Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

On Wednesday, regulators in New York announced that First American was the target of their first ever cybersecurity enforcement action in connection with the incident, charges that could bring steep financial penalties. had exposed approximately 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003. First American Financial Corp.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

Norway police secret service states said that China-linked APT31 group was behind the 2018 cyberattack on the government’s IT network. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) said that the China-linked APT31 cyberespionage group was behind the attack that breached the government’s IT network in 2018. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 17, 2020

In a majority of cases, DoD has not completed the cybersecurity training and awareness tasks it set out to. While an assessment of "cybersecurity hygiene" like this doesn't directly analyze a network's hardware and software vulnerabilities, it does underscore the need for people who use digital systems to interact with them in secure ways.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning organizations about Ghost (Cring) ransomware, a sophisticated cyber threat that has been compromising critical infrastructure, businesses, and government entities worldwide. Strengthening identity security Enforce phishing-resistant MFA for all privileged accounts.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 11, 2019

Federal Election Commission (FEC) said today political campaigns can accept discounted cybersecurity services from companies without running afoul of existing campaign finance laws, provided those companies already do the same for other non-political entities. Last year, the FEC granted a similar exemption to Microsoft Corp.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

All the company’s social media accounts haven’t been updated since 2023 at the latest. In 2018, MyHeritage suffered a security incident which exposed the email addresses and hashed passwords of 92 million users. Lie if you must and create a separate free email account so the information can’t be tied to your main account.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Of the many cybersecurity executives I’ve interviewed, Keenan Skelly’s career path may be the most distinctive. I met with Skelly at Black Hat USA 2018 and we had a thoughtful discussion about a couple of prominent cybersecurity training issues: bringing diversity into AI systems and closing the cybersecurity skills gap.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Related: Cyber risks spinning out of IoT Credential stuffing and account takeovers – which take full advantage of Big Data, high-velocity software, and automation – inundated the internet in massive surges in 2018 and the first half of 2019, according to multiple reports. Hackers count on it.

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Hacker Combat

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Hackers took advantage of the mishap to gain unauthorized access to email accounts and lots of customer’s data was exposed. During that timeframe, unapproved third parties gained unauthorized access into over 60 email accounts hosted in the cloud belonging to Cetera Employees. Often, hackers use phishing emails to target employees.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 22, 2025

HHS Office for Civil Rights Proposes Measures to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Health Care Under HIPAA madhav Thu, 01/23/2025 - 06:25 Data Breaches in Healthcare: Why Stronger Regulations Matter A data breach involving personal health information isnt just about stolen filesits a gut punch to trust and a serious shake-up to peoples lives.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2023

Active since 2018, Genesis Market’s slogan was, “Our store sells bots with logs, cookies, and their real fingerprints.” “You can buy a bot with a real fingerprint, access to e-mail, social networks, bank accounts, payment systems!,” ” a cybercrime forum ad for Genesis enthused.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2025

It can steal accounts, send messages, steal crypto, monitor browsing, intercept SMS, and more. ” said Dmitry Kalinin, a cybersecurity expert at Kaspersky Lab. ” said Dmitry Kalinin, a cybersecurity expert at Kaspersky Lab. “the authors of the new version of Triada are actively monetizing their efforts.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Importantly, none appeared to have suffered the sorts of attacks that typically preface a high-dollar crypto heist, such as the compromise of one’s email and/or mobile phone accounts. “If you have my seed phrase, you can copy and paste that into your wallet, and then you can see all my accounts. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against several organizations over email account hacking. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against eight entities belonging to three companies over email account hacking due to cybersecurity failures. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 2, 2022

ZIMPERIUM is the firm that conducted the study and discovered the infection in the wild in 2018. But is discovered stealing FB credentials such as email and passwords, device names, device RAM, Device API, usernames, and account IDs from connected devices operating in over 71 countries.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 19, 2019

Cloud hosting provider iNSYNQ says it is trying to recover from a ransomware attack that shut down its network and has left customers unable to access their accounting data for the past three days. In response, the company appears to have simply deleted or deactivated its Twitter account (a cached copy from June 2019 is available here ).

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 19, 2019

In cybersecurity, this is known as a " kill chain." I started with the seven commandments , or steps, laid out in a 2018 New York Times opinion video series on "Operation Infektion," a 1980s Russian disinformation campaign. As social media companies have gotten better at deleting these accounts, two separate tactics have emerged.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In 2018, the software giant took the step of doing away with passwords for people signing into its Edge web browser, saying instead they could use a number of alternatives. Since then, the company has steadily cast off the need for passwords for various accounts, and by May 2020, 150 million people had stopped using passwords.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2020

The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced that threat actors have accessed their account at the Oname.com domain registrar and hijacked one of its domain names. In January 2018 Coincheck was hacked and attackers stole $400 million. . SecurityAffairs – coincheck, cybersecurity). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administratio n (CISA), Snatch was originally named Team Truniger , based on the nickname of the group’s founder and organizer — Truniger. ” In at least some of those recruitment ads — like one in 2018 on the forum sysadmins[.]ru ru account and posted as him.

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Adam Levin

JUNE 5, 2019

Online activity by Russian trolls in the lead-up to the 2016 election was significantly more widespread than initially estimated, cybersecurity firm Symantec concluded. Symantec announced their findings following the analysis of a dataset released by Twitter in October 2018. political divide with propaganda relating to wedge issues.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With the right cybersecurity practices, everyday Mac users can stay safe from these emerging threats. With stolen passwords, the impact is even broader; hackers could wire funds from a breached online banking account into their own, or masquerade as someone on social media to ask friends and family for money.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A malware campaign designed for Android devices is aiming to steal Facebook accounts users and passwords and has already infected more than 300,000 devices. The malware acts under the appearance of reading and education apps and has been in function since 2018.

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

The issue was first reported by the cybersecurity site KrebsOnSecurity. . Experian, 2013 – 2015: Hackers stole a trove of information from T-Mobile customers whose data had passed through Experian to check credit there and open a new account. In 2018, Experian settled a class-action lawsuit for $22 million. . Takeaways .

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

nl — circa October 2018. While it is generally a bad idea for cybercriminals to mix their personal life with work, Witte’s social media accounts mention a close family member (perhaps her son or husband) had the first name “Max,” which allegedly was her hacker handle. 6 in Miami, Fla. law enforcement agencies.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Dunkin' Donuts (2015-2018): The company faced multiple credential stuffing attacks that led to unauthorized access to customer accounts. Earl Enterprises (2018-2019): The parent company of restaurant chains like Planet Hollywood and Buca di Beppo suffered a 10-month-long data breach affecting millions of customers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The threat actors attempted to exploit multiple vulnerabilities in DVRs, including CVE-2017-7921, CVE-2018-9995 , CVE-2020-25078, CVE-2021-33044 , and CVE-2021-36260. The FBI recommends limiting or isolating vulnerable devices, monitoring networks, and following cybersecurity best practices.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 19, 2021

The cybersecurity industry is hiring. In November 2018, The New York Times reported that a total of 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs would be available but go unfilled by 2021. million trained professionals to fill all available cybersecurity positions—a 62% increase of the global cybersecurity workforce. (ISC)2

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Achieving funding is no simple task, and cybersecurity entrepreneurs have a difficult path competing in a complex and competitive landscape. Luckily for cybersecurity startups, there’s no shortage of interest in tomorrow’s next big security vendors. Investments in cybersecurity more than doubled from $12 billion to $29.5

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A former Cisco engineer was sentenced this past Wednesday (December 9, 2020) to 24 months in prison (and a $15,000 fine) for accessing Cisco’s network, and subsequently causing a service outage of Cisco’s WebEx Teams video conferencing service. Million in damage (including $1 Million of refunds to impacted customers and $1.4

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

“The FBI and CISA [the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ] are aware of the incident this morning involving fake emails from an @ic.fbi.gov email account,” reads the FBI statement. Until sometime this morning, the LEEP portal allowed anyone to apply for an account.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 8, 2019

Not long after Facebook deleted most of the 120 cybercrime groups I reported to it back in April 2018, many of the groups began reemerging elsewhere on the social network under similar names with the same members. I long ago stopped providing personal information via any Facebook account. But what about you, Dear Reader?

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 6, 2025

The cybersecurity world mourns the loss of Amit Yoran, a trailblazing leader whose visionary approach and passion for the industry left an indelible mark. His career reflected a profound commitment to advancing digital security and shaping the future of cybersecurity. Department of Defense. He will be deeply missed."

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The breach, which occurred between 2014 and 2018, involved the exposure of sensitive customer information, including names, passport numbers, credit card details, and reservation information. Marriott acknowledged the breach in 2018, after discovering it in September of that year.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

LinkedIn knows it has a problem with bots and fake accounts, and has acknowledged this on more than one occasion. In 2018, LinkedIn rolled out a way to automatically detect fake accounts. Accounts with positive detections will be removed before they can be used to reach out to members. What's new?

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In a recent SecureWorld Remote Sessions webcast, cybersecurity expert Roger Grimes of KnowBe4 shed light on a pervasive and insidious cyber threat: North Korea's "IT Army." A complex and widespread scheme According to recent reports by Recorded Future and Mandiant , Google's cybersecurity unit, this incident is part of a larger pattern.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Brad Marden , superintendent of cybercrime operations for the Australian Federal Police (AFP), said their investigation into who was behind U-Admin began in late 2018, after Australian citizens began getting deluged with phishing attacks via mobile text messages that leveraged the software.

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