Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Another demonstration of how valuable Grindr data is came last year when the US gov deemed that Chinese ownership of the service constituted a national security risk. My contact followed up the next day and asked for a status update and got. In short, Grindr data is very personal and inevitably, very sensitive for multiple reasons.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2024

The attack on Change Healthcare, which processes about 50% of US medical claims, was one of the worst ransomware attacks against American healthcare and caused widespread disruption in payments to doctors and health facilities. The thieves may contact you posing as the vendor. 2FA that relies on a FIDO2 device can’t be phished.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 29, 2023

Unfortunately, the Mayor of Augusta has lost contact with the gang, as they have chosen to conceal their whereabouts, suspecting that they might be tracked by law enforcement soon. The post US Augusta City targeted by BlackByte Ransomware Group appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

KrebsOnSecurity was recently contacted by a security researcher who said he found a huge tranche of full credit card records exposed online, and that at first glance the domain names involved appeared to be affiliated with the USPS. The website FederalJobsCenter promises to get you a job at the USPS in 30 days or your money back.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 15, 2021

Contact us Contact us Download Solution Brief Overview – Remember, not every breach needs to be a catastrophe. RansomCARE Proactive risk mitigation & 24/7 incident management – on-site and remote.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 30, 2020

I've written a bunch about COVID-19 contact tracing apps recently as they relate to security and privacy, albeit in the form of long tweets. I loved being a part of this panel as it allowed us to step away from the speculation and conspiracy theories and instead focus on the facts of how the thing works.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 14, 2021

Criminals contacted the individual patients and demanded payment, and then dumped their personal psychological information online. It has a “comprehensive plan of action,” which isn’t much different from anything most of us can propose. The Colonial Pipeline is another current high-profile ransomware victim.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Maria Farrell has a really interesting framing of information/device privacy: What our smartphones and relationship abusers share is that they both exert power over us in a world shaped to tip the balance in their favour, and they both work really, really hard to obscure this fact and keep us confused and blaming ourselves.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 18, 2024

As required by section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act, the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights publishes a list of breaches that reveal unsecured protected health information affecting 500 or more individuals. The thieves may contact you posing as the vendor. Watch out for fake vendors.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The portal of the FBI’s InfraGard US Critical Infrastructure Intelligence was hacked, and data is available for sale on a cybercrime forum. ” The seller, who is a forum member that goes online with moniker USDoD, is demanding $50,000 for the full user database containing names and contact information. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

US government is warning of business email compromise (BEC) attacks aimed at hijacking shipments of food products and ingredients. Attackers impersonate legitimate companies and order food products without paying them, according to US agencies threat actors have stolen high-valued shipments from multiple businesses.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

So, all we can do is make sure we come prepared to act when a data breach affects us, and keep an eye on how much we share and how much others will be able to find out about us. The thieves may contact you posing as the vendor. What to do in the event of a data breach Check the vendor’s advice. Watch out for fake vendors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2023

Going forward, let us list out the victims who have been impacted by the attack after the hack-ers gained control of Moveit file transfer software worldwide, a business unit of Progress Software. 1. The US Department of Energy, 2.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2021

McDonald’s fast-food chain disclosed a data breach, hackers have stolen information belonging to customers and employees from the US, South Korea, and Taiwan. McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant chain by revenue, has disclosed a data breach that impacted customers and employees from the US, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2024

US cancer center City of Hope suffered a data breach that impacted 800,000 individuals, personal and health information was compromised. “While the investigation remains ongoing, the impacted personal information identified thus far varies by individual but may have included name, contact information (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Cybernews contacted the company for an official comment but received no reply at the time of writing. million in funding and operates in over 20 cities in the US. Launched nine years ago, the New York-based platform has publicly raised $56.5

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 15, 2022

Now, Assange’s lawyers in association with two reputed journalists have filed a case against the American CIA for violating US Constitutional Protection rights regarding data privacy. He flew back to Australia, Russia and then to London and finally succeeded to seek an asylum in Britain, because of his high-level political contacts.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If you would like to participate, contact us here! The Internet of Gas Station Tank Gauges: This post is a part of Cyborg Security’s guest threat hunter series, where we invite talented threat hunting professionals to contribute interesting content for the broader cyber security community.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2023

Army’s Criminal Investigation Division warns that US military personnel have reported receiving unsolicited smartwatches in the mail. Upon using these smartwatches, the devices automatically connected to Wi-Fi and began connecting to cell phones unprompted, gaining access to a huge quantity of user data. ” reads the alert.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Now, a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has provided some more insight into the data theft. And it looks as if they listened to us. The thieves may contact you posing as the vendor. The filed amendment supplements the original Form 8-K submitted by 23andMe. Watch out for fake vendors. Take your time.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 15, 2021

MyCISO Service Implementing Targeted Security Strategies to Secure Your Assets Contact us Contact us Download Solution Brief Overview Today, it is as easy to purchase a piece of malware off the Darknet as it is to shop for a toothbrush. There is tremendous commercial collaboration amongst cyber offenders.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The holiday season is upon us and with it a slew of cybersecurity scams preying on end-user vulnerabilities. Because employees often use their business emails and cell phones as their primary point of contact, these scams quickly become a threat to

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

” vx-underground researchers contacted the administrators of the gang who confirmed that their infrastructure was seized by the FBI. Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized. on January 5, 2020.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

We received confirmation of which individuals’ information was affected and obtained their contact addresses on February 7, 2024.” “DOJ has advised us that you are not the subject of this investigation or the associated litigation matters. Department of Justice as part of a civil litigation matter.

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Threatpost

APRIL 12, 2021

Attackers are filling out and submitting web-based "contact us" forms, thus evading email spam filters.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Last week, a database containing the contact information of more than 80,000 InfraGard members was put up for sale. The FBI’s InfraGard US Critical Infrastructure Intelligence […].

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In late July 2022, an unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung’s US systems. Samsung has opened up about a data breach it detected on or around August 4, affecting the personal information of some of its customers. “In Affected customers could be impacted at varied levels, the company said.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Patients will be contacted directly by their provider and/or care facility if their appointment is affected.” Patients whose appointments were rescheduled will be contacted directly by their provider and/or care facility. A few days ago, another US hospital, the Atlantic General Hospital, suffered a ransomware attack.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The US State of Maine says it has suffered a data breach impacting around 1.3 This vulnerability is known to be used by the Cl0p ransomware gang. Data breach The State of Maine is encouraging people to contact Maine’s dedicated call center to find out if their data was involved or if they have questions about this incident.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2023

Chinese hackers have compromised the emails of an unnamed US Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency. In Mid-June a malicious email activity was reported by an unnamed US Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency. ” reads the advisory published by US CISA. State Department email system. think tanks.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

If you send 5,000 messages a day or more to Gmail or Yahoo accounts, even if you’re using a third-party email service provider (ESP) like Constant Contact or MailChimp, you will need to follow these requirements and implement DMARC. Contact us to learn how we can help for as low as $10 per month. Hive Systems can help!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Exposed records include customers’ names, addresses, dates of reservation, payment method, and contact information. TB) containing names, addresses, dates of reservation, payment method, and contact information. The group reported that the alleged stolen data includes booking confirmations for the past 3 years.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 22, 2024

Interestingly the platform also offers an enterprise version for which interested parties are invited to contact the administrator. Scraping and selling data about minors, especially without consent, is illegal in most parts of the world, including the US.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 2, 2021

The US DEO Data Breach was disclosed exactly after a week when Web security firm WizCaze discovered a data breach that affected residents of over 80 US Cities through an exploit on Mobile Mapping software offering company PeopleGIS that led to the leak of over 1000GB data or over 1.6

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The popular researcher Brett Callow states that far this year, 29 US health systems with 90 hospitals between them have been impacted by #ransomware, and at least 23/29 had data stolen. So far this year, 29 US health systems with 90 hospitals between them have been impacted by #ransomware , and at least 23/29 had data stolen.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 9, 2021

A database that contains nicknames, hashed passwords, contact details, and activity history of Swarmshop admins, sellers, and buyers was leaked exposing more than 600,000 payment card numbers and nearly 70,000 sets of US Social Security numbers and Canadian Social Insurance numbers, according to Group-IB researchers.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 27, 2021

If no contact is made until the deadline, they will continue to leak confidential data and contact DC-operating criminal gangs to warn them about potential informants. “Hello! It’s not clear if the DC Police has paid the threat actors to prevent the publication of any further information online.

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