Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Security experts say both VPNFilter and Cyclops Blink are the work of a hacking group known as Sandworm or Voodoo Bear , the same Russian team blamed for disrupting Ukraine’s electricity in 2015. SANDWORM AND TRITON. energy facilities. and international companies and entities, including U.S. ” HYDRA. . ” HYDRA. .

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Hacking is as old as humanity. To date, hacking has exclusively been a human activity. After hacking humanity, AI systems will then hack other AI systems, and humans will be little more than collateral damage. Most of these hacks don’t even require major research breakthroughs in AI. Not for long.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The darknet market has been active since February 2023, it was used by criminals to sell narcotics anonymously. The administrator of Sipulitie said in public forums that turnover on its market was 1.3 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Sipulitie)

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 2, 2020

For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers — a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts — has been hacked. OGUsers was hacked at least twice previously, in May 2019 and again in March 2020. called Disco Payments. ”

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The lessons are many, but I want to focus on one important one we’ve learned: the software that’s managing our critical networks isn’t secure, and that’s because the market doesn’t reward that security. The market rewards short-term profits at the expense of safety and security. SolarWinds is a perfect example.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

billion in cryptocurrency from the Bybit exchange in what is being called the largest hack in the controversial market's history. The post North Koreas Lazarus Group Hacks Bybit, Steals $1.5 North Korea's notorious Lazarus Group reportedly stole $1.5 Billion in Crypto appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 28, 2020

Many companies use Sendgrid to communicate with their customers via email, or else pay marketing firms to do that on their behalf using Sendgrid’s systems. Image: Wikipedia.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

One example is Genesis Market , where customers can search for stolen credentials and authentication cookies from a broad range of popular online destinations. As a result, it is often far easier for customers to simply create a new account than it is to regain control over a hacked one, or to change a forgotten password.

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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. The hacking campaign, called Salt Typhoon by investigators, hasn’t previously been publicly disclosed and is the latest in a series of incursions that U.S. and its allies for hacking activities in July.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

That’s not hacking the tax code. It’s hacking the processes that create them: the legislative process that creates tax law. This provision didn’t come into force in 2018, so someone came up with the clever hack to prepay 2018 property taxes in 2017. A hack subverts the intent of a system. The tax code can be hacked.

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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.

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Facebook told KrebsOnSecurity it seized hundreds of accounts — mainly on Instagram — that have been stolen from legitimate users through a variety of intimidation and harassment tactics, including hacking, coercion, extortion, sextortion , SIM swapping , and swatting. THE MIDDLEMEN.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 25, 2023

But there’s also examples of companies hacking the laws: Companies like Coca-Cola and Kraft Heinz have begun designing their products so that their packages don’t have a true front or back, but rather two nearly identical labels—except for the fact that only one side has the required warning.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

Interactive Data, also known as IDIdata.com, markets access to a “massive data repository” on U.S. Hacked or ill-gotten accounts at consumer data brokers have fueled ID theft and identity theft services of various sorts for years. In 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2025

Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control in April 2022 for receiving hundreds of millions in criminal proceeds, including funds used to facilitate hacking, ransomware, terrorism and drug trafficking. Since those penalties were levied, Garantex has processed more than $60 billion, according to the blockchain analysis company Elliptic.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Well-known crypto researcher ZachXBT reached the same conclusion as Elliptic, sharing his analysis on X: Lazarus Group just connected the Bybit hack to the Phemex hack directly on-chain commingling funds from the intial theft address for both incidents.

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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. in 2019 , according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2025

The new ransomware group Arkana Security claims to have hacked US telecom provider WOW!, is known for offering high-speed internet and competitive pricing in markets where it competes with larger providers. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,WideOpenWest)

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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. One post last month on the Russian-language hacking forum BHF offered up to $5,000 for each hotel account.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2024

Federal authorities charged two individuals with operating the dark web marketplace Empire Market that facilitated over $430 million in illegal transactions. currency on AlphaBay before starting Empire Market. “They began operating Empire Market on Feb. “They began operating Empire Market on Feb.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 1, 2021

The hack gave the attackers access to the computer networks of some 18,000 of SolarWinds’s customers, including US government agencies such as the Homeland Security Department and State Department, American nuclear research labs, government contractors, IT companies and nongovernmental agencies around the world.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2024

The German police seized the infrastructure of the darknet marketplace Nemesis Market disrupting its operation. The Nemesis Market has been active since 2021, its offerings included illegal drugs and narcotics, stolen data and credit cards, as well as a selection of cybercrime services such as ransomware , phishing or DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The German police seized the dark web marketplace Kingdom Market as a result of an international law enforcement operation. The Kingdom Market was established in March 2021, the offer of the dark web marketplace included drugs, malware, stolen data, and forged documents. Many of these deposits were made in cash.”

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Android operating system is the most familiar operating system in the market. You may also like to read: How Hackers Spy On Hacked Phone? How To Detect and Secure Yourself Hacker's Most Preferred Hacking Techniques These techniques can be described as the most liked techniques of users to hack Android devices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Desnica launched the dark web market in 2019, Monopoly rapidly became one the biggest marketplace for the sale of illicit narcotics, including opioids, stimulants, psychedelics, and prescription medications. The analysis of the seized server allowed the identification of several actors using the Monopoly Market.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Sophos) an information technology company that develops and markets cybersecurity products.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Bloomberg first reported Moucka’s alleged ties to the Snowflake hacks on Monday. After scouring darknet markets for stolen Snowflake account credentials, the hackers began raiding the data storage repositories used by some of the world’s largest corporations. “Negotiate a deal in Telegram.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2025

The company supplies chicken products to retail, wholesale, and fast-food markets in South Africa and neighboring countries. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Astral) It specializes in poultry production, animal feed, and related agricultural operations.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

At issue is a “redirect” feature available to businesses that chose to market through LinkedIn.com. Here’s the very first Slink created: [link] which redirects to the homepage for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. A recent phishing site that abused LinkedIn’s marketing redirect. Image: Urlscan.io.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Recently the leak of a collection of files apparently stolen from the Chinese government hacking contractor, I-Soon, exposed Chinese hacking capabilities. Recently someone has leaked on GitHub [ 1 , 2 ] a collection of files apparently stolen from the Chinese hacking firm, I-Soon.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

Try2Check was so reliable that it eventually became the official card-checking service for some of the underground’s most bustling crime bazaars, including Vault Market, Unicc , and Joker’s Stash. Russian vehicle registration records have also been hacked and leaked online over the years. Constella tracked another Bankir[.]com

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

It's the old "data is the new oil" analogy that recognises how valuable our info is, and as such, there's a market for it. To their credit, he got a very comprehensive answer, which I've included below: Well, that answers the "how" part of the equation; they've aggregated data from public sources.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Melillo, who spoke alongside Milan’s chief prosecutor Marcello Viola, said that authorities have uncovered “a massive market of confidential information.”

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 28, 2025

David Jemmett, CEO & Founder of CISO Global Unlike Western AI systems governed by privacy laws and ethical considerations, DeepSeek operates under a regime notorious for state-sponsored hacking, surveillance, and cyber espionage.

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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. Part two of a four-part series The explosion of AI-driven phishing, insider threats, and business logic abuse has forced a shift toward more proactive, AI-enhanced defenses.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Snatch ransomware group announced it had hacked the food giant Kraft Heinz, the company is investigating the claims. The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked Kraft Heinz in August and on December 14, it added the company to the list of victims on its leak site.

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