Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2024

When the alleged perpetrator landed at Perth airport, his bags were searched and authorities found a portable wireless access device, a laptop, and a mobile phone in his hand luggage. The investigation is ongoing but the man can expect to face nine charges for the alleged cybercrime offences. See below on how to turn this off.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

The messages addressed customers by name and referenced past order numbers and payment amounts tied to each account. From there, the attackers can reset the password for any online account that allows password resets via SMS. Earlier this month, customers of the soccer jersey retailer classicfootballshirts.co.uk customers this month.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2023

This means that stealing someone’s phone number often can let cybercriminals hijack the target’s entire digital life in short order — including access to any financial, email and social media accounts tied to that phone number. This may require stepping through the website’s account recovery or lost password flow.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2024

An Evil Twin Wi-Fi attack is a type of cyberattack where a threat actor sets up a rogue wireless access point that mimics a legitimate one. “The man, 42, is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (28 June, 2024) to face nine charges for alleged cybercrime offences.”

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2021

T-Mobile is investigating a post made on an underground forum that claims 100 million user accounts have been compromised in a data breach. In 2018, over two million T-Mobile users had their information compromised due to an unsecured API, resulting in names, emails, phone numbers, and account numbers being compromised.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2023

Bad news for T-Mobile, the company disclosed a new data breach that resulted in the theft of data belonging to 37 customer accounts. T-Mobile suffered a new data breach, threat actor stole the personal information of 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts. ” reads the press release published by the company.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2024

It is best known for producing products like screen protectors, mobile device cases, power banks, wireless charging devices, and other smartphone and tablet accessories. is a consumer electronics accessories company based in the United States.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new rules aimed at enhancing security measures for cell phone accounts. SIM swapping involves the unauthorized transfer of a user's account to a SIM card controlled by malicious actors, achieved by convincing the victim's wireless carrier to make the change.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The Quad7 botnet evolves and targets new SOHO devices, including Axentra media servers, Ruckus wireless routers and Zyxel VPN appliances. The operators are maintaining the botnet for launching distributed brute-force attacks on VPNs, Telnet, SSH, and Microsoft 365 accounts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2021

T-Mobile has suffered another security breach, threat actors gained access to the accounts of “a small number of” customers.’. According to The T-Mo Report , which viewed T-Mobile internal documents, there was “unauthorized activity” on some customer accounts. “Affected customers fall into one of three categories. .”

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2024

Current analysis indicates that the data includes, for these periods of time, records of calls and texts of nearly all of AT&T’s wireless customers and customers of mobile virtual network operators (“MVNO”) using AT&T’s wireless network. ” reported Wired. Then the ransom was received by a ShinyHunters member.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2023

CPNI is information related to the telecommunications services purchased by the customers, including the number of lines for each account or the wireless plan to which customers are subscribed. Social Security Number, account passwords). BleepingComputer reported that approximately 9 million wireless accounts were impacted.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 4, 2020

While that will certainly keep consumers safer when it comes to Covid-19 infections, it could make them more vulnerable to other ills like cybercrime. You can hide your Wi-Fi network by setting up a wireless access point or router so that it does not broadcast the network name. Have strict payment card protocols in place.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that cybercrime stops for nothing. Perhaps the most important new tactic that emerged was “double extortion,” which saw cybercriminal groups extorting more money with threats to leak sensitive data than from decrypting compromised computers.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Users could log into their account any time to see real time positioning of their tracker. An inexpensive phone could be purchased and left in someone’s bag or car for several days while an app communicates with the user’s account to notify them whenever the phone is on the move.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 30, 2022

Texts may include false-but-believable claims about unpaid bills, package delivery snafus, bank account problems, or law enforcement actions against you. Report texting scam attempts to your wireless service provider by forwarding unwanted texts to 7726 (or "SPAM"). File a complaint with the FCC.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

million current postpaid customer accounts, as well as more than 40 million records of former and prospective customers. Importantly, no phone numbers, account numbers, PINs, passwords, or financial information were compromised in any of these files of customers or prospective customers.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

The carrier states that personal financial account information and call records were not affected by the security breach. In January, T-Mobile suffered the first data breach in 2023, threat actors stole the personal information of 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2019

“Don’t allow your phone, computer, tablet, or other devices to auto-connect to a free wireless network while you are away from home,” reads the advisory published by the FBI. “If you absolutely have to use an unsecured hotspot, avoid doing anything sensitive like accessing your bank account. .”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybercriminals know this, which is why phishing attacks account for more than 80% of reported security incidents and why 54% of companies say their data breaches were caused by “negligent employees. ”. Considering the many ways cybercriminals target employees and the costs of cybercrime to employers, it’s a wise investment.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

charity and movement by the cybersecurity industry that supports more than 2,000 individuals and sole traders impacted by cybercrime and online harm every month. It encompasses various forms of cybercrime and online harm, including cyberstalking, tracking, hacking accounts and intimate image abuse.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2023

. “Western Digital is currently experiencing a service outage impacting the following products: My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, My Cloud OS5, SanDisk ibi, SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger.” ” reads the status page of the company on April 2, 2023. “We are working to restore service.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Periodically, at least once a quarter, review the security settings of your social media accounts and the apps linked to them. Be vigilant about duplicate accounts of people you know. Some people register several accounts, for example, to avoid losing contact with the network in case of temporary blocking.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 9, 2023

As a result, vulnerability to cybercrime is a serious concern. This fake network looks like a legitimate wireless connection but are controlled by the hacker. Connecting to a fake hotspot may unknowingly give criminals access to your personal information, including passwords, bank account information, and other sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

“Western Digital is currently experiencing a service outage impacting the following products: My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, My Cloud OS5, SanDisk ibi, SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger.” “We are writing to notify you about a network security incident involving your Western Digital online store account.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2023

By Chinatu Uzuegbu, CISSP, CEO/Managing Cyber Security Consultant at RoseTech CyberCrime Solutions Ltd. The organization is working hard to embrace more borderless and wireless authentication frameworks even though the acquisition process is ongoing.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently launched a new website aimed at educating small business owners on the risks of cybercrime and the steps they can take to protect their business. It also has information on other cyber threats such as ransomware and phishing schemes targeting small businesses.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

DarkReading Twitter account has more than 200k followers, a very solid number for the cybersecurity industry. In this blog, you can find detailed info about ransomware protection, wireless security, and much more. Their main focus is on cybercrime investigations.

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Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

CyberCrime Tracker. This means that each of our Cisco staff members can have an individual SecureX sign-on account to log into the various consoles. First and foremost, you must set up a new SecureX org by creating a SecureX sign-on account, creating a new organization and integrating at least one Cisco technology.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2018

This is worth noting, as it shows the miner is capable of running across a wide range of hardware, such as servers, desktops, laptops, IOT devices, wireless routers, and more — nearly any internet connected device running a vulnerable instance of Apache Struts. continues the report from Volexity.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2021

He asked for help opening a bank account in Russia. In this true cybercrime podcast episode, we uncover the case of an insider threat scheme at an AT&T Wireless call center. I been pretty open telling people about moving to Russia BUT I have never told anyone about you!!!! And he was planning on more.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Healthcare professionals that use telehealth should protect their work accounts with strong passwords, as well as use two-factor authentication. Let’s see if there are any informational security issues with these wearables.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

By opening a backdoor, they were able to hijack the institution’s wireless connection and target ATMs at will. With the patch in place, the malware collects the data from TRACK2, such as the account number and expiration date, in addition to other cardholder information needed to perform fraudulent transactions. START GHOST] _.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In the parallel universe, the cybercrime landscape is rapidly evolving, and higher education institutions are susceptible to cyberattacks , as the greatest weapons in the cybersecurity arms race increase. G Suite for Education (GSFE) is a cloud-based enterprise solution designated for teaching and learning collaboration.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In each case, the goal of the attackers was the same: Phish T-Mobile employees for access to internal company tools, and then convert that access into a cybercrime service that could be hired to divert any T-Mobile user’s text messages and phone calls to another device. A U2F device made by Yubikey.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

CISA adds new Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance Vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Ivanti warns of a new actively exploited Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) flaw International law enforcement operation dismantled criminal communication platform Ghost U.S.

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