Webroot

JUNE 17, 2025

Research shows that the travel and tourism sector ranked third in cyberattacks, with nearly 31% of hospitality organizations experiencing a data breach and a record 340 million people affected by cybercrimes. As soon as you start booking your trip, the cybercriminals start circling.

VPN 89

VPN Scams Computers and Electronics Phishing 89

SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2025

Once access is gained, attackers can exploit compromised accounts to further infiltrate networks, gather sensitive data, or impersonate contacts to solicit information or funds. Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Ensure that MFA is enabled across all accounts to add an additional layer of security.

Scams 100

Scams Social Engineering Media Phishing 100

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Claude (Anthropic’s LLM) was given this prompt: Please summarize the themes and arguments of Bruce Schneier’s book Beyond Fear. Then lay out the most salient criticisms of the book. Accountability and Transparency – Ethical security requires checks against excessive power and oversight for responsibility.

Data collection 228

Data collection Risk Surveillance Manufacturing 228

Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2019

The locations of alleged GozNym cybercrime group members. They’re also related to the 2016 arrest of Krasimir Nikolov , a 47-year-old Bulgarian man who was extradited to the United States to face charges for allegedly cashing out bank accounts that were compromised by the GozNym malware. Source: DOJ. Vladimir Gorin , a.k.a

Cybercrime 248

Cybercrime Banking Small Business Computers and Electronics 248

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2022

million accounts. Threat actors compromised the FlexBooker accounts of more than 3.7 Stolen data are now available for sale on multiple cybercrime forums. FlexBooker recommends users stay vigilant and review account statements and credit reports for suspicious transactions. million accounts. ” states HIBP.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Accountability Cybercrime Passwords 145

Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. Megatraffer has continued to offer their code-signing services across more than a half-dozen other Russian-language cybercrime forums, mostly in the form of sporadically available EV and non-EV code-signing certificates from major vendors like Thawte and Comodo.

Malware 334

Malware Cybercrime Antivirus Accountability 334

Hot for Security

MARCH 1, 2021

UK’s national reporting center for fraud and cybercrime (Action Fraud) is warning citizens to watch out for travel-related fraud following the government’s announcement last week that it would lift travel restrictions. Remember, if a deal sounds too good to be true, it usually is.”

Scams 98

Scams Cybercrime Advertising Cryptocurrency 98

Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2020

The incident also highlights the often murky area between what’s legal and ethical in combating cybercrime. 3, 2019, Data Viper’s Twitter account casually noted , “FiveStars — 44m breached records added – incl Name, Email, DOB.” An online post by the attackers who broke into Data Viper. But on Aug.

Hacking 363

Hacking Marketing Cybercrime Accountability 363

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

Cybercrime 309

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 309

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

Social Engineering 363

Social Engineering Cybercrime Mobile Identity Theft 363

Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2020

After that, they send account creation links to all the contacts.”. Especially when there are plenty of services in the cybercrime underground that specialize in spoofing these phony attestations for a small fee. Then you either mail or fax it in. “I assumed there would be at least ID verification.

Internet 332

Internet Internet Cybercrime Government 332

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

” Kurittu said he and others who worked on the investigation into Kivimaki’s previous cybercrimes couldn’t shake the suspicion that the infamous cybercriminal was also behind the Vastaamo extortion. “There were also other projects and databases.” ”

Data breaches 273

Data breaches Cybercrime Telecommunications Accountability 273

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The men — a former Russian cyber intelligence official and an executive at Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab — were reportedly prosecuted for their part in an investigation into Pavel Vrublevsky , a convicted cybercriminal who ran one of the world’s biggest spam networks and was a major focus of my 2014 book, Spam Nation.

Cybersecurity 272

Cybersecurity Cybercrime Media Antivirus 272

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

But by all accounts, few attacks from those gangs have come close to the amount of firepower wielded by a pro-Russia group calling itself “ NoName057(16).” He also co-runs SURBL , an anti-abuse service that flags domains and Internet address ranges that are strongly associated with spam and cybercrime activity, including DDoS.

DDOS 350

DDOS Internet Internet Government 350

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers, SitePoint discloses a data breach that impacted 1M users. SitePoint is an Australian-based website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers. The company has disclosed a data breach and notified its users via email.

Data breaches 137

Data breaches Passwords Cybercrime Accountability 137

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The database included the personally identifiable information of Blink Mobility customers and administrators, including: Phone number Email address Encrypted password Registration date Device info and device token Details on subscription and rented vehicles (license plate, VIN, booking start and end location, etc.)

Mobile 140

Mobile Identity Theft Passwords Phishing 140

Hot for Security

MAY 25, 2021

As travel restrictions begin to ease, the UK’s national reporting center for fraud and cybercrime is warning the British public to watch out for holiday fraud. The agency’s report reveals that 56% of accounts were linked to booking airline tickets online and just 29% to holiday accommodation.

Advertising 111

Advertising Scams Media Cybercrime 111

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

“Account information of some of our Card Members, including some of your account information, may have been involved. ” The security breach occurred at a service provider that lets customers book flights, hotels and other reservations using an online portal. .”

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Accountability Hacking Mobile 140

Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversarial cyber intelligence company specializing in the investigation and prevention of high-tech cybercrime, has published a comprehensive analysis of fraud cases on a global scale. . Insurance companies around the world are now suffering from phishing.

Scams 137

Scams Banking Insurance Cybercrime 137

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2022

Folks, Who wants to dive deep into some of my latest commercially available research and stay on the top of their OSINT/cybercrime research and threat intelligence gathering game that also includes their team and organization? Dancho Danchev’s “Intell on the Criminal Underground – Who’s Who in Cybercrime for ” Presentation – [PDF].

Cybercrime 96

Cybercrime Hacking Scams Ransomware 96

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Why and how to protect ourselves Once the credentials are stolen, hackers can use them to access various online accounts, including banking, e-mail, and social media accounts. Use complex and unique passwords: Avoid reusing the same passwords for multiple accounts and use password managers to generate and store secure passwords.

Identity Theft 134

Identity Theft Passwords Authentication Education 134

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Google rolled out emergency fixes to address actively exploited Chrome zero-day Samsung discloses a second data breach this year The Prynt Stealer malware contains a secret backdoor. users China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign Russian streaming platform Start discloses a data breach impacting 7.5M

Data breaches 97

Data breaches Malware Surveillance Ransomware 97

Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cybercrime isn’t just a futuristic Hollywood plotline, it’s a real threat that targets everyone—from wide-eyed kids to seasoned adults and wise grandparents. And don’t reuse passwords across multiple accounts unless you want to throw a welcome party for cybercriminals. And guess what?

Scams 130

Scams Passwords VPN Phishing 130

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Z-Library is the world’s largest illegal library and claims to offer more than 11 million e-books for download. The library has been active since 2009, it offers e-book files in a variety of file formats, stripped of their copyright protections. Z-Library operates as a complex network of approximately 249 interrelated web domains.

Accountability 98

Accountability Hacking Cybersecurity Cybercrime 98

Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2024

“England’s top doctor has today (Monday 10 June) backed calls from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) for O Positive and O Negative blood donors to urgently book appointments to donate in one of the 25 town and city centre NHS Blood Donor Centres in England , to boost stocks of O type blood following the cyber incident in London.

Ransomware 134

Ransomware Healthcare Cyber Attacks Hacking 134

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

“My slice”, the details of the Italian campaign Last year, a highly targeted phishing campaign that I renamed “My slice” (derived from the name of a variable in the javascript code of the landing page) targeted e-mail account holders of Italian organisations. This would prevent e-mails from being sent and received.

Phishing 140

Phishing Education Social Engineering Accountability 140

SecureList

JUNE 23, 2022

The attack patterns revealed are not accidental because this class of attack requires the hackers to go through certain stages, such as penetrating the corporate network or victim’s computer, delivering malware, further discovery, account hijacking, deleting shadow copies, removing backups and, finally, achieving their objectives.

Ransomware 145

Ransomware Malware Backups Accountability 145

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2024

England’s top doctor has today (Monday 10 June) backed calls from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) for O Positive and O Negative blood donors to urgently book appointments to donate in one of the 25 town and city centre NHS Blood Donor Centres in England , to boost stocks of O type blood following the cyber incident in London.”

Ransomware 145

Ransomware Healthcare Cyber Attacks Hacking 145

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Deepfake and phishing The accessibility and effectiveness of deepfake technology have led cybercrime to use it for sophisticated social engineering attacks for the purpose of extortion, fraud, or to cause reputational damage. He is also the author of the book “La Gestione della Cyber Security nella Pubblica Amministrazione”.

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering Engineering Artificial Intelligence Computers and Electronics 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

Hyundai disclosed a data breach that impacted Italian and French car owners and clients who booked a test drive. Hyundai has suffered a data breach that impacted Italian and French car owners and customers who booked a test drive.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Media Manufacturing Education 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition.

Antivirus 96

Antivirus Advertising Malware Backups 96

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2022

WP Quick Booking Manager. The researchers noticed that both trojan variants contain unimplemented functionality for hacking the administrator accounts of WordPress websites through a brute-force attack using special dictionaries. WP GDPR Compliance Plugin. Newspaper Theme on WordPress Access Control (vulnerability CVE-2016-10972).

Malware 98

Malware Hacking Accountability Phishing 98

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2024

The term money mules refers to those individuals who are recruited by criminals to transfer illicit money through their bank accounts in exchange for a commission. He is also the author of the book “La Gestione della Cyber Security nella Pubblica Amministrazione”. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

Scams 139

Scams Marketing Education Banking 139

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Data breaches 88

Data breaches Surveillance Hacking Advertising 88

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. Facebook paid $25,000 for CSRF exploit that leads to Account Takeover. Gnosticplayers round 3 – 92 Million fresh accounts from 8 unreported security breaches available for sale. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

Advertising 87

Advertising Malware Accountability Banking 87

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

These developments would have, over the next decade or so, steadily and materially reduced society’s general exposure to cybercrime and online privacy abuses. And this positive upswing could be reinforced by stricter adherence to, not just the letter, but the spirit of data security laws already on the books in several nations.

Computers and Electronics 113

Computers and Electronics Data privacy Encryption Media 113

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Data breaches 94

Data breaches IoT Advertising Banking 94