Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:12:15 +0000

The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Finastra, which provides software and services to 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, notified customers of a potential breach after a cybercriminal began selling more than 400 gigabytes of data purportedly stolen from the company. 

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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.

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FBI 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.

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A 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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BreachForums 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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Google 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.

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