Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2025

Scattered Spider is a loosely affiliated criminal hacking group whose members have broken into and stolen data from some of the world’s largest technology companies. Internet address was used to operate a Discord account that specified a cryptocurrency wallet when asking another user to send funds. Documents from the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX hired incident response firm Mandiant , which released a report on Wednesday that said the compromise began in 2022 when a 3CX employee installed a malware-laced software package distributed via an earlier software supply chain compromise that began with a tampered installer for X_TRADER , a software package provided by Trading Technologies.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2021

The ongoing breach affecting thousands of organizations that relied on backdoored products by network software firm SolarWinds may have jeopardized the privacy of countless sealed court documents on file with the U.S. federal court system, according to a memo released Wednesday by the Administrative Office (AO) of the U.S.

Computers and Electronics 363

Computers and Electronics Software Engineering Accountability 363

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

warns that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions to seize control over PCs when users open a malicious document or visit a booby-trapped website. “The attacker would then have to convince the user to open the malicious document. Microsoft Corp.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Thieves are combining SMS-based phishing attacks with new “cardless” ATMs to rapidly convert phished bank account credentials into cash. The text messages contained a link to unlock their accounts and led customers to a Web site that mimicked the legitimate Fifth Third site. Image: Mastercard.us.

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Phishing Banking Scams Accountability 270

Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2025

“On November 20, 2024, we were notified by a vendor of point-of-sale processing services for some of our retail locations that accounts with their organization had been compromised by an organized cybercrime group.” The companyalso filed documents with regulators in California warning impacted customers.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Yet, many organizations struggle with a disjointed approachpolicies scattered across departments, processes misaligned, and technology underutilized. Accessible : Employees need seamless access to policies to foster adherence and accountability. Maintain a comprehensive audit trail for accountability.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2021

But an always-reliable source in an adjacent California state agency who’s been tracking the incident internally with other employees says the SCO forgot to mention the intruders also had access to the phished employee’s Microsoft Office 365 files — and potentially any files shared with that account across the state network.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“My nickname was MikeMike, and I worked with Dmitri Golubov and made technologies for him,” Shefel said. “I’m also godfather of his second son.” ” Dmitri Golubov, circa 2005. Image: U.S. Postal Investigative Service. “Hi, how are you?” ” he inquired. “Maybe we can open business?

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Retail Advertising Cryptocurrency Cybercrime 258

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems. What’s more, Syrén seemed to downplay the severity of the exposure.

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Hacking Ransomware Banking Accountability 356

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

" "The defendants allegedly preyed on unsuspecting victims in this phishing scheme and used their personal information as a gateway to steal millions in their cryptocurrency accounts," said Akil Davis, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office.

Phishing 108

Phishing Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Cybercrime 108

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. . 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020.

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Cryptocurrency VPN Scams Social Engineering 364

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The trouble is, there’s little to stop criminals from leveraging newly registered or hacked LinkedIn business accounts to create their own ad campaigns using Slinks. Linkedin’s parent company — Microsoft Corp — is by all accounts the most-phished brand on the Internet today. Here’s one example from Jan.

Phishing 357

Phishing Marketing Scams Accountability 357

Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2021

The ISAC found when it comes to IT systems tied to “operational technology” (OT) — systems responsible for monitoring and controlling the industrial operation of these utilities and their safety features — just 30.5 percent of utilities have identified all IT-networked assets, with an additional 21.7 Image: WaterISAC.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Taking an active role Your cybersecurity policy should address your employees and technology systems. Taurins It’s also essential your business evaluates its technology and keeps it regularly updated to the latest security standards. Security places a crucial role in your technology. Employee training is crucial.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 12, 2025

According to indictment documents, Duan recruited fellow soldiers and facilitated the transfer of critical U.S. This included sensitive military technology, classified manuals, and crucial security information, all of which were reportedly offered for sale. military intelligence.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2022

We have on average 67 applications on our mobile phones, seven social media accounts and more than 120 online accounts. But these accounts are not all about networking and games. This document is called a privacy policy. Privacy policies are long documents with 2500 words on average, written in a legal language.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Travelers often rely on technology to enhance vacations, like by sharing photos online or finding lodging on an app. Back up files If you haven't backed up the data on your devices, like photos, documents or other files, do so before heading on vacation. Don't access key accounts like email or banking on public Wi-Fi.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 27, 2024

And as long as we have been waiting for AI technology to become commonplace, if AI has taught us one thing this year, then its that when humans and AI cooperate, amazing things can happen. As with many developing technologies, sometimes the race to stay ahead is more important than security. But amazing is not always positive.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2022

And with technology playing a huge part in simplifying and enabling integration activities between two distinct organizations, it is these very systems that attackers are looking to exploit. This due diligence process should account for: •Deal information exposure. Lack of documented evidence. Lack of documented evidence.

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Marketing Data privacy Risk Accountability 265

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The profile also linked to Mr. Lee’s Twitter/X account , which features the same profile image. Doug then messaged the Mr. Lee account on Telegram, who said there was some kind of technology issue with the video platform, and that their IT people suggested using a different meeting link. Image: SlowMist.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

Microsoft today released software patches to plug at least 129 security holes in its Windows operating systems and supported software, by some accounts a record number of fixes in one go for the software giant. A chief concern among the panoply of patches is a trio of vulnerabilities in the Windows file-sharing technology (a.k.a.

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Authentication Software Backups Accountability 340

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2022

To accomplish this, he says, it crawls data with advanced analysis technologies and brings “ deep learning ” data analytics to bear. Krishnan gave me the example of a technology company that was concerned about employees flouting a company ban on the use of personal email accounts to share proprietary documents.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A large cache of more than 500 documents published to GitHub last week indicate the records come from i-SOON , a technology company headquartered in Shanghai that is perhaps best known for providing cybersecurity training courses throughout China. i-SOON CEO Wu Haibo, in 2011. Image: nattothoughts.substack.com.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

DRP Insights: Credential Exposure Makes Up 75% of Alerts Construction companies are increasingly vulnerable to opportunistic attacks, with credential exposure incidents now accounting for 75% of all GreyMatter Digital Risk Protection (DRP) alerts for the sector.

Ransomware 111

Ransomware Phishing Cyber threats Malware 111

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In one recent engagement, a client of Nick’s said they’d reached out to an investor from Switzerland — The Private Office of John Bernard — whose name was included on a list of angel investors focused on technology startups. Also, we asked to see an investment portfolio. Also, we asked to see an investment portfolio.

Scams 352

Scams Cryptocurrency Accountability Technology 352

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Reached for comment about the source of the document, Orvis spokesperson Tucker Kimball said it was only available for a day before the company had it removed from Pastebin. Microsoft Active Directory accounts and passwords. Orvis says the exposure was inadvertent, and that many of the credentials were already expired. FTP credentials.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Reading the headlines, one would hope that the rapid gains in AI technology have also brought forth a unifying realization of the risks—and the steps we need to take to mitigate them. It’s also a contest about control and power, about how resources should be distributed and who should be held accountable.

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Risk Artificial Intelligence Technology Surveillance 356

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Charging documents say the seven men are part of a hacking group known variously as “ APT41 ,” “ Barium ,” “ Winnti ,” “ Wicked Panda ,” and “ Wicked Spider.” Image: FBI. Security analysts and U.S.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

The Blacklist Alliance provides technologies and services to marketing firms concerned about lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law that restricts the making of telemarketing calls through the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voice messages. .”

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Mobile Marketing Consumer Protection Wireless 358

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

An online search for the term “yehuo” reveals an account on the Chinese Software Developer Network which uses that same nickname and references the domain blazefire[.]com. com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. com , buydudu[.]com

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Mobile Technology Manufacturing Malware 276

Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2024

Namely, the ability to route one’s malicious traffic through a computer that is geographically close to the consumer whose stolen credit card is about to be used, or whose bank account is about to be emptied. dollars using over-the-counter vendors who wired and deposited funds into bank accounts held by Liu.

VPN 279

VPN Banking Cybercrime Internet 279

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 7, 2024

The integration of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) strategies with emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things are reshaping the corporate risk landscape. In recent years, these programs have become even more effective thanks to technology such as artificial intelligence.

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IoT Technology Artificial Intelligence Government 104

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Users will be given standard user accounts by default. This approach also helps to contain the spread of malware and ransomware, which, according to Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report, resulted in 93% of these attacks being successful due to them having access to so many privileged user accounts.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2024

And by most accounts, the threat from bad ads leading to backdoored software has subsided significantly compared to a year ago. Hegel noted that the spike in malicious software-themed ads came not long after Microsoft started blocking by default Office macros in documents downloaded from the Internet. million advertiser accounts.

Software 318

Software Advertising Malware Accountability 318

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Reuters also learned that the company’s address in California does not exist, and that two LinkedIn accounts for Pushwoosh employees in Washington, D.C. that was also connected to email addresses and account profiles for over a dozen other Pushwoosh employees. But Reuters found that while Pushwoosh’s social media and U.S.

Mobile 285

Mobile Malware Technology Government 285

Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

A peer-to-peer (P2P) communications technology built into millions of security cameras and other consumer electronics includes several critical security flaws that expose the devices to eavesdropping, credential theft and remote compromise, new research has found. Marrapese documented his findings in more detail here.

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