Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

You’ve probably never heard of “ 16Shop ,” but there’s a good chance someone using it has tried to phish you. A 16Shop phishing page spoofing Apple and targeting Japanese users. Image: Akamai.com. The INTERPOL statement says the platform sold hacking tools to compromise more than 70,000 users in 43 countries.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

GoDaddy has made it official that a data breach has occurred on its database in September this year leaking email addresses to hackers that could lead to phishing attacks in the future. The post GoDaddy data breach could lead to Phishing Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 28, 2021

Well, it kinda feels like we're back to the new normal that is 2021. I'm home, the kids are back at school and we're all still getting breached. We're breached so much that even when we're not breached but someone says we're breached, it genuinely looks like we're breached.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

GoDaddy suffered a data breach that impacted up to 1.2 GoDaddy discloses a data breach that impacted up to 1.2 million of its customers, threat actors breached the company’s Managed WordPress hosting environment. The exposure of email addresses presents risk of phishing attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The State of Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Phishing attacks continue to play a dominant role in the digital threat landscape. In its 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), Verizon Enterprise found phishing to be one of the most prevalent action varieties for the data breaches it analyzed. That’s up […]… Read More.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

The tech giant may have used this data for targeted advertising, according to Blue Shield, which is one of the largest health insurers in the US. In a data breach notice on its website, Blue Shield says it had begun notifying certain members of a potential data breach that may have included elements of their protected health information.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2021

IT and consulting giant Accenture confirmed a data breach after the ransomware attack conducted by LockBit operators in August 2021. Global IT consultancy giant Accenture discloses a data breach after the LockBit ransomware attack that hit the company in August 2021. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2023

T-Mobile today disclosed a data breach affecting tens of millions of customer accounts, its second major data exposure in as many years. That breach came to light after a hacker began selling the records on a cybercrime forum. Image: customink.com In a filing today with the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Airline Air Europa disclosed a data breach and warned customers to cancel their credit cards after threat actors accessed their card information. Air Europa has disclosed a data breach and issued a warning to its customers, advising them to cancel their credit cards due to unauthorized access by threat actors to their card information.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

million patients have been impacted by a health care data breach so far in 2021, a whopping 185% increase from the same time period last year where just 7.9 Further, the number of breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services during the first six months of 2021 increased by 27% year-over-year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2022

SuperCare Health, a California based healthcare firm that deals with patients suffering from respiratory ailments, has posted a data breach notice on its website. The post About 300,000 patient data leaked in data breach of SuperCare Health appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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We Live Security

MAY 14, 2021

The report provides unique insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the data breach landscape. The post Verizon’s 2021 DBIR: Phishing and ransomware threats looming ever larger appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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Hot for Security

JANUARY 29, 2021

USCellular, a Chicago-based mobile network operator, has revealed a data breach incident affecting an undisclosed number of customers. The company believes the incident occurred on January 4, 2021, after threat actors managed to trick employees into accessing and downloading malicious software on some retail-store computers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

UC San Diego Health, a California based healthcare service provider, reportedly suffered a data breach early this year, and it notified the 450,000 victims from September 7th, 2021. The post California Hospital data breach crisis deepens appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to June, Q2, of 2021. 0xSI_f33d is part of the official VirusTotal ingestors since July 2021 allowing the community to verify threats worldwide provided by this feed. Phishing and Malware Q2 2021.

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Digital Guardian

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We're poised to break records this year when it comes to statistics on breaches, ransomware, and phishing, according to a new report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Revolut that offers payment processing technology was targeted by a phishing attack recently, leading to data breach of thousands of customers from Lithuania and Europe. Confirmed sources suggest the data breach occurred from a phishing attack that could have taken place in August this year.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2022

According to Palo Alto Networks , most known cloud data breaches start with misconfigured IAM policies or leaked credentials. Specifically, researchers found that IAM misconfigurations cause 65% of detected cloud data breaches, with the runners up being weak password usage (53%) and allowing password reuse (44%).

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2024

.” The data came to light a few weeks ago when it was put up for sale on an online cybercrime forum, but the seller, a hacker calling themselves “MajorNelson”, claimed it had been stolen from AT&T three years prior. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Recently disclosed data breach impacted several of its brands, including Domain Factory, Heart Internet, Host Europe, Media Temple, tsoHost and 123Reg. Recently GoDaddy has disclosed a data breach that impacted up to 1.2 million of its customers, threat actors breached the company’s Managed WordPress hosting environment.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In 2021 we witnessed the continuation of the seismic shift in how people work, a change that started at the beginning of the global pandemic. The acceleration of cloud, mobility, and security initiatives proved to be critical for organizations looking to weather the new threats and disruptions.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 25, 2025

There are no changes to the way the company stores, manages, or protects customer data. In 2023, not only did the company suffer a major data breach , it also placed some of the blame on the victims who, according to 23andMe, negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords. What is happening? Take your time.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q3, of 2021. 0xSI_f33d is part of the official VirusTotal ingestors since July 2021 allowing the community to verify threats worldwide provided by this feed. Phishing and Malware Q3 2021.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2020

TOPIC: In this episode, Daniel takes a look at the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Verizon’s Breach Report is one of the best infosec reports out there, and I’m always excited when I hear it’s been released. Errors were causal events in 22% of breaches. 58% had personal data compromised.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has disclosed a data breach after threat actors hacked their email system. “Based on our investigation, we determined that a threat actor infiltrated EWA email on August 2, 2021. The experts at the company believe that the attackers attempted wire fraud.

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Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Phishing, smishing, and business email compromise continue to do their dirty work.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

In a case that highlights how attackers can leverage information from data breaches to enhance their attacks, a group of attackers is using customer information stolen from a Colombian bank in phishing attacks with malicious documents, researchers report. Stolen data used to add credibility to future attacks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2021. Threat Report Portugal Q1 2021: Phishing and malware by numbers. The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q1 2021.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 2, 2024

After weeks of denial, AT&T has finally acknowledged a massive data breach impacting 73 million current and former customer accounts. The telecom giant had initially claimed that a large trove of personal data leaked on the Dark Web did not originate from their systems.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 9, 2025

Additionally, a distributed workforce, ranging from remote maintenance technicians to cabin crews, multiplies entry points for social-engineering tactics like phishing. Aircraft themselves are nodes on data networks, constantly transmitting telemetry, engine performance metrics, and passenger connectivity data.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2023

The UK Electoral Commission suffered a data breach that exposed voters’ personal information between 2014 and 2022. The UK Electoral Commission disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of voters in the United Kingdom between 2014 and 2022. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2023

Phishing attacks continue to be one of the most significant threats facing organizations today. As businesses increasingly rely on digital communication channels, cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in email, SMS, and voice communications to launch sophisticated phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2022

Communications company Twilio discloses a data breach after threat actors have stolen employee credentials in an SMS phishing attack. Communications company Twilio discloses a data breach, threat actors had access to the data of some of its customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Ask yourself: if my organization suffers a data breach as the result of a cyberattack, what will it actually cost? New Ponemon Institute research reveals that the average cost of a data breach is higher than ever before. Key findings from Ponemon IBM Cost of a Data Breach report. million), then phishing ($4.65

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. 2, and Aug.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The company acted quickly, pausing billing operations to assess the extent of the damage and protect customer data. Similar incidents have occurred in the past, such as the 2021 ransomware attack on a water treatment facility in Florida, where hackers attempted to poison the water supply by altering chemical levels.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 2, 2022

?2021 is over, and we can look forward to a hopefully healthier, safer, and more normal 2022. However, it was a big year for technology and cybersecurity with massive cyberattacks and data breaches, innovative phishing attacks, privacy concerns, and of course, zero-day vulnerabilities. [.].

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