eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2025

The business of cybercrime Cybercriminals are no longer disorganized hackers. The report emphasizes that modern cybercrime is not about deploying a single exploit but rather about orchestrating multifaceted campaigns that combine speed, stealth, and sophistication. Evolving tactics in a digital world: should you care?

Threat Reports 112

Threat Reports Cybercrime Artificial Intelligence Social Engineering 112

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Cisco confirms that data published by IntelBroker on a cybercrime forum was taken from the company DevHub environment. Cisco confirms that the data posted by IntelBroker on a cybercrime forum was stolen from its DevHub environment.

Cybercrime 131

Cybercrime Data breaches Technology Banking 131

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

SpyCloud Investigations is a powerful cybercrime and identity threat investigation solution used by analysts and investigators to discover and act on threats by navigating the world’s largest repository of recaptured breach, malware, and phishing data. Austin, TX, Oct.

Risk 286

Risk Cybercrime Identity Theft Phishing 286

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2022

Earlier this month, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Breached received a cease-and-desist letter from a cybersecurity firm. The missive alleged that an auction on the site for data stolen from 10 million customers of Mexico’s second-largest bank was fake news and harming the bank’s reputation.

Data breaches 308

Data breaches Banking Cybercrime Marketing 308

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Online food ordering and delivery platform GrubHub suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of drivers and customers. This week the online food ordering and delivery firm GrubHub disclosed a data breach that exposed customer and driver information.

Data breaches 114

Data breaches Passwords Accountability Hacking 114

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Silent Push said Araneida is being advertised by an eponymous user on multiple cybercrime forums. Araneida Scanner’s Telegram channel bragging about how customers are using the service for cybercrime. In 2022, Araneida told fellow Breached members they could be reached on Discord at the username “ Ornie#9811.”

Hacking 220

Hacking Cybercrime Advertising Data breaches 220

Schneier on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

It’s a big one : As first reported by Motherboard on Sunday, someone on the dark web claims to have obtained the data of 100 million from T-Mobile’s servers and is selling a portion of it on an underground forum for 6 bitcoin, about $280,000.

Mobile 363

Mobile Data breaches Phishing Cybercrime 363

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

UK telecommunications firm TalkTalk disclosed a data breach after a threat actor announced the hack on a cybercrime forum. UK telecommunications company TalkTalk confirmed a data breach after a threat actor claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on a cybercrime forum and offered for sale alleged customer data.

Data breaches 70

Data breaches Telecommunications Cybercrime Hacking 70

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Anna Jaques Hospital revealed thatthe ransomware attack it suffered last year has exposed sensitive health data for over 316,000 patients. The hospital revealed that the security breach exposed sensitive health data for over 316,000 patients. On December 25, 2023, a ransomware attack hit the Anna Jaques Hospital.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Insurance Healthcare Ransomware 116

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2025

A recovery team, with help from a cybersecurity firm, worked to restore systems and assess the attack’s scope, including its potential impact on patient data. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,data breach)

Data breaches 76

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Healthcare 76

Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2025

The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a 2023 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 million individuals. million individuals.

Data breaches 96

Data breaches Identity Theft Consumer Protection Data collection 96

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2024

notifies customers of credit card data breach, after threat actors hacked a third-party app from its e-commerce provider. disclosed a data breach that exposed its customers’ credit card data after threat actors hacked a third-party application from its e-commerce providerBigCommerce.

Data breaches 81

Data breaches Computers and Electronics Wireless Hacking 81

Troy Hunt

JUNE 30, 2024

Last week, I wrote about The State of Data Breaches and got loads of feedback. Let me explain: Hackers This is where most data breaches begin, with someone illegally accessing a protected system and snagging the data. It's awkward, talking to the first party responsible for the breach.

Data breaches 261

Data breaches Government InfoSec Passwords 261

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Free disclosed a cyber attack over the weekend after a threat actor attempted to sell the stolen data on a popular cybercrime forum. The threat actors had access to the internal management tool and gained access to some subscribers’ personal data. The seller also published a sample of the stolen data and some screenshots.

Cyber Attacks 126

Cyber Attacks Telecommunications Data breaches Banking 126

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Poor cyber hygiene increases the risk of further data breaches and could undermine user trust. The breach may have exposed personal identification documents uploaded by users for Wayback Machine page removal requests, depending on the attacker’s Zendesk API access.

Internet 128

Internet Internet Data breaches Authentication 128

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Fortinet disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the theft of 440GB of files from the company’s Microsoft Sharepoint server. 440 GB of data available on my S3 bucket.” ” reads the announcement published by Fortibitch on a cybercrime forum. Guess what? Their Azure Sharepoint got leaked.

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Cybersecurity Cybercrime Hacking 141

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

Toyota has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor leaked 240GB of data stolen from its infrastructure on a cybercrime forum. Toyota disclosed a data breach after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from its systems on a cybercrime forum, BleepingComputer reported.

Data breaches 118

Data breaches Cybercrime Financial Services Hacking 118

Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2024

Threat actors claimed the hack of the PandaBuy online shopping platform and leaked data belonging to more than 1.3 At least two threat actors claimed the hack of the PandaBuy online shopping platform and leaked data of more than 1.3 million customers on a cybercrime forum. million customers.

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Cybercrime Hacking Information Security 141

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Shefel claims the true mastermind behind the Target and other retail breaches was Dmitri Golubov , an infamous Ukrainian hacker known as the co-founder of Carderplanet, among the earliest Russian-language cybercrime forums focused on payment card fraud. “I’m also godfather of his second son.” Image: U.S.

Retail 242

Retail Advertising Cryptocurrency Marketing 242

Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2025

HPE is probing claims by the threat actor IntelBroker who is offering to sell alleged stolen source code and data from the company. Last week, the notorious threat actor IntelBroker announced on a popular cybercrime forum the sale of data allegedly stolen from HPE.

Hacking 118

Hacking Cybercrime Data breaches Information Security 118

Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2024

Unemployment agency France Travail (Pôle Emploi) recently suffered a data breach that could impact 43 million people. On August 2023, the French government employment agency Pôle emploi suffered a data breach and notified 10 million individuals impacted by the security breach.

Data breaches 139

Data breaches Cybercrime Government Ransomware 139

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Cryptocurrency Artificial Intelligence Cybercrime 116

Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2024

The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax, disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax disclosed a data breach that impacted over 123,000 individuals. ” reads a FORM 8-K filed with SEC.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Retail Cyber Attacks Ransomware 130

Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2024

. “We are working closely with law enforcement officials and a third-party hosting partner to investigate the claim and the significance of the data.” ” Earlier this week IntelBroker announced on the BreachForums cybercrime forum that they were “selling the AMD.com data breach.”

Data breaches 138

Data breaches Firmware Cybercrime Media 138

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

AT&T confirmed that a data breach impacted 73 million current and former customers after its data were leaked on a cybercrime forum. In March 2024, more than 70,000,000 records from an unspecified division of AT&T were leaked onto Breached forum, vx-underground researchers reported.

Data breaches 144

Data breaches Telecommunications Cybercrime Hacking 144

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Peruvian Interbank confirmed a data breach after threat actors accessed its systems and leaked stolen information online. Interbank disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the hack of the organization and leaked stolen data online.

Data breaches 128

Data breaches Financial Services Hacking Mobile 128

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Universal Music Group notified hundreds of individuals about a data breach compromising their personal information. Universal Music Group is notifying 680 individuals about a data breach that compromised their personal information, including their Social Security number.

Data breaches 133

Data breaches Identity Theft Hacking Ransomware 133

Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2024

Background check service National Public Data confirms a data breach that exploded millions of social security numbers and other sensitive information. The experts pointed out that this data breach could be among the biggest ever. The archive also contains data on deceased individuals.

Data breaches 142

Data breaches Hacking Accountability Cybersecurity 142

Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2024

million individuals were affected by the data breach it suffered in February 2024. The insurance company Prudential Financial confirmed that the data breach it suffered in February 2024 affected over 2.5 Prudential Financial confirmed that more than 2.5 million individuals.

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Insurance Cyber Attacks Ransomware 141

Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2023

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums , a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some of the world biggest hacked databases routinely show up for sale. that suffered a data breach this month. In April 2022, U.S.

Data breaches 346

Data breaches Cybercrime Insurance Internet 346

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2024

Cybersecurity firm Zscaler is investigating claims of a data breach after hackers offered access to its network. Cybersecurity firm Zscaler is investigating allegations of a data breach following reports that threat actors are offering for sale access to its network.

Data breaches 128

Data breaches Cybercrime Cryptocurrency Internet 128

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2024

Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after employee data was leaked by a threat actor on a hacking forum. Acer Philippines confirmed that employee data was compromised in an attack targeting a third-party service provider. The hacked third-party company manages the Acer employee attendance data.

Data breaches 138

Data breaches Computers and Electronics Hacking Cybercrime 138

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2025

” Perm is the current administrator of Star Fraud , one of the more consequential cybercrime communities on Telegram and one that has emerged as a foundry of innovation in voice phishing attacks. As we’ll see in a moment, that phishing kit is operated and rented out by a cybercriminal known as “ Perm ” a.k.a.

Phishing 332

Phishing Cryptocurrency Accountability Social Engineering 332

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2024

238,000 Comcast customers were impacted by the FBCS data breach following the February ransomware attack, Comcast reports. Telecommunications giant Comcast is notifying approximately 238,000 customers impacted by the Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) data breach. reads the notice of data breach.

Data breaches 131

Data breaches Telecommunications Ransomware Accountability 131

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

Greylock McKinnon Associates, a service provider for the Department of Justice, suffered a data breach that exposed data of 341650 people. GMA disclosed a data breach that impacted medicare and other information belonging to 5465 people. ” reads the data breach notification.

Data breaches 138

Data breaches Identity Theft Insurance Hacking 138

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Media reported [ 1 , 2 ] that the company is notifying millions of current and former members of a data breach. In a notice filed with the US government, the integrated managed care consortium disclosed a data breach impacting 13.4 The exposed data included names, medical records, dates of service, and lab test results.

Data breaches 138

Data breaches Healthcare Advertising Mobile 138

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach that impacted one of its business applications in August compromising customers’ personal information. Car rental company Avis notified customers impacted in an Augus data breach. ” reads the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Identity Theft Cybersecurity Hacking 130