SpaceX, CNN, and The White House internal data allegedly published online. Is it real?
A cybercriminal posted free data sets on the infamous BreachForums, but are these actually worth looking at?
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The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:16:45 +0000
A cyberattack that shut down some of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023: It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that made-for-Hollywood narrative has eclipsed a far more hideous trend: Many of these young, Western cybercriminals are also members of fast-growing online groups that exist solely to bully, stalk, harass and extort vulnerable teens into physically harming themselves and others.
Read moreData leak site BreachForums is back, boasting Live Nation/Ticketmaster user data. But is it a trap?
The notorious BreachForums seem to have returned, but the question is: who’s pulling the strings?
Read moreFBI Hacker Dropped Stolen Airbus Data on 9/11
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:22:05 +0000
In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that a cybercriminal using the handle “USDoD” had infiltrated the FBI’s vetted information sharing network InfraGard, and was selling the contact information for all 80,000 members. The FBI responded by reverifying all InfraGard members and by seizing the cybercrime forum where the data was being sold. But on Sept. 11, 2023, USDoD resurfaced after a lengthy absence to leak sensitive employee data stolen from the aerospace giant Airbus, while promising to visit the same treatment on top U.S. defense contractors.
Read moreA week in security (March 20 – 26)
Categories: News Tags: potentially unwanted programs Tags: PUP Tags: ViLE Tags: Google Tags: Magecart Tags: skimmer Tags: skimming Tags: NBA Tags: Google Pixel crop Tags: Kritec Magecart Tags: fake IRS tax mail Tags: Emotet Tags: BreachForums Tags: Bitcoin ATM Tags: Bitcoin Tags: USB bomb Tags: USB Tags: ChatGPT The most interesting security related news from the week of March 20 – 26. |
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Read moreBreachForums to be shut down after all for fear of law enforcement infiltration
Categories: News Tags: BreachForums Tags: Pompompurin Tags: FBI Tags: Dark Web Tags: data breaches After the arrest of the administrator of the Dark Web site BreachForums there was talk about keeping it alive, but now the forums will be shut down for fear of law enforcement infiltration. |
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Read moreGoogle Suspends Chinese E-Commerce App Pinduoduo Over Malware
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:11:08 +0000
Google says it has suspended the app for the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo after malware was found in versions of the app. The move comes just weeks after Chinese security researchers published an analysis suggesting the popular e-commerce app sought to seize total control over affected devices by exploiting multiple security vulnerabilities in a variety of Android-based smartphones.
Read moreFeds Charge NY Man as BreachForums Boss “Pompompurin”
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:39:22 +0000
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a New York man on suspicion of running BreachForums, a popular English-language cybercrime forum where some of the world biggest hacked databases routinely first show up for sale. The forum’s administrator “Pompompurin” has been a thorn in the side of the FBI for years, and BreachForums is widely considered a reincarnation of RaidForums, a remarkably similar crime forum that the FBI infiltrated and dismantled in 2022.
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