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It Might Be Our Data, But It’s Not Our Breach

August 11, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, alex holden, AT&T, at&t internet, bellsouth.net, Bleeping Computer, data breaches, databreaches.net, Hold Security, Lawrence Abrams, new jersey cybersecurity & communications integration cell, sbcglobal.net, shinyhunters, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, u-verse, white house market

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:45:31 +0000

A cybersecurity firm says it has intercepted a large, unique stolen data set containing the names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security Numbers and dates of birth on nearly 23 million Americans. The firm’s analysis of the data suggests it corresponds to current and former customers of AT&T. The telecommunications giant stopped short of saying the data wasn’t theirs, but it maintains the records do not appear to have come from its systems and may be tied to a previous data incident at another company.

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The Security Pros and Cons of Using Email Aliases

August 10, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, alex holden, allekabels, data breaches, email alias, HaveIBeenPwned.com, Hold Security, rtl nieuws, Security Tools, Troy Hunt

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:10:59 +0000

One way to tame your email inbox is to get in the habit of using unique email aliases when signing up for new accounts online. Adding a “+” character after the username portion of your email address — followed by a notation specific to the site you’re signing up at — lets you create an infinite number of unique email addresses tied to the same account. Aliases can help users detect breaches and fight spam. But not all websites allow aliases, and they can complicate account recovery. Here’s a look at the pros and cons of adopting a unique alias for each website.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2022 Edition

August 9, 2022 admin cve-2022-21980, cve-2022-24477, cve-2022-24516, cve-2022-30133, cve-2022-30134, cve-2022-34713, cve-2022-35743, follina, Greg Wiseman, immersive labs, kevin breen, microsoft patch tuesday august 2022, Rapid7, sans internet storm center, Time to Patch, visual studio, Windows Hello

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:01:10 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix a record 141 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software. Once again, Microsoft is patching a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Tool (MSDT), a service built into Windows. Redmond also addressed multiple flaws in Exchange Server — including one that was disclosed publicly prior to today — and it is urging organizations that use Exchange for email to update as soon as possible and to enable additional protections.

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Class Action Targets Experian Over Account Security

August 5, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 01:54:35 +0000

A class action lawsuit has been filed against big-three consumer credit bureau Experian over reports that the company did little to prevent identity thieves from hijacking consumer accounts. The legal filing cites liberally from an investigation KrebsOnSecurity published in July, which found that identity thieves were able to assume control over existing Experian accounts simply by signing up for new accounts using the victim’s personal information and a different email address.

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Scammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank

August 4, 2022 admin elder scams, email scam, FBI, Latest Warnings, The Coming Storm, travis hardaway, Uber, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 15:41:09 +0000

Email scammers sent an Uber to the home of an 80-year-old woman who responded to a well-timed email scam, in a bid to make sure she went to the bank and wired money to the fraudsters. In this case, the woman figured out she was being scammed before embarking for the bank, but her story is a chilling reminder of how far crooks will go these days to rip people off.

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

August 2, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, alexandr smolyaninov, angry coders, Breadcrumbs, dmitry chepurko, ip-score, kc-shoes, michdomain@gmail.com, oleg iskushnykh, socks proxy, socksescort, The Coming Storm, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 19:31:35 +0000

With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. Compounding the problem, several remaining malware-based proxy services have chosen to block new registrations to avoid swamping their networks with a sudden influx of customers.

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911 Proxy Service Implodes After Disclosing Breach

July 29, 2022 admin 9/11, A Little Sunshine, data breaches, luxsocks, residential proxies, riley kilmer, spur.us, vip72, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:34:45 +0000

911[.]re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced this week that it is shutting down in the wake of a data breach that destroyed key components of its business operations. The abrupt closure comes ten days after KrebsOnSecurity published an in-depth look at 911 and its connections to shady pay-per-install affiliate programs that secretly bundled 911’s proxy software with other titles, including “free” utilities and pirated software.

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Breach Exposes Users of Microleaves Proxy Service

July 28, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, abhishek gupta, acidut, alexandru florea, alexandru iulian florea, blackhatworld, Breadcrumbs, constella intelligence, cpaelites, Hackforums, Intel 471, microleaves, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nevo.julian, online.io, residential proxy, reverseproxies, shifter.io, socks proxy

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:52:28 +0000

Microleaves, a ten-year-old proxy service that lets customers route their web traffic through millions of Microsoft Windows computers, exposed their entire user database and the location of tens of millions of PCs running the proxy software. Microleaves claims its proxy software is installed with user consent. But research suggests Microleaves has a lengthy history of being supplied with new proxies by affiliates incentivized to install the software any which way they can — such as by secretly bundling it with other software.