Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 20, 2021

It is also not uncommon for firms in the healthcare vertical to symbiotically share various types of information with one another; private healthcare-related data is also almost always shared during the M&A process – even before deals have closed.

Healthcare 233

Healthcare Insurance Computers and Electronics Data collection 233

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

The amount of data in the world topped an astounding 59 zetabytes in 2020, much of it pooling in data lakes. We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

Encryption 176

Encryption Artificial Intelligence IoT Data collection 176

SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

CloudSorcerer is a sophisticated cyber-espionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection and exfiltration via Microsoft, Yandex and Dropbox cloud infrastructures. The malware utilizes cloud resources for its C2 (command and control) servers, which it accesses via APIs using authentication tokens.

Energy and Utilities 106

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Malware Government 106

Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Once again, an archive of data collected from hundreds of millions of LinkedIn user profiles surfaced on a hacker forum, where it’s currently being sold for an undisclosed sum.

Social Engineering 145

Social Engineering Media Data collection Passwords 145

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Altogether, Meduza makes a great competitor to Azorult , Redline , Racoon , and Vidar Stealer used by cybercriminals for account takeover (ATO), online-banking theft, and financial fraud. The author behind Meduza distributed the following notification about the update on multiple underground communities and Telegram group: Attention!

Password Management 144

Password Management Cryptocurrency Passwords Authentication 144

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

’ The CERT-UA also reported that the state-sponsored hackers used compromised VPN accounts that weren’t protected by multi-factor authentication. Authentication data collected by POEMGATE can be used for lateral movement and other malicious activities on the compromised networks. “Note (!)

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Telecommunications Authentication Data collection Passwords 135

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2020

PAM governs a hierarchy of privileged accounts all tied together in a Windows Active Directory ( AD ) environment. It didn’t take cyber criminals too long to figure out how to subvert PAM and AD – mainly by stealing or spoofing credentials to log on to privileged accounts. But SSO proved to be a boon for intruders, as well.

Accountability 138

Accountability Authentication Digital transformation Passwords 138

IT Security Guru

AUGUST 7, 2024

Robust CIAM platforms incorporate effective ID verification mechanisms, such as document verification and biometric authentication, to ensure the authenticity of customer identities while eliminating friction and fraud risks.

Insurance 124

Insurance Data collection Authentication Technology 124

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. million user accounts earlier this year. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Cryptocurrency 304

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 304

CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Customer identity and access management (CIAM), a subset of identity access management (IAM), is used to manage authentication and authorization of account creation and login process for public facing applications. Marketers want to collect data about customers and their devices.

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CSO Data collection Marketing Accountability 80

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

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Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 233

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

The company allegedly obtained this information from non-public sources without the consent of the person filing the complaint or the potentially billions of others affected by the data collection. Activate multi-factor authentication on all accounts where it’s available, especially on email, banking, and social media platforms.

Identity Theft 130

Identity Theft Data breaches Passwords Encryption 130

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 15, 2024

NPD, which provides background check services to employers, investigators, and other businesses, reportedly obtains this information by scraping data from various sources, often without the direct consent of the individuals involved. Use complex, unique passwords for all accounts and consider using a password manager.

Data breaches 109

Data breaches Identity Theft Password Management Data collection 109

Malwarebytes

MARCH 27, 2025

Its minimal data collection, transparency, and advanced security features make it superior to WhatsApp in protecting user information. ” Enable “Screen Lock” to require biometric authentication or a PIN to access the app. Switching to Signal is justified if privacy is your top priority.

Encryption 57

Encryption Data collection Mobile Authentication 57

BH Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

Having policies and procedures to secure social media accounts and minimise the potential for incidents can help. Recently, a client with several different social media accounts and a large team of people working on them approached BH Consulting to review its security and policies around them. More than 4.7

Media 52

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2024

However, the customer company often gives the service provider quite a lot of access to its systems, including: allocating various systems for conducting operations; issuing accesses for connecting to the infrastructure; creating domain accounts. Many companies resort to using remote management utilities such as AnyDesk or Ammyy Admin.

VPN 125

VPN Accountability Passwords Antivirus 125

SecureList

JULY 8, 2024

It’s a sophisticated cyberespionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection, and exfiltration via Microsoft Graph, Yandex Cloud, and Dropbox cloud infrastructure. The malware leverages cloud resources as its command and control (C2) servers, accessing them through APIs using authentication tokens. Windows NT 10.0;

Government 144

Government Malware Data collection DNS 144

SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This article delves deep into the settings and privacy policies of LLM-based chatbots to find out how they collect and store conversation histories, and how office workers who use them can protect or compromise company and customer data. The user creates an account and gains access to the bot. Account hacking.

Accountability 139

Accountability B2B Risk Hacking 139

SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2024

If there is a silver lining, it is likely the data exposed to advertisers such as Microsoft and Google does not include usernames, passwords, Social Security numbers (SSNs), financial account information, or credit card numbers. Protecting your information online starts with good cyber hygiene.

Data breaches 112

Data breaches Healthcare Identity Theft Advertising 112

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2021

I had assumed that they either stole or spoofed a SolarWinds digital certificate, which they then used to authenticate the tainted update. However, one possible scenario is that they obtained a targeted employee’s login credentials and then used that employee’s account to pivot to and take control of the build system, Pericin says.

Software 202

Software Hacking Malware Engineering 202

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

Earlier this month , popular Hollywood actor Tom Cruise was trending on social media not because of a new film that he’s working on, but thanks t o TikTok videos that went viral , generating many reactions from users around the ir authenticity. . one business leader fell victim to a deepfake scam ?where What are deepfakes? .

Technology 93

Technology Authentication Media Accountability 93

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

This should be a focus area for organizations to improve their defensive tactics, such as ensuring secure credentials and removing unnecessary privileged accounts. Team82’s data shows that 63% of the vulnerabilities disclosed may be exploited remotely through a network attack vector, while 31% of the vulnerabilities can be exploited locally.

Healthcare 126

Healthcare Ransomware Authentication Threat Reports 126

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 16, 2024

Put into context, it would make little sense to use a privacy-oriented browser and all the features such a browser may have to offer, but continue to reuse passwords across online accounts. It’s also viable to implement this guide and the cybersecurity one at the same time for simultaneous improvement for your privacy and security!

Accountability 111

Accountability Engineering Passwords Internet 111

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

User personal data for sale. Crooks offers data collected through phishing campaign to the subscribers. Data includes verified online banking credentials, in some cases phishers also provides info on the account balances. ” continues the analysis. ” Phishing-as-a-Service. .

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Phishing Scams Social Engineering Accountability 98

Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Most recently, the company used phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication for advertising and networking purposes. Facebook needs to be both explicit and detailed about how and when it shares user data. It even collects what it calls " shadow profiles " -- data about you even if you're not a Facebook user.

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Advertising Surveillance Engineering Encryption 245

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Kottmann also reportedly even posted some of the videos on Twitter, which later deleted the hacker’s account and their offending tweets. The one that scares me the most is that with this data and its analysis, adversaries could perpetuate not only cybercrimes, but also physical crimes like looting or kidnapping.”.

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

As mentioned above, the creators of phishing bots and kits can get access to data collected with tools they made. Unlike the free data mentioned above, these have been checked, and even the account balances have been extracted. Legitimate services use one-time passwords as a second authentication factor.

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Phishing Marketing Scams Accountability 144

Webroot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

As OpenText’s Muhi Majzoub, EVP and Chief Product Officer, points out: “ As personal and family AI use increases, it’s essential to have straightforward privacy and security solutions and transparent data collection practices so everyone can use generative AI safely.

Education 115

Education Passwords Password Management Authentication 115

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

Authenticate into user account and perform actions against vehicles. No matter what your angle of attack, whether your interest is in social engineering, pranking, system tampering, or data collection, there’s potentially something for everyone. Are these issues still a problem?

Manufacturing 95

Manufacturing Data collection Social Engineering Engineering 95

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

EvilProxy actors are using Reverse Proxy and Cookie Injection methods to bypass 2FA authentication – proxyfying victim’s session. Early occurrences of EvilProxy have been initially identified in connection to attacks against Google and MSFT customers who have MFA enabled on their accounts – either with SMS or Application Token.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 2, 2021

A hacker or scammer could also use faceprint and voiceprint data in a plethora of ways to impersonate you, and to create very realistic deep fakes or digital personas - combined with the other information obtainable from TikTok and some rudimentary AI, create a not-so-easily discerned, fake digital version of any user.

Data collection 98

Data collection Media Mobile Identity Theft 98

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Based out of New York, Fraud.net’s cloud-based APIs leverage AI-powered risk intelligence to provide clients with high-powered analysis and monitoring services and potentially prevent fraud attempts before they can get ahold of your money and data. Through these features and more, businesses can keep their data safe and secure.

eCommerce 113

eCommerce Risk Financial Services Authentication 113

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

Data collection from FTP clients, IM clients. In a blog post published on March 22nd, 2022, Microsoft confirmed that one of their user accounts had been compromised by the Lapsus$ (also known as DEV-0537) threat actor, though they claimed that the information accessed was limited and that “no customer code or data was involved”.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Passwords Malware 98

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One of the most outstanding examples involves $2 million ‘s worth of CS:GO skins stolen from a user’s account , which means that losses can get truly grave. Game over: cybercriminals targeting gamers’ accounts and money. Launching the malware resulted in decryption and activation of a Trojan-stealer dubbed Taurus.

Mobile 133

Mobile Passwords Software Accountability 133

Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

Why data matters I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read that “data is the new oil” without reading any explanations as to why people should care. Creating a social media account requires handing over your full name and birthdate. Where the risk truly lies, however, is in fraudulent account access.

Data breaches 96

Data breaches Passwords Banking Malware 96

Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Active Lock protects individual files by requiring step-up authentication until the threat is cleared. There are many options for step-up authentication, including Cisco Duo OTP and push notifications. Best of all, there is no incremental cost based on the volume of data collected. Read more about MISP here.

Technology 145

Technology Firewall VPN Authentication 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Consumer Expectations Privacy Rights and Seamless Online Experiences An overwhelming 87% of consumers expect privacy rights from online interactions, with the most significant expectations being the right to be informed about data collection (55%) and the right to data erasure (53%).

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Media Passwords Authentication Digital transformation 77