Identity IQ

JUNE 7, 2021

The recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations report shows that global cybercrime is on the rise. Cybercrime Report Data. The report showed that phishing pumped up its frequency to being present in 36% of breaches, up from 25% last year. billion malicious login attempts last year.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

Threat actors gained access to internal tools of the email marketing giant MailChimp to conduct phishing attacks against crypto customers. During the weekend, multiple owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets reported having received fake data breach notifications from Trezor, BleepingComputer first reported.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Data breaches can be devastating for organizations, these are 3 of the worst incidents that could have been prevented. Data breaches can be devastating for organizations and even entire countries. Eliminating the risk of a data breach is nearly impossible, but some things can be done to reduce it significantly.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

At least 69,000 people have been impacted by a data breach at Kaiser Permanente, a long-running managed healthcare consortium. The latest in a long-running series of healthcare attacks, the road to stolen data began on April 5 this year with an email compromise. The direct path to data.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

has developed SME Edge , a complete cybersecurity package that provides small-to-medium businesses comprehensive protection from the threat of data breaches. With no way in or out for non-approved connections, data is protected from exfiltration. Any connection not previously approved will immediately fail.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Armorblox discovered a new phishing campaign aimed at American Express customers. Armorblox researchers uncovered a new phishing campaign that is targeting American Express customers. The phishing email, marked by Google as safe, was delivered to more than 16,000 users’ addresses. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Data allegedly stolen from the American gaming giant Activision in December security breach were leaked on a cybercrime forum. A threat actor leaked on the Breached hacking forum the data allegedly stolen from the gaming giant Activision in December 2022. Activision was breached December 4th, 2022.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2023

The global average data breach cost is $4.24 Human error accounts for 95% of all data breaches. This means that most cyberattacks could be prevented by following simple cybersecurity best practices, such as using strong passwords, updating software, and avoiding phishing emails. trillion annually by 2025.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Cybercrime Unpacking the MOVEit Breach: Statistics and Analysis Cl0p Ups The Ante With Massive MOVEit Transfer Supply-Chain Exploit FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Is it just us, or is phishing everywhere right now? Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. An emotional phish .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email. Ransomware is then downloaded and the breach is underway. How do hackers use social engineering? OnePercent Group attacks.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sample uses of these stolen and compromised databases includes: - setting the foundation for a successful spear-phishing campaigns. setting the foundations for successful targeted malware and exploits serving campaigns. setting the foundations for successful widespread spam and botnet propagation campaigns.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2018

billion data records have been exposed in data breached in the first half of 2018. According to a new report titled “ Mid-Year 2018 Data Breach QuickView ” published by the cyber threat intelligence company Risk Based Security some 2.6. billion data records have been exposed in the first half of 2018.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering attacks. Regularly review privacy settings on social media platforms to ensure that your personal information is not being exposed to potential threats.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Target the human, swipe the cash: Verizon DBIR 2023 highlights crime trends Manage the human risk and mind your money: those are two key takeaways from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. And 95 per cent of breaches are financially motivated, the report found. When is a cybersecurity incident a GDPR data breach?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

During the reporting period, key findings include: DDoS and ransomware rank the highest among the prime threats, with social engineering, data related threats, information manipulation, supply chain, and malware following.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

What started as notes from Nigerian princes that needed large sums of money to help them get home has evolved into bad actors that use refined social engineering tactics to convince the receiver to unknowingly share important information. In 2022, email phishing attacks made up 24% of all spam emails — up from 11% in 2021.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Conti ransomware gang is using BazarCall phishing attacks as an initial attack vector to access targeted networks. BazarCall attack, aka call back phishing, is an attack vector that utilizes targeted phishing methodology and was first used by the Ryuk ransomware gang in 2020/2021. Stage Three. Stage Four.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

Javvad Malik, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4, said LinkedIn has become one of the most impersonated brands when it comes to phishing, and having access to such a treasure trove of information can help facilitate convincing phishing and social engineering attacks.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Although the main types of threats (phishing, scams, malware, etc.) We expect cybercriminals to use these anticipated titles along with streaming service names when distributing Trojans, creating phishing pages and implementing scams. New source of sensitive personal data for cybercriminals.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 29, 2023

While the exact nature of the exposed data is not specified, it is noteworthy that user passwords and client funds remained secure, as neither FTX nor BlockFi's systems were directly breached. Following the breach, reports emerged of phishing attempts targeting individuals associated with the affected crypto companies.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 19, 2021

The scam is frequently carried out when a subject compromises legitimate business email accounts through social engineering or computer intrusion techniques to conduct unauthorized transfers of funds.”. On the ransomware front, the IC3 received 2,474 complaints with adjusted losses of over $29.1 million in 2020.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2023

The unauthorized actor conducted a social engineering attack on Mailchimp employees and contractors, and obtained access to select Mailchimp accounts using employee credentials compromised in that attack.” ” reads the notice published by the company.

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Social Engineering Small Business Marketing Accountability 82

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Rapid7 found a bypass for the recently patched actively exploited Ivanti EPMM bug Russian APT29 conducts phishing attacks through Microsoft Teams Hackers already installed web shells on 581 Citrix servers in CVE-2023-3519 attacks Zero-day in Salesforce email services exploited in targeted Facebook phishing campaign Burger King forgets to put a password (..)

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SecureList

MAY 25, 2022

The Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report is out. We are proud to collaborate as a supporting contributor to this year’s data efforts once again and to have contributed for the past 8 years. The report provides interesting analysis of a full amount of global incident data.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate has started an investigation into the security breach, according to preliminary data, threat actors had access to the Revolut database through the use of social engineering techniques. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

With more than 15 billion login credentials available on the dark web because of data breaches, millions of online accounts remain at risk of unauthorized access. While these individual prices seem low, it’s important to remember that data breaches usually compromise millions of accounts at a time which are then sold in bulk.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Phishing attacks are going to become even more sophisticated, since a lot of basic tactics have already been tried this year, and businesses learned to repel those. We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In fact, cybercrime was reported as “thriving during the pandemic,” especially driven by a surge in phishing attacks and ransomware. For companies, the average cost of a data breach soared to over $21,000 per incident during the pandemic and 5% of them cost businesses $1 million or more. Don’t Suffer in Silence.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The company warns impacted customers of phishing or social engineering attacks that rely on the compromised data. In early September, Okta warned customers of social engineering attacks carried out in recent weeks by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. ” continues the update.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 291 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Since 2017, host Jack Rhysider has investigated some of the most noteworthy stories related to the darkside of the internet, specifically hacking, data breaches, and cybercrime. Through interviews and research, Ran connects the dots between the early days of cybercrime and today’s stories of data hacks and breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

According to Group-IB, the likelihood of the database systems being used in cybercrime and security breaches is high. A data breach, a follow-up strike on clients whose data was exposed, and other risks may result from an exposed database. Hackers could use the same methods as Group-IB to exploit the databases.

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