Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2021

“I wonder if they are about to close down their operation and want to sell data or access from an in-progress breach before they do,” said Fabian Wosar , chief technology officer at computer security firm Emsisoft. REvil’s darknet victim shaming site remains offline. Conti did not respond to requests for comment.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2023

The ransomware gang published an extortion note on its dark web leak site claiming to have information on hundreds of businesses. “WE The gang urged victim organizations to contact them before their name will be added to the list of victims on the leak site. ALL MEDIA SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ARE DO WHAT ALWAYS THEY DO.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Department of Homeland Security hastily assembled a conference call with healthcare industry executives warning about an “imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. SWNews says Ridgeview’s system includes Chaska’s Two Twelve Medical Center, three hospitals, clinics and other emergency and long-term care sites around the metro area.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Doxxers usually start with one or two pieces of relatively innocent or public information, but by connecting the dots between those pieces they can build a frighteningly detailed picture of an individual. . These sites collect public information like birth, death, and marriage records and make them searchable.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

At the time of this writing, the Clop ransomware group already added 27 companies to the list of victims on its dark web leak site. ALL MEDIA SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ARE DO WHAT ALWAYS THEY DO. WE ARE ONLY FINANCIAL MOTIVATED AND DO NOT CARE ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS. “ PROVIDE LITTLE TRUTH IN A BIG LIE.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The IRS official who contacted me was not authorized to be quoted in the media (and indeed did not initially realize he was speaking to a member of the press when he called). This week, an investigator with the U.S. Internal Revenue service finally got in touch to discuss my claim. ”

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 31, 2022

The United States Embassy in Montenegro issued a rare security alert , warning of a "persistent and ongoing cyberattack" that could include disruptions to public utilities, transportation, and telecommunications. Government officials from the small, Balkan nation took to Twitter to share some information about the incident.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2023

But when you're out and about, a mobile firewall can manage the flow of traffic in and out of your device. Speaking of which, a little automation of the lighting can make it seem as if there is someone home watching the place. Public Wi-Fi and computers Simple. Don’t use them if you can avoid them. Safe travels!

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Mackenzie Jackson, the Developer Advocate at GitGuardian joins Paul to discuss how “secrets sprawl” on sites like GitHub threatens software supply chains. And What To Do About It.) Or, check us out on Google Podcasts , Stitcher , Radio Public and more. Click the icon below to listen. That is “ Linus’s Law.”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In January, KrebsOnSecurity examined clues left behind by “ Wazawaka ,” the hacker handle chosen by a major ransomware criminal in the Russian-speaking cybercrime scene. It’s unclear if that is the real story about how Wazawaka lost the ring finger on his left hand; his remaining fingers appear oddly crooked.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2024

We started doing the LIVE VIDEO recording sessions ( the latest ) We have a fun new community site for discussions We also covered a lot of AI. AI of course will continue to be in our coverage, and a “fun” new episode on AI governance is coming soon (How about that? But we realized we don’t have enough new profound reflections….

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. Many are already aware (and are our clients), but publicity is never superfluous. The Spamdot admins went by the nicknames Icamis (a.k.a. Ika ), and Salomon (a.k.a.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Oftentimes, these proxy sites will use HTTPS, so they will still show the lock icon in most browsers. The protocol enables you and the website to speak securely using encryption, making it difficult for outsiders to monitor your communications or traffic. The user might not even need to give up their password. HTTPS is never broken.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2022

You may well have changed your social media site of choice recently, but that doesn’t mean the security implications of less familiar sites and services can be ignored. For the sites themselves, coping with an influx of new users can be nothing short of a large headache. — Hive (@TheHIVE_Social) December 1, 2022. .

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 27, 2023

That may seem like harsh punishment for a brief and very public cyber joy ride. Speaking with KrebsOnSecurity via Instagram instant message just days after the Twitter hack, PlugwalkJoe demanded that his real name be kept out of future blog posts here. I don’t care,” O’Connor told The Times. They can come arrest me.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2020

Many security news sites are reporting that Microsoft addressed a total of four zero-day flaws this month, but it appears the advisory for a critical Internet Explorer flaw ( CVE-2020-0968 ) has been revised to indicate Microsoft has not yet received reports of it being used in active attacks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This year’s event was held at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and Hanson Hall buildings at the University of Minnesota West Bank. Nobody Cares About Your Feelings: How to Talk About Design. Specifically, he talked about ways not to ruin projects during the design process. Myths and Facts About Securing Your Site.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

So it’s really important to talk to them about how they should use their devices responsibly, what they should and shouldn’t be doing online, and how they should be treating other people. So without further ado, let’s dive into what we should be teaching our kids about Internet safety and what we can do to enforce these teachings.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 31, 2018

We had about 81k visitors drop by on the first day and for the most part, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Most people have said it's great to have the data surfaced publicly and they've used that list to put some pressure on sites to up their game. What Causes a Site to be Removed From WhyNoHTTPS.com ? 360doc.com.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

To the best of our knowledge, it doesn’t operate a data leak site. That’s quite unusual for a ransomware campaign since many prominent gangs brag about big targets and post them as victims on their data leak sites. Unlike most ransom campaigns, CheckMate, discovered in 2022, has been quiet throughout its operations.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In a nutshell, your digital identity encompasses all the information that exists about you in digital form. Broadly speaking, a digital identity can be split into two categories: digital attributes and digital activities. Public Wi-Fi Networks. Hackers love public Wi-Fi networks as they are often unsecured and unencrypted.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 1, 2018

Cross site request forgery is a perfect example; here we have a situation where the browser will happily send cookies along with requests (including auth cookies) thus issuing said request under the identity of the logged in user. And yes, "same-site" cookies will fix this but as of today, only Chrome supports it.).

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Identity IQ

MARCH 4, 2024

Address fraud isn’t just about an accidental delivery mistake; it runs deeper and often carries malicious intent. Those engaged in this illicit activity are banking on individuals being ignorant or passive about these seemingly small red flags. Suddenly, questions begin to bubble to the surface: Why is this happening?

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I've been directly involved in the discovery or disclosure of a heap of these and indeed, security is normally the thing I most commonly write about. If this data was compromised, it could potentially expose a huge amount of very personal information about their owners, information that never existed in digital form before the advent of IoT.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2022

You may need to provide sensitive information such as your name, address, Social Security number, pay stubs, bank statements, information about your investment and retirement accounts, copies of your tax returns, etc. You may want to speak with multiple lenders to find the right loan and get the best rate possible.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

In addition, we speak to Malwarebytes senior security researcher JP Taggart about the importance of trusting your VPN. Tune in to hear about what your VPN can see, why it is important for that information to be secured, and how you can safely transfer your trust to a VPN, on the latest episode of Lock and Code, with host David Ruiz.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In a LinkedIn comment regarding a blog post about BlackCat's retaliatory move on HealthcareInfoSecurity , Krista Arndt , CISO at United Musculoskeletal Partners, said: " Retaliation is so much fun. The FBI and CISA have labeled BlackCat one of the most prolific and damaging ransomware groups currently active. Insert sarcasm here).

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence builds a monthly picture of ransomware activity by monitoring the information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web leak sites. Expanding marketing operations, so to speak. Having said that, the Black Basta News Tor site, where it publishes new victims, has been down for several weeks.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

There is reason to hope that things are finally about change though. FIDO2 is a specification that uses public key encryption for authentication. ” Every Tor address is also the cryptographic public key of the service you want to talk to. Passwords are a great idea in theory that fail horribly in practice.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. Kaspersky’s Computer Incident Investigations Department specializes in attacks by Russian-speaking and Russia-based cybercriminals. Incident analysis. Key trends.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 23, 2020

The following day, Mitch received another call about suspected fraud on his bank account. Something about that conversation didn’t seem right, and so Mitch decided to use another phone to place a call to his bank’s customer service department — while keeping the first caller on hold.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2023

DISH, Sling and our wireless and data networks remain operational; however the Corporation’s internal communications, customer call centres and internet sites have been affected. It’s possible we may be waiting some time for additional details to be made public. The DISH call centre. How bad is the current state of play?

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SecureList

OCTOBER 5, 2022

BlackBasta, the notorious ransomware we have written about before, recently received an update. The benefit of using an in-built propagation method is that it leaves fewer traces in the system and it is stealthier than using public tools. The overall count of victims infected over the course of the campaign is about 80.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

About the author: Charlotte Hooper is the Helpline Manager at The Cyber Helpline, a U.K. Instead, these cases consist primarily of technology-facilitated abuse by an ex-partner, online hate crimes, and fixated stalkers who use technology to discover secrets about the victim and send threats. RELATED: What Is The Cyber Helpline?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2021

The Avaddon ransomware operators updated their malware after security researchers released a public decryptor in February 2021. In August 2020, cybersecurity intelligence firm Kela was the first to report that the Avaddon ransomware operators announced on a Russian-speaking hacker forum their new data leak site. Source ZDNet.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 13, 2020

In this episode of the podcast (#184) Kyle Wiens of iFixit joins us to talk about Project BioMed: an international, crowd-sourced effort to expedite repair of medical devices by making service and repair manuals available online. Our first guest, Kyle Wiens , is the founder of the web site iFixit. Read the whole entry. »

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

What We Know About The Shellshock Exploit. They can take control of the server, steal information on it, destroy information on it, scan for other vulnerable devices, and use the server to plant malicious code and attack other servers and sites. Looks like we might have yet another Heartbleed on our hands. Who Is Being Impacted?

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