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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

The trouble is, these EDRs largely bypass any official review and do not require the requester to supply any court-approved documents. “This is social engineering at the highest level and there will be failed attempts at times. You would need to Forge Documents to Successfully Emergency Data Request.”

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

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In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.” “Our security team investigated and confirmed threat actor activity, including social engineering of a limited number of GoDaddy employees. ” In the early morning hours of Nov.

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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

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2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. As documented by Group-IB, the group pivoted from its access to Twilio to attack at least 163 of its customers. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

Krebs on Security

Virtually all major technology companies serving large numbers of users online have departments that routinely review and process such requests, which are typically granted as long as the proper documents are provided and the request appears to come from an email address connected to an actual police department domain name.

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Lamborghini Carjackers Lured by $243M Cyberheist

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19, a group of cybercriminals that allegedly included the couple’s son executed a sophisticated phone-based social engineering attack in which they stole $243 million worth of cryptocurrency from a victim in Washington, D.C. .’s son was loaded with cryptocurrency? Approximately one week earlier, on Aug.

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The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

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Throughout 2022, LAPSUS$ would hack and social engineer their way into some of the world’s biggest technology companies , including EA Games, Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta , Samsung , and T-Mobile. But a copy of the document obtained by KrebsOnSecurity shows the name of the federal agent who testified to it has been blacked out.

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Busting SIM Swappers and SIM Swap Myths

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From there, the perpetrators accessed a Google Drive document that Ferri had used to record credentials to other sites, including a cryptocurrency exchange. Soon after, the attackers were able to use their control over his mobile number to reset his Gmail account password.

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