Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Scattered Spider members are part of a broader cybercriminal community called “The Com,” where hackers brag about high-profile cyber thefts, typically initiated through social engineering tactics like phone, email, or SMS scams to gain access to corporate networks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. Why should employers educate employees about cyber security? This method was identified as vishing – a voice-based phishing attack.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2025

Kowski also emphasizes the need for a multi-layered security approach, stating that "multi-factor authentication, strong password policies, and zero-trust architecture are essential defenses that significantly reduce the risk of AI-powered attacks succeeding, regardless of how convincing they appear."

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The Atomic macOS Stealer lets operators steal diverse information from infected machines. This includes Keychain passwords, system details, desktop files, and macOS passwords. The malware is able to steal data from multiple browsers, including auto-fills, passwords, cookies, wallets, and credit card information.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Some of the most popular ones include RAM scraping, wherein the memory of targeted devices is scanned for collecting sensitive information. Some malware attacks install tools like keyloggers to capture the keystrokes for stealing passwords or other sensitive information. One common. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

Scattered Spider members are part of a broader cybercriminal community called The Com, where hackers brag about high-profile cyber thefts, typically initiated through social engineering tactics like phone, email, or SMS scams to gain access to corporate networks. In January 2024, U.S. ” reads Urbans Plea Agreement.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently observed threat actors using sophisticated social engineering tactics to target IT help desks in the health sector. The attackers aim at gaining initial access to target organizations.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The malevolent seven: ENISA report identifies prime cybersecurity threats Ransomware; malware; social engineering; threats against data; threats against availability (denial of service); information manipulation and interference; and supply chain attacks. Information Security Buzz has a good summary of the main points.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

The decrypted icon files revealed the location of the malware’s control server, which was then queried for a third stage of the malware compromise — a password stealing program dubbed ICONICSTEALER. The double supply chain compromise that led to malware being pushed out to some 3CX customers. Image: Mandiant. Microsoft Corp.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

In February 2019, a threat actor was able to access millions of email addresses and passwords. According to the complaint by the FTC this was made possible because CafePress failed to implement reasonable security measures to protect the sensitive information of buyers and sellers stored on its network. Informing customers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Software development company Retool revealed that 27 accounts of its cloud customers were compromised as a result of an SMS-based social engineering attack. Once the employee’s account was compromised, the threat actors were able to navigate through multiple layers of security controls.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

The group continued to carry out password spray attacks targeting the educational sector for infrastructure procurement and focused on the satellite, government, and defense sectors for intelligence gathering. Microsoft discovered that the threat actors used fraudulent subscriptions to its services and promptly disrupted them.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In 2020, the pandemic forced companies to restructure their information security practices, accommodating a work-from-home (WFH) approach. Security issues with passwords, software vulnerabilities and social engineering combined into an overwhelming majority of initial access vectors during attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The FBI is warning companies about the use of out-of-date Windows 7 systems, desktop sharing software TeamViewer, and weak account passwords. Set random passwords to generate 10-character alphanumeric passwords. If using personal passwords, utilize complex rotating passwords of varying lengths. Windows 10).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

The exposed records include email addresses full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation records, LinkedIn username and profile URL, personal and professional experience/background, genders, and other social media accounts and usernames. Passwords are not included in the archive. ” reported RestorePrivacy.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Reducing Risky Behavior: AI adoption in security policies has led to a 68% drop in risky user actions, proving its effectiveness in promoting safer online habits. Generative AI Impact : Generative AI will have a big role in cyber security, especially in areas like email protection and fighting social engineering attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Leaked CURP numbers, in combination with other personal information, could be used to open bank accounts or make unauthorized changes on government websites on behalf of the CURP number holder. Notes on users, submitted by admins and customer support agents.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 14, 2024

We also explore a massive password list leak titled ‘Rock You 2024’ that has surfaced online. Find out why this file may not be as significant as it seems and the importance of avoiding password reuse. […] The post Authy Breach: What It Means for You, RockYou 2024 Password Leak appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Here are some examples of how potential attackers can use the data found in the unsecured Amazon S3 bucket against the owners of the exposed email addresses: Spamming 350 million email IDs Carrying out phishing attacks Brute-forcing the passwords of the email accounts. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

” The US firm urges customers to be vigilant for social engineering and phishing attacks. The company also recommends active multi-factor authentication (MFA), and regularly rotate their MongoDB Atlas passwords. .” At this time, we are not aware of any exposure to the data that customers store in MongoDB Atlas.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

While not deeply sensitive, the information could still be used by malicious actors to quickly and easily find new targets based on the criminals’ preferred methods of social engineering. Change the password of your LinkedIn and email accounts. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all your online accounts.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

With those, he broke into social media profiles / web storage and stole nude images and movies, and traded them with others. To gain access to the email accounts, he appears to have reset account passwords by correctly guessing password reset questions. The easiest way to do this is by letting a password manager do it for you.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Threat actors used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and obtain access to files, healthcare portals, payment information, and websites. million payments. ” reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( CISA ) have issued a joint security advisory to warn teleworkers of an ongoing vishing campaign targeting organizations from multiple US industry industries. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

Brute-forcing the passwords of LinkedIn profiles and email addresses. The leaked files appear to only contain LinkedIn profile information – we did not find any deeply sensitive data like credit card details or legal documents in the sample posted by the threat actor. Change the password of your LinkedIn and email accounts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 30, 2023

The potential leak of financial details could lead to serious concerns, as often threat actors use the data to launch identity theft and other kind of social engineering attacks on the impacted customers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2024

According to the password management software firm, the employee was contacted outside of the business hours. ” The employee ignored the contact and reported the attempt to the security team, the company confirmed that the incident did not impact the company.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

While no plaintext passwords or financial data was stolen, the hack did expose answers to security questions. SolarWinds employees claim that the attack resulted from a weak password that an intern had used – “solarwinds123”. All of that could’ve been avoided had SolarWinds implemented a strong password policy.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Most organizations use databases to store sensitive information. This includes passwords, usernames, document scans, health records, bank account and credit card details, as well as other essential data, all easily searchable and conveniently stored in one place. Can’t come up with a strong password? What were we looking at?

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2022

Microsoft observed a large-scale phishing campaign that used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords, hijack a user’s sign-in session, and bypass the authentication process even when the victim has enabled the MFA.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Phishing techniques use social engineering to trick victims into taking an action that helps an attacker compromise your network or access your sensitive information assets. These emails persuade employees to reveal passwords for important applications or download malicious files to their devices. IoT Devices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

. “While the technique has been around for decades , its resurgence as a top security risk could be due to a wider adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA) making it difficult to conduct abuse, and shifting attacker focus to social engineering tactics,” said Ashley Shen, a TAG Security Engineer.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

A statement shared by Mailchimp CISO Siobhan Smyth with TechCrunch revealed that the company discovered the security breach on March 26. The company was the victim of a social engineering attack aimed at its employees. A threat actor gained access to a tool used by the company’s customer support and account administration teams.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

A team of security researchers from PrivacySavvy recently discovered an OTP vulnerability in Airlift Express, which could lead to account hacks and exploits by cybercriminals. Fortunately, the company has successfully fixed the security loopholes, but the incident shows the inadequacy of one-time passwords in protecting app users.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

Passwords no longer meet the demands of today’s identity and access requirements. Passwords no longer meet the demands of today’s identity and access requirements. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed to improve security without hindering user convenience. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

of users in the report, the only contact information recorded is full name and email address. Cloud identity and access management firm has no evidence that this information is being actively exploited. The company warns impacted customers of phishing or social engineering attacks that rely on the compromised data.

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