Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Authenticate calls from third party authorized retailers requesting. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SIM SWAP).

Mobile 103

Mobile Cryptocurrency Accountability Passwords 103

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Hacking Banking 135

Malwarebytes

MARCH 14, 2022

The oldest vulnerability on that list is CVE- 2002 -0367 , an almost 20 year old vulnerability in Windows NT and Windows 2000. allows remotely authenticated users to cause a denial of service by modifying SNMP variables. Not so new. The first thing that jumped out at me is that these vulnerabilities were not all very new at all.

Small Business 124

Small Business IoT Software Authentication 124

SecureWorld News

JULY 6, 2023

The Japan Times is reporting that pro-Russian hacking group LockBit 3.0 The port has remained Japan's largest since 2002. has attacked the Port of Nagoya, Japan's largest cargo port that handles a fair share of Toyota's exports and imports, making a ransomware demand in exchange for recovery of the port's computer system. Aisin Corp.,

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Cybercrime Password Management Risk 98

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information. He was charged with money laundering, computer hacking, and conspiracy to traffic narcotics.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

We’ll also take a closer look at the data broker that got hacked — a background check company founded by an actor and retired sheriff’s deputy from Florida. 1, 2002 (with very few exceptions). It was never a good idea to use as an authenticator to begin with, and it is certainly no longer suitable for this purpose.

Hacking 347

Hacking Data breaches Identity Theft Accountability 347

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That story about the Flashback author was possible because a source had obtained a Web browser authentication cookie for a founding member of a Russian cybercrime forum called BlackSEO. Unbeknownst to Ika at the time, his Pustota forum also had been completely hacked that week, and a copy of its database shared with this author.

Cybercrime 285

Cybercrime Accountability Advertising Computers and Electronics 285

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 22, 2023

It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. How does he authenticate? So the explanation the back, the question of authentication is a really important one. And so we can use that as a tie to the idea of biometrics as a way of authenticating a human being to a computer.

Engineering 40

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