Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced this week that it is shutting down in the wake of a data breach that destroyed key components of its business operations. re servers, data and backups of that data.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2022

The linked article focuses on misconfiguration, phishing issues, limiting data share, and the ever-present Internet of Things. Cryptocurrency wallet attacks. People new to cryptocurrency often gravitate to services which take the hassle out of setting everything up. Below, we dig into a few of those.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2023

WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attack LockBit gang demands a $70 million ransom to the semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT enhanced its POWERSTAR Backdoor miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin (..)

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 30, 2023

million dollars-worth of illicit cryptocurrency profits. HIBP allows you to search across multiple data breaches to see if your email address or phone number has been compromised. But HIBP has also assisted governments, such as the UK, Australia, and Romania (to name a few), in monitoring for breaches in government domains.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Ransom payments are generally demanded in the form of untraceable cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. RobinHood is not known to leak data to the Internet if no payment is made.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In August, an international investigation led by US law enforcement agencies nearly wiped Qakbot from the internet , shutting down a large part of the botnet’s infrastructure, retrieving $8.6 million in cryptocurrency, and removing the botnet’s associated Qakbot malware from hundreds of thousands of infected machines around the world.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Organizations must practice incident response if they want to stop data breaches and cyberattacks. Data breaches: A data breach occurs when unauthorized individuals gain access to sensitive data, such as personal information, credit card or other payment information, and intellectual property.

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