Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has published its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which provides information from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes affecting victims in the U.S. billion and authorities observed an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019 (+69%). billion in losses.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The United Kingdom national Nathan Wyatt (39), a member of ‘The Dark Overlord’ hacking group, was extradited to the United States in December 2019. authorities on six counts of aggravated identity theft, threatening to damage a protected computer, and conspiracy. The man was charged by U.S. reads the indictment.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

In January 2019, law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe announced the seizure of the popular xDedic marketplace , an underground market offering for sale access to compromised systems and personally identifiable information. The duo face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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Cybercrime Identity Theft Government Hacking 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

On September 30th, 2019, the financial institution began sending out data breach notifications to the impacted, the notice informed them that the former employee potentially used the data for fraudulent activities, including identity theft and financial frauds. ” reads the data br each notification.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. FBI identified more than 50 million unique credentials and forms of identification (email addresses, bank accounts, cryptocurrency addresses, credit card numbers, etc.)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. The criminals could hijack social media accounts and bypass 2FA services based on SMS used by online services, including financial ones. .

Mobile 90

Mobile Telecommunications Data breaches Identity Theft 90

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

The author of the post claims that the data was acquired from US insurance giant Humana and includes detailed medical records of the company’s health plan members dating back to 2019. The leaked information includes patients’ names, IDs, email addresses, password hashes, Medicare Advantage Plan listings, medical treatment data, and more.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

” 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. The experts also revealed that the owner based in Ukraine, but did not reveal its identity. ” concludes the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

Researchers warn that such data leaks are hazardous as they might help threat actors craft targeted phishing campaigns, assist in forgery and identity theft, and trick companies into making payments. The security loophole resulted in millions of private documents being revealed to the public. Treasure trove of data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

US DoJ charged the men with damaging protected computers, conspiracy to conduct computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2019

.” Individuals impacted by the data breach were enrolled in the department’s welfare and children services programs at the time of the security incident. The department was hit by a phishing campaign on January 8, 2019, and at least nine employees have been deceived in the attack. ” reads the Associated Press.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Compromised data include names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, bank account numbers, credit cards, passwords, license plates, citizen service numbers or passport data. The group demanded a Bitcoin payment from the affected companies and threatened to publish the stolen information online or destroy their infrastructure. .”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

. “This cyber-attack targeted the parliament’s information system and affected its ability to operate for several days. A significant amount of data was stolen and the email accounts of several members of parliament, including that of Chancellor Angela Merkel , were affected.” continues the Der Spiegel.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

” “Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York has announced that a security breach occurred in late July 2019 that resulted in malware being installed on some of the hospital’s servers.” ” reads the hipaajournal.com website. Brooklyn Hospital managers highlighted that no patient data was exfiltrated from its systems.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

The carrier states that personal financial account information and call records were not affected by the security breach. In January, T-Mobile suffered the first data breach in 2023, threat actors stole the personal information of 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts.

Data breaches 70

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Aviram Azari (52) was sentenced to 80 months in prison for computer intrusion, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with his involvement in a massive spear-phishing campaign targeting companies and individuals in the U.S. The man was arrested in September 2019 while traveling to the U. and around worldwide.

Identity Theft 115

Identity Theft Phishing Hacking Accountability 115

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. The criminals could hijack social media accounts and bypass 2FA services based on SMS used by online services, including financial ones. . You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000.”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The hackers were employed in a coordinated campaign of identity theft and hacking on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The campaign aimed at stealing critical information related to United States aerospace and satellite technology and resources.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. Dave Bittner: [00:01:51] From the CyberWire studios at DataTribe, I'm Dave Bittner with your CyberWire summary for Monday, July 22, 2019. The attackers are using administrative privileges to create fraudulent student accounts.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. Dave Bittner: [00:01:51] From the CyberWire studios at DataTribe, I'm Dave Bittner with your CyberWire summary for Monday, July 22, 2019. The attackers are using administrative privileges to create fraudulent student accounts.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 40

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. Dave Bittner: [00:01:51] From the CyberWire studios at DataTribe, I'm Dave Bittner with your CyberWire summary for Monday, July 22, 2019. The attackers are using administrative privileges to create fraudulent student accounts.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 40