Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

According to interviews with several sources, this hybrid phishing gang has a remarkably high success rate, and operates primarily through paid requests or “bounties,” where customers seeking access to specific companies or accounts can hire them to target employees working remotely at home.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

Once obtained the credentials, an attacker can add an administrator account and use it to obtain full access to the device and perform actions such as watching live footage from the camera as shown below. An attacker can conduct this attack by capturing one unencrypted ONVIF request authenticated with the WS-UsernameToken schema.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), losses due to BEC scams since 2013 total around $28 billion dollars and it is the most profitable cybercrime there is. In the Account Compromise and Data Theft variants, containment should follow existing CIRP procedures. BEC-IRP Section 3: Containment.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Mismanagement of user accounts – using admin privileges to upgrade user access may result in a data breach for personal profit or copying files with customer information. A lack of security features to upgrade or downgrade a user may result in mismanagement of user accounts. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

Yesterday the cybercrime gang leaked 37GB of source code stolen from Microsoft’s Azure DevOps server. Microsoft has now confirmed that the attackers have compromised the account of one of its employees gaining limited access to source code repositories. No customer code or data was involved in the observed activities.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator — using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums — claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In each case, the goal of the attackers was the same: Phish T-Mobile employees for access to internal company tools, and then convert that access into a cybercrime service that could be hired to divert any T-Mobile user’s text messages and phone calls to another device. One of the groups that reliably posted “Tmo up!

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. However, the plan was not approved because the government feared collateral damage.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The new “ Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020 ” report describes attacks on various industries and critical infrastructure facilities, as well as campaigns aimed at destabilization of the Internet in certain countries. Internet destabilization at state level. The telecommunications sector: Are providers ready for 5G?

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2020

Justice Department today criminally charged a Canadian and a Northern Ireland man for allegedly conspiring to build botnets that enslaved hundreds of thousands of routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices for use in large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. telecommunications provider TalkTalk. ” .

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Botmasters and account resellers are tasked with providing initial access inside the victim’s network. They interact with each other through internet handles, paying for services with cryptocurrency. But it is worth pointing out that not all members of this ecosystem originate from the cybercrime underworld.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In October, telecommunications firm Telenor Norway was another to fall victim. In 2020, when much of life shifted online, internet resources repeatedly suffered from surges in totally legitimate activity. Extortionists’ activity regularly made the news throughout 2020. Botnet distribution by country.

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

Maltese Internet service provider Melita was also hit by ransomware: a showcase DDoS attack disrupted services. In addition to the aforementioned Melita, Austrian provider A1 Telekom (article in German), as well as Belgian telecommunications firm Scarlet , suffered DDoS attacks (albeit without the ransomware component).

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For Lockbit, who have been the most active group since early 2021, it is possible that the current war between Russia and Ukraine may take law enforcement focus away from cybercrime as many western law enforcement agencies are likely more preoccupied with stopping Russian nation state sponsored activity.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

Overall cybercrime costs are expected to reach $10.5 The two-tier program includes business development opportunities, training, joint marketing, partner collateral, marketing co-op funds, sales leads and field account planning. What’s impressive about this startup is SpiderSilk’s proprietary internet scanner.

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SecureList

JUNE 20, 2022

However, the only actors that deliver the entire narrative of a cyberattack – discussing accountability and international law – are nation states. Cyber attribution is a necessary step to accountability in cyberspace. [2] within network activity logs collected by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), etc.). Tooling.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

billion from banks in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Mexico, Malta, and Africa by hacking the banks' computer networks and sending fraudulent Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) messages. Cyber-Enabled Heists from Banks: Attempts from 2015 through 2019 to steal more than $1.2

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