Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

men have been charged with hacking into a U.S. ” “ViLE is collaborative, and the members routinely share tactics and illicitly obtained information with each other,” prosecutors charged. The complaint says once they obtained a victim’s information, Singh and Ceraolo would post the information in an online forum.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Working with law enforcement partners in France, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Romania and the United Kingdom, the DOJ said it was able to seize more than 50 Internet servers tied to the malware network, and nearly $9 million in ill-gotten cryptocurrency from QakBot’s cybercriminal overlords.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week’s epic hack against Twitter. ” Twice in the past year, the OGUsers forum was hacked , and both times its database of usernames, email addresses and private messages was leaked online.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The cracked software is being resold as a cloud-based attack tool by at least two different services, one of which KrebsOnSecurity traced to an information technology firm based in Turkey. “We have been playing cat and mouse for a while with these guys,” said Matt Sciberras , chief information security officer at Invicti.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. But both SMS and app-based codes can be undermined by phishing attacks that simply request this information in addition to the user’s password.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 17, 2024

The seizure messages include ways to contact the FBI about the seizure, including an email, a Telegram account, a TOX account, and a dedicated page hosted on the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). co and run by pompompurin) operated a similar hacking forum from March 2022 until March 2023. . ”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today that its fbi.gov domain name and Internet address were used to blast out thousands of fake emails about a cybercrime investigation. ” A review of the email’s message headers indicated it had indeed been sent by the FBI, and from the agency’s own Internet address.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 22, 2024

Hacking et Cybersécurité Mégapoche pour les Nuls , a single-volume book containing French versions of the latest editions of both the best selling CyberSecurity for Dummies by Joseph Steinberg, and Hacking For Dummies by Kevin Beaver, is now available to the public.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The newspaper agreed to hold off publishing any story while the department fixed the problem and protected the private information of teachers around the state. […]. No private information was publicly visible, but teacher Social Security numbers were contained in HTML source code of the pages. .

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Article pays particular attention to EO 12333’s designation of the National Security Agency as primarily responsible for conducting signals intelligence, which includes the installation of malware, the analysis of internet traffic traversing the telecommunications backbone, the hacking of U.S.-based

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

But the reality is that in most cases by the time the victim organization discloses an incident publicly the information has already been harvested many times over by profit-seeking cybercriminals. Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another. TARGETED PHISHING.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2024

Malicious hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director , a software product used by many Internet and IT service providers. ” Ryan English , an information security engineer at Lumen, said it’s disappointing his employer didn’t at least garner an honorable mention in Versa’s security advisory.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions.

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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. A monetary hold was placed on $538.39

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

US CFPB warns employees to avoid work-related mobile calls and texts following China-linked Salt Typhoon hack over security concerns. internet service providers in recent months as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a U.S. Wall Street Journal reported.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2024

broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests.” Experts suspect the state-sponsored hackers have gathered extensive internet traffic and potentially compromised sensitive data. and its allies for hacking activities in July.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2024

Introduction to TLS and Certificate Transparency Log Securing Internet communications is crucial for maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of information in transit. Although the Certificate Transparency Log is designed to improve security and transparency, its public nature leads to known Information Disclosure risks.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

Last Friday, July 2, in a matter of a few minutes, a Russian hacking collective, known as REvil, distributed leading-edge ransomware to thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) across the planet — and succeeded in locking out critical systems in at least 1,500 of them. Related: The targeting of supply chains.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2024

The researchers scanned the Internet for Internet-facing Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy secure web gateway systems vulnerable to CVE-2024-21762. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, FortiOS)

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

The cybersecurity community is waiting for the next shoe to drop in the wake of the audacious MOVEit-Zellis hack orchestrated by the infamous Russian hacking collective, Clop. ” Post SolarWinds This is a prime example of what multi-stage supply chain hacks have morphed into two years after the milestone SolarWinds hack. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2024

. “33 terabytes of juicy banking information containing Americans’ banking secrets. — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) June 23, 2024 In early June, the FBI informed victims of LockBit ransomware it had obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that could allow some of them to decrypt their data. “We

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We don’t yet know why this happened, but the how is clear: Earlier this morning, something inside Facebook caused the company to revoke key digital records that tell computers and other Internet-enabled devices how to find these destinations online. Kentik’s view of the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage. Update, 6:16 p.m.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

internet service providers (ISPs) as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. internet service providers in recent months as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. internet-service providers in recent months in pursuit of sensitive information, according to people familiar with the matter.”

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

NSO Group’s descent into Internet pariah status continues. Its Pegasus spyware was used against nine US State Department employees. We don’t know which NSO Group customer trained the spyware on the US. ” .

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address. BEGINNINGS.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2021

Globally, hundreds of thousand of organizations running Exchange email servers from Microsoft just got mass-hacked, including at least 30,000 victims in the United States. 5, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that at least 30,000 organizations and hundreds of thousands globally had been hacked. national security advisors on the outbreak.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It happens all the time: Organizations get hacked because there isn’t an obvious way for security researchers to let them know about security vulnerabilities or data leaks. There may be another good reason for consolidating security contact and vulnerability reporting information in one, predictable place. Image: Securitytxt.org.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 16, 2023

Clop, the Russia-based ransomware gang that executed the MOVEit-Zellis supply chain hack, has commenced making extortion demands of some big name U.S. Related: Supply-chain hack ultimatum The nefarious Clop gang initially compromised MOVEit, which provided them a beachhead to gain access to Zellis, a UK-based supplier of payroll services.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 11, 2020

The most concerning of these appears to be CVE-2020-1380 , which is a weaknesses in Internet Explorer that could result in system compromise just by browsing with IE to a hacked or malicious website. More information on CVE-2020-1337, including a video demonstration of a proof-of-concept exploit, is available here.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Department of State is now offering up to $10 million for the name or location any key REvil leaders, and up to $5 million for information on REvil affiliates. Some of these nicknames go back more than a decade on Russian cybercrime forums, many of which have been hacked and relieved of their user databases over the years.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

And, let’s be honest , the deceptive writing phishing assaults and other cyber threats today employ are skilled enough to fool even the most trained, internet-savvy experts. A pop-up message or blank screen typically appears on a computer or phone, informing you that your system has been compromised and requires repair.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

.” The researchers pointed out that despite the vulnerable service is intended for LAN access only, querying Shodan they identified over 91,000 devices that expose the service to the Internet. Most of the Internet-facing devices are in South Korea, Hong Kong, the U.S., Sweden, and Finland. running on OLED55CXPUA webOS 6.3.3-442

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Schneier on Security

JULY 25, 2024

Friday’s massive internet outage, caused by a mid-sized tech company called CrowdStrike, disrupted major airlines, hospitals, and banks. The catastrophe is yet another reminder of how brittle global internet infrastructure is. Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled. Tallying the total cost will take time.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. The roster of the now-defunct “Infinity Recursion” hacking team, from which some members of LAPSUS$ allegedly hail.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2024

Shadowserver researchers reported that over 20,000 internet-exposed VMware ESXi instances are affected by the actively exploited flaw CVE-2024-37085. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, VMware ESXi) ” states Shadowserver.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of China’s top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of China’s many state-sponsored hacking groups. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Researchers discovered critical flaws in Kia’s dealer portal that could allow to hack Kia cars made after 2013 using just their license plate. Additionally, attackers could secretly obtain personal information such as the victim’s name, phone number, email, and physical address.

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