CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 5, 2023

The Government Communication Service website was publicly displaying information of about 45k Govt employees and details include email address, phone numbers and job titles, along with the social media account handles of some ministers and civil servants, including their Twitter and LinkedIn profiles.

Government 109

Government Social Engineering Advertising Media 109

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These company-specific Zoom links, which include a permanent user ID number and an embedded passcode, can work indefinitely and expose an organization’s employees, customers or partners to phishing and other social engineering attacks. The PMI portion forms part of each new meeting URL created by that account, such as: zoom.us/j/5551112222

Engineering 257

Engineering Encryption Social Engineering Healthcare 257

Malwarebytes

APRIL 9, 2024

We have observed several different advertiser accounts which were all reported to Google. Online ads from search engine result pages are increasingly being used to deliver malware to corporate users. Step 1: Luring victims in via malicious ads The initial intrusion starts from a malicious ad displayed via Google search.

System Administration 108

System Administration DNS Engineering Social Engineering 108

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

“Another social engineering technique the threat actor uses to lure the employee into interacting with the email is giving the messages urgency, asking the recipient to review them or they will be deleted after three days.” “The overlay itself is attempting to prompt the user to sign in to access the company account.”

Social Engineering 118

Social Engineering Phishing Engineering Advertising 118

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A vulnerability in the Microsoft OAuth implementation exposes Azure cloud accounts to takeover. “This vulnerability makes it much easier to compromise privilege users – whether through simple social engineering techniques or by infecting a website that the privileged users occasionally access.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication 66

Authentication Accountability Social Engineering Advertising 66

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

A cybercriminal who goes by the handle RastaFarEye has been advertising DarkGate Loader on cybercrime forums since June 16, 2023. “On August 29, in the timespan from 11:25 to 12:25 UTC, Microsoft Teams chat messages were sent from two external Office 365 accounts compromised prior to the campaign.

Malware 117

Malware Social Engineering Cryptocurrency Cybercrime 117

Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. Everlynn advertising a warrant/subpoena service based on fake EDRs. THE LAPSUS$ CONNECTION. Image: Ke-la.com.

Accountability 276

Accountability Government Hacking Social Engineering 276

Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

SocialEngineered.net is a forum dedicated to social engineering discussions, it has been compromised data of its users was leaked on a hacker forum. SocialEngineered.net, the forum dedicated to social engineering topics, announced it has suffered a data breach two weeks ago. Pierluigi Paganini.

Hacking 77

Hacking Social Engineering Data breaches Engineering 77

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2020

Twitter confirmed that hackers accessed the direct message (DM) inboxes of some of the accounts that were recently compromised. Last week, the social media giant Twitter revealed that hackers compromised 130 accounts in the attack that took place on July 15 and downloaded data from eight of them. ” wrote Krebs.

Accountability 91

Accountability Advertising Cryptocurrency Social Engineering 91

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Social media giants have long held too much power over our digital identities. Related: Google, Facebook promote third-party snooping Today, no one is immune to these giants’ vicious cycle of collecting personal data, selling it to advertisers, and manipulating users with data metrics.

Media 245

Media Accountability Social Engineering Hacking 245

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2023

. “The threat actors behind the campaign are targeting Facebook business accounts by using Google ads and fake Facebook profiles that promote things like games, adult content, and cracked software, etc. The attack is designed to steal sensitive information, including login data, cookies, and Facebook ad and business account information.”

Government 92

Government Manufacturing Social Engineering Malware 92

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. Phishing, social engineering, and credential stuffing are often the end result. Data for sale is not unusual.

Education 71

Education Social Engineering VPN Accountability 71

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

As first reported here on July 16, prior to bitcoin scam messages being blasted out from such high-profile Twitter accounts @barackobama, @joebiden, @elonmusk and @billgates, several highly desirable short-character Twitter account names changed hands, including @L, @6 and @W. They would take a cut from each transaction.”

Hacking 299

Hacking Accountability Scams Media 299

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Dubbed as MoneyMonger, the said android malware has the potential to steal contact details from social media accounts, only to tarnish the image of the user, if in case, he/she fail to oblige their demands. Usually, this malware is found in circulation through third party app stores and via social engineering attacks.

Malware 86

Malware Social Engineering Mobile Advertising 86

Hot for Security

APRIL 6, 2021

Instead of malicious actors putting in hours of work creating complicated mitigation bypasses or leverages existing exploits – they can instead work to create convincing cheat advertisements, which if priced competitively, could potentially get some attention.”.

Social Engineering 116

Social Engineering Firewall Advertising Software 116

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2018

According to the Girl Scouts of Orange County, an unknown threat actor gained access to an email account operated by the organization and used it to send messages. The account was compromised from Sept. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are notifying everyone whose information was in this email account,” Salcido added.

Data breaches 78

Data breaches Social Engineering Advertising Insurance 78

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This means that stealing someone’s phone number often can let cybercriminals hijack the target’s entire digital life in short order — including access to any financial, email and social media accounts tied to that phone number. Each advertises their claimed access to T-Mobile systems in a similar way.

Mobile 316

Mobile Phishing Authentication Advertising 316

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 114

Social Engineering VPN Phishing Authentication 114

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Attackers are using this tactic to break into Gmail and Yahoo accounts in large scale attacks. In one campaign, threat actors targeted accounts on popular secure email services, such as Tutanota and ProtonMail. In one campaign, threat actors targeted accounts on popular secure email services, such as Tutanota and ProtonMail.

Phishing 94

Phishing Social Engineering Authentication Accountability 94

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2023

It has been estimated that the threat actor has stolen over 350,000 EUR from victims’ bank accounts and compromised Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of thousands of victims. The threat actor advertises the Smishing-as-a-Service platform on Telegram. ” Thill explained.

Banking 79

Banking Phishing Social Engineering Authentication 79

Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

. “During our investigation, on some of the compromised stations we observed some unusual behavior performed under a certain user account, leading us to believe the attackers managed to create a user account on the victims’ machine and performed several malicious actions inside the network, using that account.”

Government 113

Government Social Engineering Telecommunications Hacking 113

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 28, 2023

When those users look up their tech troubles online, they’ll see results that display the scammers’ phone number, fooling them into calling what they think is a legitimate helpline, only to be led through a series of social engineering tricks to eventually hand over their money. OBN Brandon’s trick is almost always the same.

Scams 90

Scams Accountability Social Engineering Small Business 90

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address. ” MICROBILT.

Identity Theft 340

Identity Theft Computers and Electronics Hacking Accountability 340

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

The original advertisement to hopeful customers, retrieved from one of these forums and translated from Russian: Collects from browsers: Login and passwords. Also notable: the compromised user was a customer support engineer from a contracted third party (Sitel). Autocomplete fields. Credit cards. The Compromises. Email filtering.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Passwords Malware 98

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Here are some examples of how potential attackers can use the data found in the unsecured Amazon S3 bucket against the owners of the exposed email addresses: Spamming 350 million email IDs Carrying out phishing attacks Brute-forcing the passwords of the email accounts. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 119

Social Engineering Passwords Marketing Phishing 119

Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2022

The logs indicate LAPSUS$ had exactly zero problems buying, stealing or sweet-talking their way into employee accounts at companies they wanted to hack. On March 19, 2022, the logs and accompanying screenshots show LAPSUS$ had gained access to Atlas , a powerful internal T-Mobile tool for managing customer accounts.

Mobile 357

Mobile Computers and Electronics VPN Marketing 357

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

“To attract larger audiences, scam operators advertise their services, promising to teach others how to phish for serious cash.” “For instance, a “premium” page may include elements of social engineering, such as an appealing design, promises of large earnings, an anti-detection system and so on.”

Phishing 88

Phishing Scams Social Engineering Banking 88

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Israeli Defence Force (IDF) announced it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers’ mobile devices by posing as attractive women on social media and instant messaging apps ( i.e. Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 62

Social Engineering Media Spyware Advertising 62

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. Group-IB Secure Portal also managed to identify over 100,000 accounts with three or more logins from the same device. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Cryptocurrency 58

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering eCommerce Engineering 58

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2019

The data were leaked online via the Twitter account “G0d” (@_0rbit) that has been suspended. “The Twitter account @_0rbit published the links daily in the style of an advent calendar, with each entry representing a “door”, behind which was a link to new information.” ” reported France24.?.

Social Engineering 91

Social Engineering Advertising Government Accountability 91

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) observed the APT group making more than 2,700 attempts to identify consumer email accounts belonging to specific Microsoft customers and then attack 241 of those accounts. The messages include a link and claim to inform the recipient of an attempt to compromise their email account.

Media 69

Media Social Engineering Phishing Advertising 69

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

American citizens lost over $6,000,000 due to these individuals’ BEC fraud schemes, in which they impersonated business executives and requested and received wire transfers from legitimate business accounts.” “Ogunshakin provided Uzuh and other co-conspirators with bank accounts that were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers.

Social Engineering 76

Social Engineering Scams Small Business Banking 76

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The City of Ocala in Florida is the last victim in order of time of a profitable business email compromise scam (BEC) attack, fraudsters redirected over $742,000 to a bank account under their control. This phase involves social engineering techniques, OSING, and also malware. ” reported BleepingComputer.

Scams 46

Scams Banking Social Engineering Accountability 46

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

He gained access to his phone number and used it impersonate the executive and steal $500,000 from two accounts he had at Coinbase and Gemini. But he wasn’t quick enough to stop a hacker from draining $500,000 from two separate accounts he had at Coinbase and Gemini, according to Santa Clara officials.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Cryptocurrency 81

Cryptocurrency Identity Theft Social Engineering Advertising 81

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Twitter announced to temporarily disable the feature that allows users to post tweets via SMS, in response to the hack of the CEO’s account. We’re temporarily turning off the ability to Tweet via SMS, or text message, to protect people’s accounts. The hackers carried out a SIM swapping attack to take over Dorsey’s account.

Hacking 47

Hacking Social Engineering Accountability Advertising 47

SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. On the phishing page that claims to offer personal banking services, they ask users to log in with their corporate banking account credentials.

Cybercrime 90

Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 90

Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2022

Spam which claims your account has been locked out and needs to be fixed are common. your account, ?y?o?u?’?l?l? Clicking the big grey “verify account” button should, in theory, lead you to an Apple phishing page. Clicking the big grey “verify account” button should, in theory, lead you to an Apple phishing page.

Phishing 111

Phishing Social Engineering Marketing Accountability 111