Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Close Home Tech Security 16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. In this scenario, there is not much you can do. 

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Here are the facts and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. PT Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one.

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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. Even though U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Brovko pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, he was an active member of several elite Russian-speaking underground forums. The scripts developed by the cyber criminal were used to parse log data collected from botnet and searched for personally identifiable information (PII) and account credentials.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

Related: Credential stuffing fuels account takeovers. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives. In today’s digital culture, it’s not unusual to need a password for everything —from accessing your smartphone, to signing into your remote workspace, to checking your bank statements, and more.

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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.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2024

New York Times source code compromised via exposed GitHub token SolarWinds fixed multiple flaws in Serv-U and SolarWinds Platform Pandabuy was extorted twice by the same threat actor UAC-0020 threat actor used the SPECTR Malware to target Ukraine’s defense forces Chinese threat actor exploits old ThinkPHP flaws since October 2023 A new Linux (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. They are followed by banking Trojans , whose share in the total amount of malicious attachments showed growth for the first time in a while. Opened email lets spy in.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

As stated in Group-IB’s annual report “ Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 ” presented at the CyberCrimeCon18 conference, every month, 1-2 banks lose money as a result of cyber attacks, and the damage caused by one successful theft is, on average, $2 million. Considering this, banks need to rethink their approach to protection against cyber threats.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

These include financial malware, phishing sites impersonating major global retailers, banks and payment systems, and spam emails that may lead to fraudulent websites or spread malware. This year, we also specifically analyzed the rise of fake mobile applications designed to steal shopping data. attempted to impersonate e-shops.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 22, 2024

On Monday, the computing giant unveiled a new line of PCs that integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to promise faster speeds, enhanced productivity, and a powerful data collection and search tool that screenshots a device’s activity—including password entry—every few seconds.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Considering this type of app is a new concept, it’s not fully regulated like banks or mortgages, at least, not yet. But for now, the question remains: Can buy-now, pay-later apps be trusted with my personal data ? The CFPB also said it was exploring questions about “data harvesting” from “valuable payment histories.”

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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!

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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. 0x2507 Create process with pipe Creates any process with support of inter-process communication to exchange data with the created process.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. The report’s findings reveal that email remains the main method of delivering ransomware, banking Trojans, and backdoors. Links account for 29%, while attachments—for 71%. Dangerous email.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Local banks have already been attacked by advanced hacker groups several times; we expect this trend to increase,” – comments Dmitry Volkov, Group-IB CTO. Banks are considered to be an integral part of critical infrastructure. Attacks on banks and their clients . million dumps, which cost as much as $567.8

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The Threat Report Portugal: H2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to December, H2, 2022. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open-sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

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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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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.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 2, 2021

A recent IBM and Ponemon Institute study found the average cost of a data breach for a company last year came in at $3.86 Cyberattacks are conducted because the data collected – such as names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and financial account information – is financially valuable to the criminals. million.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Global connectivity underpins the most basic functions of our society, such as logistics, government services and banking. Governments are wary of the growing big tech power and data hoarding, which will lead to conflicts – and compromises. We no longer rely on the Internet just for entertainment or chatting with friends.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Scammers create fake websites of known brands, fraudulent promotional campaigns, and fake accounts on social media. In recent years, an often-used fraud method has been fake mobile applications: 36% of users are unable to distinguish between genuine and fake apps, and 60% of the latter request access to the user’s personal data. .

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

These are generally not considered privacy data, but when coupled with an element like your identity document, it becomes private. Other types of data that you should consider private include: Your bank account number and card details. Login information for online accounts you have. Why Is Data Privacy Important?

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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. Scam page with 3-D Secure support offered for $280 User personal data for sale Online banking credentials obtained through phishing techniques are often offered for sale too. The calls are fully automated.

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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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

jailbreaking tool Attackers took over the Perl.com domain in September 2020 Bug bounty hunter awarded $50,000 for a Microsoft account hijack flaw Clop ransomware gang leaks data allegedly stolen from cybersecurity firm Qualys Cyber Defense Magazine – March 2021 has arrived.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The site asks you for some personal information when you create the account which it then stores in a database. Who now owns that data? This is an important question because it drives the way organisations then treat that data. Data Collection Should be Minimised, Not Maximisation. The cat site?

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Centraleyes

APRIL 17, 2025

Various regulatory bodies and industry organizations either require or recommend the use of COSO: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) recognize COSO as a valid framework for SOX compliance, ensuring public companies maintain strong internal controls over financial reporting.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2021

An example of this can be traced back to June 2019, when an unauthorized user gained access to Quest Diagnostic’s sensitive data through a billing vendor by the name of the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). The culprit gained access to sensitive data of 11.9

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

During the carnival of 2016, a Brazilian bank realized that their ATMs had been hacked, with all the cash contained in those machines stolen. The attackers did not have physical access to the machines, but they were able to access the bank’s network by using a DIY device containing a 4G router and a Raspberry PI.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Under predetermined conditions, PayLeak then redirects Android users to a phishing site, using an Amazon gift card giveaway as a lure; iPhone users receive successive popups – first an update alert, followed by instructions to update their Apple Pay account. So the publisher doesn’t see it, and the bank doesn’t see it.

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Webroot

JANUARY 27, 2025

Here are some common examples: Health data : Information stored in a patient portal, online pharmacy, or health insurance website. Financial data : Details of your bank account, 401K fund, or IRA. Apps : Data collected by various applications you use.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Here we had a situation where an attacker could easily control moving parts within a car from a remote location.

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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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McAfee

JANUARY 28, 2020

If you reuse passwords, you only need one of your cloud services to be breached—once criminals have stolen your credentials through one service, they potentially have access to every account that shares those same credentials, including banking platforms, email and other services where sensitive data is stored.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2024

The GDPR's new requirements necessitated a fundamental overhaul of CIAM approaches, a relevance that persists today: Key GDPR principles reshaping CIAM Explicit Consent : Before collecting data, businesses should obtain clear and affirmative consent from users.

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