Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

On December 23, 2019, unknown attackers began contacting customer support people at OpenProvider , a popular domain name registrar based in The Netherlands. 23, 2019, the e-hawk.net domain was transferred to a reseller account within OpenProvider. . ” Dijkxhoorn shared records obtained from OpenProvider showing that on Dec.

DNS 272

DNS Social Engineering Engineering Accountability 272

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2021

Between 2015 and 2019, Ferizi was imprisoned at a facility in Illinois that housed several other notable convicts. 2015 by criminals who social engineered PayPal employees over the phone into changing my password and bypassing multi-factor authentication. .” Junaid Hussain’s Twitter profile photo.

Identity Theft 317

Identity Theft Government Social Engineering Accountability 317

Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

CafePress waited seven months to publicly disclose a 2019 breach, and only did so after it had been reported in the news. In February 2019, a threat actor was able to access millions of email addresses and passwords. The passwords are said to have been protected by “weak encryption”, an absolute security no-no.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Passwords Authentication Social Engineering 115

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Threat actors used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and obtain access to files, healthcare portals, payment information, and websites. million payments. ” reads the alert. The attacker stole $3.1 million with this attack.

Healthcare 74

Healthcare Social Engineering Accountability Passwords 74

Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

The employee involved in this incident fell victim to a spear-fishing or social engineering attack. For maximum security on your domains, consider adopting some or all of the following best practices: -Use 2-factor authentication, and require it to be used by all relevant users and subcontractors. -In

Phishing 294

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Many of these attacks prey upon human nature by using social engineering tactics to trick a user into inadvertently allowing ransomware onto their system, under the guise of something legitimate. It can be your login and password to your Office 365 or G Suite or some other information. Having a mandatory password policy.

Ransomware 83

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 29, 2022

It can read SMS and chat messages, view passwords, intercept calls, record calls and ambient audio, redirect calls, and pinpoint precise locations of victims. CVE-2019-8605 internally referred to as SockPort2 and publicly known as SockPuppet CVE-2020-3837 internally referred to and publicly known as TimeWaste.

Spyware 105

Spyware Government Social Engineering Mobile 105

Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

That’s why email-validation services are an attractive target for cybercriminals looking for a fresh batch of email addresses for their next wave of social engineering attacks. The leaked data contained no highly sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers or Social Security numbers.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Media Marketing Social Engineering 116

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. “Most of the observed malware was capable of stealing both user passwords and cookies.

Accountability 119

Accountability Malware Phishing Social Engineering 119

Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

It’s one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity threats today, growing a staggering 300% since 2019 and leading to consumer losses of $3.5 Given that 52% of people use the same password for multiple accounts, compromising one account can give a criminal access to a vast range of personal data. Selling Stolen Data.

Accountability 105

Accountability Data breaches Passwords Social Engineering 105

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 24, 2022

According to Brighton and Hove news , his spree began in 2019 with the initial purchase of a laptop from Amazon, bought with “fake Honey gift vouchers” I would love to know more about how this initial foray into system compromise worked, as one would imagine purchasing anything with fake vouchers would be a bit of a tall order.

Cybercrime 75

Cybercrime Identity Theft Social Engineering Passwords 75

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp [link] — Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) August 1, 2019. — Jason Haddix (@Jhaddix) July 27, 2019. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Other cybersecurity news.

Cyber Insurance 97

Cyber Insurance Social Engineering Scams Insurance 97

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

The emails pose as company updates and are often socially engineered to look like they have been personally tailored to the recipient. According to the FBI, phishing was the most common type of cybercrime last year—nearly doubling in frequency between 2019 and 2020.

Phishing 113

Phishing Security Awareness Social Engineering Scams 113

Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

A 2019 paper published to the Journal of Cybersecurity analyzed over 235 cyber insurance policies from New York, Pennsylvania, and California, as well as policies posted publicly on carriers’ websites. Use multi-factor authentication (MFA). Here are four ways your business can save money on its insurance. How is cyber insurance priced?

Cyber Insurance 86

Cyber Insurance Insurance Data breaches Phishing 86

Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The crypto-currency scams, which started in 2019, saw hackers recruit their targets on one Russian-speaking platform. The malware has the ability to steal passwords and cookies. The malware that was most observed was able to steal both the cookies and passwords. Opensource tools include AdamantiumThief and Sorano.

Accountability 99

Accountability Malware Scams Antivirus 99

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In 2019, security experts haven’t detected any activity associated with Emotet since early April, when researchers at Trend Micro have uncovered a malware campaign distributing a new Emotet Trojan variant that compromises devices and uses them as Proxy C2 servers. ” reads the report. ” reads the analysis published by Talos.

Social Engineering 77

Social Engineering Malware Advertising Engineering 77

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss this war of attrition with Will LaSala, director of security services and security evangelist at OneSpan, a Chicago-based provider of anti-fraud, e-signature and digital identity solutions to 2,000 banks worldwide. I could set up a fake website, and people would go to the website.’”.

Banking 147

Banking Mobile Accountability Artificial Intelligence 147

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Cleafy, a cybersecurity firm specializing in online fraud, has published new details about banking Trojan BRATA (Brazilian Remote Access Tool, Android), a known malware strain that first became widespread in 2019. A two-factor authentication (2FA) code from the bank does not protect accounts here.

Malware 93

Malware Banking Mobile Social Engineering 93

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2019

“In January 2019 the NCSC published an alert to highlight a large-scale global campaign to hijack Domain Name Systems (DNS).” In the first half of 2019, hackers have modified the DNS settings of over 180,000 Brazilian routers with even more complex attacks. ” reads the security advisory.

DNS 76

DNS Social Engineering Accountability Advertising 76

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The unknown intruders gained access to internal Mailchimp tools and customer data by social engineering employees at the company, and then started sending targeted phishing attacks to owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked. ” SEPTEMBER.

Cryptocurrency 239

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 239

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In 2019 he gave an interview to CNBC in which he gives perhaps the best generalised advice about scams I’ve ever heard, and which I will repeat here. Sometimes it’s as simple as stealing your username and password with a fake website, so they can log in as you on the real website. But it can also be very subtle.

Scams 96

Scams Social Engineering Media Accountability 96

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

According to Unitrends’ 2019 cloud storage research, 62% of respondents had successfully recovered data from the cloud. Anyone with sensitive data stored in the cloud is vulnerable in the event of data breach, so enforce strong encryption, authentication, and patching measures.

Risk 122

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel, like a password manager. Phishing and social engineering are common ways threat actors can obtain a symmetric key, but cryptanalysis and brute force attempts can also break symmetric key ciphers.

Encryption 107

Encryption Authentication Passwords Password Management 107

Malwarebytes

MAY 14, 2021

The gradual roll-out of Two-factor Authentication (2FA) across both gaming platforms and titles themselves is a wonderful thing, but one worries about buy-in. Forgotten passwords will tie up support’s time, for sure. Did the attacker bypass text-based 2FA by social engineering the mobile provider?

Accountability 70

Accountability Authentication Passwords Social Engineering 70

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Organizations can help prevent their computers from becoming part of a botnet by installing anti-malware software, using firewalls , keeping software up-to-date, and forcing users to use strong passwords. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Phishing and Social Engineering.

Malware 104

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 104

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. She connects him to any phone number he requests for free.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This allowed them to access many apps and ask for password resets, which often confirm the request is intended for the correct user by sending a "Two Factor Authentication" request in the form of an SMS message. How do Phone Company Insiders enable these scams? You decide.

Cryptocurrency 119

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SC Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

In September 2020, a massive Magecart payment-card skimming attack was exposed, hitting 2,800 online stores that used Magenta 1, which ceased being supported in June 2019. Highly sensitive information was unencrypted and available for download through a ZIP file that required no authentication.

Retail 57

Retail Scams Media Social Engineering 57

SecureList

MAY 7, 2024

The number of newly registered CVEs, 2019 — 2024. The number of newly registered CVEs and the percentage of critical CVEs in these, 2019 — 2024. In 2021 and 2022, the share of critical vulnerabilities among the total number was comparable, but it increased during the periods from 2019 through 2021 and from 2022 through 2023.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

Google noted a more than 600% spike in phishing attacks in 2020 compared to 2019 with a total of 2,145,013 phishing sites registered as of January 17, 2021, up from 1,690,000 on Jan 19, 2020. Cybercriminals use phishing to obtain a password for a corporate e-mail account. Phishing is today’s most dangerous cyberattack. Whale Phishing.

Phishing 101

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Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2022

These variants of Vidar malware fetch the C2 configuration from attacker-controlled social media channels hosted on Telegram and Mastodon network. 50;true;movies:music:mp3; This configuration is the default with every stealing function enabled (passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, two-factor authentication, etc). Vidar Samples.

Media 64

Media Social Engineering Backups Passwords 64

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

100% NOT a pyramid scheme Social media pages are not the only concern when it comes to brand and logo theft. VIPs and executives can also be impersonated to conduct social engineering attacks. In 2019, the FBI dubbed this tactic as the “ $26 Billion scam ”, given the high losses associated with this social engineering method.

Cyber threats 52

Cyber threats Media Social Engineering Mobile 52

Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Below are figures from the IBM 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report : The average time to identify a breach in 2019 was 206 days The average time to contain a breach was 73 days , for a total of 279 days The potential damage, stealing of data, and widespread compromise that can happen in the meantime can be enormous and catastrophic to your business.

Cyber Attacks 78

Cyber Attacks Phishing Backups Ransomware 78

McAfee

JANUARY 15, 2020

There are several steps you can take to keep Emotet from establishing a stronghold in your network: Educate Your Employees: The most important step is to educate your employees on how to identify phishing and social engineering attempts. By mandating strong passwords and two-factor authentication, you can help limit the spread.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Malware Education Social Engineering 52

SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This research is a continuation of our TV show and streaming threat-related reports ( 2020 and 2019 ) providing an overview of the latest trends and key events across the entertainment-related threat landscape. Just like any sign-in page, most of these ask to enter an email and password for the viewer account.

Phishing 99

Phishing Accountability Malware Adware 99