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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

January 30, 2024 admin 0ktapus, A Little Sunshine, Breadcrumbs, elijah, grails, Group-IB, king bob, lastpass, lastpass breach, mailchimp, Ne'er-Do-Well News, noah michael urban, Okta, plex, scattered spider, signal, SIM swapping, sosa, twilio, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:07:18 +0000

On Jan. 9, 2024, U.S. authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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LastPass: ‘Horse Gone Barn Bolted’ is Strong Password

September 22, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, data breaches, International Computer Science Institute, karim toubba, lastpass breach, Nicholas Weaver, The Coming Storm, Web Fraud 2.0, wladimir palant

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 23:41:09 +0000

The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. LastPass says the changes are needed to ensure all customers are protected by their latest security improvements. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early adopters whose password vaults were exposed in a 2022 breach at LastPass.

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Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

September 5, 2023 admin 1password, A Little Sunshine, adblock plus, Ars Technica, chainalysis, data breaches, karim toubba, lastpass breach, metamask, Nicholas Weaver, nick bax, plex, taylor monahan, The Coming Storm, unciphered, Web Fraud 2.0, wladimir palant

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:21:07 +0000

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led some security experts to conclude that crooks likely have succeeded at cracking open some of the stolen LastPass vaults.

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A week in security (January 1 – 8)

January 9, 2023 admin cyber insurance, fake flipper zero, lastpass breach, lock and code s04e01, news, okta breach, synology, Twitter, twitter data dump, VPN, wordpress plugin

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The most interesting security related news from the week of January 1 to 8.

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