Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. Image: Amitai Cohen twitter.com/amitaico.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

“This is the most significant technological and financial operation ever led by the Department of Justice against a botnet,” said Martin Estrada , the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, at a press conference this morning in Los Angeles. ” The DOJ said it also recovered more than 6.5

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

technology firm, confirmed receipt of USDoD’s message but asked to remain anonymous for this story. That InfraGard member, who is head of security at a major U.S. This is a developing story. Updates will be noted here with timestamps.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 23, 2019

Some G7 countries highlight the importance of not prohibiting, limiting, or weakening encryption; There is a weird belief amongst policy makers that hacking an encryption system's key management system is fundamentally different than hacking the system's encryption algorithm.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

As the dust settles following the recently disclosed hack of NewsCorp , important lessons are emerging for the cybersecurity and journalism communities. China has enclosed its national internet servers within what is colloquially called ‘the Great Firewall.’ Related: How China challenged Google in Operation Aurora.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

But not long after KrebsOnSecurity reported in April that Shefel/Rescator also was behind the theft of Social Security and tax information from a majority of South Carolina residents in 2012, Mr. Shefel began contacting this author with the pretense of setting the record straight on his alleged criminal hacking activities. Image: U.S.

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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. Researchers believe the activity is linked to Volt Typhoon , a Chinese cyber espionage group focused on infiltrating critical U.S. In a security advisory published Aug. victims and one non-U.S.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

Barely a day goes by without news of an elite hacking team creating a more stealth exploit– malware , elaborate spear-phishing attacks, trojans, and a killer array of ransomware that can take factories and other organizations offline, or even hobble entire cities. Cyberattacks are constantly getting more sophisticated.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

French internet service provider (ISP) Free disclosed a cyber attack, threat actors allegedly had access to customer personal information. that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications to consumers in France. Free S.A.S. is a French telecommunications company, subsidiary of Iliad S.A.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., telecommunication and internet service providers. government systems, including the recent targeting of Treasurys information technology (IT) systems, as well as sensitive U.S. national security.”

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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. Compare the internet with ecological systems. Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. dubbed the “China Initiative Conference.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2025

The Polish space agency POLSA announced it has disconnected its network from the internet following a cyberattack. The Polish space agency POLSA was forced to disconnect its network from the internet in response to a cyberattack. To secure data after the breach, POLSA’s network was immediately disconnected from the internet.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Talking about those systems, I said: Now, add into this mix the risks that arise from new and dangerous technologies such as the internet or AI or synthetic biology. Here, misaligned incentives and hacking can have catastrophic consequences for society. Or molecular nanotechnology, or nuclear weapons.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Internet of Everything ( IoE ) is on the near horizon. For instance, very visibly over the past decade, Internet of Things ( IoT ) computing devices and sensors have become embedded everywhere. For instance, very visibly over the past decade, Internet of Things ( IoT ) computing devices and sensors have become embedded everywhere.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Stories like the recent Facebook hack , the Equifax hack and the hacking of government agencies are remarkable for how unremarkable they really are. As a result, we are stuck with hackable internet protocols, computers that are riddled with vulnerabilities and networks that are easily penetrated.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

T-Mobile confirmed being a victim of recent hacking campaigns linked to China-based threat actors targeting telecom companies. T-Mobile confirms it was hacked as part of a long-running cyber espionage campaign targeting Telco companies. and its allies for hacking activities in July. Wall Street Journal reported.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Meanwhile, while business logic hacks, supply chain holes, and cyber extortion continue to loom large. Attackers arent hacking in theyre logging in. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. The drivers are intensifying.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chinese firm Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., telecommunication and internet service providers. government systems, including the recent targeting of Treasurys information technology (IT) systems, as well as sensitive U.S. national security.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Exail Technologies, a high-tech manufacturer whose clients include the US Coast Guard, exposed sensitive company data that could’ve enabled attackers to access its databases. The publicly accessible.env file, hosted on the exail.com website, was exposed to the internet, meaning that anyone could have accessed it.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

They are often unaware of the risks they take on, which can include hacking, fraud, phishing, and more. This can be compounded by certain enterprises using the Internet of Things (IoT) that don’t have good security. Related: Using employees as human sensors. Storing authentication credentials for the API is a significant issue.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It's just another day on the internet when the news is full of headlines about accounts being hacked. The second story was about a number of verified Twitter accounts having been "hacked" and then leveraged in Bitcoin scams.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2024

broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data. 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

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

broadband providers , including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data. 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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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

If you’re into this sort of thing, it’s pretty much the most fun you can possibly have on the Internet without committing multiple felonies. The researchers have since commercialized the technology, which is now busily defending networks for customers like the U.S. People train for months. Winning is a big deal. Department of Defense.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core. Virsec is a leading innovator of memory protection technologies. Here’s what I took away from our discussion: Transient hacks.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The details of the Krispy Kreme hack are still emerging, but the companys Form 8-K filing brought the incident to light, offering a rare glimpse into the challenges businesses face when their systems are compromised. The attack goes to show that, truly, nothing Internet-connected is sacred."

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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. What that means is only the person sending it and the person receiving it can read it.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data. Experts suspect the state-sponsored hackers have gathered extensive internet traffic and potentially compromised sensitive data. The security breach poses a major national security risk.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another. And as the phishing examples above demonstrate, many of today’s phishing scams use elements from hacked databases to make their lures more convincing. TARGETED PHISHING. Urgency should be a giant red flag.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The Internet of Things ( IoT ) is on the threshold of ascending to become the Internet of Everything ( IoE.) Yet IoE, at this nascent stage, holds much promise to tilt us towards a utopia where technology helps to resolve our planet’s most intractable problems. Very well said! I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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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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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

have reported that their devices have been hacked. The flaw has exposed the widely distributed smart vacuums to manipulation by bad actors, raising concerns about the cybersecurity of internet-connected home devices. Later, he realized that despite the vile language, the hack could've been much worse. The video is unnerving.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

Critical flaws in WGS-804HPT switches could be chained to gain remote code execution on Planet Technology’s industrial devices. Planet Technology has released firmware version 1.305b241111 to address these issues. This switch family is equipped with a web service and SNMP management interface. ” concludes the report. .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

Ueland said after hearing about the escrow.com hack Monday evening he pulled the domain name system (DNS) records for escrow.com and saw they were pointing to an Internet address in Malaysia — 111.90.149[.]49 com was identical to the one displayed by escrow.com while the site’s DNS records were hacked.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. ”] Kislitsin was hired by Group-IB in January 2013, nearly six months after the Formspring hack. Department of Justice.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 3, 2024

Technology was once simply a tool—and a small one at that—used to amplify human intent and capacity. That was the story of the industrial revolution: we could control nature and build large, complex human societies, and the more we employed and mastered technology, the better things got.

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