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When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

million customers, including website administrator passwords, sFTP credentials, and private SSL keys; -December 2022: Hackers gained access to and installed malware on GoDaddy’s cPanel hosting servers that “intermittently redirected random customer websites to malicious sites.”

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The Life Cycle of a Breached Database

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JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another.

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Malicious Office 365 Apps Are the Ultimate Insiders

Krebs on Security

MAY 5, 2021

After a user logs in, the link prompts them to install a malicious but innocuously-named app that gives the attacker persistent, password-free access to any of the user’s emails and files, both of which are then plundered to launch malware and phishing scams against others.

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Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested

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JUNE 15, 2024

.” In a SIM-swapping attack, crooks transfer the target’s phone number to a device they control and intercept any text messages or phone calls sent to the victim — including one-time passcodes for authentication, or password reset links sent via SMS.

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Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. 15, 2022, LastPass said an investigation into the August breach determined the attacker did not access any customer data or password vaults.

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Who’s Behind the SWAT USA Reshipping Service?

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A search on that email address at the breach intelligence service Constella Intelligence found that a password commonly associated with it was “ niceone.” 2020, Apathyp sent a private message on Verified to the owner of a stolen credit card shop, saying his credentials no longer worked. ” But the triploo@mail.ru

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Owners of 1-Time Passcode Theft Service Plead Guilty

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

agency , a once popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passcodes (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. The NCA said it began investigating the service in June 2020. Three men in the United Kingdom have pleaded guilty to operating otp[.]agency

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

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 latest campaign appears to have begun on or around Nov. 13, with an attack on cryptocurrency trading platform liquid.com.

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Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do

Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts. Turner said he created the account at Experian in 2020 to place a security freeze on his credit file, and that he used a password manager to select and store a strong, unique password for his Experian account.

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. LastPass said criminal hackers had stolen encrypted copies of some password vaults, as well as other personal information. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff.

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Gift Card Gang Extracts Cash From 100k Inboxes Daily

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

For the past three years, the source — we’ll call him “Bill” to preserve his requested anonymity — has been watching one group of threat actors that is mass-testing millions of usernames and passwords against the world’s major email providers each day. What do you do?

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How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. DigitalOcean said the MailChimp incident resulted in a “very small number” of DigitalOcean customers experiencing attempted compromises of their accounts through password resets. ”

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Karma Catches Up to Global Phishing Service 16Shop

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

For example, in 2019 McAfee found that for targets in Japan, the 16Shop kit would also collect Web ID and Card Password, while US victims will be asked for their Social Security Number. A LinkedIn profile for Rizky says he is a backend Web developer in Bandung who earned a bachelor’s degree in information technology in 2020.

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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Indeed, the leaked OGUsers databases — which include private messages on the forum prior to June 2020 — offer a small window into the overall value of the hijacked social media account industry. In his posts, Beam says he has brokered well north of 10,000 transactions. WHAT YOU CAN DO.

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Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

13, 2020, which was the date the fraudsters got around to changing the domain name system (DNS) settings for e-hawk.net. In cases where passwords are used, pick unique passwords and consider password managers. Dijkxhoorn said his company first learned of the domain theft on Jan.

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Scammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 4, 2022

” Hardaway said he has since wiped her computer, reinstalled the operating system and changed her passwords. The FBI says that represents a 74 percent increase in losses over losses reported in 2020. But my mom went over to the neighbor’s house and they saw it for what it was — a scam.”

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The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

One account of the hack came from a 17-year-old in the United Kingdom, who told reporters the intrusion began when one of the English-speaking hackers phoned a tech support person at MGM and tricked them into resetting the password for an employee account. ” Beige members were implicated in two stories published here in 2020.

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Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide

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AUGUST 23, 2024

Meaning, they are continuously sending their Windows usernames and passwords to domain names they do not control and which are freely available for anyone to register. When O’Connor said he was ready to sell corp.com to the highest bidder in 2020, Microsoft agreed to buy the domain for an undisclosed amount.

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Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2022

” The 30-year-old Donahue said he left the FBI in April 2020 to start Kodex because it was clear that social media and technology companies needed help validating the increasingly large number of law enforcement requests domestically and internationally. Apple’s compliance with EDRs was 93 percent worldwide in 2020.

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Who’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Shotliff shared an April 2014 password reset email from Black Hat World, which shows he forwarded the plaintext password to the email address legendboy2050@yahoo.com. Before that, the resume says he was operations manager of TikTok’s Middle East and North Africa region for approximately seven months ending in April 2020.

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Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

There is no indication these are the real names of the phishers, but the names are useful in pointing to other sites targeting Privnote since 2020. A search at DomainTools.com for privatenote[.]io io shows it has been registered to two names over as many years, including Andrey Sokol from Moscow and Alexandr Ermakov from Kiev.

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‘ValidCC,’ a Major Payment Card Bazaar and Looter of E-Commerce Sites, Shuttered

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

“We don’t know users’ balances, or your account logins or passwords, or the [credit cards] you purchased, or anything else! 16, 2020, several of Joker’s long-held domains began displaying notices that the sites had been seized by the U.S. “We don’t know anything!,” ” SPR pleaded.

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Service Rents Email Addresses for Account Signups

Krebs on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

However, far more interesting is their program for rewarding people who choose to sell Kopeechka usernames and passwords for working email addresses. Kopeechka also has multiple affiliate programs, including one that pays app developers for embedding Kopeechka’s API in their software.

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How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts

Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?

Scammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank

The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide

Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Who’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?

Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

‘ValidCC,’ a Major Payment Card Bazaar and Looter of E-Commerce Sites, Shuttered

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