The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

While the internet and social media have been very positive for businesses, there remains an inherent risk when it comes to how brands manage their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Here are five potential pitfalls of social media marketing.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Kilmer said Faceless has emerged as one of the underground’s most reliable malware-based proxy services, mainly because its proxy network has traditionally included a great many compromised “Internet of Things” devices — such as media sharing servers — that are seldom included on malware or spam block lists.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

billion in losses, according to data collected by the FBI’s The Internet Complaint Center (IC3). The costliest cybercrimes were against businesses, involving Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) schemes that added up to U.S. IC3 data is used by the FBI and local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute cybercrimes.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Several media reported that three million electric toothbrushes were compromised and recruited into a DDoS botnet. The news made the headlines and was reported by many other media outlets and websites without appropriate verification. Meantime Fortinet has sent this statement to several international media outlets, excluding CH Media.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, the agency shut down 30,506 Internet domain names for distributing counterfeit and pirated items. The post Europol seized 30,506 Internet domain names for IP Infringement appeared first on Security Affairs. some private security firms. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2021

Since the initial lockdown, we have seen the rise of certain types of cybercrime, including scams and fraud campaigns that either bank on the global COVID-19 pandemic or take advantage of potential victims that adhere to work-from-home measures. It is no surprise to see SOCs being conducted over the internet by crime groups.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In June 2021, the Nigerian government officially placed an indefinite ban on Twitter , restricting it from operating in Nigeria after the social media platform deleted tweets by the Nigerian president. But after his name appeared in the news media, he received thousands of inquiries from people interested in his idea.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an English-language cybercrime forum. “They even got [a] forum to discuss things.”

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Decades ago, the promise of the Internet was clear: No one, depending on their age, gender, race, income, or place of birth, would be unwelcome from expressing their thoughts and ideas. Women also, as we learned, reported higher rates of receiving text messages from unknown phone numbers, and having their social media accounts hacked.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

These scams often start innocently on dating sites or social media but quickly escalate to requests for money or sensitive information. If you, or someone you know, has been impacted by cybercrime, report it to law enforcement via the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

re is was one of the original “residential proxy” networks, which allow someone to rent a residential IP address to use as a relay for his/her Internet communications, providing anonymity and the advantage of being perceived as a residential user surfing the web. “None of those are good replacements for LuxSocks or 911.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Other Privnote phishing domains that also phoned home to the same Internet address as pirwnote[.]com com is currently selling security cameras made by the Chinese manufacturer Hikvision , via an Internet address based in Hong Kong. Searching DomainTools for domains that include both of these terms reveals pirwnote[.]com.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

“Singh also uses the threat of revealing personal information to extort victims into giving him access to their social media accounts, which Singh then resells.” based social media platforms. “Victims are extorted into paying CC-1 to have their information removed from Forum-1,” prosecutors allege.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In that incident, the attackers exploited a security vulnerability in a Plex media server that the employee was running on his home network, and succeeded in installing malicious software that stole passwords and other authentication credentials. “I got thousands of grails.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2021

and Bulgarian authorities this week seized the darkweb site used by the NetWalker ransomware cybercrime group to publish data stolen from its victims. The DOJ’s media advisory doesn’t mention the defendant’s age, but a 2015 report in the Gatineau local news website ledroit.com suggests this may not be his first offense.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

Craig Newmark Philanthropies has historically committed funds to cybersecurity causes and signed a letter this month calling for large philanthropic foundations and internet billionaires to consider doing the same. Kristin Judge, Cybercrime Support Network. Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images).

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2024

Within seconds, “Savannah” morphed from vixen to vice, threatening Charlie with posting his nude picture all over social media—unless he sent $500. While the above scene is fictional, it’s indicative of what the FBI and Department of Homeland Security agree is the fastest-growing cybercrime of the last three years.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba , one of the Internet’s largest and oldest botnets. The judge in the case was not amused, found for the plaintiff, and ordered the defendants and their U.S. attorney to pay Google’s legal fees.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

The malware allows operators to steal login credentials from popular services such as social media platforms and cryptocurrency wallets, then stolen data is sold on cybercrime forums by the operators. CryptBot distributors spread the malware through modified versions of legitimate software such as Google Earth Pro and Google Chrome.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

.” New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint said the Snatch ransomware group was created in 2018, based on Truniger’s recruitment both on Russian language cybercrime forums and public Russian programming boards. Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

It appears much of this database has been kicking around the cybercrime underground in one form or another since last summer at least. A cybercrime forum ad from June 2020 selling a database of 533 Million Facebook users. The phone number associated with my late Facebook account (which I deleted in Jan. billion active monthly users.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Brad Marden , superintendent of cybercrime operations for the Australian Federal Police (AFP), said their investigation into who was behind U-Admin began in late 2018, after Australian citizens began getting deluged with phishing attacks via mobile text messages that leveraged the software.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

Open-source media player software provider Kodi discloses a data breach after threat actors stole its MyBB forum database. The threat actors also attempted to sell the stolen data on the BreachForums cybercrime forum that was recently shut down by law enforcement. This post confirms that a breach has taken place.”

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Ghosemajumder “Generative AI cybercrime poses the greatest security challenge of our time,” said Shuman Ghosemajumder, co-founder & CEO of Reken. While billions have been spent on security products, the impact of cybercrime has actually been getting worse. Media Contact: press@reken.ai

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 23, 2022

While the younger generation uses smart phones to go online, those above 60 are found using laptops for their internet access needs. The reason the older and younger generation is being targeted by two different online threats is simple- because they use a different type of computing devices to access online services.

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Hot for Security

MAY 5, 2021

On a much smaller scale, regular internet users often participate in data scraping. Check if your personal info has been stolen or made public on the internet with Bitdefender’s Digital Identity Protection tool. Threat actors quickly exploit reckless social media behavior, scraping personal data from user profiles.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employees are the first line of defense against cybercrime and should understand how to recognize phishing emails and what to do if they suspect them. Sensitive data may be stored on different media, including discs, tapes, mobile devices, or websites. . • Create security awareness for employees.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

He previously chronicled the emergence of cybercrime while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. We’ve arrived at a critical juncture: to enable the full potential of the Internet of Everything, attack surface expansion must be slowed and ultimately reversed. Erin: What role should governments play in combating cybercrime?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Europol investigators revealed that the cybercrime organization stole more than $100 million worth of cryptocurrency using SIM Swapping attacks. They also hijacked social media accounts to post content and send messages masquerading as the victim.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). Pierluigi Paganini.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

We love our social media. After all, it does demand a level of research to “hook” the target into interactions and establishing fake profiles are more work than simply finding an open relay somewhere on the internet. When threat actors weaponize social media, they use techniques and tactics you see in the legitimate world.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2021

” According to the Italian media , the man hired the hitman through an internet assassination service on the TOR network, was agreed to pay about €10 000 worth in Bitcoins. ” reads the press release published by the Europol. “The timely investigation prevented any harm to be perpetrated against the potential victim.”

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 28, 2023

Not just that, people have also realized the significance of social media platforms. During the Covid-19 pandemic when the entire world was in lockdown, social media platforms played a critical role in keeping the world connected. All you need to do is switch it on every time you connect to an internet network.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2023

Melissa Bischoping, Director of Endpoint Security Research at Tanium: "As noted across several panels at RSA Conference 2023, the FBI's focus on disrupting cybercrime at any step in the process is a shift from the traditional law enforcement goal of indictments and arrests. RELATED: Col. Cedric Leighton, USAF (Ret.),

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

that is hosting various cybercrime products and services were being sold. was the largest centralized platform, which promoted and facilitated the sale of compromised social media and financial accounts, personally identifiable information (PII) and hacked computers on the Internet. SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, DEER.IO).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. ” reads the Publish Service Announcement published by the IC3.

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