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NOVEMBER 21, 2020

. “A domain hosting provider ‘GoDaddy’ that manages one of our core domain names incorrectly transferred control of the account and domain to a malicious actor,” Liquid CEO Kayamori said in a blog post. ” In the early morning hours of Nov.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

For the past three years, the source — we’ll call him “Bill” to preserve his requested anonymity — has been watching one group of threat actors that is mass-testing millions of usernames and passwords against the world’s major email providers each day. What do you do?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

. “We know hackers sometimes delete content when they gain access to an account, and until now people had no way of easily getting their photos and videos back,” Instagram explained in a blog post. WHAT YOU CAN DO. Sign up with any service online, and it will almost certainly require you to supply an email address.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Unfortunately for us, Doug freaked out after deciding he’d been tricked — backing up his important documents, changing his passwords, and then reinstalling macOS on his computer. If you’re approached in a similar scheme, the response from the would-be victim documented in the SlowMist blog post is probably the best.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

For example, in 2019 McAfee found that for targets in Japan, the 16Shop kit would also collect Web ID and Card Password, while US victims will be asked for their Social Security Number. Various 16Shop lures for Apple users in different languages. Image: Akamai. 16Shop documentation instructing operators on how to deploy the kit.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Glupteba is a rootkit that steals passwords and other access credentials, disables security software, and tries to compromise other devices on the victim network — such as Internet routers and media storage servers — for use in relaying spam or other malicious traffic. . attorney to pay Google’s legal fees.

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APRIL 4, 2024

For example, this account at Medium has authored more than a dozen blog posts in the past year singing the praises of Tornote as a secure, self-destructing messaging service. com is currently selling security cameras made by the Chinese manufacturer Hikvision , via an Internet address based in Hong Kong. io seem like a legitimate website.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

The fake site simply forwards all requests on this page to Airbnb.com, and records any usernames and passwords submitted through the site. This 2018 story from travel blog goatsontheroad.com tells the tale of a couple that was very nearly scammed by a Land Lordz-like trap, before the wife figures out they’re no longer on airbnb.com.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

In July 2018, email users around the world began complaining of receiving spam which began with a password the recipient used at some point in the past and threatened to release embarrassing videos of the recipient unless a bitcoin ransom was paid. “But it’s clearly still a big problem.” ” Update, 10:38 p.m.:

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

One account of the hack came from a 17-year-old in the United Kingdom, who told reporters the intrusion began when one of the English-speaking hackers phoned a tech support person at MGM and tricked them into resetting the password for an employee account. James Thomas Andrew McCarty , Charlotte, N.C., DOMESTIC TERRORISM?

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Although he didn’t technically have an account with MSF, their authentication system is based on email addresses, so Jim requested that a password reset link be sent to his email address. That worked, and once inside the account Jim could see more about the loan details: The terms of the unauthorized loan in Jim’s name from MSF.

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MARCH 29, 2022

In a blog post about their recent hack, Microsoft said LAPSUS$ succeeded against its targets through a combination of low-tech attacks, mostly involving old-fashioned social engineering — such as bribing employees at or contractors for the target organization. “It’s near impossible to get U.S.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Although many domains correspond to websites for electronics stores or blogs about IT topics, just as many contain a fair amount of placeholder content (think “lorem ipsum” text on the “contact” page). Mazidul Islam’s LinkedIn page says he is the organizer of a now defunct IT blog called gadgetsbiz[.]com,

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