CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 15, 2021

Note 1- In the year 2018, T-Mobile faced the ire of its customers when the print media reported that the company failed to protect the information (Names, addresses, and account numbers) of over 2-million T Mobile customers from the access of hackers. Note 3- In March 2020, T mobile data breach exposed customer info of over 2.30

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2021

Some instructive fresh intelligence about how cyber attacks continue to saturate the Internet comes to us from Akamai Technologies. As a leading global content delivery network (CDN), Akamai has a birdseye view of what is coursing through cyber space moment-by-moment. Q: The scale of ‘attacks’ in 2020 is astronomical: 6.3

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Stormshield, a France-based Cybersecurity firm, has revealed that hackers launched a cyber attack recently to steal its source code. It’s strange that the company that actually provides consultation and mediation services to companies that have been affected by cyber attacks has become the recent target to threat actors.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, Babam has set up numerous auctions on the Russian-language cybercrime forum Exploit , mainly selling virtual private networking (VPN) credentials stolen from various companies. The username associated with that account was “ bo3dom.” com back in 2011, and sanjulianhotels[.]com com (2017).

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Ransomware Passwords Accountability Cybercrime 348

Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2020

The NFCA alert noted that the dates of the files in the leak actually span nearly 24 years — from August 1996 through June 19, 2020 — and that the documents include names, email addresses, phone numbers, PDF documents, images, and a large number of text, video, CSV and ZIP files.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

who put a freeze on his credit files last year at Experian, Equifax and TransUnion after thieves tried to open multiple new payment accounts in his name using an address in Washington state that was tied to a vacant home for sale. Dune Thomas is a software engineer from Sacramento, Calif. and $24.99 and $24.99

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. Five months later, Gunnebo disclosed it had suffered a cyber attack targeting its IT systems that forced the shutdown of internal servers.

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Hacking Ransomware Banking Accountability 359

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

The state Infrastructure of Montenegro was hit by a massive and “unprecedented” cyber attack, authorities announced. An unprecedented cyber attack hit the Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro, the government has timely adopted measures to mitigate its impact. Embassy in the capital Podgorica.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2021

A report published by Agari states that Texas state lost more than $890 million to fraudulent claims in the year 2020 and if this continues, the loss might touch the billion mark within no time. The post Texas unemployment website hit by identity fraud Cyber Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As 2020 draws to a close, we're highlighting our Top 10 ACT Posts of 2020 to recap the year in cybersecurity! The Top Cybersecurity Blogs We're Reading in 2020. You’re probably annoyed with everyone telling you to have a long, complex, unique password for every website, device, and account you own. Massive U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2020

US Government fears a new wave of cyber attacks from Iran as retaliation for the airstrike that killed Maj. Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned of a potential new wave of cyber attacks carried out by Iran-linked hacker groups targeting U.S. The attacks were targeting U.S.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The firm's key hedge fund was up 20% in 2020 thanks to economic chaos happening around the globe. Attackers then used their illegal access to read up on inside information contained in these emails. Business email compromise attack works to transfer millions. million to a specified account. Million to Hackers ].

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers. Insurers Assessing Risks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Zello urges customers with accounts created before November 2 to reset passwords following a potential security breach. Zello is warning customers who have an account created before November 2 to reset their passwords, a circumstance that suggests that the incident took place on November 2. ” reads the security notice.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Tianfeng worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co.,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The investigation conducted by News Corporation (News Corp) revealed that attackers remained on its network for two years. In February 2022, the American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was the victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January 2022.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Data breaches Insurance Hacking 98

SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2023

Nearly three years ago, chaos descended upon Twitter when a small group of hackers successfully breached the accounts of some of the platform's most high-profile users. RELATED: Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

Then, 2020 happened and much of that changed. The Texas attack showed that what once was thought to be a big city problem is leaving every local government vulnerable, and attacks are on the rise. 2019 was called the worst year on record for breaches , and then came 2020, and new breaches are being reported all the time.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

In 2019, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated security risks that could allow an attacker to disrupt engine readings and altitude on an aircraft. Government Accountability Office in 2020 about increasing risk due to connected aircraft technology developments. There was another warning from the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 18, 2020

CISA is now offering some specifics and warning that if your network is already infected with the SUNBURST malware, the kill switch may not stop an attack. Based on coordinated actions by multiple private sector partners, as of December 15, 2020, avsvmcloud[.]com Nation-state cyber attack methodology and motive.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

For example, data from a recent report showed that just two data breaches during 2020 resulted in more than 18 billion compromised records. However, before that attack happened, Mahjoub?i? and his team created fake email accounts, complete with messages containing nothing but useless material.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to DBIR, social engineering and basic web application attacks account for over 50% of all incidents of breaches. When we thought about 2020, it felt like hackers and ransomware should have been at the top (these fall under system intrusion). What did “the internet” think was causing breaches in 2020?

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2020

Twitter released more details about its security incident that targeted 130 famous Twitter accounts. Since the attack occurred in early July, speculation about how hackers compromised Twitter's security have run rampant, especially on.Twitter. To run our business, we have teams around the world that help with account support.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 24, 2022

There’s no question that state and local governments are getting pummeled by cyber attacks. While larger, high-profile cases like Colonial Pipeline and SolarWinds tend to dominate the news, it is important to acknowledge the impact of cyber crime on state and local governments.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations.” Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Microsoft researchers are warning that threat actors are continuing to actively exploit the ZeroLogon vulnerability in attacks in the wild. The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. ENABLE enforcement mode to address CVE-2020-1472 in your environment.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Norway’s parliament announced Tuesday that it was the target of a major cyber-attack that allowed hackers to access emails and data of a small number of parliamentary representatives and employees. “The parliament has recently been targetted in a vast cyber attack,” reads a statement from Norway’s parliament.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed a cyber attack and that the threat actors have exposed the customers’ data. A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups.

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Cyber Attacks VPN Backups Ransomware 128

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. The criminals could hijack social media accounts and bypass 2FA services based on SMS used by online services, including financial ones. .

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Mobile Data breaches Telecommunications Identity Theft 133

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

IOTA Foundation behind the IOTA cryptocurrency was forced to shut down its entire network following a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of funds. IOTA #Trinitywallet — IOTA (@iotatoken) February 12, 2020. Updates: [link] — IOTA (@iotatoken) February 13, 2020.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2021

APT31 is also believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020, according to the government experts , the hackers breached some parliament email accounts in December 2020. We are strongly opposed to the unfounded accusations against China.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

CVE-2020-5902 F5 Big-IP CVE-2020-14882 Oracle WebLogic CVE-2021-26855 Microsoft Exchange (Note: this vulnerability is frequently observed used in conjunction with CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065). Some of the hacking campaigns that were publicly attributed to Russian state-sponsored APT actors by U.S.

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Malware Cyber threats Government Hacking 143

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

Local media websites in the UK are vulnerable to cyber attacks, threat actors can target them to spread fake news. In August 2020, security experts from FireEye uncovered a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting NATO by spreading fake news content on compromised news websites. “The million readers a week in print.

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Media Accountability Cyber Attacks Hacking 141

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2020

T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach exposing customers’ account’s information. “We are reaching out to let you know about a security incident we recently identified and quickly shut down that may have impacted some of your T-Mobile account information.” ” reads the statement published by the company.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

The malicious updates employed in the Zerologon attacks are able to bypass the user account control (UAC) security feature in Windows and abuse the Windows Script Host tool (wscript.exe) to execute malicious scripts. We’re seeing more activity leveraging the CVE-2020-1472 exploit (ZeroLogon). states Microsoft.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2022

Panasonic Canada issued a public statement admitting a sophisticated cyber attack on its servers that occurred in February this year. The Japan-based company issued an apology for the incident and assured only its Canadian operations were affected by the malware attack. Conti’s website claims it siphoned about 2.8

Ransomware 126

Ransomware Cyber Attacks Healthcare Malware 126

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The City of Philadelphia discloses a data breach that resulted from a cyber attack that took place on May 24 and that compromised City email accounts. The incident was discovered on May 24, but further investigation revealed that threat actors have had access to the compromised email accounts at least since March 2023.

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