SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

The video game industry is soaring, not in the least thanks to the lockdowns, which forced people to look for new ways to entertain themselves and socialize. billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. billion in the first half of 2021.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In 2021: 56% of e-mails were spam. The subject of investments gained significant relevance in 2021, with banks and other organizations actively promoting investment and brokerage accounts. Online streaming of hyped film premieres and highly anticipated sports events was repeatedly used to lure users in 2021.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These company-specific Zoom links, which include a permanent user ID number and an embedded passcode, can work indefinitely and expose an organization’s employees, customers or partners to phishing and other social engineering attacks. The PMI portion forms part of each new meeting URL created by that account, such as: zoom.us/j/5551112222

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In Q3 2021 , online stores were in second place by share of recorded phishing attacks (20.63%). We analyzed the detections related to various online shopping platforms between January and September 2021; and the period from January to October 2021 for financial phishing. million in 2020 to 10 million in 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing.

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Security Through Education

JULY 18, 2023

In 2021, AARP found that identify theft had affected more than 42 million U.S. Each day people post a plethora of information to social media platforms, giving bad actors plenty of opportunity to steal personal data. Using a random password generator that has a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols, is a good form of a secure password.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. In a blog post earlier this month, Cloudflare said it detected the account takeovers and that no Cloudflare systems were compromised. Image: Cloudflare.com. On that last date, Twilio disclosed that on Aug.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

That leaves 78 percent that only require usernames and passwords to authenticate account users. For example, from January to December 2021, Microsoft detected a jaw-dropping 25.6 billion account hijacking attempts using brute-forced stolen passwords. percent of npm developers use 2FA to secure their accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. By using the services, cybercriminals can gain access to victims’ accounts to steal money.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

Samples from the archive shared by the author include full names, email addresses, links to the users’ social media accounts, and other data points that users had publicly listed on their LinkedIn profiles. Read more about the April 2021 LinkedIn scrape: Scraped data of 500 million LinkedIn users being sold online.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2013, Yahoo suffered one of the worst data breaches in history, exposing over 3 billion user accounts. While no plaintext passwords or financial data was stolen, the hack did expose answers to security questions. This allowed hackers to breach many user accounts. In February 2021, several U.S. SolarWinds attack on U.S.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 3, 2021

However, they often overlook the role of social engineering in cyber security. Hackers use emotions as a social engineering tool, to persuade their victims to take an action they normally would not. Bad actors manipulate these following 4 emotions the most in social engineering attacks. Knowledge is power.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations. Phishing, social engineering, and credential stuffing are often the end result. Data for sale is not unusual.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

It’s not every day you manage to compromise an account with access to so much data. This included resetting the employee’s password for the email account where unauthorized activity was detected. This attack may reveal itself to be something as basic as an easy to guess password. The lurking menace of social engineering.

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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-2021-30883 internally referred to as Clicked2, marked as being exploited in-the-wild by Apple in October 2021. CVE-2020-9907 internally referred to as AveCesare.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. billion in reported losses. since Q3 of 2007. Business targets.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One of the most outstanding examples involves $2 million ‘s worth of CS:GO skins stolen from a user’s account , which means that losses can get truly grave. Such an engaged, solvent and eager-to-win audience becomes a tidbit for cybercriminals, who always find ways to fool their victims.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2022

The company has more than 5,000 employees in 17 countries, and its revenues in 2021 are US$2.84 “On August 4, 2022, Twilio became aware of unauthorized access to information related to a limited number of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

of polled executives report that their organizations' accounting and financial data were targeted by cyber adversaries.” ” And, “Nearly half (48.8%) of C-suite and other executives expect the number and size of cyber events targeting their organizations’ accounting and financial data to increase in the year ahead.”

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s only February, and 2021 already is rapidly shaping up to be the year of supply-chain hacks. The attackers thus gained remote access to the CRM systems running on the store computers – and a foothold to access customers’ wireless phone numbers and associated account information. Related: The quickening of cyber warfare.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Needless to say, in 2021 cybersecurity was front and center for individuals, enterprises, and governments alike. While this was a big task to take on, I have to admit – I’m leaving 2021 behind feeling encouraged and hopeful for cybersecurity in the New Year. The Rise of Ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It’s safe to say that 2021 has been a challenging yet rewarding year for those working to ensure cyber security systems provide protection. What are the key lessons in email security from 2021? Coronavirus-related phishing, which spiked by over 600% in 2020 , continued to be an issue in 2021 throughout the inboxes of workers.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

According to a recent post on its Facebook account, all of the corporation's public-facing applications have been back online since October 6, 2023, including "the website, Member Portal, eClaims for electronic submission of hospital claims, and EPRS for employer remittances." It was attacked on September 22, 2023.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

According to the post created on September 4, the database also contains profiles of users who don’t have Clubhouse accounts, whose phone numbers might have been acquired by threat actors due to the company’s past insistence that users share their full contact lists with Clubhouse to use the social media platform. Spamming 3.8

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Until 31 July 2021, it had received over 16,000 sextortion complaints, with victims losing a combined $8M USD at least. In this case, an attacker sends a message to a stranger that falsely claims to have control over a device or email account they own. The pandemic saw a surge in sextortion cases in 2020.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2022

In a breach notification letter to patients whose personal information was compromised, the healthcare organization discussed the incident: "On October 15, 2021, an intruder who gained unauthorized access to the Broward Health network may have accessed some of your personal information. How is Broward Health handling the incident?

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Earlier this year, we covered the threats related to gaming , and looked at the changes from 2020 and the first half of 2021 in mobile and PC games as well as various phishing schemes that capitalize on video games. Logs are credentials that are needed for accessing an account. They are the key for accessing victims’ accounts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

74% of respondents—a 6% increase from 2021—also claim that insider threat assaults have become more regular. It can be challenging for defences to distinguish between insider threats and regular user activity since insider threats employ genuine accounts, passwords, and IT technologies.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

million, according to IBM and the Ponemon Institute’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2021. million, according to IBM and the Ponemon Institute’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2021. CSOonline.com reports that 94% of malware is delivered via email, and phishing attacks account for more than 80% of security incidents. million to $4.24

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 28, 2021

This is aided by imitation accounts modelled to look like the genuine organisation’s account. The victim is typically sent to a phishing page where accounts, payment details, identities, or other things can be stolen. The scam isn’t being spread by just one account, nor is there just one bogus support form.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

He is a government employee working as a Nuclear Engineer in the United States Navy. At the time of his arrest on October 9, 2021, he held two active Top Secret security clearances: one through the Department of Defense and another through the United States Department of Energy (DOE). On March 22, 2021, ALICE replied.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2021

This bug could grant attackers access to privileged information from the affected site’s database, such as usernames and (hashed) passwords. This one is listed as CVE-2021-24869 and received a CVSS score of 9.6 If the victim is an administrative account, CSRF can compromise the entire web application. Stored XSS issue.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Lapsus$ has used tactics such as social engineering, SIM swapping, and paying employees and business partners for access to credentials and multifactor authentication approvals. The first known extortion attempt by Lapsus$ included the Brazil Health Ministry in December of 2021. Review cloud admin/super admin account audit logs.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

We have come to the realization that the distributed workforce due to the coronavirus will last well into 2021. Social media accounts associated only with personal, non-business usage. SMishing is social engineering in the form of SMS text messages.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. Online shopping brands were the most popular lure, accounting for 41.65% of financial phishing attempts.

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

Common users are not the only ones who have recognized the messaging app’s handy features — cybercrooks have already made it a branch of the dark web, their Telegram activity soaring since late 2021. We filled in the login and password fields in the screenshot below. The service is especially popular with phishers.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For example, one website offered users to obtain a COVID vaccination certificate by entering their British National Health Service (NHS) account credentials. An attack often started with the victim receiving a link to a certain product supposedly offered at an attractive price, by email, in an instant messaging app, or on a social network.

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