Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s a harsh realization we are dealing with more by the day as social media, and a litany of applications and hosted software products invade our daily lives, and in the process, our privacy. Now TikTok wants the ability to put an actual face and voice to those other data sets, and it’s… dangerous.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Speed is the natural enemy of security, and retailers must beware of increased risks of DDoS attacks, ransomware, fraudulent purchases, [and] phishing campaigns impersonating retailers.”. The post Fashion brand Guess hacked, DarkSide ransomware group the likely culprit appeared first on SC Media.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Group-IB: The online market for counterfeit goods in Russia has reached $1,5 billion, while the number of phishing attacks has surpassed 1,200 daily. Scammers create fake websites of known brands, fraudulent promotional campaigns, and fake accounts on social media. Phishing remains one of the most common online fraud.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

Here’s an experiment being run by undergraduate computer science students everywhere: Ask ChatGPT to generate phishing emails, and test whether these are better at persuading victims to respond or click on the link than the usual spam. Companies like OpenAI attempt to prevent their models from doing bad things.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

However, once engaged on the platform, users may further expand their profile information by: linking to their social media networks adding a phone number setting game preferences participating in message boards and forums sending or receiving game invitation requests using the chat feature other user-generated content.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your digital footprint is the trail of data you leave behind when you use the internet and digital devices. It describes the sum of your online activities, from social media interactions to website visits and online transactions. Close or delete outdated email addresses, social media accounts, and online services you no longer use.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2021

They later had to clarify that they meant data was encrypted at Zoom endpoints. In theory, the company could access the data but said they don’t directly access it. Sharing data with social media companies even if you don’t have an account with them. The numbers game.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The multinational media conglomerate Thomson Reuters left a database with sensitive customer and corporate data exposed online. Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format.

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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). Cybercriminals employed all manner of schemes to target businesses and individuals, including phishing, spoofing and tech support fraud, the FBI reported. This represents a 69% increase from the previous year and a total of U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

About a week after scraped data from more than 700 million LinkedIn profiles were put for sale online , it seems that threat actors have no intention of stopping their abuse of the social media platform’s scrape-friendly systems. Our teams have investigated a set of alleged LinkedIn data that has been posted for sale.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

Doxing refers to the collection of confidential information about a person without their consent for the purpose of inflicting harm on that person or to otherwise gain some benefit from gathering or disclosing such information. Where does your personal data end up?” Example phishing e-mail. Phone phishing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 23, 2023

AT&T Alien Labs researchers have discovered a new variant of BlackGuard stealer in the wild, infecting using spear phishing attacks. The new variant is trying to propagate through removable media and shared devices. The malware evolved since its previous variant and now arrives with new capabilities. 001: Credentials In Files.002:

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

This development is unfolding largely off the radar screen of the website publishers who depend on this ecosystem, says Chris Olson, CEO of the Media Trust , a 15-year-old website security vendor, based in McLean, VA that is on the front lines of mitigating this seething threat. Smart attacks.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Additionally, we looked at the phishing activity around gaming, specifically that related to cybersports tournaments, bookmakers, gaming marketplaces, and gaming platforms, and found numerous examples of scams that target gamers and esports fans. The scheme encourages users to log in using their social media credentials.

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SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

While there are plenty of security and privacy training providers to select from, Rakoski emphasized the importance of companies customizing their awareness programs to their unique privacy challenges and requirements, lest they overlook an important regulation that applies to their specific industry needs or data collection practices.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing this as long as they keep letting me. Tank, seen here performing as a DJ in Ukraine in an undated photo from social media. KrebsOnSecurity turns 13 years old today.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

From our safe portal, everyday people can view past password breaches, active social media profiles, potential leaks of government ID info, and more. Why data matters I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read that “data is the new oil” without reading any explanations as to why people should care.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The Threat Report Portugal: H2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to December, H2, 2022. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open-sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática. in Q2 2022.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Users enjoyed using them to compose poems and lyrics in the style of famous artists (which left Nick Cave, for example, decidedly unimpressed ), researchers debated blowing up data centers to prevent super AI from unleashing Armageddon, while security specialists persuaded a stubborn chatbot to give them phone-tapping and car-jacking instructions.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Over the past ten years, his contact information has been used to register numerous phishing domains intended to siphon credentials from people trying to transact on various dark web marketplaces. ” Wazawaka hasn’t always been so friendly to other cybercrooks. ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA?

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Cisco Security

MARCH 31, 2021

Relating this to our consumer lives, when was the last time you bought a smartphone or fitness tracker without expecting a platform on the backend to help you sync data, collect key metrics, and share media? We’re showcasing new, automated workflows for combating supply chain attacks, phishing, and more.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Viewing these videos, adversaries can begin to compile metadata about an individual’s behaviors preferences – intel that could be applied toward targeting phishing campaigns, according to Setu Kulkarni, vice president of Strategy at WhiteHat Security. “It is deeply invasive for anyone who’s captured on film.”.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Best of all, there is no incremental cost based on the volume of data collected. Playbooks allow you to respond to events within your environment such as notifications from a SIEM, suspected phishing emails, or alerts from asset monitoring. Additionally, you can also automate tasks as part of an incident response Workflow.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Key features: De-duplication of data. Data extraction from suspected phishing emails. Collections repository. ThreatConnect’s platform enables automated data collection from all sources and presents it to users in context. Removal of false positives. Integration with third-party intelligence tools.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. Now, a threat actor published an archive containing the data of 235,000,000 users on Breach Forums that can be downloaded for eight credits.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Let's say phishing campaigns like very compelling phishing campaigns, targeted ones. Bought ads that are being used on social media sites, and on, you know, professional networking sites like LinkedIn, in order to target specific groups, specific actors, specific individuals or specific groups of individuals, I should say.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Solutions like XDR, SIEM, and MDM platforms, apart from traditional anti-virus products, enable centralized data collection, accelerate analysis, and correlate security events from various sources, facilitating swift response to complex incidents.

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