Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Over 90 percent of the users identified by Google were targeted via “credential phishing emails” that attempt to trick victims into providing their password or other account credentials to hijack their Google account. It doesn’t mean that hackers successfully compromised their Google accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

” “We use Facebook and LinkedIn for account login and do not store any passwords on our system. If you use the legacy email and password login, your passwords are encrypted, but we highly encourage that you change it. cyber #cybersecurity pic.twitter.com/VTGMyBiyz0 — Cyble (@AuCyble) June 26, 2020.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

VISA is warning of ongoing targeted cyber attacks conducted by crooks on point-of-sale (POS) systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants. According to a security alert published by VISA, the PoS systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants are under attack. ” continues the security alert. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cyber Attacks 63

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Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2022

From the summary: The FBI is informing academic partners of identified US college and university credentials advertised for sale on online criminal marketplaces and publicly accessible forums. May 2021 : Over 36,000 email/password combinations for.edu addresses were observed on a “publicly available instant messaging platform.”

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 12, 2024

Not only does a successful infection leave Roblox account data vulnerable, but it may also compromise the data and device.In ThreatLabz researchers discovered multiple attackers copying a “free” version of Tweaks and using it to sell “paid” versions. million daily active users makes it an attractive target for cyber attackers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed a cyber attack and that the threat actors have exposed the customers’ data. A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

P&N Bank discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed. The Australian P&N Bank is notifying its customers a data breach that has exposed personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive account data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2021

In January, experts noticed on the popular Raid Forums an advertisement for the Verified’s database containing registered users’ data and their private messages, posts, and threads. The attackers also managed to transfer $150,000 worth of cryptocurrency from Verified’s wallet to a wallet under his control. Source FlashPoint.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2020

Security researchers Pierre Kim and Alexandre Torres have discovered several vulnerabilities Zyxel Cloud CNM SecuManager software that could expose users to cyber attacks. “The attack surface is very large and many different stacks are being used it very interesting. . log escape sequence injection xmppCnrSender.py

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to impersonate any computer, including the domain controller itself, and execute remote procedure calls on their behalf. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

” Once inside of a target organization, the hackers stole source code, software code signing certificates, customer account data and other information they could use or resell. APT41’s activities span from the mid-2000s to the present day. Security analysts and U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

“Maastricht University (UM) has been hit by a serious cyber attack. UM is investigating if the cyber attackers have had access to this data.”. It is unclear if the attackers have exfiltrated data from the systems before encrypting them. “Part of our technical infrastructure was affected during the attack.

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Ransomware Cyber Attacks Architecture Backups 106

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Security experts from cyber-security firm Prevailion reported that TA505 has compromised more than 1,000 organizations. The malicious updates employed in the Zerologon attacks are able to bypass the user account control (UAC) security feature in Windows and abuse the Windows Script Host tool (wscript.exe) to execute malicious scripts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2020

With Coronavirus outbreak , the protection of healthcare organizations has become a pillar of our society and Microsoft was committed to providing all the necessary support to mitigate the risks of cyber attacks. The tech giant is sending notifications to hospitals about their surface of attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

Ransomware 105

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

ObliqueRAT, a new malware employed in attacks on government targets in Southeast Asia. FBI recommends using passphrases instead of complex passwords. Slickwraps discloses data leak that impacted 850,000 user accounts. New Cyber Attack Campaign Leverages the COVID-19 Infodemic. Lampion malware v2 February 2020.

Banking 87

Banking Malware Advertising Ransomware 87

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2019

email accounts) can sign-up for an account. The key point Tchap is that encrypted communications flow through internal servers to prevent cyber attacks carried out by foreign nation-state actors. I received an email from Tchap, I was able to validate my account! or @elysee.fr servers were not impacted.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 10, 2021

Now for access as a service, you're getting a username and password to a database, or to the back end of the administrative account, to a hospital or to a bank. These offerings often include a combination of remote access into a network and administrator credentials or other highly privileged accounts.".

Telecommunications 98

Telecommunications Marketing Ransomware Accountability 98

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2019

Amnesty International Hong Kong Office hit by state-sponsored attack. Microsoft removes Password-Expiration Policy in security baseline for Windows 10. Over 23 million breached accounts were using ‘123456 as password. Norsk Hydro estimates March cyber attack cost at $50 Million. But it was 2011.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

“Through proactive surveillance, LifeLabs recently identified a cyber-attack that involved unauthorized access to our computer systems with customer information that could include name, address, email, login, passwords, date of birth, health card number and lab test results.” ” said Brown. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Insurance Advertising 58

Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2020

A state-based actor is launching cyber attacks against government, public services and businesses, Australia ‘s prime minister said. “Government sources have told the ABC that China is likely behind the sustained cyber attack.” Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

Twitter account of Scotland Yard hacked and posted bizarre messages. WizzAir informed customers it forced a password reset on their accounts. German firms BASF, Siemens, Henkel hit by cyber attacks. Stock trading service Robinhood stored passwords in plaintext for some users. Pierluigi Paganini.

Antivirus 57

Antivirus Spyware Advertising Hacking 57

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2019

The Ukrainian authorities are observing a surge in allege state-sponsored attacks aimed at disrupting the upcoming presidential election. Ukraine reported a surge in cyber attacks aimed at disrupting the upcoming presidential election, the Government believes that Russian nation-state actors could be responsible for them.

Banking 83

Banking Advertising Phishing Cryptocurrency 83

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

Jessica Alba ‘s Twitter account hacked, it posted racist and homophobic messages. Cyber attacks hit Louisiana schools ahead of years beginning. DHS warns of cyber attacks against small airplanes. DRAGONBLOOD flaws allow hacking WPA3 protected WiFi passwords. Once again thank you! Pierluigi Paganini.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

This week, cybersecurity firm Akamai said they have observed more than 246 million web application attacks levied against the gaming industry between 2019 and 2020. That represents a 340% increase year-over-year, a 415% increase since 2018 and accounted for about 4% of the more than 6.3

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2020

. “The website had claimed to provide its users a search engine to review and obtain the personal information illegally obtained in over 10,000 data breaches containing over 12 billion indexed records – including, for example, names, email addresses, usernames , phone numbers, and passwords for online accounts.

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Data breaches Advertising Accountability Cyber Attacks 64

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts. A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Locked Shields 2019 – Chapeau, France wins Cyber Defence Exercise.

Computers and Electronics 61

Computers and Electronics Spyware Data breaches Advertising 61

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2019

gnosticplayers offers 26 Million new accounts for sale on the Dark Web. Massive attacks bypass MFA on Office 365 and G Suite accounts via IMAP Protocol. Aluminum producer Norsk Hydro hit by a massive cyber attack. Facebook passwords stored in plain text, hundreds of millions users affected. Paper Copy.

Hacking 62

Hacking Advertising Encryption Accountability 62

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Password Checkup Chrome extension warns users about compromised logins. 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web. Bank of Valletta shut down its operations after a cyber attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The bot was also targeting Linux and Mac devices and performing dictionary attacks against SSH services to guess their username and passwords. The Linux variant has adjusted some features in order to account for the fundamental differences that exist between this operating system and Windows.” reads the Intezer’s report.

Hacking 87

Hacking Cryptocurrency Cyber Attacks Advertising 87

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

An unknown attacker has launched a destructive cyber attack against the email provider VFEmail, he erased information on its server including backups, 18 years’ worth of customer emails were lost. “We This was more than a multi-password via ssh exploit, and there was no ransom. 30081:127.0.0.1:22 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

A bug in Instagram exposed user accounts and phone numbers. Drone attacks hit two Saudi Arabia Aramco oil plants. A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site. Crooks hacked other celebrity Instagram accounts to push scams. Magecart attackers target mobile users of hotel chain booking websites.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

According to a new report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) almost any new weapon systems in the arsenal of the Pentagon is vulnerable to hack. The new generation of weapon systems developed by the Pentagon is heavily computerized and for this reason more exposed to cyber attacks. ” continues the GAO.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2021

NCA arrested 21 people in the UK as part of an operation targeting customers of WeLeakInfo service that advertised stolen personal credentials. ” “Cyber criminals rely on the fact that people duplicate passwords on multiple sites and data breaches create the opportunity for fraudsters to exploit that.”

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Data breaches Cybercrime Cyber Attacks Advertising 109

Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2019

Within 10 business days, agencies will have to change the passwords for their DNS account and enable multifactor authentication where available, but CISA warns risks for SMS-based MFA. The same IPs were previously associated with cyber attacks conducted by Iranian cyberspies. SecurityAffairs – DHS, DNS hijacking attacks).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2020

A few days after the disclosure of the vulnerability in the F5 Networks BIG-IP product threat actors started exploiting it in attacks in the wild. Threat actors exploited the CVE-2020-5902 flaw to obtain passwords, create web shells, and infect systems with various malware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

A few days ago, Microsoft warned dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. Microsoft urges hospitals and health care organizations to implement security measures to protect public-facing devices to increase their resilience to cyber attacks.

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