Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. Multiple security firms soon assigned the hacking group the nickname “ Scattered Spider.” 9, 2024, U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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Identity IQ

MAY 15, 2021

Passwords are your first line of defense for protecting your digital identity. As important as they are, however, about 52 percent of people still use the same passwords across multiple accounts and 24 percent use a variation of common passwords that are easy to hack. Password Spraying. Credential Stuffing.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons. Related: Kaseya hack worsens supply chain risk. Often inadvertent data breaches stem from a well-meaning employee trying to meet the needs of clients but without the technical systems to facilitate.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

.” At this time, we are not aware of any exposure to the data that customers store in MongoDB Atlas.” ” The US firm urges customers to be vigilant for social engineering and phishing attacks. However, the company states that the activity is not related to the security incident.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

SocialEngineered.net is a forum dedicated to social engineering discussions, it has been compromised data of its users was leaked on a hacker forum. SocialEngineered.net, the forum dedicated to social engineering topics, announced it has suffered a data breach two weeks ago. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach Russians charged with hacking Mt. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Cloud is known in the gaming world and, among other things, allows gamers to play resource heavy games on lower-end devices, The stolen data includes full customer names, email addresses, dates of birth, billing addresses, and credit card expiration dates. According to Shadow, no passwords or sensitive banking data have been compromised.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Category News, Social Engineering. Several large companies were hacked in the first half of September. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. In the IHG hack, a couple from Vietnam claimed they were attempting to deploy ransomware on the network.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the Elasticsearch instance, researchers stumbled upon 16 indices named “hacked[_id]” that are likely Indicators of Compromise (IoC). IoCs are pieces of evidence or data that suggest a security incident or breach has occurred. For example, it could be a sign of unauthorized access to the logs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

“The username and password of the service account had been saved into the employee’s personal Google account. Okta this week warned nearly 5,000 employees that their personal information was exposed due to a data breach suffered by the third-party vendor Rightway Healthcare. ” continues the post.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

A hacker who recently offered 700 million LinkedIn records for sale alarmed LinkedIn users and security specialists, but the company insists the data is linked to previously reported scraped data and wasn’t hacked. ” The post LinkedIn Hack is Scraped Data, Company Claims appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2020

According to Active Network data breach notice, parents who accessed Blue Bear-based web store to pay school fees or buy books and other material between October 1, 2019, and November 13, 2019, might have had their personal data stolen. ” reads the notice of data breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2023

Popular email marketing and newsletter platform Mailchimp was hacked and the data of dozens of customers were exposed. The popular email marketing and newsletter platform Mailchimp was hacked twice in the past six months. ” reads the notice published by the company. ” reads the post published by TechCrunch.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

The vast majority of cyberattacks rely on social engineering – the deception and manipulation of victims to coerce them into either opening malware or voluntarily providing sensitive information. Meanwhile, a quarter report that they’ve used generic passwords like “password” and “ABC123.”All

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

During the weekend, multiple owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets reported having received fake data breach notifications from Trezor, BleepingComputer first reported. A statement shared by Mailchimp CISO Siobhan Smyth with TechCrunch revealed that the company discovered the security breach on March 26.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

The exposed records include email addresses full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation records, LinkedIn username and profile URL, personal and professional experience/background, genders, and other social media accounts and usernames. Passwords are not included in the archive. SecurityAffairs – hacking, LinkedIn).

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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Identity IQ

MAY 30, 2023

How Does My Data End Up on the Dark Web? Your personal data can end up on the dark web through various means, but the most common are data breaches and targeted hacking. The data can be sold in bulk or individually, depending on its value. Targeted hacking is another way that data can end up on the dark web.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

The Cybernews research team has discovered a data leak on La Malle Postale’s system that exposed the personal data of their clients. The leaked information included names, phone numbers, emails, private communication via SMS messages, passwords, and employees’ credentials.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

While not deeply sensitive, the information could still be used by malicious actors to quickly and easily find new targets based on the criminals’ preferred methods of social engineering. This is why many web applications use scraping mitigation tools that help protect against hostile data collection by bots and threat actors.

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Social Engineering Data collection Media Passwords 137

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

In an adaptive phishing campaign, attackers gather specific information about victims through various sources, such as social media, public websites, and previous data breaches. This data is then used to tailor attacks, making them more convincing and harder to detect. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The page was crafted to request the victims to enter their user ID and password. SecurityAffairs – hacking, American Express). Upon clicking on the link in the message, victims are redirected to a fake American Express login page, which includes the company’s logo and a link to download the American Express app. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Given the prominence of third-party data breaches, supply chains can’t afford to assume any device, network or user is secure. They must restrict data as much as possible and verify identities at every step. Their distributed nature means someone would have to hack the whole network , not just a few devices, to infiltrate them.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

However, two significant data breaches may have you taking another look at your policies or procedures when it comes to your Slack channel. Electronic Arts hacked through Slack channel. A group of hackers recently stole a trove of data from videogame maker Electronic Arts (EA). Twitter hacked through Slack channel.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

However, two significant data breaches may have you taking another look at your policies or procedures when it comes to your Slack channel. Electronic Arts hacked through Slack channel. A group of hackers recently stole a trove of data from videogame maker Electronic Arts (EA). Twitter hacked through Slack channel.

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Social Engineering Engineering Accountability Hacking 69

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core. Here’s what I took away from our discussion: Transient hacks. A network breach begins, of course, with an incursion.

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Hacking Energy and Utilities System Administration Accountability 176

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

“On March 21st, 2021 the WebsitePlanet research team in cooperation with Security Researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password protected database that contained over 1 billion records. Upon further research it was apparent that the data was connected to CVS Health.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak).

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NopSec

JULY 25, 2017

Make sure your business email password is “Password123.” You do that and you fit into their perfect profile… of the perfect data breach victim. As it happens, the easiest way to actively exploit a system is to have the password or key. So how does an ethical hacker (and really, malicious ones, too) get a password or key?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

The data from the leaked files can be used by threat actors against LinkedIn users in multiple ways by: Carrying out targeted phishing attacks. Brute-forcing the passwords of LinkedIn profiles and email addresses. Change the password of your LinkedIn and email accounts. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data scraping).

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2021

These phone numbers have been in the hands of some cybercriminals since 2019 due to a vulnerability in Facebook that allowed personal data to be scraped from the social media platform, until it was patched it in 2019. But now some miscreant has posted the entire dataset on a hacking forum, so every lowlife out there has access.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

CyberNews researchers found more than 29,000 unprotected databases worldwide that are still publicly accessible, leaving close to 19,000 terabytes of data exposed to anyone, including threat actors. Enable encryption or use a VPN so that no one can intercept the data traveling through your network while you interact with your database.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

It can be challenging for defences to distinguish between insider threats and regular user activity since insider threats employ genuine accounts, passwords, and IT technologies. Some are unaware of their involvement and fall victim to social engineering techniques like phishing scams.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Here are some examples of how potential attackers can use the data found in the unsecured Amazon S3 bucket against the owners of the exposed email addresses: Spamming 350 million email IDs Carrying out phishing attacks Brute-forcing the passwords of the email accounts. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days.

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