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It Might Be Our Data, But It’s Not Our Breach

August 11 2022 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, alex holden, Hold Security, Lawrence Abrams, Security, The Coming Storm

A cybersecurity firm says it has intercepted a large, unique stolen data set containing the names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security Numbers and dates of birth on...

Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part II: The Office

March 2 2022 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Lawrence Abrams, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ransomware, Security, The Coming Storm

Earlier this week, a Ukrainian security researcher leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat logs from Conti, one of the more rapacious and ruthless ransomware gangs in operation...

How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords

October 13 2021 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, alex holden, Hold Security, Lawrence Abrams, Security, The Coming Storm, Web Fraud 2.0

A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete the login process. It also shows that phishers are...

Patch Tuesday, October 2021 Edition

October 12 2021 By BrianKrebs in Apple, Lawrence Abrams, Satnam Narang, Security, Tenable, Time to Patch

Microsoft today issued updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in active...

Ransom Gangs Emailing Victim Customers for Leverage

April 5 2021 By BrianKrebs in Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Lawrence Abrams, Ransomware, rEvil, Security, The Coming Storm

Some of the top ransomware gangs are deploying a new pressure tactic to push more victim organizations into paying an extortion demand: Emailing the victim's customers and partners directly,...

REvil Ransomware Gang Starts Auctioning Victim Data

June 2 2020 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Lawrence Abrams, Ransomware, Security, Sodin, Sodinokibi

The criminal group behind the REvil ransomware enterprise has begun auctioning off sensitive data stolen from companies hit by its malicious software. The move marks an escalation in tactics...

Ransomware Hit ATM Giant Diebold Nixdorf

May 11 2020 By BrianKrebs in BleepingComputer, Diebold Nixdorf, Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Lawrence Abrams, ProLock ransomware, Ransomware

Diebold Nixdorf, a major provider of automatic teller machines (ATMs) and payment technology to banks and retailers, recently suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted some operations. The company says...