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Hackers threaten to leak a copy of the World-Check database used to assess potential risks associated with entities

Security Affairs

Compromised data vary by individuals and organizations, it includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers, and more. Curiously, in 2011, Thomson Reuters acquired World-Check, then in October 2018, Thomson Reuters closed a deal with The Blackstone Group.

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Anonymous hacked Russian PSCB Commercial Bank and companies in the energy sector

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TB archive via DDoSecrets that contains 1.23 The collective has released a 542 GB archive via DDoSecrets that contains 229,000 emails and 630,000 files from the Petersburg Social Commercial Bank. TB archive via DDoSecrets that contains nearly 1.1 The collective has released a 1.7 millions emails from the company.

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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?

Krebs on Security

One from May 2011 at onlineprnews.com sings the praises of Weblistingsinc.info , weblistingsinc.org and web-listings.net in the same release, and lists the point of contact simply as “Mark.” Cached versions of this site from 2011 show it naming Web Listings Inc. employed a number of people involved in the SEO business.

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Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT enhanced its POWERSTAR Backdoor

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Security firm Volexity observed the Iran-linked Charming Kitten (aka APT35 , Phosphorus , Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team) group using an updated version of the PowerShell backdoor POWERSTAR in a spear-phishing campaign. The attackers sent the password for the RAR archive in a separate email.

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

Much of my reporting on Vrublevsky’s cybercrime empire came from several years worth of internal ChronoPay emails and documents that were leaked online in 2010 and 2011. ru — sold a variety of consulting services, including IT security assessments, code and system audits, and email marketing. Kink,” “Mr. Heppner,” and “Ms.

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Experts warn of a spike in APT35 activity and a possible link to Memento ransomware op

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The Cybereason Nocturnus Team observed a spike in the activity of the Iran-linked APT group APT35 (aka ‘ Charming Kitten ‘, ‘ Phosphorus ‘, Newscaster , and Ajax Security Team). Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011.

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Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed online

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The data was found by Sanyam Jain, a security researcher and member of the GDI Foundation, who contacted TechCrunch because he was able to contact the owner of the archive. . This security breach put millions of Facebook users at risk of fraudulent activities, including SIM-swapping attacks and spam calls. Pierluigi Paganini.

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