Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches Retail Identity Theft eCommerce 103

Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

Mastercard disclosed a data breach that impacted customer data from the company’s Priceless Specials loyalty program. The American multinational financial services corporation noti f ied the data breach to the German and Belgian Data Protection Authorities. SecurityAffairs – MasterCard, hacking).

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Data breaches Identity Theft Advertising Financial Services 82

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2019

Oregon Department of Human Services announced it was a victim of a data breach in January, roughly 645,000 potentially impacted. Oregon Department of Human Services officials confirmed that the organization has suffered a data breach that has exposed personal details and health information of 645,000 clients.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Advertising Insurance 72

Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

While Capital One incident is making the headlines, another incident may have severe consequences, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) also suffered a data breach. SecurityAffairs – LAPD, data breach). The post LAPD data breach exposes personal info of thousands of officers appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2022

online store PulseTV disclosed a potential credit card data breach, more than 200,000 customers have been impacted. online store PulseTV has disclosed a credit card data breach that has impacted more than 200,000 customers. ” reads the data breach notification letter. ” concludes the letter.

Identity Theft 128

Identity Theft Data breaches Authentication Hacking 128

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2022

One reader’s copy of their Equifax Breach Settlement letter. In 2017, Equifax disclosed a massive, extended data breach that led to the theft of Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, addresses and other personal information on nearly 150 million people. They received a check for $6.97. In February 2020, the U.S.

Identity Theft 252

Identity Theft Data breaches Data collection Hacking 252

Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Fact: The personal information associated with over 533 million Facebook users was made public on a hacking forum this Saturday. User data appears to have been scraped in 2019 by malicious actors exploiting a vulnerability in the platform. “This is old data that was previously reported on in 2019.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Social Engineering Media 133

Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2020

Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. An anonymous entity told Cyble researchers that the data were stored on an unprotected elastic search instance that is no longer accessible.

Identity Theft 114

Identity Theft Data breaches Advertising Hacking 114

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2019

For many years and until quite recently, credit card data stolen from online merchants has been worth far less in the cybercrime underground than cards pilfered from hacked brick-and-mortar stores. That figure was more than two and a half times higher than a year earlier. BIG BANG VS. LOW-AND-SLOW.

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Retail Hacking Marketing Identity Theft 231

Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

It was established in 2019 to diversify Saudi Arabia’s economy away from oil and gas. file was indexed by IoT search engines was in March 2022, meaning that the data was exposed for at least 15 months. The stolen data can be used for identity theft, blackmail, or sold on the black market,” researchers said.

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Government Identity Theft Social Engineering Encryption 116

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

US DoJ indicted a member of sophisticated China-based hacking group for series of computer intrusions. The group is also responsible for the 2015 Health Insurer Anthem data breach. Affecting Over 78 Million People [link] — Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) May 9, 2019. back in 2015. based organizations. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees. EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees. “On Feb.

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Hacking Identity Theft Healthcare Accountability 59

CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 3, 2021

It’s still entirely too easy to steal someone’s credentials, which is why identity theft continues to be a primary cause of data breaches. It’s time to take a closer look at alternative identity management and authentication strategies. Cyberattacks designed to steal identity are on the rise.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

Mobile 87

Mobile Telecommunications Data breaches Identity Theft 87

Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2019 annual Internet Crime Report included 467,361 complaints about suspected internet crime with losses of $3.5 billion, or roughly half, of the total losses in 2019 were attributed to generic email account compromise (EAC) complaints. billion in BEC scam-related losses the year before.

Scams 130

Scams Identity Theft Phishing Accountability 130

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While the threat actor does not mention the name of an organization, the data provided in the sample is clearly associated with a police exam conducted on 22 Dec 2019. . The actor claims to have 500,000 records and has shared a sample of the leak that contains the data of 10,000 users. Discovery of the leak. Pierluigi Paganini.

Identity Theft 88

Identity Theft Mobile Scams Advertising 88

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

The company pointed out that threat actors may have accessed data of its customers, for this reason it is recommending them to be vigilant. The company highlight the risks of identity theft or phishing attacks in case their data have been compromised. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

Mobile 97

Mobile Ransomware Identity Theft Phishing 97

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security team discovered a PoS malware on its payment processing systems. Wawa operates more than 860 convenience retail stores, this breach is potentially one of the biggest card incidents in 2019. SecurityAffairs – Wawa, data breach).

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Data breaches Identity Theft Malware Advertising 59

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.

Identity Theft 74

Identity Theft Advertising Data breaches Cybercrime 74

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. One of the forum members who downloaded the database claims that the archive contains information from 2020, and not 2019, as suggested by the leaker.

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Insurance Identity Theft Passwords Phishing 111

Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

Account takeover, also known as ATO, is a form of identity theft in which a malicious third party gains access to or “takes over” an online account. It’s one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity threats today, growing a staggering 300% since 2019 and leading to consumer losses of $3.5 Selling Stolen Data. per account.

Accountability 105

Accountability Data breaches Passwords Social Engineering 105

Identity IQ

AUGUST 20, 2021

According to BlueVoyant’s Cybersecurity in Higher Education 2021 report , ransomware attacks on colleges increased twofold between 2019 and 2020. They have large student populations with fresh credit histories, plus alumni and employee data. That can open doors for hackers. Digital Security and Online Privacy. Turn the auto-updates on.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Passwords Education Banking 98

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security team discovered a PoS malware on its payment processing systems. Wawa operates more than 860 convenience retail stores, this breach is potentially one of the biggest card incidents in 2019. SecurityAffairs – Wawa, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Advertising Retail 57

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Urgent patching and prompt updates can protect systems from unauthorized access, data breaches, and potential exploitation by threat actors. To secure sensitive data, cybersecurity specialists, software vendors, and end users should encourage collaborative efforts against malicious activities.

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Risk Authentication System Administration Ransomware 111

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. Treasure trove of data. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Myrocket). Pierluigi Paganini. adrotate banner=”5″].

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Identity Theft Insurance Penetration Testing Banking 80

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. It is not possible to determine whether anyone else accessed the exposed data before it was discovered by Diachenko. ” concludes the experts.

Identity Theft 69

Identity Theft Scams Advertising Risk 69

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The statement of work documents for marketing campaigns date between 2018 and 2019: Who owns the bucket? What happened to the data? SecurityAffairs – hacking, US citizen records). Most of the CSV files contain user records for what we assume to be target demographics for either digital or physical marketing materials.

Marketing 94

Marketing Media Advertising Identity Theft 94

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. These concerns were apparently validated by a 2019 incident where deepfaked audio technology was used to scam a CEO out of $243,000.

IoT 130

IoT Artificial Intelligence Technology Scams 130

Adam Levin

MARCH 2, 2020

Ransomware attacks on businesses skyrocketed 365 percent in 2019, and all signs point to more of the same in 2020. Your Cliffs Notes version: Put yourself in a position where you can’t be affected by such a hack. And it wasn’t because the media paid more attention to this relative newcomer in the area of cybercrime.

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Cyber threats Ransomware Encryption Insurance 215

Adam Levin

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A growing trend in employment benefits is employee-paid or voluntary cyber awareness programs coupled with identity theft resolution and identity monitoring services. Manage the Damage: When it comes to a compromise of your company’s identity, honesty is the best policy. The numbers are grim.

Identity Theft 107

Identity Theft Data breaches Cybersecurity VPN 107

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

2019 is virtually over and a new year beckons with all the solemnity of the grim reaper for those who don’t have their eyes wide open to the persistent threats we collectively face in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity. . Buckle up, because that driverless car might be hacked along the way. The cloud will leak.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

After all, there are some mistakes you should absolutely never make – missteps that can cost your business its reputation, and get you into hot water with consumers, the hacking community or legal and regulatory authorities. What does ‘going through the motions’ look like when it comes to a data breach response?

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Data breaches Media Identity Theft CSO 101

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

. “The malware searched for track data (which sometimes has the cardholder name in addition to card number, expiration date, and internal verification code) read from a payment card as it was being routed through the payment processing systems.” Customers should immediately report any unauthorized charges to their card issuer.

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Malware Identity Theft Advertising Cybersecurity 103

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

Dave Bittner: [00:01:51] From the CyberWire studios at DataTribe, I'm Dave Bittner with your CyberWire summary for Monday, July 22, 2019. Dave Bittner: [00:02:00] The BBC's Russian-language service reported late Friday that SyTech, a Moscow-based IT firm, had been successfully hacked. Get your free trial at observeit.com/cyberwire.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

Dave Bittner: [00:01:51] From the CyberWire studios at DataTribe, I'm Dave Bittner with your CyberWire summary for Monday, July 22, 2019. Dave Bittner: [00:02:00] The BBC's Russian-language service reported late Friday that SyTech, a Moscow-based IT firm, had been successfully hacked. Get your free trial at observeit.com/cyberwire.

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Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 40