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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

Krebs on Security

Department of Justice (DOJ) says the GRU’s hackers built Cyclops Blink by exploiting previously undocumented security weaknesses in firewalls and routers made by both ASUS and WatchGuard Technologies. “In some cases, the spearphishing attacks were successful, including in the compromise of the business network (i.e.,

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Account Hijacking Site OGUsers Hacked, Again

Krebs on Security

For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers — a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts — has been hacked. An offer by the apparent hackers of OGUsers, offering to remove account information from the eventual database leak in exchange for payment.

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Seven things to considering Account-Based Marketing– My Thales ABM Journey

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Seven things to considering Account-Based Marketing– My Thales ABM Journey. Back in March, as I was getting ready to come back from maternity leave, I was offered the chance to embark on a new and exciting career journey: piloting Account-Based Marketing for the Thales CPL EMEA region. Thu, 08/04/2022 - 06:04.

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The Telegram phishing market

SecureList

The Telegram black market: what’s on offer After reviewing phishers’ Telegram channels that we detected, we broke down the services they promoted into paid and free. Unlike the free data mentioned above, these have been checked, and even the account balances have been extracted. Phishers use OTP bots to try and hack 2FA.

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Cybersecurity companies are selling like hotcakes in post-pandemic investment market

SC Magazine

For many industries, the pandemic was a time of economic uncertainty, great technological change and reflection about where they and their services fit into a post-COVID reality. The investment market in 2020 was replete with action from top dogs, both from outside the cybersecurity industry and within.

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Crypto trading firm freezes accounts due to a Cyber Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

In response to the attack, FPG has taken precautionary measures by locking all 3rd party accounts and wallets. Fortunately, advancements in software technology have provided tools that can trace transactions on the blockchain ledger, making it increasingly difficult for cyber criminals to remain anonymous.

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Ad Network Sizmek Probes Account Breach

Krebs on Security

[ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. The company is listed by market analysis firm Datanyze.com as the world third-largest ad server network.