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Wormable Flaw, 0days Lead Sept. 2022 Patch Tuesday

September 13, 2022 admin asheer malhotra, Cisco Talos, dustin childs, ios 16, jon munshaw, kevin breen, lily hay newman, lockdown mode, microsoft patch tuesday september 2022, pangu lab, safety check, Satnam Narang, Security Tools, Time to Patch, Trend Micro, xinru chi

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:23:45 +0000

This month’s Patch Tuesday offers a little something for everyone, including security updates for a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Windows that is under active attack, and another Windows weakness experts say could be used to power a fast-spreading computer worm. Also, Apple has also quashed a pair of zero-day bugs affecting certain macOS and iOS users, and released iOS 16, which includes a nifty new privacy and security feature called “Lockdown Mode.” And Adobe axed 63 vulnerabilities in a range of products.

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Transacting in Person with Strangers from the Internet

September 9, 2022 admin internet purchase & exchange location, safeexchangepoint.com, safetradeoptions.com, Security Tools

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:40:03 +0000

Communities like Craigslist, OfferUp, Facebook Marketplace and others are great for finding low- or no-cost stuff that one can pick up directly from a nearby seller, and for getting rid of useful things that don’t deserve to end up in a landfill. But when dealing with strangers from the Internet, there is always a risk that the person you’ve agreed to meet has other intentions.

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Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings & Shootings for Hire

September 4, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, bricking, firebombing, molotov cocktail, Ne'er-Do-Well News, patrick mcgovern-allen, SIM swapping, SWATting, tongue, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2022 14:59:13 +0000

A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with stalking in connection with a federal investigation into groups of cybercriminals who are settling scores by hiring people to carry out physical attacks on their rivals. Prosecutors say the defendant recently participated in several of these schemes — including firing a handgun into a Pennsylvania home and torching a residence in another part of the state with a Molotov Cocktail.

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Final Thoughts on Ubiquiti

August 31, 2022 admin Other

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:14:29 +0000

Last year, I posted a series of articles about a purported “breach” at Ubiquiti. My sole source for that reporting was the person who has since been indicted by federal prosecutors for his alleged wrongdoing – which includes providing false… Read More »

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How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

August 30, 2022 admin 0ktapus, christopher knauer, CloudFlare, data breaches, digitalocean, doordash, Group-IB, klaviyo, mailchimp, Matthew Prince, Security Keys, Security Tools, signal, sitel group, T-Mobile, teleperformance, twilio, Twitter, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:53:39 +0000

Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices.

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PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPal

August 18, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, Latest Warnings, Paypal, paypal business, paypayl invoice scam, Web Fraud 2.0, zelle fraud scam

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:27:53 +0000

Scammers are using invoices sent through PayPal.com to trick recipients into calling a number to dispute a pending charge. The missives — which come from Paypal.com and include a link at Paypal.com that displays an invoice for the supposed transaction — state that the user’s account is about to be charged hundreds of dollars. Recipients who call the supplied toll-free number to contest the transaction are soon asked to download software that lets the scammers assume remote control over their computer.

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When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire

August 16, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, banorte breach, cloudsecurityalliance, cti league, data breaches, Group-IB, kurt seifried, ohad zaidenberg, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:06:00 +0000

Earlier this month, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Breached received a cease-and-desist letter from a cybersecurity firm. The missive alleged that an auction on the site for data stolen from 10 million customers of Mexico’s second-largest bank was fake news and harming the bank’s reputation. The administrator responded to this empty threat by purchasing the stolen banking data and leaking it on the forum for everyone to download.

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Sounding the Alarm on Emergency Alert System Flaws

August 12, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, comcast, cybir, david mcguire, defcon, Department of Homeland Security, digital alert systems, emergency alert system, ken pyle, Latest Warnings, monroe electronics, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:26:58 +0000

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is urging states and localities to beef up security around proprietary devices that connect to the Emergency Alert System — a national public warning system used to deliver important emergency information, such as severe weather and AMBER alerts. The DHS warning came in advance of a workshop to be held this weekend at the DEFCON security conference in Las Vegas, where a security researcher is slated to demonstrate multiple weaknesses in the nationwide alert system.