Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Here’s a closer look at what typically transpires in the weeks or months before an organization notifies its users about a breached database. .” Urgency should be a giant red flag. Take a deep breath.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2024

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2023 report states that reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 The 2023 Internet Crime Report published the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reveals that reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion in 2023. billion in 2023. billion in 2022 to $4.57 billion in losses.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. This month, take advantage of all that NCPW offers, including access to free tools and information that can help you identify and prevent online scams, fraud, and identity theft.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2021

During the coronavirus pandemic, there’s been a direct correlation with the rise of online activity, data breaches and identity theft. Some popular scams people are falling for involve: Expedited stimulus checks. Donation scams. Cybercrime annual revenue currently totals $1.5 COVID-19 cures and vaccines.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 20, 2025

We would like to stress that we are not referring to any vulnerability or data breach with Semrush or its platform in this post. In this blog post, we detail how fraudsters are taking an indirect approach to hacking Google advertisers and by the same token likely gaining access to Semrush accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The staff promptly locked out the intruders once discovered the data breach. The company notified the security breach to the holders of the Radisson Rewards cards only yesterday. ” reads the data breach notification. ” At the time of writing, there are no technical details about the data breach.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2024

” The data came to light a few weeks ago when it was put up for sale on an online cybercrime forum, but the seller, a hacker calling themselves “MajorNelson”, claimed it had been stolen from AT&T three years prior. Check the vendor’s advice. Change your password.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 2, 2021

If you’re still under the impression that hacking is restricted to hoodie-wearing individuals in darkened rooms, then you might be vastly underestimating the scale the data breach problem. . Last year alone more than 300 million consumers were impacted by data breaches, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

The records exposed by First American would have been a virtual gold mine for phishers and scammers involved in so-called Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, which often impersonate real estate agents, closing agencies, title and escrow firms in a bid to trick property buyers into wiring funds to fraudsters.

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Digital Guardian

MARCH 23, 2022

The FBI's annual look at phishing, scam, and personal data breach statistics is out.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

From protecting sensitive corporate data to safeguarding our personal information, the battle against cybercrime is ongoing. They must recognise the scam patterns that may threaten a business’s data and take a unified approach to prevent data loss and mitigate cyber threats.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

The company warns that the stolen data can be used to carry out scams, phishing attacks, and identity theft against Australians.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

Authorities recovered $31 Million Related to 2021 Uranium Finance cyber heist Serbian student activists phone hacked using Cellebrite zero-day exploit Qilin ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the Lee Enterprises attack Meta fired 20 employees for leaking information, more firings expected International Press Newsletter Cybercrime U.S.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet infrastructure. Security Affairs – sextortion, cybercrime). The post ‘Aaron Smith’ Sextortion scam campaigns hit tens of thousands of individuals appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2023

Sports fashion retail JD Sports discloses a data breach that explosed data of about 10M customers who placed orders between 2018 and 2020. UK sports fashion chain JD Sports disclosed a data breach that exposed customer data from orders placed between November 2018 and October 2020.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

billion in BEC scam-related losses the year before. “BEC/EAC is a sophisticated scam targeting both businesses and individuals performing a transfer of funds,” explained the report. ” The report warned that the methods used by hackers to perpetrate BEC scams were becoming more complicated and difficult to detect.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

2023: A Year of Record-Breaking Data Breaches IdentityIQ This past year has been an eye-opening year in the realm of digital security. Data breaches reached an all-time high, leaving a trail of identity theft cases. Businesses faced constant threats with phishing scams , malware , and other tactics.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2024

Fabian Wosar , head of ransomware research at the security firm Emsisoft , said it appears BlackCat leaders are trying to pull an “exit scam” on affiliates by withholding many ransomware payment commissions at once and shutting down the service. “They are exit scamming their affiliates.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

US Justice Department says cybercrime forum allegedly affected 17 million Americans Cybercrime is increasingly complex. What are the risks?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

CISA adds PTZOptics camera bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Canadian authorities arrested alleged Snowflake hacker Android flaw CVE-2024-43093 may be under limited, targeted exploitation July 2024 ransomware attack on the City of Columbus impacted 500,000 people Nigerian man Sentenced to 26+ years in real estate phishing scams Russian (..)

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

For several years, the #1 Cybercrime type has been Business Email Compromise followed by the #2 of Romance Scam. The criminals have discovered how many people don't understand investing in cryptocurrency and have turned Investment Scams into a new money factory. . #1 Personal Data Breach. Corporate Data Breach.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. 24, Russia invades Ukraine, and fault lines quickly begin to appear in the cybercrime underground. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams. Uber blames LAPSUS$ for the intrusion.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Security experts from Digital Shadows have conducted an interesting study about the technique adopted by crooks to infiltrate company emails, so-called BEC scam. According to the FBI , the number of business email account (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scam incidents worldwide reached 78,000 between October 2013 and May 2018.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

As it happens, Plex announced its own data breach one day before LastPass disclosed its initial August intrusion. In early 2022, a video surfaced on a popular cybercrime channel purporting to show attackers hurling a brick through a window at an address that matches the spacious and upscale home of Urban’s parents in Sanford, Fl.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

Rasch said it could be that Dellone’s stolen crypto was seized as part of a government asset forfeiture, but that either way there is no reason Uncle Sam should hold some cybercrime victims’ life savings indefinitely. “But it was never the government’s money, and that doesn’t help the victim. .”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Over the past decade, the site has featured more than 1,800 stories focusing mainly on cybercrime, computer security and user privacy concerns. Stories here have exposed countless scams, data breaches, cybercrooks and corporate stumbles. Today marks the 10th anniversary of KrebsOnSecurity.com!

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Ransomware, the fastest-growing type of cybercrime, will claim a new victim? Sadly, in 2020, we saw the first instance of human loss as a direct result of cybercrime – ransomware to be exact. More than half of data breaches over the past year involved insider threats. Originally posted on Cybercrime Magazine.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

.” ProtonMail confirmed to be aware of a limited number of hacked accounts that have been compromised likely through credential stuffing of phishing attacks, but excluded that its systems have been breached. This is a very strange and anomalous scam attempt, the hackers used a mix of appealing info and political data.

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Hot for Security

MAY 14, 2021

Traditional sextortion scams are indeed popular, but users are also becoming familiar with the ruse, especially after a year of social distancing and the use of video-conference tools. ” For the moment, the two crypto wallets have received no transfers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2024

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In each case, the goal of the attackers was the same: Phish T-Mobile employees for access to internal company tools, and then convert that access into a cybercrime service that could be hired to divert any T-Mobile user’s text messages and phone calls to another device. One of the groups that reliably posted “Tmo up!”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The ICRC said the hacked servers contained data relating to the organization’s Restoring Family Links services, which works to reconnect people separated by war, violence, migration and other causes. Sheriff’s sales thread suggests the ICRC was asked to pay a ransom to guarantee the data wouldn’t be leaked or sold online.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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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. Early this week, the company confirmed that the breach impacted nearly 2.1 Early this week, the company confirmed that the breach impacted nearly 2.1 said Gough.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

These individuals said they were only customers of the person who had access to Twitter’s internal employee tools, and were not responsible for the actual intrusion or bitcoin scams that took place that day. ALWAYS IN DISCORD.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2025

cannabis dispensary STIIIZY disclosed a data breach A novel PayPal phishing campaign hijacks accounts Banshee macOS stealer supports new evasion mechanisms Researchers disclosed details of a now-patched Samsung zero-click flaw Phishers abuse CrowdStrike brand targeting job seekers with cryptominer China-linked APT group MirrorFace targets Japan U.S.

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