Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2022

million of their customers have had their user accounts compromised in credential stuffing attacks. million accounts of their customers were compromised in credential stuffing attacks. million customer accounts, all of which appeared to have been compromised in credential stuffing attacks.” million customer accounts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Microsoft warns of a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is actively exploited by threat actors using weaponized Office docs. Microsoft warns of a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) in Internet Explorer that is actively exploited by threat actors to hijack vulnerable Windows systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

Internet 119

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild, researchers from HN Security described an attack one of its customers. Threat actors created two user accounts with admin privileges on a publicly-accessible GitLab server belonging to this organization. In addition, ideally, GitLab should not be an internet facing service.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

A massive DDoS hit New Zealand ‘s third-largest internet operator isolating parts of the country from the Internet. A massive DDoS hit Vocus ISP, New Zealand ‘s third-largest internet operator, isolating parts of the country from the Internet. Please contact your account manager if you are unable to connect.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. Here we are to analyze the annual FBI 2019 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) , one of the most interesting documents on the crime trends observed in the last 12 months.

Internet 110

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

There seems to be a new stealer in town called #TroyStealer , targeting Portuguese internet users EXE: [link] Exfil email address: domionhuby@gmail.com Has anyone seen this threat before? /cc The message sent in the email template is related to problems with the victim’s bank account. on Twitter, and targeting Portuguese users.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2022

Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion. Russia will ban Instagram, the decision was announced by Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor. “As you know, on March 11, Meta Platforms Inc. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Twitter removed dozens of accounts allegedly used by Russia-linked threat actors to disseminate disinformation and target western countries. Twitter has removed dozens of accounts used by Russia-linked threat actors that were used to disseminate disinformation and to target the European Union, the United States, and the NATO alliance.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2020

GoDaddy has been notifying its customers of a data breach, threat actors might have compromised their web hosting account credentials. GoDaddy has been notifying its customers of a data breach, attackers might have compromised users’ web hosting account credentials. ” reads the data breach notice submitted by the company.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, the agency shut down 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items. Europol announced the shutdown of 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items as part of the ‘In Our Sites’ (IOS) operation launched in 2014.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

million Pluto TV user accounts on a hacking forum for free, he claims they were stolen by ShinyHunters threat actor. accounts exposed appeared first on Security Affairs. A hacker has shared 3.2 Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ShinyHunters). The post ShinyHunters hacked Pluto TV service, 3.2M

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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Banking Accountability Mobile Cryptocurrency 106

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a notification warning of ongoing vishing attacks attempting to steal corporate accounts. The threat actors are using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platforms to obtain employees’ credentials. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

Accountability 100

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

While Twitter suspends some Anonymous accounts, the collective hacked All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). The group plans to distribute the stolen documents to various points on the internet to prevent they are censored. Our Anonymous brother @OpsAn0n got suspended by @Twitter. Enough is Enough!

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

Feedback message data contained Account id, feedback rating given, and users’ email addresses. Player profile data included Player id; username; country; total money spent on the game; and even Facebook, Apple, and Google account data if the user linked either account with their game account. What Data Was Leaked?

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. Chaput said that at one point last week the volume of bot accounts being registered for the crypto spam campaign started overwhelming the servers that handle new signups at Mastodon.social.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2022

So, you read a great tip on the internet and think it would improve your security posture. Before you bring that tip to management, it’s wise to determine if it’s allowed by your security compliance requirements or can become an acceptable exception to your compliance templates. To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2020

Hackers have been scanning the Internet for SAP systems affected by RECON vulnerability, researchers from Bad Packets warn. Researchers from Bad Packets reported that threat actors have been scanning the Internet for SAP systems affected by RECON vulnerability , , tracked as CVE-2020-6287. Pierluigi Paganini.

Internet 78

Internet Internet Advertising Accountability 78

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

The mail account hostmaster@urlblocked.pw, published as contact details in DNS, bounces all incoming mails. Blocking without accountability. There are several aspects of the Internet blocking in Myanmar that raise questions. Circumvention of Internet blocking. A month later, no response has been provided.

Internet 74

Internet Internet Telecommunications DNS 74

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

“An error in the account handler lets an attacker skip the PIN verification entirely and create a privileged user profile.” ” The researchers pointed out that despite the vulnerable service is intended for LAN access only, querying Shodan they identified over 91,000 devices that expose the service to the Internet.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The advisory published by the vendor states that the exploitation of the vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access. This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access.

Internet 115

Internet Internet Hacking Accountability 115

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

barely and cannot afford to leave the camp, nor to operate his own bank account but only to survive miserably. “ I am writing to you from an old desktop computer in the tent of the chaplain who works on behalf of a refugee agency, because here there is no internet point or effective means of communication. […].

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Scams Banking Computers and Electronics Accountability 106

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

CISA revealed that threat actors breached an unnamed state government organization via an administrator account belonging to a former employee. The threat actor likely obtained the employee’s account credentials from a third-party data breach. ” reads the report published by CISA.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Slickwraps has disclosed a data breach that impacted over 850,000 user accounts, data were accidentally exposed due to security vulnerabilities. Lynx0x00’s Medium and Twitter accounts have mysteriously vanished but, fortunately, the Internet never truly forgets. ” reported Slashgear. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Accountability Data breaches Passwords Advertising 93

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The advisory published by the vendor states that the exploitation of the vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access. The attacker can then use that account to gain control of the affected system.” ” states Cisco Talos.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The advisory published by the vendor states that the exploitation of the vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access. This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access.

Internet 125

Internet Internet Software Accountability 125

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Sea Turtle also used code from a publicly accessible GitHub account, which is likely under the control of the threat actor. Sea Turtle also used code from a publicly accessible GitHub account, which is likely under the control of the threat actor. Limit logon attempts on accounts to reduce the chance of successful brute force attacks.

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Media Accountability Telecommunications Government 112

Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2024

“On Wednesday , the Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor’s Office – Central Office for Combating Internet Crime ( ZIT ) – and the Federal Criminal Police Office ( BKA ) secured the server infrastructure of the global illegal darknet marketplace “Nemesis Market” located in Germany and Lithuania and thus closed it.”

Marketing 98

Marketing Cybercrime DDOS Internet 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Public Wi-Fi users are prime targets for MITM attacks because the information they send is often not encrypted, meaning it’s easy for hackers to access your data. They might even lock you out of your own accounts by resetting your passwords. Once they’re in, they can grab your emails, usernames, passwords, and more.

DNS 123

DNS VPN Encryption Passwords 123

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The advisory published by the vendor states that the exploitation of the vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access. This vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account on an affected system with privilege level 15 access.

Hacking 121

Hacking Internet Internet Accountability 121

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany (BKA) and the internet-crime combating unit of Frankfurt (ZIT), along with law enforcement agencies from multiple countries (United States, Switzerland, Moldova, and Ukraine), conducted an operation that resulted in the seizure of the dark web marketplace Kingdom Market.

Marketing 106

Marketing Cryptocurrency Accountability Banking 106

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In previous campaigns associated with this threat actor, APT29 used brute forcing and password spraying to compromise service accounts. These accounts aren’t operated by a human and for this reason lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA). ” continues the advisory.

Accountability 108

Accountability Authentication Passwords Internet 108

Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2023

In March, security experts at Meta found multiple malware posing as ChatGPT or similar AI tools. “Since March alone, our security analysts have found around 10 malware families posing as ChatGPT and similar tools to compromise accounts across the internet. ” reads the Meta’s Q1 2023 Security Reports.

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Malware Education Accountability Media 94

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The IPv6 addresses were traced to Verizon Wireless, which told the investigators that the addresses were in use by an account belonging to Williams. Data obtained by Avondale police from Google did show that a device logged into Molina’s Google account was in the area at the time of Knight’s murder.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations.” Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

. “The researchers shared their files using an Azure feature called SAS tokens, which allows you to share data from Azure Storage accounts.” ”The access level can be limited to specific files only; however, in this case, the link was configured to share the entire storage account — including another 38TB of private files.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Microsoft revealed that the Chinese group Storm-0558 stole a signing key used to breach government email accounts from a Windows crash dump. The attackers forged authentication tokens to access user email using an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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