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Teen Hackers Behind Notorious Lapsus$ Group Convicted in London

SecureWorld News

RELATED: Lapsus$ Returns One Week After 7 Teenage Hackers Arrested ] The extent of Kurtaj's involvement in cybercrimes is staggering. Their techniques included SIM swapping, prompt bombing attacks, and social engineering, which allowed them to infiltrate well-defended organizations. and Brazil. and another in Brazil.

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Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

Krebs on Security

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. A phishing page (helpdesk-att[.]com)

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T-Mobile confirms Lapsus$ had access its systems

Security Affairs

Telecommunication giant T-Mobile confirmed the LAPSUS$ extortion group gained access to its networks in March. The popular investigator and journalist Brian Krebs first surmised that the LAPSUS$ gang has breached T-Mobile after he reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the cybercrime group. ” wrote Krebs.

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Cybersecurity awareness: Train your employees and reduce cyber threats

IT Security Guru

During the last few years, we have all become witnesses to intense cybercrime and sophisticated cyberattacks. As cybercrime continues to increase, the human element can play the most important role in cybersecurity posture and hygiene. This upward trend is further fuelled by a shift in working conditions like working remotely.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

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. A lack of security features to upgrade or downgrade a user may result in mismanagement of user accounts.

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Globant suffers network breach due to LAPSUS$ compromise

Malwarebytes

When LAPSUS first grabbed the attention of the cybersecurity community, they had already compromised companies like Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Brazil; Claro, one of Brazil’s telecommunications operators; and Brazil’s Ministry of Health. Notably, their use of Spanish and Portuguese was akin to native speakers.

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It’s official, Lapsus$ gang compromised a Microsoft employee’s account

Security Affairs

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.