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FBI Warns About Hackers Selling VPN Credentials for U.S. College Networks

The Hacker News

Network credentials and virtual private network (VPN) access for colleges and universities based in the U.S. are being advertised for sale on underground and public criminal marketplaces.

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FBI: Compromised US academic credentials available on various cybercrime forums

Security Affairs

. “The FBI is informing academic partners of identified US college and university credentials advertised for sale on online criminal marketplaces and publically accessible forums. Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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Microsoft issues targeted notification to hospitals vulnerable to Ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

Microsoft is sending notifications to dozens of hospitals about vulnerable VPN devices and gateways exposed online in their network. Microsoft is warning dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Who Is the Network Access Broker ‘Babam’?

Krebs on Security

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. The username associated with that account was “ bo3dom.” com back in 2011, and sanjulianhotels[.]com com (2017).

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U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble hit by cyberattack

Security Affairs

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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FBI warns of education sector credentials on dark web forums

Malwarebytes

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. January 2022 : “Russian cyber criminal forums” were offering network and VPN credentials, both for sale or free to access.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

” 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. Security firm FireEye dubbed that hacking blitz “one of the broadest campaigns by a Chinese cyber espionage actor we have observed in recent years.”

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