Mitnick Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Organizations around the world are enrolled in security awareness training programs and taught to look out for cybercriminals who are using a hacking technique called social engineering.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The post Russia Hacks Ukraine, Ukraine Hacks Russia — Day#658 appeared first on Security Boulevard. When will it end? Russia takes down Kyivstar cellular system, Ukraine destroys Russian tax system.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The post Russian ‘WhisperGate’ Hacks: 5 More Indicted appeared first on Security Boulevard. Eaten by a GRU: Fake ransomware created by Russian GRU Unit 29155 attacked Ukraine and NATO—a month before the full scale invasion.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s only February, and 2021 already is rapidly shaping up to be the year of supply-chain hacks. This bad news from UScellular follows similarly troubling disclosures from networking software supplier SolarWinds and from email security vendor Mimecast. Video: What all companies need to know about the SolarWinds hack.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2024

The post Dropbox Hacked: eSignature Service Breached appeared first on Security Boulevard. Drop Dropbox? The company apologized as user details were leaked from its “Dropbox Sign” product.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2023

The post ‘But His Emails!’ — Ukrainian Hackers Hack Hillary Hacker appeared first on Security Boulevard. Beware Fancy Bears Bearing Gifts: Confirms DCLeaks caper was by APT28. Also that APT28 is Russian military unit.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

TikTok was hacked, with over two billion records stolen. The post TikTok Hack: 2B Records Leak — but ByteDance Denies appeared first on Security Boulevard. Or so says notorious leak group BlueHornet (a/k/a AgainstTheWest, @AggressiveCurl).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Two days later, the employees were informed by email of the ongoing security test, the message received by the ones that opened the email states: “You’re getting this email because you failed our recent phishing test,” the company’s chief security officer Demetrius Comeswrote. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 11, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency penetrated in February, via vuln in Ivanti. The post Irony of Ironies: CISA Hacked — ‘by China’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Free rides and traffic jams: U.S.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2024

The post Sisense Hacked: CISA Warns Customers at Risk appeared first on Security Boulevard. A hard-coded credential catastrophe: The analytics firm kept big companies’ secrets in an insecure AWS bucket. Government says victims include the “critical infrastructure sector.”

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The post GoDaddy Hosting Hacked — for FOURTH Time in 4 Years appeared first on Security Boulevard. GoDaddy’s web hosting service breached yet again. This time, the perps were redirecting legit websites to malware.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Facebook parent Meta has disciplined or fired at least 25 workers for allegedly hacking into user accounts. Meta Security Guards Hacked Facebook Users appeared first on Security Boulevard. The post Oops!

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2023

The post Russia Says NSA Hacked iOS With Apple’s Help — we Triangulate Kaspersky’s Research appeared first on Security Boulevard. Tit-For-Tat Triangulation Trojan Talk: Backdoor inserted at U.S. behest, alleges FSB.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2021

Iran Nuke Site Hacked ‘by Israel’ (Again) appeared first on Security Boulevard. Iran’s Nantaz nuclear centrifuge facility went dark yesterday. Sources say it was an Israeli cyberattack—another one. But something doesn’t add up. The post Son of Stuxnet?

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The post Okta Screws Up (Yet Again) — ALL Customers’ Data Hacked, not just 1% appeared first on Security Boulevard. You had one job: Last month’s sheer incompetence descends this week into UTTER FARCE.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The post FBI Warning: China Will Hack US Infra. via Router Botnet) appeared first on Security Boulevard. a/k/a BRONZE SILHOUETTE: FBI head Wray won’t tolerate China’s “real-world threat to our physical safety.”

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Security Boulevard

JULY 20, 2021

The post Apple’s Insecure iPhone Lets NSO Hack Journalists (Again) appeared first on Security Boulevard. Yet another zero-day bug in iOS has allowed notorious spyware vendor NSO Group to break into the iPhones of journalists and activists.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

or on NATO allies, it risks being hacked back. The post Puttin’ Putin on Notice—We Will Hack Russia Back appeared first on Security Boulevard. If Russia launches cyberattacks on the U.S. This warning comes from Deputy Attorney General Lisa O.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The post New Russian Hacks Revealed—but U.S. Says it’s Microsoft’s Fault appeared first on Security Boulevard. Microsoft has issued another of its “look how clever we are” writeups of detecting APT29 hackers. But the U.S. government sees it differently.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 9, 2022

The post Putin’s ‘Victory Parade’ TV Show Hacked: ‘Blood on Your Hands’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Ukrainian hackers and their friends continue to pummel Russian computers. Hundreds of millions of documents” are being leaked. And today, Putin’s famous Victory Parade has been marred by hackers.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Hackers, never at a loss for creative deception, have engineered new tactics for exploiting the weakest links in the cybersecurity chain: ourselves! Social engineering and business email compromise (BEC) are two related cyberattack vectors that rely on human error to bypass the technology defenses businesses deploy to deter malware.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The post US Will Fight Russian Disinformation — Hacks and Leaks and Deepfakes, Oh My! appeared first on Security Boulevard. Pay no attention to that man: State Dept. Global Engagement Centre chief James Rubin (pictured) follows the yellow brick road.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The post PRC State Hacking: ‘Chinese Edward Snowden’ Spills I‑Soon Secrets in Huge Dump of TTPs appeared first on Security Boulevard. Underpaid, overworked and angry: Whistleblower in hacker contractor firm for Chinese government blows lid off tactics, techniques and procedures.

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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 Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Reddit got hacked with a “sophisticated” spear phishing attack. The post Reddit Hacked — 2FA is no Phishing Phix appeared first on Security Boulevard. The individual victim was an employee who clicked the wrong email link.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The post Red Cross Wants Shielding from Hacks via Digital Emblem appeared first on Security Boulevard. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is proposing a digital version of its eponymous logo.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2023

The post Ironic: LetMeSpy Spyware Hackers Were Hacked (by Hackers) appeared first on Security Boulevard. Content warning: Abuse, stalking, controlling behavior, Schadenfreude, irony, doxxing.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 17, 2021

In our first Security Awareness episode, Chris Hadnagy and Ryan MacDougall are joined by industry professional , Marcus Sailler to discuss his experience as the red team i nformation s ecurity m anager at Capital Group. 138 – Security With Marcus Sailler of Capital Group . Get Involved. Enjoy the Outtro Music?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Cybercriminals are planting so-called “sleepers” in cleaning companies so that they can physically access IT infrastructure and hack them. The alert was launched by a senior p olice officer, cyber criminals are p lanting so-called “sleepers” in cleaning companies so that they can gau physical access IT infrastructure and hack them.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2022

Hacked by NSO Pegasus Spyware (or was it?) appeared first on Security Boulevard. The prime minister and the defense minister of Spain were infected with Pegasus. The notorious spyware, sold by NSO Group “only to governments,” caused large amounts of data to be exfiltrated. The post Spanish Govt.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2022

The post 0ktapus/‘Scatter Swine’ Hacking Gang Stole 10,000 Corp Logins via Twilio appeared first on Security Boulevard. More on the Twilio débâcle from earlier this month: Researchers reveal the hackers swiped at least 9,931 user credentials from more than 130 organizations.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The post 5 Ways to Avoid Heartbreak From Valentine’s Day Hacks appeared first on Security Boulevard. In the run-up to February 14, 2021, cyberattackers launched over 400 new Valentine’s Day-themed phishing emails targeting innocent users every week, a 29%.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2021

Electronic Arts hacked through Slack channel. The group was able to steal the source code for FIFA 21 and the source code for the Frostbite engine that powers other popular games, such as Battlefield. The group was able to steal the data after socially engineering an EA employee to provide login credentials over a Slack channel.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 23, 2024

The post Russia Hacked Microsoft Execs — SolarWinds Hackers at it Again appeared first on Security Boulevard. AKA APT29: Midnight Blizzard / Cozy Bear makes it look easy (and makes Microsoft look insecure).

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SecureWorld News

JULY 26, 2023

Åvist had this to add on security awareness training and the efficacy of human social engineers versus AI tools: "In this study we performed, a phishing prompt was created and our human social engineers and ChatGPT had one afternoon to craft a phishing email based on that prompt.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 5, 2022

The post ‘ChinaDan’ Hacks 1 BILLION Police Records from Shanghai: 23TB of PII for Sale appeared first on Security Boulevard. “China’s Largest Data Leak” is causing a kerfuffle in Beijing. A hacker calling themself ChinaDan is holding 23 terabytes of personal data for ransom.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The post World’s Biggest Bank Hacked: ICBC Walks Trades on USBs appeared first on Security Boulevard. Plan B is sneakernet: After Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ransomware attack, U.S. Treasury trades settled by bike messengers with flash drives.

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