CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 30, 2023

The potential leak of financial details could lead to serious concerns, as often threat actors use the data to launch identity theft and other kind of social engineering attacks on the impacted customers.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 6, 2023

You must provide personal information such as your name, Social Security number, and address. Depending on where you live and whether you are a victim of identity theft, you may also need to pay a fee. Fraud Alert A fraud alert is a measure to protect against identity theft.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

The dataset is extremely dangerous as threat actors could leverage the aggregated data for a wide range of attacks, including identity theft, sophisticated phishing schemes, targeted cyberattacks, and unauthorized access to personal and sensitive accounts,” the researchers said.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By neglecting to set a password, a BMW dealer in India has jeopardized the entire network of car dealerships in the country and put its clients at risk. This could encompass customer information, sales records, and financial data.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

Passwords are not included in the archive. He claims the data was obtained by exploiting the LinkedIn API to harvest information that people upload to the site.” The threat actor that is offering for sale the data shared a sample of 1M records as proof of the authenticity of the archive. ” reported RestorePrivacy.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Leaked sample data includes financial documents, invoices, hashed account passwords, passport scans, and more. The popular cyber security expert Kevin Beaumont first noticed that the company office in Germany had a vulnerable Citrix Gateway exposed online. The Medusa group has now published the stolen data on its Tor leak site.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The bad actors attributed to Chinese-speaking cybercriminals are leveraging a package tracking text scam sent via iMessage to collect personal (PII) and payment information from the victims with the goal of identity theft and credit card fraud.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

The leaked information included names, phone numbers, emails, private communication via SMS messages, passwords, and employees’ credentials. Screenshot of leaked customer information Researchers also stumbled upon 70,000 customer credentials. One of them is identity theft. Why is leaking personal data dangerous?

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

IdentityIQ The traditional method of safeguarding our accounts with passwords is facing growing challenges. As technology evolves, so do the methods employed by hackers, making passwords both inconvenient and increasingly susceptible to breaches. Passkey vs. Password – What’s the Difference? What is a Passkey?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2024

Dunaev pleaded guilty on November 30, 2023, he admitted to conspiring to engage in computer fraud and identity theft, as well as conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. ” reads the press release published by DoJ. million via ransomware deployed by Trickbot.”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

A man from New York has pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of computer intrusion causing damage. The maximum term and fine for one count of aggravated identity theft is 2 years and $250,000. The first thing to keep in mind is that every password you use should be unique.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

This kind of attacks is very efficient due to the bad habit of users of reusing the same password over multiple services. The database is 72 GB in size, it includes 380+ million records containing email addresses and login credentials (usernames and passwords), and whether the credentials could successfully login to a Spotify account.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Leak data could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities, such as phishing/spear-phishing attacks, identity theft, and scams. Using a strong and unique password for each web service, a password manager could help you. Be vigilant on potential phishing messages that ask you to provide information.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

If you suspect you’ve fallen victim to a scam from your smart TV, you should immediately change your passwords, contact your bank or credit card company to report unauthorized charges if you have them, and report the scam to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and authorities.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

The database, hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the US, contained admin credentials and private customer data, including email, phone numbers, names, hashed user passwords, dates of birth, and addresses. The storage of passwords in plaintext is a bad practice that could advantage threat actors while targeting an infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

.” According to the company, attackers accessed personal details of the users, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and also encrypted passwords. In response to the incident, the bidding portal has forced a password reset for all users’ accounts, both bidder and auctioneer ones. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Online surveys designed to steal personal information. Unsuspecting online shoppers could also fall victim of identity theft of phishing attack aimed at stealing their payment card data. Do not click on links or provide personal or financial information to an unsolicited email. Use safe passwords or pass phrases.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

. “CMG is not aware of any cases of identity theft, fraud, or financial losses to individuals stemming from this incident.” “CMG takes the protection of personal information seriously and is committed to answering any questions that your office may have.” ” continues the notification.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2020

. “The server was live at the time of our investigation, leaking Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data from people accessing private accounts on Le Figaro’s news website, and in some cases, their login credentials.” ” Experts pointed out that exposed data could lead to identity theft and multiple fraud scheme.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

NextGen Healthcare declared to have taken measures to contain the security breach, including resetting passwords, and further reinforcing the security of its systems. NextGen Healthcare is also offering impacted individuals 24 months of free fraud detection and identity theft protection through Experian’s IdentityWorks product.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

We are alerting you to this situation now that the involvement of your personal medical information has been confirmed.” ” The company notified urged employees to change their user passwords. Broward Health has no evidence that the attackers misused the information. ” continues the letter. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

” The impacted individuals are exposed to a broad range of malicious activities, including identity theft, phishing attacks, and scams. Impacted users are recommended to change their account passwords and remain vigilant to possible phishing messages. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

Brute-forcing the passwords of LinkedIn profiles and email addresses. The leaked files appear to only contain LinkedIn profile information – we did not find any deeply sensitive data like credit card details or legal documents in the sample posted by the threat actor. Change the password of your LinkedIn and email accounts.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

While at CWRU, he was accused of “cracking passwords” on a CWRU network. According to an FBI Flash document released to affected organizations on March 27, 2017, machines were infected with FruitFly via brute force attacks, using weak passwords or passwords from breaches of other systems. This can take years, however.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Most organizations use databases to store sensitive information. This includes passwords, usernames, document scans, health records, bank account and credit card details, as well as other essential data, all easily searchable and conveniently stored in one place. Can’t come up with a strong password? What were we looking at?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Ivan Yermakov worked for the Russian Military Unit 26165 and was indicted by the US DoJ in October 2018, along six other defendants working for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate ( GRU ), for hacking, wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. based filing agents.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The publicly available data includes names, mailing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, family information, and birth dates. . Cybersecurity company Fidus Information Security found the data online with no password protection a situation that was later verified by TechCrunch.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

In total, the database leaked over 152,000 pieces of information pertaining to customers, such as emails, names, links to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook profiles, and hashed passwords. The instance also contained 15 employee emails, names, and passwords protected by a weak SHA1-128bit hash. Dangerous leak.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

The leaked information includes patients’ names, IDs, email addresses, password hashes, Medicare Advantage Plan listings, medical treatment data, and more. If you’re a customer of Humana, there’s a chance your medical data has been leaked. Give a look here to see recommendations provided by CyberNews researchers: [link].

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

On December 30, 2022, Wabtec started notifying impacted individuals and encouraged t them remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft and fraud by reviewing their financial account statements and credit reports for any anomalies. ” concludes Wabtec.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

comprised millions of confidential records including names, passwords, email addresses, passport numbers, national IDs, credit cards, financial transactions and more. Were such detailed personally identifiable information (PII) to fall in the wrong hands, it could have been used in the execution of a wide range of cyber threats.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Whether or not you’ve heard the term “doxxing” before, you’re probably familiar with the problem it names: collecting personal information about someone online to track down and reveal their real-life identity. The motivations for doxxing are many, and mostly malicious: for some doxxers, the goal in tracking someone is identity theft.

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Media Identity Theft Accountability Internet 107

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. Among these, 28 appeared to be properly configured (meaning they weren’t accessible), and 86 were accessible without any password nor encryption. Sensitive information redacted. What’s Happening?

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) suffered a data breach that exposed the names, email addresses, passwords, and birth dates for thousands of police officers and applicants. The officers’ union, the Los Angeles Police Protective League, defined the incident as a serious security issue. ” reported the media.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 28, 2023

Understanding the FTC Safeguards Rule The FTC Safeguards Rule is a set of regulations that require covered financial institutions to develop, implement, and maintain an information security program designed to protect customer information. It’s important to train them on how to handle customer data securely.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

An attacker could use these URLs to access a user’s profile on the dating site without the knowledge of the password. Leaked data could expose users to several malicious activities, including scams, identity theft, blackmail and extortion, and of course attack takeover.

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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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