Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

Cryptocurrency 291

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 291

Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2025

While MFA is primarily a security feature, its primary privacy benefit is adding another layer of security to prevent unauthorized access to information contained in particular important or sensitive accounts. Specifically, it was fetching account icons and defaulted to opening password reset pages over HTTP.

Surveillance 75

Surveillance Telecommunications Malware Data breaches 75

Malwarebytes

JUNE 16, 2022

It involved 76 countries taking social engineers and telecommunications fraudsters to task, with multiple wins for those involved. Multiple national call centres suspected of telecommunications fraud were also raided. Interpol also mentions 8 suspects arrested in Singapore for “Ponzi-like” job scams.

Scams 94

Scams Telecommunications Media Banking 94

Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2025

CISA adds Yii Framework and Commvault Command Center flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Ireland’s DPC fined TikTok 530M for sending EU user data to China Microsoft sets all new accounts passwordless by default Luxury department store Harrods suffered a cyberattack U.S.

Cybercrime 71

Cybercrime Cyber Attacks Malware Phishing 71

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for attempting to use data from the Optus data breach in SMS scams. “ A Sydney man, 19, has been charged for allegedly attempting to misuse stolen Optus customer data in a text message blackmail scam.” million individuals. million individuals.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Scams Telecommunications Financial Services 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

North Korea-linked APT groups actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaw Multiple APT groups exploited WinRAR flaw CVE-2023-38831 Californian IT company DNA Micro leaks private mobile phone data Threat actors have been exploiting CVE-2023-4966 in Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway devices since August A flaw in Synology DiskStation Manager allows admin account (..)

Ransomware 123

Ransomware Telecommunications Data breaches Mobile 123

Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2024

Telecommunications giant AT&T has finally confirmed that 73 million current and former customers have been caught up in a massive dark web data leak. million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4 million former account holders. However, it also said that it believes that the leak affects 7.6 Take your time.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Passwords Phishing Accountability 145

Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2024

And as an exit scam in which you make one big whopper and then disappear, that’s a very profitable strategy. Unless their account falls into the wrong hands. What the scammers are really after can vary from cleaning out the influencers’ bank accounts to taking over their social media accounts. “If

Media 120

Media Accountability Scams Banking 120

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam is one of the simplest and most damaging attacks businesses can face with losses ranging from hundreds to millions of dollars. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), losses due to BEC scams since 2013 total around $28 billion dollars and it is the most profitable cybercrime there is.

Scams 98

Scams Cybercrime Accountability Banking 98

Hacker Combat

JULY 8, 2022

Weibo pleaded with everyone to exercise caution and avoid getting into potential phone scams. “Roughly 12 billion compromised accounts have been published on the Dark Web as of late.” federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, telecommunications companies, and defense contractors.

Hacking 105

Hacking Mobile Telecommunications Government 105

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Scattered Spider previously targeted telecommunications firms, likely to support its SIM-swapping activities that facilitate account takeovers.

Social Engineering 122

Social Engineering Engineering Accountability Backups 122

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Enterprises in the finance, banking, and telecommunications sectors are the most susceptible to online fraud, but it can happen to any company,” said Vaidotas Sedys , Head of Risk Management at Oxylabs. Vilnius, Lithuania, Oct. 20, 2023 — The UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that 5% of global GDP (£1.6

Artificial Intelligence 100

Artificial Intelligence Identity Theft Telecommunications Big data 100

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

US” — the top-level domain for the United States — are among the most prevalent in phishing scams, new research shows. Domain names ending in “.US” This is noteworthy because.US is overseen by the U.S. government, which is frequently the target of phishing domains ending in.US. Also,US domains are only supposed to be available to U.S.

Phishing 59

Phishing Scams Government Telecommunications 59

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Scattered Spider previously targeted telecommunications firms, likely to support its SIM-swapping activities that facilitate account takeovers.

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Engineering Accountability Backups 52

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 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. One of the groups that reliably posted “Tmo up!

Mobile 337

Mobile Phishing Authentication Advertising 337

Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

com was legitimate or a scam. He concluded it was a scam based on several factors, including that the website listed multiple other names (suggesting it had recently switched names), and that he got nothing from the transaction with the job site. The score is only one of many criteria taken into account for employment.

Marketing 308

Marketing Advertising Scams Telecommunications 308

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Scamming championship: sports-related fraud. Accordingly, the Euro 2020 championship was used by scammers as bait to hijack accounts on the major gaming portal belonging to Japanese gaming giant Konami. If they entered their credentials, the attackers took over their account and the “bonus” evaporated into thin air.

Phishing 130

Phishing Scams Accountability Computers and Electronics 130

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers discovered that many companies had uploaded huge volumes of sensitive customer data to Snowflake accounts that were protected with nothing more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication required). The Telegram ID for this account is 5408575119. “I’ll wait. .

DDOS 305

DDOS Cybercrime Accountability Government 305