KidsGuard stalkerware leaks data on secretly surveilled victims

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:28:57 +0000

The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/F2UPHduG6YE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Private photos leaked by PhotoSquared’s unsecured cloud storage

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:49:20 +0000

With no password required and no encryption in place, a burglar or ID thief could have seen your photos, your address and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/v6L-VwD68-Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Securing the MSP: why they’re their own worst enemy

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Behind each cyberattack on the MSP is typically a system left unpatched, asset management undone, security officer not hired, or board who sees investment in security as a cost center rather than a long-term investment.

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Securing the MSP: their own worst enemy

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Behind each cyberattack on the MSP is typically a system left unpatched, asset management undone, security officer not hired, or board who sees investment in security as a cost center rather than a long-term investment.

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A week in security (January 20 – 26)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:17:14 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including tech support scams, deepfakes, and the latest ransomware attack in Florida.

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Hackers hack card details from BriansClub carding site

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:06:06 +0000

They stole 26 million credit cards from the massive black market site, and now financial institutions are ensuring the cards can’t be abused.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RIxUWTXL53k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hacker wants $300 for 250,000 records stolen from sex worker site

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:33:42 +0000

In spite of prostitution being legal in the Netherlands, this could lead to the same type of blackmail attempts/suicide from Ashley Madison.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ohkoUzZ8kvQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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218 million Words With Friends players lose data to hackers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:20:10 +0000

The serial hacker GnosticPlayers is claiming to have ransacked Zynga’s user data – including names, emails and passwords.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5iXJ4_o_gJ4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russian pleads guilty in massive JPMorgan hacking scheme

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:27:06 +0000

Andrei Tyurin is the first to be convicted in one of the largest thefts of customer data from a single US financial institution in history.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tqRY012oxXA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fin7 sysadmin pleads guilty to running IT for billion-dollar crime syndicate

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:17:07 +0000

Fedir Oleksiyovich Hladyr is the first member of the infamous cybercrime network to be found guilty of hacking-related crimes in a US court.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DC2ee9v8THo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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