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Feds: K-12 Cyberattacks Dramatically on the Rise
The feds have warned that cyberattacks on the K-12 education sector are ramping up alarmingly. In an alert from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, officials said that data from the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC shows that in August...
Mount Locker Ransomware Offering Double Extortion Scheme to Other Hackers
A relatively new ransomware strain behind a series of breaches on corporate networks has developed new capabilities that allow it to broaden the scope of its targeting and evade security software—as well as with ability for its affiliates to launch double extortion attacks. The MountLocker...
Mount Locker Ransomware Offering Double Extortion Scheme to Other Hackers
A relatively new ransomware strain behind a series of breaches on corporate networks has developed new capabilities that allow it to broaden the scope of its targeting and evade security software—as well as with ability for its affiliates to launch double extortion attacks. The MountLocker...
Buying COVID-19 vaccines from the Dark Web? No thanks!
Even though we hope that this is an unnecessary warning, we do want to put it out there. As soon as there was talk about a vaccine being available against the COVID-19 virus there were vendors on the Dark Web offering Russian and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines for sale. Now that the UK has started its...
Spearphishing Attack Spoofs Microsoft.com to Target 200M Office 365 Users
A spearphishing attack is spoofing Microsoft.com to target 200 million Microsoft Office 365 users in a number of key vertical markets, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and utility providers. Researchers at Ironscales discovered the campaign targeting several thousand...
Europol Warns COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Vulnerable to Fraud, Theft
With the promise of a widely available COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, Europol, the European Union’s law-enforcement agency, has issued a warning about the rise of vaccine-related Dark Web activity. The agency joins a chorus of security professionals that have concerns about widespread attacks o...
RansomExx Ransomware Gang Dumps Stolen Embraer Data: Report
Hackers have dumped sensitive company data that was stolen during a ransomware attack last month on aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The compromised data appeared on a new dark web site created to publish leaked information, according to a published report. The move appears to be a revenge for the...
What the cluck?! Cyber hygiene when eating out.
This feels like the new norm for eating out at a restaurant: Stand uncomfortably, 2 metres from the party in front/furrow your brow when the other party move within your “safe zone”. Make a huge over-theatrical show of sanitising your hands, as though you’re about to perform some major surgery...
Dox, steal, reveal. Where does your personal data end up?
The technological shift that we have been experiencing for the last few decades is astounding, not least because of its social implications. Every year the online and offline spheres have become more and more connected and are now completely intertwined, leading to online actions having real...
Authorities disrupt massive stolen credit card trading scam on dark web
By Deeba Ahmed Dubbed Carding Action 2020; the operation aimed at targeting several dark web marketplaces resulting in saving $48million/€40 million. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities disrupt massive stolen credit card trading scam on dark web...
Spotify resets some user logins after hacker database found floating online
A team of researchers working for vpnMentor has found a treasure trove in the form of an unsecured Elasticsearch database containing over 380 million records. The trove contained login credentials and other data belonging to Spotify users. So whats Spotify doing leaving its user data hanging arou...
Digging into the Dark Web: How Security Researchers Learn to Think Like the Bad Guys
The Dark Web/Darknet continues to be an environment for bad actors to share stolen credentials and discuss successful attacks. In fact, in recent weeks, personal information from places ranging from education organizations to voter databases in the U.S. have been found exposed. Although there hav...
BigBasket data breach – 20 million customer data sold on dark web
By Deeba Ahmed India’s leading online supermarket BigBasket acknowledged putting sensitive data of more than 20 million users at stake. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BigBasket data breach - 20 million customer data sold on dark web...
Ransomware Attacks Targeting Healthcare Surge: VMware Carbon Black experts Weigh in
Targeted, sophisticated, and costly – over the past month, several high-profile ransomware attacks have been reported with a specific focus on some of the largest healthcare providers across the world1. With the recent surge in telemedicine adoption due to the COVID-19 as well as the growth of...
Brave Browser enters dark web with its own Tor Onion service
By Deeba Ahmed Now Brave browser pages will be accessible on the Dark Web via the Tor gateway. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Brave Browser enters dark web with its own Tor Onion service...
179 Dark Web vendors arrested, 500kg worth of drugs seized
By Waqas Operation DisrupTor was a global sting operation against illegal goods and drug trafficking on the Dark Web. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 179 Dark Web vendors arrested, 500kg worth of drugs seized...
179 Arrested in Massive Global Dark Web Takedown
Operation Disruptor is an unprecedented international law enforcement effort, stemming from last year’s seizure of a popular underground bazaar called Wall Street Market...
Report: 97% of Cybersecurity Companies Have Leaked Data on the Dark Web
In a new report into the global cybersecurity industry's exposure on the Dark Web this year, global application security company, ImmuniWeb, uncovered that 97% of leading cybersecurity companies have data leaks or other security incidents exposed on the Dark Web, while on average, there are over...
Report: 97% of Cybersecurity Companies Have Leaked Data on the Dark Web
In a new report into the global cybersecurity industry's exposure on the Dark Web this year, global application security company, ImmuniWeb, uncovered that 97% of leading cybersecurity companies have data leaks or other security incidents exposed on the Dark Web, while on average, there are over...
Lock and Code S1Ep15: Safely using Google Chrome Extensions with Pieter Arntz
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Pieter Arntz, malware intelligence researcher for Malwarebytes, about Google Chrome extensions. These sometimes helpful online tools that work directly...