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RockYou2024 compilation containing 10 billion passwords was leaked online

Security Affairs

The compilation has been named ‘RockYou2021’ by the forum user, presumably in reference to the RockYou data breach that occurred in 2009, when threat actors hacked their way into the social app website’s servers and got their hands on more than 32 million user passwords stored in plain text. RockYou2021 had 8.4

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538 Million Weibo users’ records being sold on Dark Web

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Data of 538 million Weibo users are available for sale on the dark web the news was reported by several Chinese media and users on social networks. Weibo is a popular Chinese micro-blogging ( weibo ) website, it was launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it claimed over 445 million monthly active users as of Q3 2018. .

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North Korea-linked Lazarus group targets cybersecurity experts with Trojanized IDA Pro

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Experts pointed out that the domain was involved in a past campaign carried out by the APT group and aimed at security professionals. In March, researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that North Korea-linked hackers are targeting security researchers via social media.

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Belgium telecom operators Proximus and Orange drop Huawei

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Orange Belgium is using Huawei equipment since 2007 for its mobile network in Belgium and Luxembourg, while the collaboration between Proximus and the Shenzhen-based company started in 2009 for the progressive upgrading of its network.

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The man behind Cardplanet credit card market sentenced to 9 years in prison

Security Affairs

The man operated the Cardplanet site between at least early 2009 through at least August 2013. The suspect was arrested in Israel in 2015, his case made the headlines multiple times because media speculated a possible prisoner swap with Naama Issachar, an Israeli-American that was arrested in Russia on cannabis charges.

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Symantec uncovered the link between China-Linked Thrip and Billbug groups

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The group has continued launching attacks against entities in Southeast Asia, including military, satellite communications, media and educational organizations. The targets of the two groups show significant overlap, Billbug also targeted organizations many military and government organizations in South Asia since at least January 2009.

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An ongoing Qbot campaign targeted customers of tens of US banks

Security Affairs

Security researchers at F5 Labs have spotted ongoing attacks using Qbot malware payloads to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. Qbot , aka Qakbot , is a data stealer worm with backdoor capabilities that was first detected by Symantec back in 2009. The campaign targets 36 different U.S.

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