Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

For example, the Treasury Department systems contain the technical blueprints for how the federal government moves money, while the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) network contains information on who and what organizations the government employs and contracts with. To address these vulnerabilities, three immediate steps are essential.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The message included a “Google Support Case ID number” and information about the Google representative supposedly talking to him on the phone, stating the rep’s name as “Ashton” — the same name given by the caller.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The device information shared, combined with the user’s Internet address and data gathered from mobile advertising companies , could be used to deanonymize users of the DeepSeek iOS app, NowSecure warned. Image: NowSecure. “Since this protection is disabled, the app can (and does) send unencrypted data over the internet.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The zero-day seeing exploitation involves CVE-2024-49138 , a security weakness in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver — used by applications to write transaction logs — that could let an authenticated attacker gain “system” level privileges on a vulnerable Windows device.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The missive bore the name of the hotel and referenced details from their reservation, claiming that booking.com’s anti-fraud system required additional information about the customer before the reservation could be finalized. ” The phony booking.com website generated by visiting the link in the text message. .”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

A WordPress W3 Total Cache plugin vulnerability could allow attackers to access information from internal services, including metadata on cloud-based apps. The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber access to exploit a missing capability check, leading to information disclosure.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Internet Archive was breached again, attackers hacked its Zendesk email support platform through stolen GitLab authentication tokens. Despite being informed weeks prior, the organization’s failure to rotate exposed API keys, particularly the Zendesk token with access to over 800,000 support tickets, reflects poor incident response.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Zoom addressed six flaws, including two high-severity issues that could allow remote attackers to escalate privileges or leak sensitive information. Two of these vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-45421 and CVE-2024-45419, are high-severity issues that remote attackers could exploit to escalate privileges or leak sensitive information.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information. Image: Tamer Tuncay, Shutterstock.com. Last month, Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.)

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2025

Access to personal or official accounts operated by US officials could be used to target other government officials, or their associates and contacts, by using trusted contact information they obtain.” Always confirm authenticity before responding, and contact security officials or the FBI if uncertain.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

. “Cybercriminals are likely gaining access to compromised US and foreign government email addresses and using them to conduct fraudulent emergency data requests to US based companies, exposing the personal information of customers to further use for criminal purposes,” the FBI warned. Don’t be discouraged.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning that cybercriminals are taking over email accounts via stolen session cookies, allowing them to bypass the multi-factor authentication (MFA) a user has set up. Here’s how it works. Most of us don’t think twice about checking the “Remember me” box when we log in.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

But when the apps are installed, they steal information from the victims device that can be used to blackmail the victim. Among the stolen information are listed contacts, call logs, text messages, photos, and the devices location. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Especially when they miss any payments on the loan.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In this blog post, we take a look at how criminals are abusing Bing and stay under the radar at the same time while also bypassing advanced security features such as two-factor authentication. We should also note that SMS verification is one of the weakest methods for two-factor authentication.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 27, 2025

Stolen information The data breach at Change Healthcare is the largest healthcare data breach in US history. However, the exposed information may include: Contact information: Names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and email addresses. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Set up identity monitoring.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Of those malicious apps, 5,200 could subvert one of the strongest security practices available today, called multifactor authentication, by prying into basic text messages sent to a device. Another 4,800 could even read information from an Android devices Notifications bar to obtain the same info.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Broadly, Malwarebytes found that: 74% of people “consider US election season a risky time for personal information.” Distrust in political ads is broad—62% said they “disagree” or “strongly disagree” that the information they receive in US election-related ads is trustworthy. The reasons could be obvious.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Czech cybersecurity startup Wultra has raised 3 million from Tensor Ventures, Elevator Ventures, and J&T Ventures to accelerate the development of its post-quantum authentication technology, safeguarding banks and fintech against the coming wave of quantum threats. Prague, Czech Republic, Jan.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2025

“The cyber threat actor Silent Ransom Group (SRG), also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, is targeting law firms using information technology (IT) themed social engineering calls, and callback phishing emails, to gain remote access to systems or devices and steal sensitive data to extort the victims.”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The statement suggests that the cybercriminal found access codes which could be used to bypass the platform’s authentication systems. With the allegedly stolen credentials, cybercriminals could possibly access sensitive information provided during conversations and queries with OpenAI. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2025

In April, SK Telecom reported that threat actors gained access to USIM-related information for customers following a malware attack. No cases of misuse of the information have been confirmed to date. SK Telecom announced it had enhanced defensive measures and blocked illegal SIM card changes and abnormal authentication attempts.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In a stunning blow to the city’s cybersecurity defenses, Columbus, Ohio, recently became the target of a massive cyberattack that exposed over half a million residents’ sensitive information. terabytes of sensitive information compromised, the breach affected approximately 500,000 residents, nearly 55% of the city’s population.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Cybercriminals managed to breach the site and steal a user authentication database containing 31 million records. The stolen database contains authentication information for registered members, including their email addresses, screen names, password change timestamps, Bcrypt-hashed passwords, and other internal data.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 26, 2025

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the guest directly or through our platform. Press Enter As we explained in more detail here , these instructions will infect their Windows system with an information stealer or Trojan. Find out what information is already out there. Press Ctrl + V.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

In a data breach notice on its website, Blue Shield says it had begun notifying certain members of a potential data breach that may have included elements of their protected health information. This likely included protected health information. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Set up identity monitoring.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Some SMS phishing messages told employees their VPN credentials were expiring and needed to be changed; other phishing messages advised employees about changes to their upcoming work schedule.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Storm-2372s targets during this time have included government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), information technology (IT) services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, higher education, and energy/oil and gas in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East.” ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many companies had uploaded sensitive customer records to accounts at the cloud data storage service Snowflake that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed). million customers. He is currently in custody in a Turkish prison.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 3, 2025

The emphasis on making information available overshadowed other concerns. The first is granular access, which allows users and organizations to maintain precise control over who can access and modify what information and for what purposes. The second is authentication—much more nuanced than the simple “Who are you?”

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The attack was later claimed by the Rhysida ransomware group on their leak site, where the group posts information about victims that are unwilling to pay. Later, a security researcher disclosed information about the content of the stolen data with the media. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Set up identity monitoring.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 16, 2025

Those who fall for the scam are asked to provide payment card data, and eventually will be asked to supply a one-time password sent via SMS or a mobile authentication app. Reports of similar SMS phishing attacks against customers of other U.S. state-run toll facilities surfaced around the same time as the MassDOT alert.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Glove Stealer is a.NET-based information stealer that targets browser extensions and locally installed software to steal sensitive data. The malware could harvest a huge trove of data from infected systems, including cookies, autofill, cryptocurrency wallets, 2FA authenticators, password managers, and email client information.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2025

SonicWall warns customers to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its firewall’s SonicOS that is “susceptible to actual exploitation.” For more information about disabling firewall SSLVPN access, see: how-can-i-setup-ssl-vpn.” ” “We have identified a high (CVE Score 8.2)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The vulnerability is an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in HCX, it was privately reported to VMware by Sina Kheirkhah (@SinSinology) of Summoning Team (@SummoningTeam) through the Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). “An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in HCX was privately reported to VMware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Starting from Wednesday, the website archive.org was displaying a message informing visitors that it was hacked. Hunt will add the information of the impacted users to HIBP very soon. Hunt also verified the authenticity of the information included in the stolen archive. Internet Archive hacked.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2025

But in the background, their system has hidden malware in the file the victim has downloaded, which is capable of gathering information from the affected device such as: Personal identifying information (PII) including Social Security Numbers (SSN). Financial information, like your banking credentials and crypto wallets.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

These falsely obtained credentials enable cyber criminals to successfully mimic a real-world investigation by inducing platform operators to provide extremely sensitive information. FROM ACCOUNT THEFT TO A FULL-FLEDGED SERVICE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODEL The phenomenon has rapidly upgraded complexity, as detailed in the Meridian Group report.

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