20-Year-Old BreachForums Founder Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison
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Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the 20-year-old founder and the administrator of the now-defunct BreachForums has been formally charged in the U.S. with conspiracy to commit access device fraud.
If proven...
Five Steps to Mitigate the Risk of Credential Exposure
By: The Hacker News
Every year, billions of credentials appear online, be it on the dark web, clear web, paste sites, or in data dumps shared by cybercriminals. These credentials...
French Electricity Provider Fined for Storing Users’ Passwords with Weak MD5 Algorithm
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The French data protection watchdog on Tuesday fined electricity provider Électricité de France €600,000 for violating the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements.
The Commission nationale...
Western Digital Hit by Network Security Breach – Critical Services Disrupted!
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Apr 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Data Security
Data storage devices maker Western Digital on Monday disclosed a "network security incident" that involved unauthorized access to its systems.
The breach...
How to Identify a Cyber Adversary: What to Look For
Cyber-incident attribution gets a lot of attention, for good reasons. Identifying the actor(s) behind an attack enables taking legal or political action against the adversary and helps cybersecurity researchers...
CISA Warns of Daixin Team Hackers Targeting Health Organizations With Ransomware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have published a joint advisory warning of attacks perpetrated by a cybercrime gang known as the Daixin Team primarily targeting the healthcare...
Hacker Behind Optus Breach Releases 10,200 Customer Records in Extortion Scheme
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Monday disclosed it's working to gather "crucial evidence" and that it's collaborating with overseas law enforcement authorities following the hack of...
GoDaddy Data Breach Exposes Over 1 Million WordPress Customers’ Data
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Web hosting giant GoDaddy on Monday disclosed a data breach that resulted in the unauthorized access of data belonging to a total of 1.2 million active and...
Robinhood Trading App Suffers Data Breach Exposing 7 Million Users’ Information
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Robinhood on Monday disclosed a security breach affecting approximately 7 million customers, roughly a third of its user base, that resulted in unauthorized access of personal information...
Cybersecurity Agencies Warn Against IDOR Bugs Exploited for Data Breaches
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Jul 28, 2023THNSoftware Security / Data Safety
Cybersecurity agencies in Australia and the U.S. have published a joint cybersecurity advisory warning against security flaws in web applications that could...
