Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Category News, Social Engineering. Several large companies were hacked in the first half of September. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. In the IHG hack, a couple from Vietnam claimed they were attempting to deploy ransomware on the network.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. The MGM attacks were almost identical to the social engineering attacks on Caesars, which targeted a third-party IT help desk.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Cybernews research team discovered that Strendus, a Mexican-licensed online casino, had left public access to 85GB of its authentication logs, with hundreds of thousands of entries containing private gamblers’ data. The data was likely compromised by unauthorized actors. Amount of leaked data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Password Security: Investigate different password security techniques, such as password hashing algorithms, two-factor authentication (2FA), and biometric authentication. By focusing on these areas, newcomers can gain a solid foundation and understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

” The US firm urges customers to be vigilant for social engineering and phishing attacks. The company also recommends active multi-factor authentication (MFA), and regularly rotate their MongoDB Atlas passwords. However, the company states that the activity is not related to the security incident.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The FBI alert, obtained by ZDNet , draws attention to out-of-date Windows 7 systems, poor passwords, and desktop sharing software TeamViewer. The attacker tried to poison the water supply by increasing the sodium hydroxide content from 100 to 11,100 parts per million.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

A hacker who recently offered 700 million LinkedIn records for sale alarmed LinkedIn users and security specialists, but the company insists the data is linked to previously reported scraped data and wasn’t hacked. ” In response, Hodson urged all LinkedIn users to update their passwords and enable two-factor authentication.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2023

According to Shadow, no passwords or sensitive banking data have been compromised. Shadow says the incident happened at the end of September, and was the result of a social engineering attack on a Shadow employee. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Last week we learned that ride-sharing giant Uber's defences had been unpicked by an attacker with a novel take on social engineering: Fatigue. Do you hate having to punch in a password on your login screen every time you open your laptop? Inform your IT or security team and change your password.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In October, the Cloud identity and access management solutions provider said that threat actors broke into its support case management system and stole authentication data, including cookies and session tokens, that can be abused in future attacks to impersonate valid users. Many users of the customer support system are Okta administrators.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

The so-called “mastermind” behind the 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of several celebrities and public figures—including President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk—pleaded guilty to several charges on Tuesday in a Florida court. Nearly two weeks later, Clark was arrested at his apartment in Tampa.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

The exposed records include email addresses full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation records, LinkedIn username and profile URL, personal and professional experience/background, genders, and other social media accounts and usernames. Passwords are not included in the archive. SecurityAffairs – hacking, LinkedIn).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In October, the Cloud identity and access management solutions provider said that threat actors broke into its support case management system and stole authentication data, including cookies and session tokens, that can be abused in future attacks to impersonate valid users. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Threat actors used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and obtain access to files, healthcare portals, payment information, and websites. Use multi-factor authentication for all accounts and login credentials to the extent possible.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Sadly, there are many ways scammers and hackers can source their victims’ email addresses, including buying them from data providers or the dark web , email harvesting, social engineering, fake websites or social media. What are the signs your email account has got hacked? Using Robust Passwords.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2022

Microsoft observed a large-scale phishing campaign that used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords, hijack a user’s sign-in session, and bypass the authentication process even when the victim has enabled the MFA. and certificate-based authentication. SecurityAffairs – hacking, AiTM phishing).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The page was crafted to request the victims to enter their user ID and password. The phishing campaign bypassed native Google Workspace email security controls because it passed both DKIM and SPF email authentication. SecurityAffairs – hacking, American Express). Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

The vast majority of cyberattacks rely on social engineering – the deception and manipulation of victims to coerce them into either opening malware or voluntarily providing sensitive information. Meanwhile, a quarter report that they’ve used generic passwords like “password” and “ABC123.”All

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

Ueland said after hearing about the escrow.com hack Monday evening he pulled the domain name system (DNS) records for escrow.com and saw they were pointing to an Internet address in Malaysia — 111.90.149[.]49 com was identical to the one displayed by escrow.com while the site’s DNS records were hacked.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Perhaps we thought, who would want to hack a completely unknow person like me? The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency , lists the following 4 steps to protect yourself: Implement multi-factor authentication on your accounts and make it significantly less likely you’ll get hacked. Update your software.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s only February, and 2021 already is rapidly shaping up to be the year of supply-chain hacks. The SolarWinds hack came to light in mid-December and has since become a red hot topic in the global cybersecurity community. Video: What all companies need to know about the SolarWinds hack. Related: The quickening of cyber warfare.

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Identity IQ

MAY 13, 2024

Breaches can occur due to various reasons, including cyberattacks, hacking, employee negligence, physical loss of devices, and social engineering to name a few. Strong Passwords and Authentication It is very important to create unique, complex passwords for each online account and change them regularly.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The vulnerability affects the way Microsoft applications use OAuth for authentication, these applications trust certain third-party domains and sub-domains that are not registered by Microsoft. SecurityAffairs – OAuth, hacking). A vulnerability in the Microsoft OAuth implementation exposes Azure cloud accounts to takeover.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

The leaked information included names, phone numbers, emails, private communication via SMS messages, passwords, and employees’ credentials. Although leaked passwords were not in plain text, they were hashed using the easily crackable WordPress MD5/phpass hashing algorithm.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

The database was accessible to everyone without any type of authentication. “On March 21st, 2021 the WebsitePlanet research team in cooperation with Security Researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password protected database that contained over 1 billion records. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

2: Use Strong Passwords. It may seem silly, but even in today’s day and age, the most commonly used password is “123456”. These are examples of weak passwords that will put your accounts at risk. We know it’s difficult to remember complex, meaningless passwords, which is why specialists use password managers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The FBI is warning companies about the use of out-of-date Windows 7 systems, desktop sharing software TeamViewer, and weak account passwords. Set random passwords to generate 10-character alphanumeric passwords. If using personal passwords, utilize complex rotating passwords of varying lengths. Windows 10).

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

This includes passwords, usernames, document scans, health records, bank account and credit card details, as well as other essential data, all easily searchable and conveniently stored in one place. Most organizations use databases to store sensitive information. Unfortunately, as our investigation shows, this does not seem to be the case.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

Here are a few common ways that online scammers can gain access to your usernames and passwords: Phishing : Cybercriminals trick you into revealing your usernames, passwords, or other sensitive information by posing as trustworthy entities. Enable Two-Factor Authentication Utilize two-factor authentication (2FA) if it is available.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

Here are a few common ways that online scammers can gain access to your usernames and passwords: Phishing : Cybercriminals trick you into revealing your usernames, passwords, or other sensitive information by posing as trustworthy entities. Enable Two-Factor Authentication Utilize two-factor authentication (2FA) if it is available.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear. Leaders of the top hacking collectives are astute and disciplined.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

If someone is in your organization's Slack channel, then they are authenticated and the environment is secure. Electronic Arts hacked through Slack channel. The group was able to steal the source code for FIFA 21 and the source code for the Frostbite engine that powers other popular games, such as Battlefield.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Given the group’s historical use of phishing, were commend network defenders employ robust anti-phishing training and highly encourage the use of a FIDO2-compliant multi-factor authentication token, such as aYubikey.,” ” concludes the report. The report includes Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for this threat.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

PrivacySavvy experts discovered an OTP vulnerability in Airlift Express, which could lead to account hacks and exploits by cybercriminals. A team of security researchers from PrivacySavvy recently discovered an OTP vulnerability in Airlift Express, which could lead to account hacks and exploits by cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . Improve 2FA and OTP messaging to reduce confusion about employee authentication attempts.

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