Adam Levin

JULY 10, 2020

billion records have already been exposed, and that’s only accounting for the first quarter of 2020. For comparison, that’s a 273% increase over the first two quarters of 2019 combined. Phishing scams skyrocketed as citizens self-isolated during the lockdown, and social-engineering schemes defrauded Internet users of millions.”.

Data breaches 252

Data breaches Social Engineering Antivirus Scams 252

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

” The intrusion came to light on Twitter when the account @und0xxed started tweeting the details. ” Other databases allegedly accessed by the intruders included one for prepaid accounts, which had far fewer details about customers. In at least one case , retail store employees were complicit in the account takeovers.

Mobile 348

Mobile Data breaches Accountability Wireless 348

Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. billion in 2019. In August 2019, the company said a third-party investigation into the exposure identified just 32 consumers whose non-public personal information likely was accessed without authorization. .

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Insurance Financial Services Penetration Testing Scams 327

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. .

Cryptocurrency 363

Cryptocurrency VPN Scams Social Engineering 363

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Microsoft today released an emergency software patch to plug a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that attackers are already using to break into Windows computers. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Internet 237

Internet Internet Software Engineering 237

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

In the not too distant future, each one of us will need to give pause, on a daily basis, to duly consider how we purchase and use Internet of Things devices and services. Another tech industry consultancy, IDC, forecasts worldwide IoT spending will hit a record $745 billion in 2019 , some 15.4% This is coming. Talk more soon.

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Internet Internet IoT Energy and Utilities 189

Krebs on Security

JULY 26, 2021

But most of the coverage seems to have overlooked the far more sinister criminal charges in the indictment, which involve an underground scene wherein young men turn to extortion, sextortion, SIM swapping, death threats and physical attacks — all in a frenzied effort to seize control over social media accounts. FEMALE TARGETS.

Media 349

Media Hacking Accountability Scams 349

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2020

GoDaddy has been notifying its customers of a data breach, threat actors might have compromised their web hosting account credentials. GoDaddy has been notifying its customers of a data breach, attackers might have compromised users’ web hosting account credentials. ” reads the data breach notice submitted by the company.

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Data breaches Accountability Advertising Internet 145

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

The software giant warned that attackers already are pouncing on one of the flaws, which ironically enough involves an easy-to-exploit bug in the software component responsible for patching Windows 10 PCs and Windows Server 2019 machines. “In the case of ransomware attacks, they have also been used to ensure maximum damage.”

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Software Internet Internet Backups 335

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web. Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp. Earlier this week, vice.com reported that hackers are phishing workers at major U.S.

Social Engineering 282

Social Engineering Telecommunications Data privacy Engineering 282

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions.

DDOS 305

DDOS Internet Internet Government 305

Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

Ueland said after hearing about the escrow.com hack Monday evening he pulled the domain name system (DNS) records for escrow.com and saw they were pointing to an Internet address in Malaysia — 111.90.149[.]49 “This guy had access to the notes, and knew the number to call,” to make changes to the account, Barrie said.

Phishing 296

Phishing DNS Social Engineering Accountability 296

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

On December 23, 2019, unknown attackers began contacting customer support people at OpenProvider , a popular domain name registrar based in The Netherlands. “But a registrar should not act on instructions coming from a random email address or other account that is not even connected to the domain in question.”

DNS 288

DNS Social Engineering Engineering Accountability 288

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to a security advisory from Redmond, the security hole CVE-2021-40444 affects the “MSHTML” component of Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions. There is currently no official patch for the flaw, but Microsoft has released recommendations for mitigating the threat.

Software 355

Software Engineering Internet Internet 355

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

DNS 271

DNS Internet Internet Government 271

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2021

The patches released today fix security problems in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 , 2016 and 2019. “HAFNIUM has previously compromised victims by exploiting vulnerabilities in internet-facing servers. . “HAFNIUM has previously compromised victims by exploiting vulnerabilities in internet-facing servers.

Internet 326

Internet Internet Software Education 326

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Whether you’re looking for a smartphone, a laptop, a gaming device or something else, or even just signing up for an account online, you want to make sure your kids are protected. Today’s generation of kids and teens consider their devices and the Internet as extensions of their lives. 7 Internet safety tips.

Internet 140

Internet Internet Passwords Password Management 140

Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2021

Internet archivist Jason Scott says Herring was the creator of the successful software products Sparkware and QWIKMail; Scott has 2 hours worth of interviews with Herring from 20 years ago here. From there, the attackers can reset the password for any online account that allows password resets via SMS.

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Accountability Media Wireless Passwords 358

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 15, 2021

A little bit of a change of pace this week with the video being solely on the events unfolding around removing content, people and even entire platforms from the internet. These are significant events in history, regardless of your political persuasion, and they're likely to have a very long-lasting impact on the way we communicate online.

Password Management 243

Password Management Internet Internet Accountability 243

Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. NeroWolfe seems to have abandoned all of his forum accounts sometime in 2016. DomainTools reports that stairwell.ru Image: Shutterstock. Image: Ke-la.com.

Ransomware 277

Ransomware Cybercrime Accountability Malware 277

Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2023

Searching on ubsagency@gmail.com in Constella Intelligence shows the address was used sometime before February 2019 to create an account under the name “ SammySam_Alon ” at the interior decorating site Houzz.com. SammySam_Alon registered at Houzz using an Internet address in Huntsville, Ala. 68.35.149.206).

Scams 276

Scams Business Services Accountability Marketing 276

Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

Feedback message data contained Account id, feedback rating given, and users’ email addresses. Player profile data included Player id; username; country; total money spent on the game; and even Facebook, Apple, and Google account data if the user linked either account with their game account. What Data Was Leaked?

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Accountability Mobile Phishing 126

Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two cybersecurity experts who’ve briefed U.S.

Hacking 364

Hacking Software Government Internet 364

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.

Accountability 125

Accountability Hacking Financial Services Data breaches 125

SC Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its annual report Wednesday, showing a sharp increase in cybercrime, both in quantity and cost in 2020. billion in 2019. billion in 2019. The second was the increase in the total cost of business email compromise (BEC) scams and email account compromise (EAC).

Scams 126

Scams Cybercrime Accountability Ransomware 126

Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2020

After that, they send account creation links to all the contacts.”. While what my source did was technically wire fraud (obtaining something of value via the Internet through false pretenses), cybercriminals bent on using fake.gov domains to hoodwink Americans likely would not be deterred by such concerns.

Internet 276

Internet Internet Cybercrime Government 276

Krebs on Security

MAY 3, 2019

Its account and transaction processing systems power the Web sites for hundreds of financial institutions — mostly small community banks and credit unions. The authentication weakness allowed bank customers to view account data for other customers, including account number, balance, phone numbers and email addresses.

Banking 220

Banking Accountability Passwords Technology 220

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As KrebsOnSecurity noted in 2019 , Vaughn’s identity was revealed by following the trail of clues from a gaming website he used that later got hacked. That is, until early January 2019, when news broke that hackers had broken into the servers of computer game maker BlankMediaGames and made off with account details of some 7.6

DDOS 264

DDOS Hacking Mobile Encryption 264

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

BitSight researchers found significant overlap in the Internet addresses used by those domains and a domain called BHproxies[.]com. The account didn’t resume posting on the forum until April 2014. Reached via LinkedIn, Mr. Shotliff said he sold his BHProxies account to another Black Hat World forum user from Egypt back in 2014.

Accountability 269

Accountability Advertising Marketing Malware 269

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

As first reported here on July 16, prior to bitcoin scam messages being blasted out from such high-profile Twitter accounts @barackobama, @joebiden, @elonmusk and @billgates, several highly desirable short-character Twitter account names changed hands, including @L, @6 and @W. They would take a cut from each transaction.”

Hacking 299

Hacking Accountability Scams Media 299

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

“According to the analysis of foreign law enforcement agencies, more than 50% of all phishing attacks in 2019 in Australia were carried out thanks to the development of the Ternopil hacker,” the attorney general’s office said, noting that investigators had identified hundreds of U-Admin customers. ” U-Admin, a.k.a.

Phishing 307

Phishing Scams Banking Mobile 307

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

The very first account in the leaked Blacklist user database corresponds to its CEO Seth Heyman , an attorney southern California. In fiscal year 2019, the FTC received 3.78 Mr. Heyman did not respond to multiple requests for comment, although The Blacklist stopped leaking its database not long after that contact request.

Mobile 337

Mobile Marketing Consumer Protection Wireless 337

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2022

which was renamed to NortonLifeLock in 2019. What’s more, there are hefty fees involved in moving any ETH mined by Norton or Avira Crypto to an account that the user can cash out, and many users apparently don’t understand they can’t cash out until they at least earn enough ETH to cover the fees.

Antivirus 362

Antivirus Cryptocurrency Identity Theft Software 362

Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

107 million records include personal data and basic account information such as the user ID, number of Weibo tweets, number of followers and accounts users are following, account gender, geographic location and more. “Internet users found that 538 million Weibo user records are being sold on dark web marketplace.

Accountability 144

Accountability Passwords Advertising Internet 144

Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

iLnkP2p is bundled with millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including security cameras and Webcams, baby monitors, smart doorbells, and digital video recorders. “In reality, enumeration of these prefixes has shown that the number of online devices was ~1,517,260 in March 2019.

IoT 275

IoT Firewall Manufacturing Computers and Electronics 275

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

GandCrab dissolved in July 2019, and is thought to have become “ REvil ,” one of the most ruthless and rapacious Russian ransomware groups of all time. Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63 was also used to register an account at the online game stalker[.]so

Ransomware 257

Ransomware Accountability Cybercrime Backups 257

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Keep a close eye on your accounts. So, either check your bank and credit card accounts daily or sign up for free transaction monitoring programs which notify you whenever there is activity in your bank, credit union or credit card accounts. According to the Better Business Bureau, 37.9% On top of that, 80.5% Bottom line.

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Scams Banking Retail Consumer Protection 239