From the FBI: A nightmare scenario for many organizations recently became one Atlanta-based tech company’s reality. But the steps the company took before and after their sensitive data was stolen by a hacker in 2018 helped the FBI identify and arrest the culprit. Christian Kight used his computer programming skills to hack into various businesses…
PH: The Far Eastern University portal hacked
Manila Bulletin reports: The Far Eastern University’s (FEU) portal data was leaked by a hacker group Tuesday night. In a facebook post, FEU’s Kadiwa Student Coalition said a hacker group named Pinoy Grayhats is responsible of the leakage of 1,000 FEU student data. Read more on MB.com. A report on Rappler.com adds more detail: Meanwhile,…
Google Alerts catches fake data breach notes pushing malware
Ionut Ilascu reports: Fraudsters recently have started to push fake data breach notifications for big company names to distribute malware and scams. They’re mixing black SEO, Google Sites, and spam pages to direct users to dangerous locations. Google Alerts helps to spread these fake notifications as the service monitors search results for user-defined keywords. Scammers created…
Senate Approves Sinema Bipartisan Bill Supporting Identity Theft Victims
Hannah Hurley reports: Sinema’s bill creates a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration to resolve identity theft cases more easily. The U.S.Senate unanimously approved Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s and Republican Senator Chuck Grassley’s (Iowa) Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act. Their bipartisan bill cuts red tape and creates…
People Are Worth $1,285 on the Dark Web, New Study by Privacy Affairs Finds
A new press release by Privacy Affairs offers an updated estimate about what we are worth on the dark web. The researchers’ Dark Web Price Index indicates: Online banking logins cost an average of $35 Full credit card details including associated data cost $12-20 A full range of documents and account details allowing identity theft can be…
Boffins find that over nine out of ten ‘ethical’ hackers are being a bit naughty when it comes to cloud services
Thomas Claburn reports: Infosec pros and hackers regularly abuse cloud service providers to conduct reconnaissance and attacks, despite efforts by cloud providers to limit such activity. In a recent research paper titled “Cloud as an Attack Platform” [PDF], five boffins from Texas Tech University – Moitrayee Chatterjee, Prerit Datta, Faranak Abri, Akbar Siami-Namin, and Keith…