March 4, 2024
Via: Security AffairsChunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd. (literally Chinese Telecom Company) is the largest integrated telecom service provider in Taiwan, and the incumbent local exchange carrier of PSTN, Mobile, and broadband services in the country. Threat actors stole sensitive information from the company, […]
February 13, 2024
Via: The RegisterMeta has acknowledged that phone number reuse that allows takeovers of its accounts “is a concern,” but the ad biz insists the issue doesn’t qualify for its bug bounty program and is a matter for telecom companies to sort out. […]
December 1, 2023
Via: The RegisterEuropean police have for the first time made an arrest after remotely checking Interpol’s trove of biometric data to identify a suspected smuggler. The fugitive migrant, we’re told, gave a fake name and phony identification documents at a police check […]
November 30, 2023
Via: The RegisterAn ex-Motorola technician in the US has admitted he tried to fraudulently obtain a passport while awaiting trial for a cyberattack on his former employer. Andrew Mahn, 28, of Derry, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to […]
September 21, 2023
Via: The RegisterDays after a miscreant boasted leaking a 3GB-plus database from TransUnion containing financial information on 58,505 people, the credit-checking agency has claimed the info was actually swiped from a third party. On Sunday, a thief using the handle USDoD shared […]
September 15, 2023
Via: The RegisterThe International Joint Commission, a body that manages water rights along the US-Canada border, has confirmed its IT security was targeted, after a ransomware gang claimed it stole 80GB of data from the organization. “The International Joint Commission has experienced […]
September 15, 2023
Via: The RegisterThe UK’s Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has admitted that crooks have got their mitts on some of its data after a third-party supplier responsible for ID badges was attacked. According to the Manchester Evening News the stolen data included the […]
July 26, 2023
Via: Help Net SecurityClear Skye launched Clear Skye IGA 5.0, the company’s most significant product release to date. An identity security and governance solution built natively on the ServiceNow Platform, 5.0 enables businesses to simplify workflows, increase productivity, and improve the overall user […]
March 21, 2023
Via: DataBreach TodayA Bulgarian woman extradited to the United States for her role in a $4 billion crypto pyramid scheme adds to a growing list of law enforcement actions against perpetrators of the OneCoin Ponzi scheme. Federal prosecutors say Irina Dilkinska, 41, […]
March 20, 2023
Via: Security WeekIn a press release published on Friday, Hitachi Energy said the Cl0p ransomware gang targeted the GoAnywhere product and may have gained unauthorized access to employee data in some countries. “Upon learning of this event, we took immediate action and […]
March 6, 2023
Via: Security WeekThe cyberattack started on February 8 and was disclosed on February 10, when Oakland announced that it had taken systems offline to contain the incident, but that emergency services were not impacted. One week later, while continuing restoration efforts, the […]
February 27, 2023
Via: Help Net SecurityIn today’s data-driven world, the expectations and demands faced by many organizations worldwide are reaching unseen levels. To meet the challenge, a data-driven approach is necessary, with effective digital transformation needed to improve operational efficiency, streamline processes, and get more […]
January 25, 2023
Via: Naked SecurityGoTo is a well-known brand that owns a range of products, including technologies for teleconferencing and webinars, remote access, and password management. If you’ve ever used GoTo Webinar (online meetings and seminars), GoToMyPC (connect and control someone else’s computer for […]
January 20, 2023
Via: Security Week“On December 20, 2022, we confirmed that unauthorized parties were able to access your PayPal customer account using your login credentials,” the company said in the notification letter sent to the impacted individuals. According to PayPal, between December 6 and […]
January 12, 2023
Via: Help Net SecurityPersonal employee or customer data accounted for nearly 45% of all data stolen between July 2021 and June 2022, while companies’ source code and proprietary information accounted for a further 6.7% and 5.6% respectively, according to Imperva. More positively, the […]
January 11, 2023
Via: Panda SecurityTwitter has been going through a lot over the last few years, and its troubling past continues to haunt the social media giant. It was recently revealed that hackers had stolen the details of approximately 200 million Twitter users. The […]
January 5, 2023
Via: Security WeekRackspace told the media that a previously unknown exploit was used to gain access to its network and steal data. The incident apparently involved a customer’s credentials getting compromised, which gave the attackers access to one of its servers on […]
January 5, 2023
Via: Dark ReadingThe Five Guys burger empire has been hit with what appears to be a “smash-and-grab” operation: Cyberattackers busted into a file server and made off with the personally identifiable information (PII) of people who applied to work at the chain. […]
Cyber-crime, Identity theft, Malware
January 3, 2023
Via: The Hacker NewsA new malware campaign has been observed using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing emails to drop a remote access trojan called BitRAT. The unknown adversary is believed to have hijacked the IT infrastructure of […]
January 3, 2023
Via: Security AffairsFrench cybersecurity Anis Haboubi yesterday first noticed that a threat actor was attempting to sell data allegedly stolen from Volvo Cars on a popular hacking forum. A member of the forum, who goes online with the moniker IntelBroker, announced on […]