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Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations

Krebs on Security

Booking.com did not respond to questions about that, and its current account security advice urges customers to enable 2FA. In November 2023, the security firm SecureWorks detailed how scammers targeted booking.com hospitality partners with data-stealing malware. million phishing attempts in 2023.”

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

For example, in its most recent transparency report (PDF) Verizon said it received more than 127,000 law enforcement demands for customer data in the second half of 2023 — including more than 36,000 EDRs — and that the company provided records in response to approximately 90 percent of requests. dot-gov emails get hacked.

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How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

Krebs on Security

. “So, the attacker receives the invitation to fill out the form – and when they complete it, they enter their intended victim’s email address into the form, not their own,” Cluely wrote in a December 2023 post. ” The fake Google representative was polite, patient, professional and reassuring.

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5 Best Bot Protection Solutions and Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

And customers that experience a consistently good and secure web experience are more likely to become repeat customers, one more reason that a bot protection solution can be a good investment.

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Google Cybersecurity Action Team Threat Horizons Report #8 Is Out!

Anton on Security

as usual, shocking but not surprising.

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A massive phishing campaign using QR codes targets the energy sector

Security Affairs

Starting from May 2023, researchers from Cofense discovered a large-scale phishing campaign using QR codes in attacks aimed at stealing the Microsoft credentials of users from multiple industries One of the organizations targeted by hackers is a notable energy company in the US. ” reads Cofense’s report.

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How Microsoft's highly secure environment was breached

Malwarebytes

An investigation by Microsoft has finally revealed how China-based hackers circumvented the protections of a "highly isolated and restricted production environment" in May 2023 to unlock sensitive email accounts belonging to US government agencies.