Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. bank accounts. This post is an attempt to remedy that omission. . The domain wmpay.ru

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 11, 2022

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt that MercadoLibre’s data related hackers accessed to 300,000 users in the incident and the stolen information includes user account names, passwords, investment details, account information, and card info. Information is out that the incident took place in February and affected backup systems deeply.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We made a full backup of [his/her] disk. (We We have all [his/her] address book, social media, history of viewing sites, dating apps, all files, phone numbers, and addresses of all [his/her] contacts) and are willing to give you a full access to this data. Here is proof. If you are, change it as soon as possible.

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SecureList

JUNE 23, 2022

The attack patterns revealed are not accidental because this class of attack requires the hackers to go through certain stages, such as penetrating the corporate network or victim’s computer, delivering malware, further discovery, account hijacking, deleting shadow copies, removing backups and, finally, achieving their objectives.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We made a full backup of [his/her] disk. (We We have all [his/her] address book, social media, history of viewing sites, dating apps, all files, phone numbers, and addresses of all [his/her] contacts) and are willing to give you a full access to this data. Here is proof. If you are, change it as soon as possible.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites available for sale on the dark web. Hacker deleted all data from VFEmail Servers, including backups. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The attacks were documented by the Citizen Lab research team from the University of Toronto, the infections took place while the journalist was wording on a book about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The device was compromised two times, in July 2020 and June 2021. ” reported Citizen Lab.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

A bug in Instagram exposed user accounts and phone numbers. Backup files for Lion Air and parent airlines exposed and exchanged on forums. Crooks hacked other celebrity Instagram accounts to push scams. Magecart attackers target mobile users of hotel chain booking websites. Once again thank you!

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Call it decentralization : our email, photos, books, music, and documents are stored somewhere, and accessible to us through our consumer devices. Computers become temporary; user backup becomes irrelevant. The centralized computer center concept was shaken by people buying PCs to run VisiCalc; now it's iPads and Android smartphones.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

And, going forward, hackers could take advantage of excited travellers waiting to book their next holiday once the travel ban is lifted, deploying fake travel websites, for example. This trend is not likely to ease up any time soon either.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

And don’t reuse passwords across multiple accounts unless you want to throw a welcome party for cybercriminals. Lockdown your privacy settings Your online profiles are like open books to cyber snoops unless you lock them down. .’ Get creative!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Although this transaction was absolutely transparent and traceable, it did not allow the account holder to be traced, precisely because of the typical peculiarities of digital currency: anonymity, transparency, speed and non-repudiation. In fact, the familiar red lock screen launched by the @WanaDecryptor@.exe How did the contagion stop?

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 20, 2022

” The release goes on to say that although bookings are still taking place, email is unavailable as H-Hotels examines all systems to ensure they are no longer compromised. A little recovery time Don’t wait until ransomware is in your network and encrypting everything to ask if someone has a backup.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2023

It comprises technologies and best practices to protect against unauthorized access, account takeover, credential misuse, privilege escalation, and other malicious activities that target user accounts and credentials. These changes may include the creation of unusual accounts or registering new authentication devices.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2023

The attack affected services including patient referrals, ambulance dispatch, out-of-hours appointment bookings, mental health services and emergency prescriptions. It suffered far more known attacks than education in France or Germany, and accounted for a much higher proportion of known attacks than education did in the USA.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

Sensitive information, such as personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), controlled unclassified information (CUI), federal contract information (FCI), and personal account numbers (PANs), should be protected by ensuring they are never sent by end-user messaging technologies (e.g.,

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Years ago, well-known researcher and co-author of the book “The Mac Hacker’s Handbook”, Charlie Miller, figured out how to get a “malicious” proof-of-concept app into the App Store, and reported this to Apple after having achieved it. Apple’s not great at working with security researchers.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The site then redirects to a fake streaming site hosted on Blogspot and users are prompted to create an account for free access to watch the live streaming event. As the user enters their email address and password credentials to create a new account, they undergo multiple redirects which finally land them on a YouTube video.

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Spinone

AUGUST 12, 2019

To make the migration smooth and not lose critical data along the way, you need to take care of the following things: Backup your files Define data that can’t be migrated and what to do with it Determine what policies (i.e. To avoid this scenario, get started with the migration only after you created a backup for your G Suite data!

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 21, 2024

Own Your Risks: Ensure Ownership and Foster Responsibility Ensure clear governance and accountability over risk ownership. Book a demo today! Focus on immediate fixes to enhance cybersecurity levels. Leverage fix-it programs for efficient and effective action.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As we mentioned in the previous part, there are six major data types; credit card and payment information, credentials of accounts, government secrets, personally identifiable information (PII), corporate intellectual Property (IP), and critical infrastructure data. The second scenario is about account credentials.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

It can be private photos, social, working, or bank account information. We think it would be unnecessary to remind about the importance of such information after the sensational chain of Hollywood stars iCloud accounts hacking and over 60 million Dropbox users credentials theft. What Data is Subject to Hacker Attacks?

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Spinone

JANUARY 21, 2015

In 2014, millions of passwords from Russian accounts were also leaked, but these passwords were not included in the analysis. While baby name books are popular for naming children, don’t use them as sources for picking passwords. You should avoid passwords based on simple keyboard patterns.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

After obtaining a valid account, they use this account to access the victim’s VPN, Citrix or another remote service that allows access to the network of the victim. Information regarding these remotes services is taken from the mailbox, cloud drive, or other cloud resources accessible by the compromised account.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Today they account for only 25% of the cybersecurity workforce, a 1% improvement in the last two years. Many are referenced in my book, IN Security, Women are natural change agents and guardians with unique talents, and when women are included in business, they will create the safety, the prosperity, and the sustainability that’s needed.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Security Awareness Training from Advisera Advisera offers lots of tools like books, courses, and guidelines for those who want to know more about compliance standards and become security-aware. In case you want to train your employees, you may need to use a company account to be able to set scheduled lessons for your staff.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 29, 2021

Breaking the Isolation: Cross-Account AWS Vulnerabilities. Multiple AWS services were found to be vulnerable to a new cross-account vulnerability class. Book your demo today. Update, patch, and backup your devices before you leave home. Paula and her team at CQURE Inc. and CQURE Academy consistently create awesome tools.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. available wherever books are sold. There’s plenty of work in the digital realm, important work.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. available wherever books are sold. There’s plenty of work in the digital realm, important work.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 14, 2024

However, every partnership you make introduces a degree of risk that must be accounted for. Are you able to trust its reliability, or should you consider having a backup vendor just in case? Book a meeting today to get started. Are you interested in seeing how you can automate vendor risk management with Centraleyes?

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Vamosi: How do we know who’s on the other end of a connection, who it is that is logging into a computer or an account online? In both of my books, I’ve taken a stand against biometrics as they are today. A lot of times we depend on usernames and passwords, but those really aren’t enough. That's biometrics.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It was for UNIX systems and it was created by Dan Farmer and Wheat-say Vene-ma, who then co-authored a book in 2005 called Forensic Discovery. And unfortunately, for that resource that was quite also surprising, they didn't have a good backup strategy. An incomplete backup combined with a broken decryptor.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

However, the rank and file of Conti were in Ukraine, had a different opinion, and decided to speak up against Conti in and in favor of Ukraine in a Twitter account named Conti Leaks. The account owner wrote: “My comments are coming from the bottom of my heart which is breaking over my dear Ukraine and my people.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

I would assume Martijn would look me up on Twitter and see who I am before continuing with any further detail or Martijn could just lock down his account so that only a few people, the people he knows and trusts can see his social media posts. So, there are privacy settings, but do they really work and how are they effective was stalkerware?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Is it the hospital, which should have had a power backup? When people feel threatened by it they want to throw the book at Yeah. I wrote a book with Kevin Mitnick, a convicted felon. And, you know, I had the Twitter account ID set up in 2018. I had tweeted this video, it's pinned on our Twitter account hack, not crime.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For example: a user enumeration vulnerability, a weak password policy, and a lack of brute force protection and lockout can still lead to an attacker gaining access to an account. ECB (electronic code book) and CBC (cipher block chaining) both have flaws which can lead to recovery of plaintext. Back to Table of contents▲ 3.6.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

There’s been a major data breach, and you’re booked on the next night flight out, at 6am. As you hustle to the airport, the team already onsite is collecting the log files and the backups as needed so that when you arrive you can begin the investigation. It’s 3am and the call comes in.

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