Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

All the company’s social media accounts haven’t been updated since 2023 at the latest. So, even if a company has good intentions, there is still a risk of your genetic data being linked to your personally identifiable information (PII). The BBC reports it tried several methods to reach the company but failed in this effort.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta 251 million ($263M) for a 2018 data breach impacting 29 million Facebook accounts. “This data breach impacted approximately 29 million Facebook accounts globally, of which approximately 3 million were based in the EU/EEA. ” reads the press release published by DPC.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

Phishing plays straight out of the cybercrime playbook "March Madness brings heightened cybersecurity risks this year, especially with the expansion of sports gambling beyond traditional office pools creating new attack vectors for credential harvesting and financial fraud," warns J. Awareness and vigilance.

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Scams Social Engineering Phishing Mobile 95

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Amazon: €746 Million ($781 Million), 2021 In 2021, Amazon received a hefty fine for failing to secure proper consent for advertising cookies. The Irish Data Protection Commission found that Instagram’s default settings made children’s accounts visible to the public, exposing personal information like phone numbers and email addresses.

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Data privacy Risk Surveillance Government 134

Malwarebytes

MARCH 20, 2025

This blog post was co-authored with Elie Berreby, Senior SEO Strategist Criminals are highly interested in online marketing and advertising tools that they can leverage as part of their ongoing malware campaigns. We believe this is because the threat actors are primarily interested in harvesting Google accounts.

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 28, 2025

They are meant to guard accounts against malicious access of accounts. Multi-Account Management Made Easy There is no need to purchase more SIM cards and pay more money or use unsafe applications. The use of temporary numbers simplifies the creation of multiple accounts. Key Benefits of Using Temporary Numbers 1.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

CISA adds Fortinet products and Ivanti CSA bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Nation-state actor exploited three Ivanti CSA zero-days Dutch police dismantled dual dark web market ‘Bohemia/Cannabia’ macOS HM Surf flaw in TCC allows bypass Safari privacy settings Iran-linked actors target critical infrastructure organizations (..)

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Data breaches Cybercrime Cyber Insurance Marketing 124

Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2025

Check out key findings and insights from the Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025. 1 - Tenable: Orgs using AI in the cloud face thorny cyber risks Using AI tools in cloud environments? 1 - Tenable: Orgs using AI in the cloud face thorny cyber risks Using AI tools in cloud environments?

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Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

Collectively, they could easily put affected customers at risk for account takeovers and identity theft. million former account holders. This leak reportedly included full names, dates of birth email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, and AT&T account numbers. All rights reserved.

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Password Management Passwords Identity Theft Artificial Intelligence 128

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Overview Scammers are creating ads impersonating PayPal from various advertiser accounts that may have been hacked. This is not a coincidence of course, and is why search advertising is worth billions of dollars. We dont just report on phone securitywe provide it Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

And yet, if artificial intelligence achieves what is called an agentic model in 2025, novel and boundless attacks could be within reach, as AI tools take on the roles of agents that independently discover vulnerabilities, steal logins, and pry into accounts. Importantly, the attack methods here are not new. But sometimes the AI pushes back.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

And 2025 will be no different, as increasingly sophisticated online hackers seek to take advantage of Valentine's themed email traffic, social media advertisements, or marketing campaigns, and exploit heightened emotions and a desire to connect. Last year saw a 110% rise in cybercrime in the lead up to Valentine's Day.

Scams 84

Scams Cybercrime Phishing Social Engineering 84

Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2025

Phones are also likely personal devices which provide attackers with a direct path to sensitive personal accounts. Personal email addresses would see generic advertising, but corporate email addresses would be prompted to log in with their Microsoft account.

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Phishing Banking Mobile Accountability 140

Penetration Testing

JUNE 20, 2025

This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to change the password of any user, including an administrator, which allows them to take over the account and the website ,” Wordfence warned in its blog post. user_id=3&hash_check=%80 POST /account/?user_id=1&hash_check=%25C0

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Passwords Accountability Penetration Testing Firewall 75

Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

At first glance, BlackLocks advertisements on ransomware forums may seem similar to other big players, boasting multi-platform support and advanced encryption. The most notable observation was the sheer volume of activity on BlackLocks RAMP account. The table below shows the comparable engagement of other RaaS representatives.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2025

By the end of the call, she had authorized $25 million in transfers to overseas accounts. Together, the two series illustrate a clear positive correlation between incident frequency and monetary loss, underscoring the growing risk and economic burden posed by AI‑driven fraud schemes. Financial transactions often involve urgency (e.g.,

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Banking Scams Social Engineering Financial Services 110

Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2025

But a new report finds the accused continues to operate a slew of established accounts at American tech companies — including Facebook , Github , PayPal and Twitter/X. Lizhi’s case makes clear, just because someone is sanctioned doesn’t necessarily mean big tech companies are going to suspend their online accounts.

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Zero Day

JUNE 17, 2025

PT kontekbrothers/Getty We've probably all received confirmation codes sent via text message when trying to sign into an account. Those codes are supposed to serve as two-factor authentication to confirm our identity and prevent scammers from accessing our accounts through a password alone.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The third quarter’s most prolific ransomware gang was RansomHub, which accounted for 17.75% of all victims. For example, AdWare.OSX.Angent.ap (9%) adds advertising links as browser bookmarks without the user’s knowledge. Adware and other potentially unwanted applications were as usual the most widespread threats for macOS.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 2, 2025

TRAIGA applies to anyone who d eploys or develops AI systems in Texas; p roduces AI-powered products/services used by Texans; or m arkets or advertises AI systems in Texas. Sandbox risks: Looser rules may allow risky AI testing with little oversight. Federal Conflict Risk: If a federal AI moratorium passes (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The gang targets high-value victims, also called “mammoths,” for digital asset theft, including cryptocurrencies, payment cards, online banking accounts, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Crazy Evil actively recruits affiliates by advertising its cybercriminal network with specific skill requirements.

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SecureList

JUNE 25, 2025

This accounted for nearly 41% of all unique files detected, a 14-percentage point increase compared to 2024. Microsoft Office applications remained frequent targets for impersonation: Outlook and PowerPoint each accounted for 16%, Excel for nearly 12%, while Word and Teams made up 9% and 5%, respectively.

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Adware Phishing Computers and Electronics Banking 84

Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next.   Recycled credentials leaked online from company A could be used to access your account from company B, for example.

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Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 101

Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2025

The findings reveal that the public approaches cybersecurity as a patchwork quilt, implementing some best practices while forgoing others, and engaging in a few behaviors that carry significant risk online. Your most sensitive accounts shouldnt just have a unique password. Use a password manager and 2FA. Consider a VPN.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Designed to keep pace with modern data privacy standards, the DPDPA provides individuals with rights over their personal information while holding organizations accountable for maintaining these protections. They also have opt-out rights, particularly concerning the use of their data in targeted advertising, sales, and automated profiling.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2025

It also added that public data from the accounts of people in the EU under the age of 18 is not being used for training purposes. In summary, Meta may face massive legal risks just because it relies on an “opt-out” instead of an “opt-in” system for AI training.” Damages could reach billions.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 25, 2025

Infrastructure and Environment: The modern bridge with a blue banner advertisement and the tree-lined waterfront hints at a city that integrates riverways into its urban design. We don’t just report on threats – we help protect your social media Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With stolen passwords, the impact is even broader; hackers could wire funds from a breached online banking account into their own, or masquerade as someone on social media to ask friends and family for money. Some info stealers dont even require an additional stepthey can take cryptocurrency directly from a victims online accounts.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2025

In that same report, the FBI advises consumers to check the URL to make sure the site is authentic before clicking on an advertisement. We don’t just report on threats – we help safeguard your entire digital identity Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. com account[.]datedeath[.]com datedeath[.]com

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Key Points Phishing incidents rose during the reporting period (August 1 to October 31, 2024), accounting for 46% of all customer incidents. Cloud services alerts increased by 20% due to rising cloud account usage, while malicious file alerts in phishing attacks remain high, exploiting users’ tendencies to open files.

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Digital Shadows

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Together, these factors magnify any existing vulnerabilities, transforming manageable risks into significant threats during the M&A period. We’ll also provide actionable recommendations so you can proactively defend against these heightened risks and ensure a more secure and successful integration.

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SecureList

MARCH 5, 2025

This plays into the hands of attackers by allowing them to persist in an unprotected system without the risk of detection. Next, the attackers threatened the content creators under the pretext of copyright infringement, demanding that they post videos with malicious links or risk shutdown of their YouTube channels.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 12, 2025

It mandates that deployers of high-risk AI systems that process personal information to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive information security program that contains specific administrative, technical, and physical safeguards.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

They determine what acceptable risk looks like when implementing AI and the outcomes they’re looking for from different tools. Committees should also ask how the model authenticates user permissions—is it using an administrative account or acting on behalf of the user? How can we verify the reasoning behind the tool’s outputs?

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Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Marketing Encryption 59

SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2025

Wholesalers and so-called fraud shops clean and index those records, advertising credit card dumps or "fullz" (full identity packages) on dozens of multilingual darknet markets. Start with continuous, scenario-based risk assessments that blend automated scanning with human-led penetration testing.

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next.   Recycled credentials leaked online from company A could be used to access your account from company B, for example.

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Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 106

SecureWorld News

APRIL 9, 2025

Al Lindseth , Principal, CI5O Advisory Services LLC, offered his perspective: "I speak a lot at different industry and sector conferences and gatherings and always get asked the question, 'what's our biggest risk/threat?' Mitigating these risks means we have to be able to see around the corners, be creative without paralysis by analysis."

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