Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The City of Philadelphia discloses a data breach that resulted from a cyber attack that took place on May 24 and that compromised City email accounts. The incident was discovered on May 24, but further investigation revealed that threat actors have had access to the compromised email accounts at least since March 2023.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Utah Imaging Associates (UIA) discloses a security breach, on September 4, 2021 the company claims to have detected and blocked a cyber attack. You should also promptly report any fraudulent activity or any suspected incidents of identity theft to proper law enforcement authorities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The city was able to quickly contain and remediate the breach after the identification of the data breach, it also announced the implementation of additional measures to improve its resilience to cyber attacks. ” states the letter. . ” states the letter. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 26, 2023

To those uninitiated, Latitude experienced a cyber-attack in March, leading to data steal of its 7.9 The incident took place when the suspected group of hackers took control of the servers of the company via a compromised employee account. million customers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 2, 2021

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has hit the news headlines for becoming a victim of a cyber attack that led to data breach of over 57,900 claimant accounts seeking unemployment benefits. million files from a mis-configured Amazon S3 Bucket.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 30, 2023

JD Sports, Britain’s online retailer of branded sportswear, has reportedly become a victim of a cyber attack that leaked information of over 10 million customers. JD Sports has assured that hackers accessed no passwords related to their accounts and issued an apology for failing to protect the customer info.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) was hit by a cyber attack, threat actors stole personal information from its email system. The company confirmed that attackers exfiltrated files containing sensitive information. The experts at the company believe that the attackers attempted wire fraud.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Leaked data from the claimed cyber attack includes source code of the streaming platform, some payouts made to developers related to games and apps and other internal software information. Highly placed sources confirmed that no password or personal information was accessed or stolen by the hackers in the apparent breach.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Zoom has implemented two-factor authentication (2FA) to protect all user accounts against security breaches and other cyber attacks. Zoom has announced finally implemented the two-factor authentication (2FA) to protect all user accounts from unauthorized accesses. ” reads the announcement published by Zoom.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced in December 2023 that it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 18, 2021

These incidents resulted in school closures, the loss of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds and stolen data that was linked to identity theft and cyber fraud. So why are K-12 schools experiencing record cyber incidents? Why K-12 Schools are Experiencing Cyber-Attacks. There are a few major reasons.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Mellen: This deal seems to be betting on the importance of offering a consolidated consumer security portfolio that incorporates identity theft protection, antivirus, and other security tools like VPNs. This is critical to ensure their own personal privacy and the security of their data.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The City of Brotherly Love discovered an incident on May 24 after noting suspicious activity on city email accounts; but the City just reported the breach days ago. Also, on August 22, 2023, we became aware that the at-issue email accounts include email accounts that may contain protected health information."

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 8, 2022

On November 9, 2021, MRIoA discovered that it was the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack. medical history/diagnosis/treatment, dates of service, lab test results, prescription information, provider name, medical account number, or anything similar in your medical file and/or record); and financial information (i.e.,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The investigation conducted by News Corporation (News Corp) revealed that attackers remained on its network for two years. In February 2022, the American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was the victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January 2022.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In August 2019 and August 2020, a federal grand jury announced two separate indictments charging the five Chinese nationals with facilitating theft of source code, software code signing certificates, customer account data, and valuable business information. These individuals are all present in the FBI’s most wanted list.

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Google Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

People still use and rely on trillions of SMS texts each year to exchange messages with friends, share family photos, and copy two-factor authentication codes to access sensitive data in their bank accounts. Like any forty-year-old technology, SMS is antiquated compared to its modern counterparts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

“We help you not fall victim to identity theft, for example. Because once your data is compromised, they use that to open up accounts.” ” In the case of a severe cyber attack, experts at the center will coordinate the incident response activities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 17, 2022

Social engineering attacks are crimes that involve business email compromise, job scams, X-rated scams using beautiful faces of women, mainly models, telephone scams, money laundering, and identity theft. Usually, in such scams, cybercriminals manipulate victims in the disguise of company employees or individuals.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Unauthorised transactions made with the help of lost or stolen credit cards, counterfeit cards, ID document forgery and identity theft, fake identification, email phishing, and imposter scams are among the most common types of payment fraud today.” Cloud technologies also play an important role in the latest anti-fraud developments.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

who put a freeze on his credit files last year at Experian, Equifax and TransUnion after thieves tried to open multiple new payment accounts in his name using an address in Washington state that was tied to a vacant home for sale. Dune Thomas is a software engineer from Sacramento, Calif. and $24.99 and $24.99

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. The criminals could hijack social media accounts and bypass 2FA services based on SMS used by online services, including financial ones. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

By learning how to use online platforms safely from the tips below, you will be able to minimize the risks of identity theft and money fraud. Everything connected to the internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. Make sure that passwords for e-mail, banking, social media and shopping accounts are all different.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Staying safe online is not just a worry for parents of young children and teenagers – organizations are also constantly at risk from cyber-attacks, which is why training staff to reduce the likelihood of any such attack is crucial. The rise of cyber-attacks and phishing. Remote working risks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Cognizant did not disclose details about the cyber attack, but experts speculate the threat actors gained access to the target networks for several weeks before starting encrypting files. . “We recently discovered that Cognizant was the victim of a ransomware attack carried out by international cyber criminals.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Compromised or stolen credentials is the second most common type of cybersecurity incident accounting for 27% of reported breaches, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). However, a whopping 59% of cyber incidents involved malicious actors exploiting compromised or stolen credentials.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

. “The Council today imposed restrictive measures on two individuals and one body that were responsible for or took part in the cyber-attack on the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) in April and May 2015.” The cyber attack on the “Parlakom” network was discovered in early May.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

“Through proactive surveillance, LifeLabs recently identified a cyber-attack that involved unauthorized access to our computer systems with customer information that could include name, address, email, login, passwords, date of birth, health card number and lab test results.” ” said Brown.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

According to the indictment, the GRU officers were involved in attacks on Ukraine, including the attacks aimed at the country’s power grid in 2015 and 2016 that employed the BlackEnergy and Industroyer malware. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ. ” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able to access their online accounts. “HSBC became aware of online accounts being accessed by unauthorized users between October 4, 2018 and October 14, 2018. Obtain Credit Reports.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Hackers can use this data to commit identity theft, fraud, or other crimes. This makes it more difficult for hackers to gain unauthorized access to accounts. Universities need to be proactive in their approach to cybersecurity and have a plan in place to respond to incidents."

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

According to a global survey of business preparation for cyberattacks in 2020 conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM Security, organizations have slowly improved their ability to plan for and respond to cyber-attacks – but, ironically, have less ability today than in recent years to contain an attack.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

You arrive to work and check your O365 email account. This causes password fatigue, an inefficiency in business due to password resets and most commonly, a user will replicate the same login and password for multiple applications, making them more vulnerable to an attack. Compliance and visibility are also factors.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 30, 2022

Insider cyber-attacks are among the fastest growing threats in the modern security network, an increasingly common cause of data breaches. Attackers are highly aware that supply chains are comprised of larger entities often tightly connected to a broad array of smaller and less cyber-savvy organizations.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

With ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) hackers like Conti, Hive and LockBit narrowing their focus from larger healthcare systems to smaller hospitals and specialty clinics, it is becoming easier than ever to retrieve the data and use it for launching various fraud and identity theft schemes.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). Spoofing techniques are commonly used in phishing and other cyber attacks to trick victims into believing that the communication is legitimate.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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