It’s nice to read reports where the good guys screw the bad guys… Darren Pauli reports: HITB Florian Lukavsky hacks criminals profiting from out-of-control multi-billion dollar CEO wire transfer scams… and they hate him for it. The director of SEC Consult’s Singapore office has made a name striking back at so-called “whaling” scammers by sending malicious Word documents…
Month: September 2016
Village of Oak Park incident reported to HHS six months later?
So it seems there was a reported insider breach affecting the Village of Oak Park, Illinois earlier this year. It was picked up by their local media at the time, but never reported to HHS. It’s now been reported to HHS, which is what sent me looking for coverage. On February 25, the Cook County Chronicle…
As databases from old hacks appear, they also go up for sale
The free market system might appear to be alive and well on the dark web. As sites like LeakedSource add newly leaked databases from hacks in 2012-2015, we are also likely to find the databases up for sale on sites like dark web marketplaces. For current examples, see the listings for the Dropbox database and BitcoinTalk forum database:…
UAE: Al Zahra Private Medical Centre hacked
The web site of Al Zahra Private Medical Centre in the United Arab Emirates was reportedly hacked last month by the individual calling himself “websites-hunter” (@websiteshunter on Twitter). The hack was announced on Twitter on August 31 and on Pastebin on the same day. The Al Zahra Private Medical Centre is part of the health services network of the Gulf Medical…
Russian internet giant Rambler.ru hacked, leaking 98 million accounts
Zack Whittaker reports on yet another 2012 hack where the data are first being leaked publicly: Russian internet portal and email provider Rambler.ru has become the latest victim in a growing list of historical hacks. Breach notification site LeakedSource.com, which obtained a copy of an internal customer database, said the attack dates back to February…
Leoni AG victim of business email compromise – €40 million lost
Marika Samarati reports: Leoni AG, one of the world’s leading wire and cable manufacturers, fell victim to an email scam that cost the company 40 million euros. According to a press release, “Leoni AG realised on Friday 12 August 2016 that it had become the victim of fraudulent activity with the help of falsified documents…