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Criminal phishing network resulting in over 480,000 victims worldwide busted in Spain and Latin America

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Dissent

Europol published the following release on September 19: Europol has supported European and Latin American authorities in dismantling an international criminal network engaged in unlocking stolen or lost mobile phones through a phishing platform. Investigators reported 483 000 victims worldwide, who had attempted to regain access to their phones and been phished in the process….

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Hacker selling Dell employees’ data after a second alleged data breach

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Dissent

Shweta Sharma reports: Dell Technologies has allegedly suffered two data breaches since Thursday amounting to a breach of over 3.5GB of data belonging to at least 10,000 company employees. A hacker using the alias “grep” had claimed the first breach by posting a sample of the stolen dataset on BreachForums for free, offering a full…

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UK: Ransomware hits Blackpool schools

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Dissent

Dev Kundaliya reports: A major cyberattack has disrupted operations at multiple schools across Lancashire. The ransomware attack, which occurred last week, targeted the Fylde Coast Academy Trust (FCAT), compromising its IT infrastructure and limiting access to school systems. All 10 institutions under the FCAT umbrella have been affected. They include four major academies in Blackpool – Armfield…

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BreachForums Users and Staff are Being Doxed to Erode Trust in the Forum. Will It Work?

Posted on September 23, 2024May 25, 2025 by Dissent

BreachForums, a popular hacking-related forum that is on both the clear net and dark web, offers posts about how to “dox” individuals using open source intelligence (OSINT).  Ironically, perhaps, some former or current BreachForums users are discovering this week that they have been doxed, and their doxes have been or will be released publicly. A…

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NY: Keuka Colllege claims it is uncertain whether PII affected in attack by LockBit; but why?

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Dissent

Note: The following press release from Keuka College does not mention that this attack was claimed by LockBit in May and added to LockBit’s leak site in August.   Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Keuka College has learned of a data security incident that may have involved personal information. On  April 25, 2024, the College identified suspicious activity…

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Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Dissent

Ravie Lakshmanan reports: A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets. “Rather than demand a ransom for decrypting data, Twelve prefers to encrypt victims’ data and then destroy their infrastructure with a wiper to prevent recovery,” Kaspersky said in a Friday…

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