Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed that thousands of user accounts for online Canadian government services were recently hacked. According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked.

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APRIL 14, 2020

The details of around four million users are now being shared for free on underground hacking forums, according to ZDNet that has obtained samples from different sources, exposed records include usernames, email addresses, and hashed account passwords (bcrypt hashing algorithm). ” reads the post published Risk Based Security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

The social network giant Facebook is still the target of hackers, its Facebook and Instagram accounts have been hijacked by the popular hacking group Our M ine. Yesterdat the popular hacking group OurMine hacked the Twitter and Instagram accounts for Facebook and Messenger.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The official Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil has been hacked and attackers have sent offensive messages to the rival Apple. The official Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil has been hacked, attackers have sent offensive messages to provoke the rival Apple. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Twitter account).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

million Pluto TV user accounts on a hacking forum for free, he claims they were stolen by ShinyHunters threat actor. million Pluto TV user records, he also added that the service was hacked by ShinyHunters. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ShinyHunters). The post ShinyHunters hacked Pluto TV service, 3.2M

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2020

Hackers have breached the online learning platform Unacademy and are selling the account information for close to 22 million users. Online learning platform Unacademy has suffered a data breach after a hacker gained access to their database and started selling the account information for close to 22 million users. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2020

Data Viper , a security startup that provides access to some 15 billion usernames, passwords and other information exposed in more than 8,000 website breaches, has itself been hacked and its user database posted online. Data Viper has sought to differentiate itself by advertising “access to private and undisclosed breach data.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2020

The company has over 4200 employees and accounts for over 90 million active users every month. The hacker claims to have hacked the company in March 2020, it has stolen just a small part of the company database. Tokopedia is currently investigating the security breach, it notified the users asking them to reset their account passwords.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The popular hacker group OurMine has hacked the official Twitter account of the FC Barcelona, along with the accounts of Olympics and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The hackers hijacked the official Barcelona and Olympic Twitter accounts and posted some tweets to claim responsibility for the hack.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

Microsoft confirmed that it is investigating claims that its GitHub account has been hacked after some of its files were leaked online. Microsoft launched an investigation into the claims that its GitHub account has been hacked. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The ICRC said the hacked servers contained data relating to the organization’s Restoring Family Links services, which works to reconnect people separated by war, violence, migration and other causes. In their online statement about the hack (updated on Feb. “Mr. .” Image: Ke-la.com. and other western audiences.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A malicious Android SMS application discovered on the Google Play Store has been found to stealthily harvest text messages with the goal of creating accounts on a wide range of platforms like Facebook, Google, and WhatsApp.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

A threat actor is offering for sale account databases containing an aggregate total of 34 million user records stolen from 17 companies. A data breach broker is selling account databases containing a total of 34 million user records stolen from 17 companies. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

Atomic macOS Stealer is a new information stealer targeting macOS that is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month. Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) recently discovered a Telegram channel advertising a new information-stealing malware, named Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS).

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Online advertising firm Sizmek Inc. [ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. The starting bid was $800. A screenshot shared by the dark web seller.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week’s epic hack against Twitter. A screenshot of a Discord discussion between the key Twitter hacker “Kirk” and several people seeking to hijack high-value Twitter accounts.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2022

million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The threat actor is now offering for sale the stolen data on a the popular hacking forum Breached Forums. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Twitter). Threat actor leaked data of 5.4 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

An internet outage impacted Orange Spain after a hacker gained access to the company’s RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing. The hacker, who uses the moniker ‘Snow’, gained access to the RIPE account of Orange Spain and misconfigured the BGP routing causing an internet outage. I have fixed your RIPE admin account security.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Two Russian nationals have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko (43) and Aleksandr Verner (29) have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. million to overseas bank accounts controlled by Bilyuchenko, Verner, and their co-conspirators.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The Instagram account of Robert Downey Jr. has been hacked, he is the last celebrity in order of time that had the social media accounts compromised. Robert Downey Jr’s Instagram account has 43.2 million, hacking it is possible to target millions of unaware fans. SecurityAffairs – Robert Downey Jr, hacking).

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

Barely a day goes by without news of an elite hacking team creating a more stealth exploit– malware , elaborate spear-phishing attacks, trojans, and a killer array of ransomware that can take factories and other organizations offline, or even hobble entire cities. Cyberattacks are constantly getting more sophisticated.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft revealed that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking. Microsoft discovered that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking because of using of compromised passwords. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 29, 2024

Secure networks : Avoid using untrusted public Wi-Fi to access social media accounts, instead, use mobile data. This avoids one of the easiest ways attackers get access to your account – you reusing passwords across multiple websites. The idea is that you need to have this physical item with you to access your account.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2020

Zoom accounts are flooding the dark web, over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are being sold on hacker forums. Over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are available for sale on the dark web and hacker forums. Sellers are advertising them for.0020 Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

Bad news for users of the Microsoft Outlook email service, hackers have compromised the Microsoft Support Agent to access their email accounts. Earlier this year, hackers breached Microsoft’s customer support portal and gained access to some email accounts registered with the Microsoft’s Outlook service. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2019

A researcher was awarded $10,000 by Facebook for the discovery of a critical vulnerability that could have been exploited to hack Instagram accounts. The white-hat hacker Laxman Muthiyah has discovered a critical vulnerability that could have been exploited to hack Instagram accounts. ” wrote the expert.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Over 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked in a new data breach that the gaming firm suffered on September 20. More than 500,000 Activision accounts may have compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by the gaming firm on September 20, reported the eSports site Dexerto. ” concludes Dexerto.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2019

Hackers compromised the Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, CEO at Twitter, and published and retweeted offensive and racist messages. No one is secure online, news of the day is that hackers compromised the Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, CEO at Twitter and co-founder, and published and retweeted offensive and racist tweets.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

employee who hacked into the accounts of thousands of users was sentenced to five years of probation. In September the former Yahoo software engineer Reyes Daniel Ruiz has admitted in court to hacking into 6,000 Yahoo! accounts back in 2018. systems for access to the accounts. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Yahoo!).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites (Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis) available for sale on the dark web. The Register revealed in exclusive that some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are available for sale on the dark web. “I need the money.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

.” “That said, the phishing attacks stem from partners’ machines being compromised with malware, which has enabled them to also gain access to the partners’ accounts and to send the messages that your reader has flagged,” they continued. SecureWorks said these attacks had been going on since at least March 2023.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cloud account takeover scheme utilizing EvilProxy hit over 100 top-level executives of global organizations EvilProxy was observed sending 120,000 phishing emails to over a hundred organizations to steal Microsoft 365 accounts. Proofpoint noticed a worrisome surge of successful cloud account compromises in the past five months.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Twitter removed around 130 Iranian accounts for attempting to disrupt the public recent US Presidential Debate. The social media giant Twitter announced to have removed around 130 Iranian Twitter accounts that attempted to disrupt the public conversation during the recent first Presidential Debate for the US 2020 Presidential Election.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

Over the weekend, Jessica Alba’s Twitter account was hacked, the miscreants posted homophobic, racist and Nazi-sympathizing messages. On Saturday evening, miscreants hacked the Twitter account of the actress Jessica Alba and posted hateful, homophobic, and racist messages that remained live for hours. Daniel Newma?

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The Hacker News

JULY 1, 2021

Facebook on Tuesday revealed it filed two separate legal actions against perpetrators who abused its ad platform to run deceptive advertisements in violation of the company's Terms and Advertising Policies. "In

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2020

A former Cisco employee has pleaded guilty to hacking charges and intentionally causing damage to the systems of his company. ” The Ramesh’s sabotage caused the shut down of over 16,000 WebEx Teams accounts for up to two weeks. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That investigation detailed how the 38-year-old Shefel adopted the nickname Rescator while working as vice president of payments at ChronoPay , a Russian financial company that paid spammers to advertise fake antivirus scams, male enhancement drugs and knockoff pharmaceuticals.

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