Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Social media users’ delight at receiving notification that their accounts have qualified for Verification (that is, receiving the often-coveted “blue check mark” that appears on the social media profiles of public figures) has become the latest target of criminal exploitation.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Google took over the top spot for malicious downloads from Microsoft OneDrive as attackers created free accounts, uploaded malware and shared documents with unsuspecting users, says Netskope.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Facebook, Instagram , TikTok , and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms. Facebook said it targeted a number of accounts tied to key sellers on OGUsers, as well as those who advertise the ability to broker stolen account sales. THE MIDDLEMEN.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site that exposed approximately 885 million documents — many of them with Social Security and bank account numbers — going back at least 16 years. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Uber on Thursday disclosed a security breach, threat actors gained access to its network, and stole internal documents. Uber on Thursday suffered a cyberattack, the attackers were able to penetrate its internal network and access internal documents, including vulnerability reports. — Uber Comms (@Uber_Comms) September 16, 2022.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based based technology companies.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2022

An as-yet unknown attacker has breached an employee account, and is in the process of exposing the data they’ve collected. The Roblox player base is young, and naturally enough worried about risks from cheats and account compromise. What can you do to keep your Roblox account safe? Set up two-step verification.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

Security experts from vpnMentor have discovered two corporate finance companies that leak half a million legal and financial documents online. vpnMentor experts uncovered a database exposed online on Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is leaking a huge amount of sensitive legal and financial documents. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Documents leaked from Russian IT contractor NTC Vulkan show it was likely involved in the development of offensive tools. The documents demonstrate that it also developed hacking tools for the Russia-linked APT group Sandworm. The documents include details for three projects named Scan, Amesit, and Krystal-2B.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 10, 2020

FBI officials last week arrested a Russian computer security researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io , a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online services and stores. Kennedy Airport, according to court documents unsealed Monday. Firsov was arrested Mar.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 29, 2024

The investigation indicates they were initially targeting email accounts for information related to Midnight Blizzard itself. The investigation indicates they were initially targeting email accounts for information related to Midnight Blizzard itself.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

A recent project associated with Dartmouth College aims to limit the damage hackers cause by tricking them with fake documents. The idea involves spreading several fake documents. WE-FORGE depends on artificial intelligence (AI) to create false documents , protecting intellectual property in the process.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Personal medical documents are valuable assets. Unfortunately, that means criminals are after those documents, too. Medical documents may contain personally identifiable information (PII) that includes your name, location, contact information, insurance policies, Social Security number and history of medical treatment.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

CISA (the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) has issued a cybersecurity advisory after the discovery of documents containing host and user information of a state government organization’s network environment—including metadata—on a dark web brokerage site. Restrict the use of multiple administrator accounts for one user.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2021

It’s hard to imagine that there’s still a big trade for counterfeit documentation and forged IDs. We’ve become so used to believing that online details – like internet bank accounts and Government tax portals – are inherently more valuable than physical documents (driving licenses, passports , etc. trillion annually.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 7, 2023

It’s obvious that all of us would love to have access to the social media accounts of our loved ones in the event of their death. However, many do not know on whom to contact or what to follow in order to extract the login details of the online account that was used by the loved ones.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2023

I’ve recently came across to a newly launched E-Shop for fake IDs including personal documents and certificates which offers a variety of some pretty informative infographics on the topic of how to obtain and actually purchase a new identity based on a variety of countries. Education and qualification documents. Stay tuned! Stay tuned!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The malware landing page is disguised as a software download URL that was sent via email or a PDF on Google Drive, or via Google documents containing the phishing links. The researchers identified around 15,000 actor accounts, most of which were created for this campaign. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

million customers have had their user accounts compromised in credential stuffing attacks. Credential stuffing is the automated injection of stolen username and password pairs in to website login forms, in order to fraudulently gain access to user accounts. Using a forum or social media account to send phishing messages or spam.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Meta Platforms is said to have fired or disciplined over two dozen employees and contractors over the past year for allegedly compromising and taking over user accounts, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Some of these cases involved bribery, the publication said, citing sources and documents.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 5, 2021

On July 2nd, the email accounts of about a dozen members of the Polish parliament were hacked, including the personal account of the prime minister’s top aide Michal Dworczyk. This incident had led to opposition criticism of officials for using private accounts to exchange confidential documents.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Job Title: Office and Accounting Administrator Location: Office and remote working options Tenure: 5 days per week BH Consulting is an expanding cybersecurity and data protection consulting service – with offices in Dublin, London and New York. Maintaining and updating internal HR documentation. Good communicator and team player.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

Microsoft warns of a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms ahead of Tax Day. Tax Day, Microsoft has observed a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms. Crooks use lures masquerading as tax documentation sent by a client. Ahead of the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 15, 2024

Squarespace bought all assets of Google Domains a year ago, but many customers still haven’t set up their new accounts. Experts say malicious hackers learned they could commandeer any migrated Squarespace accounts that hadn’t yet been registered, merely by supplying an email address tied to an existing domain.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

The document also analyzes the impact of the cyber attacks on the sector and provides details about the most targeted entities and affected assets. The first data that emerged from the report is that ransomware accounts for 54% of cybersecurity threats in the health sector.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2019

Experts analyzed an Office document containing a payload that is able to bypass Microsoft AppLocker and Anti-Malware Scan Interface (AMSI), Introduction. Initial document view. Analyzing the document view with more attention it possible to notice a suspicious chunk of strings in the smallest box in the left of the document: Figure 3.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

Wizcase experts discovered a security flaw in the open-source learning platform Moodle that could allow accounts takeover. Anyone who had an account on a given school’s Moodle (with TeX filter enabled) could then take over students’ accounts, professors, and even the accounts managed by the platform administrators.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 23, 2023

Researchers have found that a flaw in Microsoft Azure AD can be used by attackers to take over accounts that rely on pre-established trust. In a nutshell, Microsoft Azure AD allows you to change the email address associated with an account without verification of whether you are in control of that email address.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Job Title: Account Manager. As part of our continued expansion, we now seek to recruit an Account Manager to manage all aspects of customer engagement from pre-sales through to post sales follow-up. The role exists due to the promotion of a current Account Manager into a consultancy role. Location: Onsite/Remote/Hybrid.

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Identity IQ

JULY 31, 2023

Financial Account Fraud: The Growing Threat and How to Protect Yourself IdentityIQ With the significant and growing dependence of online platforms for financial transactions, financial account fraud is becoming a growing concern. Often, account takeover criminals will try to go unnoticed.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In 2016, Uber faced a cybersecurity crisis that ended up reshaping the conversation around data breaches and accountability. Follow your incident response protocols Most companies have a set incident response protocol for good reason: it keeps us on track, ensures accountability, and is designed to prevent exactly this type of fallout.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2024

“Between August 17 and August 19, a third party accessed and obtained certain information without authorization using two customer accounts that they had recently established. Please note that this incident did not involve any access to your Fidelity account(s).”

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2019

The US real-estate insurance biz, First American Financial, accidentally leaked customers’ highly personal files online, hundreds of millions of documents. accidentally leaked hundreds of millions of documents. At the time of writing, First American Financial has updated its website and secured the documents.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

What is Account Takeover? Account takeover, also known as ATO, is a form of identity theft in which a malicious third party gains access to or “takes over” an online account. One of the primary reasons behind this massive rise in account takeover is the relative ease with which it can be done. Account Takeover Prevention.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2021

Identifying the person behind Bitcoin Fog serves as an illustrative example of how hard it is to be anonymous online in the face of a competent police investigation: Most remarkable, however, is the IRS’s account of tracking down Sterlingov using the very same sort of blockchain analysis that his own service was meant to defeat.

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