Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

This post explores answers to those questions, as well as some of the ways Trickbot and other organized cybercrime gangs gradually recruit, groom and trust new programmers. Alla Witte’s personal website — allawitte[.]nl nl — circa October 2018. 6 in Miami, Fla. “Several group members had AllaWitte folders with data.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Welcome to Internet Safety Month, a once-a-year event in which you, the public, are told that anywhere between three and 30 different best practices will simplify your approach to staying safe online. This year, then, for Internet Safety Month, we’re packaging our advice a little differently. Do not trust everything you see online.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 29, 2018

It's really hard to estimate the cost of an insecure Internet. This report shares a transparent and adaptable methodology for estimating present and future global costs of cyber risk that acknowledges the considerable uncertainty in the frequencies and costs of cyber incidents. Studies are all over the map. trillion (1.1

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

At its core, this tactic revolves around gaming the trust users put in reputable internet services, including search engines, and the familiarity they have with online advertising per se. A stepping stone to impactful cybercrime This tactic has tangible real-world implications.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 28, 2023

And a report by the World Economic Forum estimates that the global cost of cybercrime could reach $10.5 They need to understand the economic drivers and impact of cyber risk, and they need to ensure that cyber risk management is aligned with business objectives. trillion by 2025.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. Conclusion: cybersecurity and cybercrime have matured.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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Hot for Security

MAY 5, 2021

On a much smaller scale, regular internet users often participate in data scraping. The security risks of web scraping are endless, since malicious actors abuse the process of gathering publicly available data. Additional security risks stem from poorly configured or unprotected databases containing publicly available user data.

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SecureBlitz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As we traverse the boundless realms of the internet, our personal information is increasingly at risk. The omnipresent threats of identity theft, fraud, and cybercrime underscore the necessity of understanding identity protection.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cybersecurity risks increase every year and bludgeon victims who fail to prepare properly. For those interested in a better understanding of the oncoming risks, this is the information you are looking for. It can feel like crossing a major highway while blindfolded. Many never see the catastrophe about to happen, until it occurs.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 18, 2024

This international investigation was led by the UK's London Metropolitan Police, with the support of Europol's European Cybercrime Centre," according to a statement from Europol. LabHost had provided phishing tools and services to around 10,000 cybercriminal users worldwide for a monthly subscription fee.

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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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Identity IQ

JUNE 15, 2021

If you are a victim of a data breach, you are at greater risk of identity theft. A credit report and identity theft monitoring service can monitor your personal data with the credit bureaus along with scour the internet and dark web to see if your information is at risk. Initiate a fraud alert.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

In only a few months, ChatGPT became the fastest-growing consumer app in internet history, reaching 100 million users as 2023 began. Trends and patterns in ChatGPT-themed cybercrimes While the vast majority of people use ChatGPT for benign or beneficial purposes, the notable uptick in ChatGPT-themed suspicious activities is cause for concern.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 4, 2022

Exploit Tools and Targets: Malicious Use of Internet Information Services (IIS) Extension. Microsoft published a report on July 26th alerting defenders to the malicious use of Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions. 5 ) More recently, the U.S. Structured Data.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That reporting was based on clues from an early Russian cybercrime forum in which a hacker named Rescator — using the same profile image that Rescator was known to use on other forums — claimed to have originally been known as “Helkern,” the nickname chosen by the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Darklife.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “ The Manipulaters ,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing and spam delivery platforms. “Ironically, the Manipulaters may create more short-term risk to their own customers than law enforcement,” DomainTools wrote.

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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. Pompompurin has been a thorn in the side of the FBI for years.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2024

On March 20, 2024, we reported how the data of over 70 million people was posted for sale on an online cybercrime forum. We don’t just report on threats – we help safeguard your entire digital identit y Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. The seller claimed the data came from the Shiny Hunters breach.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2022

Most attacks originated from the Netherlands, Russia, and Ukraine, according to the firm, and highlight the risks of exposed VNC in critical infrastructure. Exposed VNC putting ICS at risk, assets frequently distributed on cybercrime forums. It detected more than 8,000 exposed VNC instances with authentication disabled.

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

Today’s columnist, Sean McDermott of RedMonocle, says that companies should use the NIST 800-53 security and privacy controls to help find cyber risk blind spots. The rapid, overnight shift exposed new cyber risk blind spots and gaps unknown to security leaders or executive teams. Credit: NIST. FUND cybersecurity priorities.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted in 2015 of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, including data breaches, payment fraud, operating a botnet and calling in bomb threats. ” The Finnish daily yle.fi

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

Hackers may have accessed thousands of accounts on the California state welfare platform Brokewell Android malware supports an extensive set of Device Takeover capabilities Experts warn of an ongoing malware campaign targeting WP-Automatic plugin Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling Kaiser Permanente data breach may have impacted (..)

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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. 1 : Cybercrime Businesses should always be very aware of the threat of cybercriminals, and social media also poses very real cyber-security risks.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2023

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Cybersecurity US holds conference on military AI use with dozens of allies to determine ‘responsible’ use DFSA’s Cyber Risk Management Guidelines: A Blueprint for Cyber Resilience?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2024

Judge ordered NSO Group to hand over the Pegasus spyware code to WhatsApp Cybercrime BlackCat Ransomware Affiliate TTPs American Express credit cards EXPOSED in third-party vendor data breach – account numbers and names among details accessed in hack LockBit 3.0’S

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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 ” Mr. .”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Indeed, those messages show Sosa/King Bob was obsessed with finding new “ grails ,” the slang term used in some cybercrime discussion channels to describe recordings from popular artists that have never been officially released. “I got the most music in the com,” King Bob bragged in a Discord server in November 2022.

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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. Without it, a business is vulnerable to a variety of risks, including financial loss, damage to intellectual property, and brand reputation. . • Create security awareness for employees.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Persistent ransomware threats, increasing risk to critical infrastructure, state-sponsored activity, more bad actors, and new, disruptive technologies are the five cyber threat narratives noted in the National Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-2024 recently released by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. Critical infrastructure at risk.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2023

A new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center ( BPC ) lays out — in stark terms – the prominent cybersecurity risks of the moment. The BPC’s Top Risks in Cybersecurity 2023 analysis calls out eight “top macro risks” that frame what’s wrong and what’s at stake in the cyber realm. Related: Pres. In the U.S.,

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Assessing the risks involved in using the latest technology is something our culture had to adopt in the early days of the computer. New technologies come with risks — there’s no denying that. It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. Lessons learned.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

how are they connected to the Internet (hint: they aren't, they are… [link] — Robᵉʳᵗ Graham ? ErrataRob) February 7, 2024 Several experts explained that electric toothbrushes have no direct connections to the internet, they relies on Bluetooth to connect to mobile apps. what was the brand of toothbrushes?

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IT Security Central

JULY 6, 2021

According to the FBI’s recently released Internet Crime Report 2020, cybercrime resulted in $4 billion in losses last year, a low estimate that still encapsulates the incredible value lost to threats actors. The costs and consequences of a data breach or cybersecurity incident have never been more severe.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In this Spotlight episode of the Security Ledger podcast, I interview Itsik Kesler, the CTO of the threat intelligence firm Kela about the evolution of threat intelligence and findings from the company’s latest State of Cybercrime Threat Intelligence report. Read the whole entry. » » Click the icon below to listen.

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