Tag: cybercrime
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News: Law enforcement shuts down 27 DDoS booters ahead of annual Christmas attacks
Source URL: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/law-enforcement-shuts-down-27-ddos-booters-ahead-of-annual-christmas-attacks Source: News Title: Law enforcement shuts down 27 DDoS booters ahead of annual Christmas attacks Feedly Summary: Known as ‘booter’ and ‘stresser’ websites, these platforms enabled cybercriminals and hacktivists to flood targets with illegal traffic, rendering websites and other web-based services inaccessible.This multifaceted operation, coordinated by Europol and involving 15 countries, targeted…
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The Register: Heart surgery device maker’s security bypassed, data encrypted and stolen
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/artivion_security_incident/ Source: The Register Title: Heart surgery device maker’s security bypassed, data encrypted and stolen Feedly Summary: Sounds like th-aorta get this sorted quickly A manufacturer of devices used in heart surgeries says it’s dealing with “a cybersecurity incident" that bears all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…
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The Register: Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/aws_credentials_stolen/ Source: The Register Title: Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket Feedly Summary: ShinyHunters-linked heist thought to have been ongoing since March Exclusive A massive online heist targeting AWS customers during which digital crooks abused misconfigurations in public websites and stole source code, thousands of…
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Krebs on Security: U.S. Offered $10M for Hacker Just Arrested by Russia
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/u-s-offered-10m-for-hacker-just-arrested-by-russia/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: U.S. Offered $10M for Hacker Just Arrested by Russia Feedly Summary: In January 2022, KrebsOnSecurity identified a Russian man named Mikhail Matveev as “Wazawaka," a cybercriminal who was deeply involved in the formation and operation of multiple ransomware groups. The U.S. government indicted Matveev as a top…
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Krebs on Security: Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/why-phishers-love-new-tlds-like-shop-top-and-xyz/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz Feedly Summary: Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) — such as .shop, .top, .xyz —…
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The Register: Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/03/ncsc_annual_review/ Source: The Register Title: Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns Feedly Summary: National cyber emergencies increased threefold this year The number of security threats in the UK that hit the country’s National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) maximum severity threshold has tripled compared to the…