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A threatening social media post targeting an executive, employee, brand, or any other asset often has merit to it, and investigating the online accounts associated with the threat actor is imperative in the process of assessing risk. MORE
Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. MORE
Breach Hacks Privacy Web Security Account Credentials cyberattack data breach domain name registrar GoDaddy hack hosting accounts password resetThe domain registrar giant said that the breach started in October 2019. MORE
There are many different types of accounts in a typical Active Directory environment. These include user accounts, computer accounts, and a particular type of account called a service account. These special-purpose Active Directory accounts are also the MORE
com — a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims’ phone numbers — has itself been hacked, exposing the email addresses, hashed passwords, IP addresses and private messages for nearly 113,000 forum users. Some complained they were already receiving phishing emails targeting their OGusers accounts and email addresses. . Ogusers[.]com MORE
The post Gamers in Disguise: Protecting Online Gaming from Account Takeover Fraud appeared first on Security Boulevard. Security Bloggers Network account takeover MORE
Security researchers have published details about the method used by a strain of macOS malware to steal login information from multiple apps, enabling its operators to steal accounts. [.]. MORE
Wizcase experts discovered a security flaw in the open-source learning platform Moodle that could allow accounts takeover. For these demonstrations, we are going to have 4 different accounts. Every Moodle website has at least one administrator account, as it is created during the setup. MORE
Microsoft is updating Microsoft Defender for Identity to allow security operations (SecOps) teams to block attacks by locking a compromised user's Active Directory account. [.]. MORE
Intuit has informed TurboTax clients that some of their private and financial information was accessed by threat actors following what seems to be a sequence of account takeover attacks. The post Intuit Clients Warned of Hacked TurboTax Accounts appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. MORE
After gamers reported unauthorized logins and purchases, Nintendo confirmed that over 160,000 accounts had been hacked. Breach Web Security data breach Fortnite Nintendo Nintendo account hack nintendo breach NNID wii U MORE
More than 2 billion breached Fortnite accounts have gone up for sale in underground forums so far in 2020 alone. MORE
Police in the UK are warning WhatsApp users of a surge they have seen in attempts made by fraudsters to steal accounts. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Guest blog Mobile Privacy 2SV SMS WhatsApp MORE
FBI officials last week arrested a Russian computer security researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io , a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online services and stores. MORE
One such area of planning is the issue of password hygiene and account. The post Planning to Prevent Account Takeover appeared first on Enzoic. The post Planning to Prevent Account Takeover appeared first on Security Boulevard. MORE
Review your recent Gmail access, browser sign-in history, and Google account activity to make sure no one other than you has used your account MORE
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An email marketing account that belongs to the American chain of fast casual restaurants specializing in tacos Chipotle has been compromised by cybercriminals who used it to conduct a phishing campaign. MORE
The post Data from 500 million LinkedIn accounts put up for sale appeared first on WeLiveSecurity. The treasure trove of data reportedly includes users’ LinkedIn IDs, full names, email addresses, phone numbers and workplace information. MORE
Reached via phone, IDI Holdings CEO Derek Dubner acknowledged that a review of the consumer records sampled from the fraud group’s shared communications indicates “a handful” of authorized IDI customer accounts had been compromised. MORE
The vulnerability allow an attacker to hijack any account. On a surface of it, things looked bad: complete account takeover with a very trivial attack. Full account takeover. Sexuality, relationships and online dating are all rather personal things. MORE
The social media platform Twitter suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, multiple high-profile accounts were hacked. All the accounts were compromised simultaneously and threat actors used them to promote a cryptocurrency scam. MORE
What tactics do Instagram account hackers use? What do these cybercriminals do with stolen accounts? How can users protect their accounts? MORE
Online advertising firm Sizmek Inc. [ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. In a recent posting to a Russian-language cybercrime forum, an individual who’s been known to sell access to hacked online accounts kicked off an auction for “the admin panel of a big American ad platform.” MORE
The post WhatsApp flaw lets anyone lock you out of your account appeared first on WeLiveSecurity. An attacker can lock you out of the app using just your phone number and without requiring any action on your part. MORE
Multiple chicken diners said their usernames and passwords were stolen and the accounts used to place high-volume orders. Breach Hacks Web Security Account Credentials account takeover compromise Credential stuffing high volume orders nando's peri peri chicken MORE
The Instagram account of SBS Australia - a group of free-to-air TV and radio stations down under - has been hacked by someone who clearly loves "Vikings". MORE
If you want to learn how to secure your Snapchat account, read this post. million accounts were hacked, and their contact information was published online. The post How To Secure Your Snapchat Account appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity. MORE
Earlier this month, our team wrote about the latest Facebook data breach and offered suggestions on how to improve your account security. Let's now walk through the steps you can take to enable two-factor authentication on your accounts. MORE
23, 2021 Twitter booted a gaggle of accounts from its platform, including those determined to be associated with the Russian government and the well-known disinformation machine Internet Research Agency (IRA). On Feb. MORE
Active accounts for people who have left your organization can make exploitation easy, according to Sophos MORE
The subject line reads “Account Ledger for 2020-2021,” and the email body encourages recipients to verify the attachment. Alerts Industry News Accounting ledger malicious attachment malspam phishing RAT Remote Access Trojan MORE
Hackers have compromised an email marketing account belonging to the Chipotle food chain and used it to send out phishing emails luring recipients to malicious links. [.]. MORE
Cybercriminals left an ElasticSearch database exposed, revealing a global attack that compromised Facebook accounts and used them to scam others. MORE
?Moldova's "Court of Accounts" has suffered a cyberattack leading to the agency's public databases and audits being destroyed. [.]. Security MORE
Facebook, Instagram , TikTok , and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms. The now-banned Instagram account for the middleman @trusted/beam. MORE
Active accounts for people who have left your organization are ripe for exploitation, according to Sophos MORE
Hunt transferred the compromised emails and passwords to the website haveibeenpwned.com , where users can check to see if their account data was compromised. The good news is that the data in Collection #1 seems to be at least two to three years old and much of the data there is reportedly comprised of information from other breaches, meaning that anyone who regularly updates their passwords to their online accounts has less reason to worry. “If MORE
Instagram earlier this week introduced a new "Security Checkup" feature that aims to keep accounts safe and help users—whose accounts may have been compromised—to recover them. MORE
Financial software company Intuit has notified TurboTax customers that some of their personal and financial information was accessed by attackers following what looks like a series of account takeover attacks. [.]. MORE
The crooks used emulators to mimic the phones of more than 16,000 customers whose mobile bank accounts had been compromised. Security Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks MORE
For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers — a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts — has been hacked. MORE
A researcher received a $50,000 bug bounty by Microsoft for having reported a vulnerability that could’ve allowed to hijack any account. According to the expert, the vulnerability only impacts consumer accounts. Microsoft Account Takeover! MORE
In this blog we will dive into the different characteristics and statistics of real world Account Takeover attacks as recorded and mitigated by Imperva’s Advanced Bot Protection – Account Takeover. What is Account […]. Identity theft has come a long way in the age of technology. MORE
High-profile Instagram accounts are being targeted by ransomware attacks and phishing schemes, with evidence suggesting that many account holders are paying the attackers. According to a Motherboard report, hackers are infiltrating and gaining access to Instagram accounts by posing as representatives from branding giants to purport a proposed partnership with the victim. MORE
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OCTOBER 2, 2020
The vulnerability allow an attacker to hijack any account. On a surface of it, things looked bad: complete account takeover with a very trivial attack. Full account takeover. Sexuality, relationships and online dating are all rather personal things.
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AUGUST 28, 2020
Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks.
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Security Boulevard
MAY 17, 2021
One such area of planning is the issue of password hygiene and account. The post Planning to Prevent Account Takeover appeared first on Enzoic. The post Planning to Prevent Account Takeover appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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MARCH 23, 2021
The post Gamers in Disguise: Protecting Online Gaming from Account Takeover Fraud appeared first on Security Boulevard. Security Bloggers Network account takeover
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DECEMBER 2, 2020
For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers — a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts — has been hacked.
Security Boulevard
MARCH 2, 2021
23, 2021 Twitter booted a gaggle of accounts from its platform, including those determined to be associated with the Russian government and the well-known disinformation machine Internet Research Agency (IRA). On Feb.
SecureBlitz
JULY 13, 2021
If you want to learn how to secure your Snapchat account, read this post. million accounts were hacked, and their contact information was published online. The post How To Secure Your Snapchat Account appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity.
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AUGUST 6, 2020
Reached via phone, IDI Holdings CEO Derek Dubner acknowledged that a review of the consumer records sampled from the fraud group’s shared communications indicates “a handful” of authorized IDI customer accounts had been compromised.
The Hacker News
JULY 17, 2021
Instagram earlier this week introduced a new "Security Checkup" feature that aims to keep accounts safe and help users—whose accounts may have been compromised—to recover them.
Heimadal Security
JUNE 14, 2021
Intuit has informed TurboTax clients that some of their private and financial information was accessed by threat actors following what seems to be a sequence of account takeover attacks. The post Intuit Clients Warned of Hacked TurboTax Accounts appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.
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JULY 26, 2021
The Instagram account of SBS Australia - a group of free-to-air TV and radio stations down under - has been hacked by someone who clearly loves "Vikings".
Security Boulevard
APRIL 12, 2021
Earlier this month, our team wrote about the latest Facebook data breach and offered suggestions on how to improve your account security. Let's now walk through the steps you can take to enable two-factor authentication on your accounts.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Cybercriminals left an ElasticSearch database exposed, revealing a global attack that compromised Facebook accounts and used them to scam others.
Krebs on Security
MAY 18, 2019
com — a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims’ phone numbers — has itself been hacked, exposing the email addresses, hashed passwords, IP addresses and private messages for nearly 113,000 forum users. Some complained they were already receiving phishing emails targeting their OGusers accounts and email addresses. . Ogusers[.]com
Threatpost
MAY 5, 2020
Breach Hacks Privacy Web Security Account Credentials cyberattack data breach domain name registrar GoDaddy hack hosting accounts password resetThe domain registrar giant said that the breach started in October 2019.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Multiple chicken diners said their usernames and passwords were stolen and the accounts used to place high-volume orders. Breach Hacks Web Security Account Credentials account takeover compromise Credential stuffing high volume orders nando's peri peri chicken
Hot for Security
MAY 17, 2021
The subject line reads “Account Ledger for 2020-2021,” and the email body encourages recipients to verify the attachment. Alerts Industry News Accounting ledger malicious attachment malspam phishing RAT Remote Access Trojan
Threatpost
APRIL 24, 2020
After gamers reported unauthorized logins and purchases, Nintendo confirmed that over 160,000 accounts had been hacked. Breach Web Security data breach Fortnite Nintendo Nintendo account hack nintendo breach NNID wii U
Bleeping Computer
JUNE 12, 2021
Financial software company Intuit has notified TurboTax customers that some of their personal and financial information was accessed by attackers following what looks like a series of account takeover attacks. [.].
Threatpost
AUGUST 31, 2020
More than 2 billion breached Fortnite accounts have gone up for sale in underground forums so far in 2020 alone.
Trend Micro
JULY 11, 2021
What tactics do Instagram account hackers use? What do these cybercriminals do with stolen accounts? How can users protect their accounts?
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
A threatening social media post targeting an executive, employee, brand, or any other asset often has merit to it, and investigating the online accounts associated with the threat actor is imperative in the process of assessing risk.
Security Boulevard
APRIL 23, 2021
In this blog we will dive into the different characteristics and statistics of real world Account Takeover attacks as recorded and mitigated by Imperva’s Advanced Bot Protection – Account Takeover. What is Account […]. Identity theft has come a long way in the age of technology.
Adam Levin
OCTOBER 10, 2018
High-profile Instagram accounts are being targeted by ransomware attacks and phishing schemes, with evidence suggesting that many account holders are paying the attackers. According to a Motherboard report, hackers are infiltrating and gaining access to Instagram accounts by posing as representatives from branding giants to purport a proposed partnership with the victim.
The Hacker News
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
There are many different types of accounts in a typical Active Directory environment. These include user accounts, computer accounts, and a particular type of account called a service account. These special-purpose Active Directory accounts are also the
Tech Republic Security
JANUARY 15, 2021
Review your recent Gmail access, browser sign-in history, and Google account activity to make sure no one other than you has used your account
Krebs on Security
MARCH 13, 2019
Online advertising firm Sizmek Inc. [ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. In a recent posting to a Russian-language cybercrime forum, an individual who’s been known to sell access to hacked online accounts kicked off an auction for “the admin panel of a big American ad platform.”
Adam Levin
JANUARY 18, 2019
Hunt transferred the compromised emails and passwords to the website haveibeenpwned.com , where users can check to see if their account data was compromised. The good news is that the data in Collection #1 seems to be at least two to three years old and much of the data there is reportedly comprised of information from other breaches, meaning that anyone who regularly updates their passwords to their online accounts has less reason to worry. “If
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 20, 2020
The crooks used emulators to mimic the phones of more than 16,000 customers whose mobile bank accounts had been compromised. Security Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
Bleeping Computer
JULY 29, 2021
Hackers have compromised an email marketing account belonging to the Chipotle food chain and used it to send out phishing emails luring recipients to malicious links. [.].
Heimadal Security
JULY 30, 2021
An email marketing account that belongs to the American chain of fast casual restaurants specializing in tacos Chipotle has been compromised by cybercriminals who used it to conduct a phishing campaign.
Hot for Security
JUNE 30, 2021
Police in the UK are warning WhatsApp users of a surge they have seen in attempts made by fraudsters to steal accounts. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Guest blog Mobile Privacy 2SV SMS WhatsApp
Security Affairs
JULY 16, 2020
The social media platform Twitter suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, multiple high-profile accounts were hacked. All the accounts were compromised simultaneously and threat actors used them to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
Bleeping Computer
JULY 16, 2021
?Moldova's "Court of Accounts" has suffered a cyberattack leading to the agency's public databases and audits being destroyed. [.]. Security
Bleeping Computer
JULY 23, 2021
Security researchers have published details about the method used by a strain of macOS malware to steal login information from multiple apps, enabling its operators to steal accounts. [.].
We Live Security
APRIL 13, 2021
The post WhatsApp flaw lets anyone lock you out of your account appeared first on WeLiveSecurity. An attacker can lock you out of the app using just your phone number and without requiring any action on your part.
Security Affairs
MARCH 3, 2021
A researcher received a $50,000 bug bounty by Microsoft for having reported a vulnerability that could’ve allowed to hijack any account. According to the expert, the vulnerability only impacts consumer accounts. Microsoft Account Takeover!
Tech Republic Security
JANUARY 27, 2021
Active accounts for people who have left your organization are ripe for exploitation, according to Sophos
Bleeping Computer
JULY 6, 2021
Microsoft is updating Microsoft Defender for Identity to allow security operations (SecOps) teams to block attacks by locking a compromised user's Active Directory account. [.].
Security Affairs
APRIL 8, 2021
Wizcase experts discovered a security flaw in the open-source learning platform Moodle that could allow accounts takeover. For these demonstrations, we are going to have 4 different accounts. Every Moodle website has at least one administrator account, as it is created during the setup.
We Live Security
APRIL 9, 2021
The post Data from 500 million LinkedIn accounts put up for sale appeared first on WeLiveSecurity. The treasure trove of data reportedly includes users’ LinkedIn IDs, full names, email addresses, phone numbers and workplace information.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 10, 2020
FBI officials last week arrested a Russian computer security researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io , a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online services and stores.
Tech Republic Security
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Active accounts for people who have left your organization can make exploitation easy, according to Sophos
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