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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

Krebs on Security

State officials said they found out about the hack from federal law enforcement on October 10, 2012. ” “Bank account information, SSN and all other information,” Rescator’s sales thread on the Russian-language crime forum Embargo read. said investigators determined the breach began on Aug. Who is Rescator?

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Volkswagen discloses data breach, 3.3 million customers impacted

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Volkswagen America discloses a data breach suffered by a third-party vendor used by the car vendor for sales and marketing purposes. The security breach affected a subsidiary Audi and authorized dealers in the U.S. “This included information gathered for sales and marketing purposes from 2014 to 2019. .

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La Porte County finally opted to pay $130,000 Ransom

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Immediately after the attack, the county reported the incident to the FBI and was working with experts of some security firms to investigate the attack and mitigate the threat. ” It seems that $100,000 out of $130,000 are being covered by insurance. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Threat actors using FrameworkPOS malware in POS attacks

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Security experts at Morphisec observed a wave of attacks against point-of-sale (PoS) thin clients using card data scraping malware and the Cobalt Strike beacon. Over the past 8-10 weeks, security experts at Morphisec observed multiple sophisticated attacks targeting PoS thin clients worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. The records also reveal how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments. million users. Uber blames LAPSUS$ for the intrusion.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

So here it is - 10 Personal Financial Lessons for Technology Professionals. I don't just mean at the crazy rich end of the scale (4 of the world's top 10 richest people did it in tech - Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg and Ellison), but at all levels of our profession. Intro: This Industry Rocks!

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Group-IB presents its annual report on global threats to stability in cyberspace

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The threat actor mainly targets insurance, consulting, and construction companies. Many telecom operators are Managed Service Providers and provide security services to government and commercial organizations. million dumps put up for sale, i.e. 46% more than last year. The energy sector: Hidden threats. Pierluigi Paganini.

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