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A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison Breach

Krebs on Security

As first reported by KrebsOnSecurity on July 19, 2015 , a group calling itself the “ Impact Team ” released data sampled from millions of users, as well as maps of internal company servers, employee network account information, company bank details and salary information. 18, 2015, the Impact Team posted a “Time’s up!”

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Number of hacktivist attacks declined by 95 percent since 2015

Security Affairs

According to a study conducted by IBM, the number of hacktivist attacks that caused quantifiable damage has declined by 95 percent since 2015. Researchers analyzed data collected by IBM’s X-Force threat intelligence unit between 2015 and 2019. X-Force data shows only eight Anonymous attacks in 2015 and 2016, and only one in 2018.

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Ticketmaster will pay $10 Million fine over hacking a competitor

Security Affairs

Ticketmaster agreed to pay a $10 million fine for hacking into the computer system of the startup rival CrowdSurge. The news is disturbing, Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million fine after being charged with illegally accessing computer systems into the computer system of the startup rival CrowdSurge. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Crooks stole $10 million from Norway’s state investment fund Norfund

Security Affairs

Norway’s state investment fund, Norfund, suffered a business email compromise (BEC) attack, hackers stole $10 million. Hackers stole $10 million from Norway’s state investment fund, Norfund, in a business email compromise (BEC) attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Windows 10 October 2018 Update could cause CCleaner stop working

Security Affairs

Users are reporting problems with the CCleaner software that appears to be partially broken after the installation of Windows 10 October 2018 Update. Other users discovered that some files on their machines were deleted after the Windows 10 October 2018 Update was installed. Security Affairs – Windows 10 October 2018 Update ).

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A member of the FIN7 group was sentenced to 10 years in prison

Security Affairs

Fedir Hladyr (35), a Ukrainian national was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in the financially motivated group FIN7, aka Carbanak. The post A member of the FIN7 group was sentenced to 10 years in prison appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the press release published by DoJ. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Coronavirus-themed attacks May 10 – May 16, 2020

Security Affairs

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from May 10 to May 16, 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Coronavirus-themed attacks May 10 – May 16, 2020 appeared first on Security Affairs. Below a list of attacks detected this week.