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Ad Network Sizmek Probes Account Breach

March 13, 2019 admin brute-force light, Citrix breach, data breaches, George Pappachen, password spraying, Resecurity, Sizmek Inc.

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:56:39 +0000

Online advertising firm Sizmek Inc. [NASDAQ: SZMK] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. In a recent posting to a Russian-language cybercrime forum, an individual who’s been known to sell access to hacked online accounts kicked off an auction for “the admin panel of a big American ad platform.” “You can add new users to the ad system, edit existing ones and ad offers,” the seller wrote. The starting bid was $800.