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Okta: Breach Affected All Customer Support Users

November 29, 2023 admin data breaches, Latest Warnings, okta breach, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:41:14 +0000

When KrebsOnSecurity broke the news on Oct. 20, 2023 that identity and authentication giant Okta had suffered a breach in its customer support department, Okta said the intrusion allowed hackers to steal sensitive data from fewer than one percent of its 18,000+ customers. But today, Okta revised that impact statement, saying the attackers also stole the name and email address for nearly all of its customer support users.

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ID Theft Service Resold Access to USInfoSearch Data

November 28, 2023 admin data breaches, Experian, fake edr, hieu, jackiechan, kodex, martin data llc, matt donahue, scott hostettler, telegram, usinfosearch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:57:38 +0000

One of the cybercrime underground’s more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background and credit reports has been pulling data from hacked accounts at the U.S. consumer data broker USinfoSearch, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

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Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial

November 16, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, antti kurittu, julius kivimäki, mikko hypponen, Ne'er-Do-Well News, petteri järvinen, vastaamo psychotherapy center, withsecure

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:59:14 +0000

Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a once popular and now-bankrupt online psychotherapy practice and thousands of its patients. In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted in 2015 of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, including data breaches, payment fraud, operating a botnet and calling in bomb threats.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2023 Edition

November 14, 2023 admin cve-2023-36025, cve-2023-36033, cve-2023-36036, cve-2023-36038, cve-2023-36050, cve-2023-36413, cve-2023-36439, microsoft patch tuesday november 2023, sans internet storm center, Security Tools, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 23:00:59 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than five dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software, including three “zero day” vulnerabilities that Microsoft warns are already being exploited in active attacks.

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It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian

November 11, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, Experian, Identity Theft, Latest Warnings, scott anderson

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 17:59:07 +0000

In the summer of 2022, KrebsOnSecurity documented the plight of several readers who had their accounts at big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian hijacked after identity thieves simply re-registered the accounts using a different email address. Sixteen months later, Experian clearly has not addressed this gaping lack of security. I know that because my account at Experian was recently hijacked, and the only way I could recover access was by recreating the account.

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Who’s Behind the SWAT USA Reshipping Service?

November 6, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, apathyp, apathyr8@jabber.ccc.de, Breadcrumbs, constella intelligence, gezze@mail.ru, gezze@yandex.ru, Intel 471, ivan sherban, mynetwatchman, Ne'er-Do-Well News, swat usa drop service, triploo@mail.ru, universalo, verified, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:51:31 +0000

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that one of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. In today’s Part II, we’ll examine clues about the real-life identity left behind by “Fearless,” the nickname chosen by the proprietor of the SWAT USA Drops service.

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Russian Reshipping Service ‘SWAT USA Drop’ Exposed

November 5, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, drops, drops for stuff, fearlless, Ne'er-Do-Well News, reshipping mules, stuffers, swat usa drop service, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2023 19:55:34 +0000

One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. Here’s a closer look at the Russia-based SWAT USA Drop Service, which currently employs more than 1,200 people across the United States who are knowingly or unwittingly involved in reshipping expensive consumer goods purchased with stolen credit cards.

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.US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

October 31, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, black pumas, blackpumaoct33@ukr.net, GoDaddy, infoblox, josef bakhovsky, kristaps ronka, leila puma, malicious link shortener, Namecheap, namesilo, national telecommunications and information administration, prolific puma, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:26:55 +0000

The top-level domain for the United States — .US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. The findings come close on the heels of a report that identified .US domains as among the most prevalent in phishing attacks over the past year.