Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2022

for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service , which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me. would be permanently deleted.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

When we think about social media, we think about the nice side of it: staying in touch with friends and family, getting updates about our interests – but the more active we are on it, the more risk we’re exposed to. Having policies and procedures to secure social media accounts and minimise the potential for incidents can help.

Media 52

Media Accountability Passwords Authentication 52

Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Once again, an archive of data collected from hundreds of millions of LinkedIn user profiles surfaced on a hacker forum, where it’s currently being sold for an undisclosed sum.

Social Engineering 144

Social Engineering Media Data collection Passwords 144

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing this as long as they keep letting me. ” Meanwhile, Crypto.com is trying to put space between it and recent headlines that a breach led to $30 million being stolen from hundreds of customer accounts.

Cryptocurrency 291

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 291

SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

CloudSorcerer is a sophisticated cyber-espionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection and exfiltration via Microsoft, Yandex and Dropbox cloud infrastructures. The data collected about the targets’ companies and contact information could be used to spy on people of interest and lay the groundwork for future attacks.

Energy and Utilities 105

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Malware Government 105

Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2019

Social media platforms like Twitter are key components of misinformation campaigns carried out by nation-state actors, today we discuss Twitter bot activity after the release of the Mueller report. Data collected by SafeGuard confirm the intensification of the presence of Russian bots on Twitter. Midterm election.

Advertising 103

Advertising Media Data collection Accountability 103

Malwarebytes

MAY 22, 2024

On Monday, the computing giant unveiled a new line of PCs that integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to promise faster speeds, enhanced productivity, and a powerful data collection and search tool that screenshots a device’s activity—including password entry—every few seconds. like world.”

Artificial Intelligence 111

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Scammers create fake websites of known brands, fraudulent promotional campaigns, and fake accounts on social media. In recent years, an often-used fraud method has been fake mobile applications: 36% of users are unable to distinguish between genuine and fake apps, and 60% of the latter request access to the user’s personal data. .

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Marketing Media Phishing Engineering 104

Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

If you were a victim of the Zynga data breach, you’ve probably changed the password for your account already. But have you considered resetting the passwords for any online accounts with similar login credentials? These data sets may include IP addresses, operating systems, browser type, game time and web page interactions.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Passwords Accountability Media 105

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

A flaw could have allowed hackers to take over any Instagram account in 10 minutes. Media File Jacking allows manipulating media files users receive via Android WhatsApp and Telegram. Mysterious hackers steal data of over 70% of Bulgarians. Sprint revealed that hackers compromised some customer accounts via Samsung site.

Small Business 87

Small Business Media Spyware Advertising 87

Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s a harsh realization we are dealing with more by the day as social media, and a litany of applications and hosted software products invade our daily lives, and in the process, our privacy. Now TikTok wants the ability to put an actual face and voice to those other data sets, and it’s… dangerous.

Data collection 98

Data collection Media Mobile Identity Theft 98

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2024

The threat actor is abusing Google advertiser accounts to create malicious ads and pointing them to pages where unsuspecting users will download Remote Administration Trojan (RATs) instead. While we don’t know the threat actor’s true intentions, data collection and spying may be one of their motives.

Malware 123

Malware Advertising Accountability Encryption 123

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

The company allegedly obtained this information from non-public sources without the consent of the person filing the complaint or the potentially billions of others affected by the data collection. Activate multi-factor authentication on all accounts where it’s available, especially on email, banking, and social media platforms.

Identity Theft 130

Identity Theft Data breaches Passwords Encryption 130

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Monitoring and tracking potential threats from the dark web, open source, and social media platforms to detect threats that could attack your organization is critical to ensure public and corporate safety and security. OSINT Monitoring and Analysis reports provide a clear accounting of analyst findings.

Risk 123

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2022

Nisos curates target-specific keywords for tuning broad social media, open web, as well as deep and dark web collection tools. Monthly reports include a thorough accounting of sites where PII was found and any remediation actions taken. Nisos Collection & Analysis Stack Spans All Critical Data Sources.

Risk 136

Risk Media Data collection Security Intelligence 136

SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

The company’s investigation determined that social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers and/or financial account numbers may have been accessed or acquired. For this reason – unlike [how] it appears in this case – organizations are wise to limit the amount of data kept and stored in systems,” Kron said. “For

Retail 102

Retail Ransomware Hacking Digital transformation 102

Hacker's King

AUGUST 7, 2024

In this article, we will explore how to use an OSINT tool to gather information about a phone number, email address, and social media account. It combines many open-source tools into a single tool, simplifying the data collection and analysis processes for researchers and cybersecurity professionals.

Media 52

Media Data collection Accountability Hacking 52

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2021

In theory, the company could access the data but said they don’t directly access it. Sharing data with social media companies even if you don’t have an account with them. Zoom used Facebook’s Software Development Kit for app features, which resulted in data being sent to Facebook. The numbers game.

Encryption 104

Encryption Data collection Accountability Media 104

SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Users enjoyed using them to compose poems and lyrics in the style of famous artists (which left Nick Cave, for example, decidedly unimpressed ), researchers debated blowing up data centers to prevent super AI from unleashing Armageddon, while security specialists persuaded a stubborn chatbot to give them phone-tapping and car-jacking instructions.

Accountability 138

Accountability B2B Risk Hacking 138

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Whether we’re browsing social media, playing video games, shopping for products, or simply reading news articles, trackers are silently monitoring our online behavior, fueling the ceaseless hum of countless data centers worldwide. In South Asia, it accounted for 25.47% of DNT component triggers, and in East Asia – 24.45%.

Advertising 129

Advertising Technology Marketing Media 129

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2019

” The social network suspended apps and accounts associated with Rankwave and asked the court to order it to respect its rules for applications. Rankwave apparently misused data collected by his app for checking users’ social media “influencer score”. ” reported Techcrunch.

Advertising 92

Advertising Data collection Marketing Media 92

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

Earlier this month , popular Hollywood actor Tom Cruise was trending on social media not because of a new film that he’s working on, but thanks t o TikTok videos that went viral , generating many reactions from users around the ir authenticity. . one business leader fell victim to a deepfake scam ?where The post Tom Cruise,?

Technology 93

Technology Authentication Media Accountability 93

Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

When violations are exposed by the media, as they regularly are, we are all surprised at the different ways Facebook violates user privacy. It even collects what it calls " shadow profiles " -- data about you even if you're not a Facebook user. Better use of Facebook data to prevent violence. Engage with regulators.

Advertising 249

Advertising Surveillance Engineering Encryption 249

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

User personal data for sale. Crooks offers data collected through phishing campaign to the subscribers. Data includes verified online banking credentials, in some cases phishers also provides info on the account balances. ” continues the analysis. ” Phishing-as-a-Service. .

Phishing 98

Phishing Scams Social Engineering Accountability 98

Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

From our safe portal, everyday people can view past password breaches, active social media profiles, potential leaks of government ID info, and more. Why data matters I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read that “data is the new oil” without reading any explanations as to why people should care.

Data breaches 89

Data breaches Passwords Banking Malware 89

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The multinational media conglomerate Thomson Reuters left a database with sensitive customer and corporate data exposed online. Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format.

IoT 127

IoT Engineering Passwords Media 127

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

The collected data is sent to the C2 server every two days, but the cycle depends on the remote configuration. The level of data collection depends on the permissions granted to the app using the malicious library.

Data collection 98

Data collection Mobile Malware Education 98

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

About a week after scraped data from more than 700 million LinkedIn profiles were put for sale online , it seems that threat actors have no intention of stopping their abuse of the social media platform’s scrape-friendly systems. What was shared by the threat actor?

Data breaches 103

Data breaches Social Engineering Data collection Media 103

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Consumer Expectations Privacy Rights and Seamless Online Experiences An overwhelming 87% of consumers expect privacy rights from online interactions, with the most significant expectations being the right to be informed about data collection (55%) and the right to data erasure (53%).

Media 77

Media Passwords Authentication Digital transformation 77

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The Threat Report Portugal: H2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to December, H2, 2022. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open-sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 98

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 98

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Kottmann also reportedly even posted some of the videos on Twitter, which later deleted the hacker’s account and their offending tweets. The one that scares me the most is that with this data and its analysis, adversaries could perpetuate not only cybercrimes, but also physical crimes like looting or kidnapping.”.

Surveillance 129

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SecureList

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Using a vulnerability in a legitimate driver and a rootkit, they interfered with the antivirus, intercepted user credentials (many of which were cached on the terminal server, including accounts with administrator privileges on many systems), and began actively moving around the network.

Malware 142

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One of the most outstanding examples involves $2 million ‘s worth of CS:GO skins stolen from a user’s account , which means that losses can get truly grave. Game over: cybercriminals targeting gamers’ accounts and money. Launching the malware resulted in decryption and activation of a Trojan-stealer dubbed Taurus.

Mobile 133

Mobile Passwords Software Accountability 133

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Using a malicious script, the attackers redirected their targets’ incoming email to an email address controlled by the attackers, gathering data from the compromised accounts. Although there was a public report of drones used to hack a Wi-Fi network in 2022, there are no accounts of similar events happening in 2023.

Hacking 141

Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 141

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

This development is unfolding largely off the radar screen of the website publishers who depend on this ecosystem, says Chris Olson, CEO of the Media Trust , a 15-year-old website security vendor, based in McLean, VA that is on the front lines of mitigating this seething threat.

Retail 138

Retail Digital transformation Advertising Software 138

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

. “Many devices such as cameras, printers, and routers use UPnP to make it easy for them to automatically discover and vet other devices on a local network and communicate with each other for data sharing or media streaming. UPnP works with network protocols to configure communications in the network.”

Cyber Attacks 107

Cyber Attacks Advertising Firmware Data collection 107

SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2023

Both Apple and Google are actively promoting their security efforts at developer conferences, achieving record profits and sales while many of the apps available have huge discrepancies between their stated privacy policies and the actual information and data collected.

Spyware 75

Spyware Cyber threats Mobile Data collection 75