also provided the crucial one-time MFA code). That’s down from 53 percent that did so in 2018, Okta found. ”

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Mobile Phishing Authentication Accountability 291

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In this case, though, while the news that 10 million JD Sports customers may have been impacted by a cyber attack has only just arrived, the data potentially accessed in that attack is already several years old. JD Sports claims that the affected data was "limited" and did not include credit card details. Stay safe out there!

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Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2023

Here’s a look at the most recent incarnation of this scam — DomainNetworks — and some clues about who may be behind it. The Better Business Bureau listing for DomainNetworks gives it an “F” rating, and includes more than 100 reviews by people angry at receiving one of these scams via snail mail.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Spammers and email scam artists also could have a field day with this USPS vulnerability, said Robert Hansen , chief technology officer at Bit Discovery , a security firm in Austin, Texas. For instance, the API allowed any user to convert regular usps.com accounts to Informed Visibility business accounts, and vice versa.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

. “ Comparitech partnered with security researcher Bob Diachenko to investigate the data exposure, which included sensitive personal and tax information. ” The Elasticsearch database was first indexed by search engines in May 2018, Diachenko discovered it on September 17, 2019, and on September 20, 2019 it was secured.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

This is when hackers try usernames and password combos leaked in data breaches at other companies, hoping that some users might have reused usernames and passwords across services. The second story was about a number of verified Twitter accounts having been "hacked" and then leveraged in Bitcoin scams.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

Some of the call recordings take place in early- to mid-2018. Of the recordings we analyzed, most of them seem to have taken place in early- to mid-2018. Based on the FTC complaint, the SAGS scam involved the various LLCs contacting and convincing struggling consumers that SAGS can help them lower or eliminate their student loan debt.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 9, 2020

million following a cyber attack in 2018 which flagged that it was failing to keep its customers’ personal data secure. Many people still believe they are immune to hacking despite regular sensationalist news stories about the latest data breach, and evidence to the contrary. It won’t happen to me’.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Data Breach. Ransomware detections on machines jumped 369% (yes, three-hundred-sixty-nine percent) vs. 2018. First, however, let's look at the top 15 cyber threats organizations face right now, according to the report: Malware. Web-based Attacks. Web Application Attacks. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). Identity Theft.

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Threatpost

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The dating site said users' names and email addresses that were added to the system prior to May 2018 may be impacted.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

Some smaller companies have even gone out of business as the result of a data breach. having been breached at some point in the past. billion worth of academic research by performing a phishing scam on university professors.” The Threat Level Is Rising. This hacking ring stole $3.4

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Based on its December 2018 report , the company had $162 million in revenue. When looking at the contents of this second database, we see that it covers a lot of the same types of data: facilities, alarms, employee’s health monitoring data, and vehicle-related information. Disclosure.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) found that K–12 cyberattacks more than tripled over the pandemic, from 400 reported incidents in 2018 to over 1,300 in 2021. According to GAO , thousands of K–12 students had their personal information compromised in data breaches between 2016 and 2020.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

Network & Information Systems (NIS) Regulations 2018 were introduced into UK law three years ago and has parallels with the DPAGDPR law which was introduced at the same time. FatFace Faces Customer Anger After Controversial Breach Response. Stolen in Pandemic Scams. Cyber Security Roundup for March 2021. Covid Fraud: £34.5m

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

These individuals said they were only customers of the person who had access to Twitter’s internal employee tools, and were not responsible for the actual intrusion or bitcoin scams that took place that day. ALWAYS IN DISCORD.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Security experts from Digital Shadows have conducted an interesting study about the technique adopted by crooks to infiltrate company emails, so-called BEC scam. According to the FBI , the number of business email account (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scam incidents worldwide reached 78,000 between October 2013 and May 2018.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

In the world of online scams, criminals care about one thing: Your money. Earlier this year, a woman in Tennessee was fooled in an online dating scam by a thief who stole $390,000 of her money. Still, there are a few things you can do to best protect yourself from falling for an online scam. Do use a cybersecurity app.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

— Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) April 4, 2012 I was reminded of this only a few days ago when I came across yet another Windows virus scam, the kind that's been doing the rounds for a decade now but refuses to die. However, moments later: Amazing to see these scams still running after all these years.

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