Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

According to the market share website statista.com , booking.com is by far the Internet’s busiest travel service, with nearly 550 million visits in September. A scan of social media networks showed this is not an uncommon scam.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“InfraGard is a social media intelligence hub for high profile persons,” USDoD said. USDoD said after their InfraGard membership was approved, they asked a friend to code a script in Python to query that API and retrieve all available InfraGard user data. “They even got [a] forum to discuss things.”

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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. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Speaking to Reuters , a senior US official said the attack telecommunications infrastructure was broad and that the hacking was still ongoing. During transit the message remains encrypted the entire time it is moving across the internet. Protect your social media accounts by using Malwarebytes Identity Theft Protection.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Researchers at Qurium Media Foundation published a report that provides insight on how Sandvine DPI performs the blocking, and how it can be detected. Qurium forensics report: How operators use Sandvine to block independent media in Egypt. SecurityAffairs – hacking, DPI). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You Casio: Notice of Partial Service Outage and Information Leak Caused by Ransomware Attack He founded a “startup” to access sanctioned Russian websites: the cyber police of Khmelnytskyi region exposed the hacker Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse Malware Over 300,000!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2023

IT Army of Ukraine hacktivists have temporarily disrupted internet services in some of the territories that have been occupied by Russia. Ukrainian hacktivists belonging to the IT Army of Ukraine group have temporarily disabled internet services in some of the territories that have been occupied by the Russian army.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In an ironic twist, the accused — who had fairly well separated his real life identity from his online personas — appears to have been caught after a gaming Web site he frequented got hacked. 12, the U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest of Timothy Dalton Vaughn , a 20-year-old from Winston-Salem, N.C.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The FBI has shut down a botnet run by Chinese hackers: The botnet malware infected a number of different types of internet-connected devices around the world, including home routers, cameras, digital video recorders, and NAS drives.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Russia’s internet watchdog, ‘Roskomnadzor’, has announced the ban of other VPN products, 15 VPN services are now illegal in Russia. Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor tightens the control over the Internet and blocked access to six more VPN services. SecurityAffairs – hacking, VPN services). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] Bloom’s recommendation came to Biderman via Trevor Sykes, then chief technology officer for Ashley Madison parent firm Avid Life Media (ALM). pleaded guilty to running LeakedSource[.]com

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

“To clear up some misleading media reports, here is what we’re currently seeing, much of which we believe is different from what is being seen by other providers.” Experts suspect the state-sponsored hackers have gathered extensive internet traffic and potentially compromised sensitive data. Wall Street Journal reported.

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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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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Business media assets have become exceptionally valuable intellectual property for brands in recent years. Data breaches that compromise proprietary media content can be financially frustrating at best, and completely shatter an organization's reputation at worst. What are digital media assets?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2022

In a survey conducted by broadband service provider Konnect, over 4 million people were found hacking neighbors’ Wi-Fi, if there was a down or to avoid paying a fat subscription fee. Technically, using an internet connection of a neighbor without permission is called ‘Piggybacking’ and is usually done to avoid subscription fees.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Kilmer said Faceless has emerged as one of the underground’s most reliable malware-based proxy services, mainly because its proxy network has traditionally included a great many compromised “Internet of Things” devices — such as media sharing servers — that are seldom included on malware or spam block lists.

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SecureBlitz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here’s the internet safety rules checklist. As technology and life online take over, protecting ourselves and our information on the internet and social media has become more critical than ever. Wouldn’t a checklist […] The post Internet Safety Rules Checklist [MUST READ] appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 22, 2019

More nation-state activity in cyberspace, this time from Russia : Per the different reports in Russian media, the files indicate that SyTech had worked since 2009 on a multitude of projects since 2009 for FSB unit 71330 and for fellow contractor Quantum. Nautilus-S -- a project for deanonymizing Tor traffic with the help of rogue Tor servers.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2024

The rapper and social media personality Punchmade Dev is perhaps best known for his flashy videos singing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. Punchmade shared on social media that the video’s removal was prompted by YouTube receiving a legal process request from law enforcement officials. Punchmade Dev’s shop.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2025

Ukrainian Cyber Alliance hacked Russian ISP Nodex, stole sensitive data, and wiped systems, highlighting their cyberattack capabilities. Internet monitoring service NetBlocks confirmed a disruption in Nodexs connectivity following the attack on Tuesday night. Internet should work for many. ” reported The Record Media.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 24, 2023

Looking at the privacy related stories of 2022, it’s not hard to see that much of the focus was on the social media giants. Social media The problem for social media users is that there will always be voices telling them it’s their own fault. For others, social media a way of showing the fruits of their creativity.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Everything connected to the internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. If you want to have peace of mind that you are using the internet and tech devices safely, just call the LifeLock phone number and they will help you choose the right membership plan. Other Tips for Internet Safety in a Nutshell.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 21, 2024

Then they switch to the best practices to prevent social media account takeovers, highlighting […] The post The World of Scambaiting, Preventing Social Media Account Takeovers, Network Wrenches Hacked appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2025

The research combined hardware interfaces and software to communicate with the vehicle via Diagnostic Over Internet Protocol (DoIP). The MMB (Multi Media Board) is the main part of the head unit, containing all the subsystems. The MBUX system consists of several key components.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2025

Mar 28, 2025, CyberNewswire — From WannaCry to the MGM Resorts Hack, ransomware remains one of the most damaging cyberthreats to plague enterprises. Instead, the browser has become the primary way through which employees conduct work and interact with the internet. Palo Alto, Calif.,

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2021

Massive data base breaches today generally follow a distinctive pattern: hack into a client -facing application; manipulate an API; follow the data flow to gain access to an overly permissive database or S3 bucket (cloud storage). Password and token harvesting is one of the most common techniques in hacking.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2025

Kaspersky notified Korea Internet & Security Agency (KrCERT/CC), the researchers discovered that threat actor exploited a one-day vulnerability in Innorix Agent for lateral movement. The attackers used multiple hacking tools and malware, including ThreatNeedle , Agamemnon downloader, wAgent , SIGNBT, and COPPERHEDGE.

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 29, 2024

Secure networks : Avoid using untrusted public Wi-Fi to access social media accounts, instead, use mobile data. This guide outlines the steps you should take to help protect your social media profiles against common threats. You absolutely should secure your password manager with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries. Zack Allen is director of threat intelligence for ZeroFOX , a Baltimore-based company that helps customers detect and respond to risks found on social media and other digital channels. SCHOOL OF HACKS.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

re is was one of the original “residential proxy” networks, which allow someone to rent a residential IP address to use as a relay for his/her Internet communications, providing anonymity and the advantage of being perceived as a residential user surfing the web. “None of those are good replacements for LuxSocks or 911.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

And while actual, measurable cyberrattacks and hacks surrounding The Olympics did not truly get rolling until 2008 in Beijing, The Olympic games have traditionally been quite the target for malicious acts of all kinds, dating back years. remember Sydney being referred to as “The Internet Olympics”. People getting up to mischief?

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. In fact, the group often announces its hacks on social media.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2025

28, 2025, CyberNewswire — Windscribe , a globally used privacy-first VPN service, announced today that its founder, Yegor Sak, has been fully acquitted by a court in Athens, Greece, following a two-year legal battle in which Sak was personally charged in connection with an alleged internet offence by an unknown user of the service.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 15, 2021

So, someone did that 167 million times, dumped the data and shared it on a popular hacking forum. Not hacked: Gravatar was not hacked. the Red Cross wasn't hacked either and that was clearly a data breach. the Red Cross wasn't hacked either and that was clearly a data breach.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2020

government cybersecurity agencies warned this week that the attackers behind the widespread hacking spree stemming from the compromise at network software firm SolarWinds used weaknesses in other, non-SolarWinds products to attack high-value targets. However, the SolarWinds compromise would have provided that internal access nicely.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These include scrutinizing network device configurations, implementing advanced monitoring solutions, and restricting internet exposure of management traffic. Experts suspect the state-sponsored hackers have gathered extensive internet traffic and potentially compromised sensitive data. are essential for protecting data.

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