Data Breach Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

Since Hydra Market Got Shuttered by Police, Russian Rivals Battle for Market Share Competition between rival Russian-language darknet markets remains fierce since police shuttered Hydra last year. The latest to fall dark is Solaris, which controlled an estimated 25% of the darknet drug trade.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

law enforcement arrested and charged the hacker who exploited Mango Markets with fraud and market manipulation. Man Claims the $110M Hack Was Merely a 'Highly Profitable Trading Strategy' U.S.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 27, 2022

discusses the need for systems and design thinking in cybersecurity marketing, how to tell your marketing story, and how systems and design thinking can lead to creative solutions. In this episode of "Cybersecurity Unplugged," Prachee Kale - a pioneer of CyberEd.io's Think.Design.Cyber.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ease of Use and Few Alternatives Keep Bringing Users Back Empire is the latest darknet market to "exit scam," meaning administrators ran away with users' cryptocurrency, leaving the market to fail. Given the ongoing risk of exit scams, as well as police often targeting such markets, why do they persist?

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Hack May Stem From Known Wallet Addressing Vulnerability A newly uncovered vulnerability in a wallet addressing tool may be the reason a hacker stole $160 million in digital assets from market maker Wintermute. The company's CEO tweeted that the company is solvent and will honor requests to repay lenders.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 14, 2023

190 'Significant' Darknet Markets Debuted in 2022 to Meet Demand, Researchers Say Despite repeated disruptions by law enforcement, underground cybercrime markets continue to thrive.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 12, 2021

Darknet Market Only Accepts Monero, Promotes Malware and Botnets, Bans Ransomware The notorious AlphaBay darknet marketplace appears to be getting rebooted by "DeSnake," who claims to have been the security administrator for the previous iteration, which law enforcement officials took down in 2017.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Global Cybercrime Market Revenue Surged to $1.7 Billion in 2020, Chainalysis Reports Darknet markets just had their best year ever, led by Hydra, which accounted for 75% of the $1.7 billion in 2020 revenue such markets generated, Chainalysis reports.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 18, 2022

Thales Plans to Extend OneWelcome Beyond Europe and into North America and Asia Thales plans to enter the customer identity and access management market through its purchase of an emerging European CIAM player.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Darknet Market Is the Latest to See Administrators Steal Users' Cryptocurrency Message to anyone who placed or fulfilled an order via the world's largest darknet market, Empire, in recent weeks: Say bye-bye to your cryptocurrency.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

M-Club Used by at Least 7 Drug-Focused Russian-Language Markets, Researchers Report Darknet markets offering illegal drugs and fraudster tools and services are thriving, despite the constant threat of law enforcement infiltration, disruption, takedown and arrests.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 10, 2022

The Atlanta-based privacy and data governance vendor says the capital markets want to see a more balanced approach between growth and profitability.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Also this week, German authorities seized the server infrastructure for the Hydra Market, a bustling underground market for illegal narcotics, stolen data and money laundering that’s been operating since 2015. ” HYDRA. Federation Tower, Moscow. Image: Evgeniy Vasilev. billion euros in 2020 alone.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Data includes Names, Addresses, Email Addresses, Phone Numbers An Israeli marketing company left the authentication credentials for a database online, exposing more than 140 GB worth of names, email addresses and phone numbers. based security specialist who became frustrated after receiving unwanted marketing messages over SMS.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 15, 2023

stock market, the latest sign of increasing unhappiness among Biden administration officials about the private sector's management of digital risk. Biden Administration Officials Show Impatience With Hacking Risk The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a slew of new cybersecurity rules for the companies underpinning the U.S.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

regulators filed a civil lawsuit against accused Mango Markets manipulator Avraham Eisenberg, who already faces criminal prosecution for allegedly stealing $114 million. CFTC Takes First-Ever Action Against an Oracle Price Manipulation Strategy U.S.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 11, 2022

Authorities Warn Healthcare, Public Health Sectors of Latest Concerns Federal authorities are warning the healthcare sector of potential threats involving Lapsus$ - including those related to the group's recent hack of Okta - and also of potential phishing attacks arising out of a recent breach experienced by email marketing services provider Mailchimp. (..)

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2023

A US national has pleaded guilty to operating the carding site Skynet Market and selling financial information belonging to tens of thousands of US victims. and ggmccloud1, pleaded guilty to operating a carding site on the dark web called Skynet Market and selling financial information belonging to tens of thousands of victims in the US.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Over at LinkedIn I’ve published a short piece on Web3 – a primer of sorts for the many marketing pals who’ve asked me “does this s**t matter!?” Marketers aren’t the only ones asking this question. So, what is Web3, and why does it matter to marketing professionals? image credit). Will it work?

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discuss how online markets selling illegal substances are moving to Android apps to evade authorities, how check fraud, first-party and AI-related fraud will increase in 2023, and how Chinese state-sponsored actors may benefit from Russia's war in Ukraine.

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KnowBe4

MAY 23, 2023

But when the news was shared by a reputable Twitter account on Monday, the market briefly dipped. The Insider reported that an apparently AI-generated photo faking an explosion near the Pentagon in D.C. went viral. The Arlington Police Department confirmed that the image and accompanying reports were fake.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 16, 2021

Unsophisticated' Code Has Scant Resemblance to WannaCry Namesake, Researchers Say Fresh ransomware targeting an unpatched Microsoft Exchange email server flaw appears to have been rushed to market by criminals trying to capitalize on new opportunities before the competition stepped in, resulting in relatively shoddy attack code, security firm Sophos (..)

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Data Matters

APRIL 27, 2023

On April 25, 2023, the UK government published the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the UK Bill). The Bill proposes wide-ranging reforms to UK competition and consumer law, including obligations for digital platforms designated with so-called “strategic market status” (SMS).

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

On 5 December 2022, the Information Commissioner’s office ( ICO ) published its new guidance on direct marketing (the Direct Marketing Guidance ). Back in 2020 the ICO published a Direct Marketing Code of Practice (the Code ) which is required under s. Use of Special Category Data for direct marketing.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 17, 2020

stock markets suffering their worst day since 1987 on Monday, most technology firms took a hit as Wall Street continues to be rattled by the COVID-19 crisis. Experts predict this will drive fresh waves of consolidation and M&A in the cybersecurity market, as well as growth in hot areas.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 26, 2021

Research Report Describes Marketplace's Evolving Tactics The Hydra darknet marketplace, which initially focused on narcotics sales, now also offers stolen credit cards, SIM cards, VPN access and cryptocurrency laundering services, with annual sales exceeding $1 billion, according to a new research report, which explains the market's tactics.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Researchers Identify 6 Underground Markets as Potential Successors Cybercriminal gangs operating darknet stolen payment card marketplaces are scrambling to attract customers from the now-closed Joker's Stash card market, according to the security firms Kela and Flashpoint.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 3, 2023

US Indicts Russian National Denis Kulkov for Authenticating Stolen Credit Cards U.S. authorities revealed the Russian man behind a two-decade span of abetting cybercriminals' theft of credit cards, dismantled his online infrastructure and offered a hefty reward for information leading to his arrest.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 16, 2023

To help companies better deliver on their marketing vision and scale their marketing business processes, managed marketing services (MMS) offshore has become a fast growing trend. What are managed marketing services (MMS)? Traditionally, business processes tied to marketing are manual tasks completed in-house and onshore.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 9, 2023

Target Does Not Appear to Have Deliberately Targeted Members of Congress A hacker has been selling data stolen from an online health insurance marketplace used by members of Congress and residents of Washington, D.C. The cause size and scope of the breach are still unknown.

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