Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

On July 21, 2024, denizens of the cybercrime community Breachforums released more than 4 terabytes of data they claimed was stolen from nationalpublicdata.com, a Florida-based company that collects data on consumers and processes background checks. In 2019, malicious hackers stole data on more than 1.5

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

in 2019 , according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Readers also should know that while identity theft protection services of the kind offered by Equifax and other companies may alert you if crooks open a new line of credit in your name, these services generally do nothing to stop that identity theft from taking place.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 24, 2021

The monitoring allows you to stay on top of your credit health, spot inaccuracies and help be alerted to the early signs of identity theft so you can take steps to address them. Identity Theft Protection. Identity theft-related fraud is the fastest growing online crime in the world. That’s one in 15 people.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

. ” Shoval shared a document link he’d been given by First American from a recent transaction, which referenced a record number that was nine digits long and dated April 2019. According to the FBI, BEC scams are the most costly form of cybercrime today. In August 2018, financial industry giant Fiserv Inc.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The man was held in the Netherlands, and he was charged for his alleged role in the international cybercrime operation known as Raccoon Infostealer. The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The man was held in the Netherlands, and he was charged for his alleged role in the international cybercrime operation known as Raccoon Infostealer. The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which includes data from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes. billion and authorities observed an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019 (+69%). million in 2019 to over $29.1 billion in losses.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

On September 30th, 2019, the financial institution began sending out data breach notifications to the impacted, the notice informed them that the former employee potentially used the data for fraudulent activities, including identity theft and financial frauds. SecurityAffairs – American Express, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The creator of the infamous Kelihos Botnet , Peter Yuryevich Levashov (38) pleaded guilty this week to computer crime, fraud, conspiracy and identity theft charges. Yuryevich Levashov (38), the botmaster of the dreaded Kelihos Botnet pleaded guilty this week to computer crime, fraud, conspiracy and identity theft charges.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2019 annual Internet Crime Report included 467,361 complaints about suspected internet crime with losses of $3.5 billion, or roughly half, of the total losses in 2019 were attributed to generic email account compromise (EAC) complaints. billion in BEC scam-related losses the year before.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 24, 2022

According to Brighton and Hove news , his spree began in 2019 with the initial purchase of a laptop from Amazon, bought with “fake Honey gift vouchers” I would love to know more about how this initial foray into system compromise worked, as one would imagine purchasing anything with fake vouchers would be a bit of a tall order.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Aviram Azari (52) was sentenced to 80 months in prison for computer intrusion, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with his involvement in a massive spear-phishing campaign targeting companies and individuals in the U.S. The man was arrested in September 2019 while traveling to the U. and around worldwide.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2020

Cybercrime nearly always increases during times of crisis as criminals take advantage of panic and unease. The COVID-19 pandemic is certainly no exception, but victims of cybercrime often don’t know where to turn for help. Kristin Judge, founder of the Cybercrime Support Network, hopes to change that. billion in victim losses.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

The incident impacted individuals who received services from MediSecure between March 2019 and November 2023. million Australians who used the MediSecure prescription delivery service during the approximate period of March 2019 to November 2023 are impacted by this Incident based on individuals’ healthcare identifiers. .”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Experts uncovered a new tool dubbed BIOLOAD used by the FIN7 cybercrime group used as a dropper for a new variant of the Carbanak backdoor. The samples of BIOLOAD loader analyzed by the experts were compiled in March and July 2019, while the samples of BOOSTWRITE were compiled in May. ” Fortinet concludes.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2021

The FBI notes that the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has been key to its mission to track cybercrimes. The IC3 "provides the public with a trustworthy source for information on cyber criminal activity," and also is a useful tool for victims to report a cybercrime. The IC3 received 19,369 reports of BEC/EAC scams in 2020. "In

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The man is currently being held in the Netherlands, he was charged for his alleged role the international cybercrime operation known as Raccoon Infostealer. The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

The company speculates that leaked data are from 2019 or earlier. Based on our investigation to date, the data appears to be from June 2019 or earlier.” We believe and are working to confirm that the data set discussed today is the same dataset that has been recycled several times on this forum.” AT&T told CNN.

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SC Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

Beginning in 2019, Schrader shared his research into PACS flaws, which included the two radiology specialists. Schrader notified the specialists of the vulnerabilities and subsequent data leak in December 2019, but the lawsuit claims Northeast Radiology and Alliance did not respond.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) says Argishti Khudaverdyan, 44, was found guilty of 14 federal criminal charges for the scheme he ran from 2014 to 2019 that netted $25 million in criminal proceeds. mandatory two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. 10 years in federal prison for each money laundering count.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The huge trove of data stolen by cybercriminals can be used by threat actors to conduct a broad range of illegal activities, from identity theft to financial scams. The group demanded a Bitcoin payment from the affected companies and threatened to publish the stolen information online or destroy their infrastructure.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In fact, the World Economic Forum (WEF) projects that by 2021: Global cybercrime costs could total approximately $6 trillion in the US. If cybercrime were a country, it would have the third largest economy in the world. Clearly, cybercrime is big business, and it operates like one. How big is the impact of cybercrime?

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

The company highlight the risks of identity theft or phishing attacks in case their data have been compromised. The gang has been active since at least 2019 and today it is one of the most active ransomware gangs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

” The malware was present with different timeframes for each location, “the general timeframe beginning October 1, 2018 through May 29, 2019.” Rutter’s customers should also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and a police report in case of fraud or identity theft.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

However, the compromised personally identifiable information can expose customers to identity theft, for this reason, T-Mobile is offering them two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft detection services, provided by myTrueIdentity, from Transunion.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 20, 2021

And perhaps one thing that is way down on their to-do list is to consider how vulnerable their identity is to cybercriminals. Truth be told: cybercrimes against students continue to rise, especially against those who report to university campuses and use university resources. Turn the auto-updates on. Monitor Your Credit.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Identity Theft. Physical Manipulation, Damage, Theft and Loss. Fileless malware attacks increased by 265% during the first half of 2019. In some of the 2019 incidents , the ransom or the costs of recovery was covered by such contracts. Web-based Attacks. Web Application Attacks. Data Breach. Insider Threat.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 2, 2021

The recent Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Report shows that cybercrime has spiked, leaving hundreds of thousands of victims and costing more than $4 billion. The FBI received a record number of reports last year totaling 791,790, a 69% growth from 2019. billion in 2019 to $4.2 billion in 2020.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Even more, the total amount of money people reported losing in 2019 is six times higher than it was five years ago – from $33 million lost to romance scammers in 2015 to $201 in 2019. Make sure you monitor your identity for signs of potential fraud , especially during this time of cybercrime growth.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Cyber security measures ensure this data is safeguarded against breaches, fraud, hacking, and other forms of cybercrime. Moreover, banks may be held liable for compensating customers affected by fraud or identity theft due to a cyber breach.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The global pandemic and the increase of remote workers has led to a surge in online video conferencing using tools such as Zoom and Google Meet - Zoom alone has tripled its user base since 2019. Hackers may also access webcams to perform other types of cybercrime, such as identity theft, fraud, or extortion.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

Google noted a more than 600% spike in phishing attacks in 2020 compared to 2019 with a total of 2,145,013 phishing sites registered as of January 17, 2021, up from 1,690,000 on Jan 19, 2020. Business email compromise is a sticky, multifaceted cybercrime that almost inevitably starts with a phishing attack. Business Email Compromise.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

Account takeover, also known as ATO, is a form of identity theft in which a malicious third party gains access to or “takes over” an online account. It’s one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity threats today, growing a staggering 300% since 2019 and leading to consumer losses of $3.5 What is Account Takeover?

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While advocates believe this will be a net positive for consumers, there is also concern that opening up such data to hundreds of new organizations could result in higher rates of fraud, like identity theft, if they ended up in the wrong hands. The genesis came from research the security and fraud working group did in 2019.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 27, 2020

Damages from ransomware in 2019 rose to over $11.5 Ransomware in 2019 . The number of ransomware attacks increased in 2019 — but worse, 22 of those cyberattacks shut down a city, county and even state government computer systems. with several attacks in 2019. What strategies do cybercriminals use?

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Security Through Education

APRIL 7, 2021

“Phone scammers were able to get 270% more personal information in 2020 than in 2019.” ” “Cybercrime apparently cost the world over $1 trillion in 2020.” Bad actors can then use this information for future medical insurance or identity theft schemes. ” Fight Security Fatigue.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

In September 2019, ProPublica revealed millions of medical images were being exposed online through unsecured Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). The combination of data could readily enable social engineering attacks, fraud, full-fledged identity theft attacks, and other cybercrimes, he warned.

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