Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
BreachForums is a site that shares stolen data between threat actors – and it is expanding mainly due to the “billion record Chinese hack” being shared there: Billion-record Chinese data leak’s host booms • The Register Don’t let your organisation’s information end up there!
This a data breach of sensitive client information from the finance company LendingTree – the data is apparently for sale on the Dark Web: LendingTree denies connection to data breach affecting 200,000, but confirms a different one – The Record by Recorded Future
This post was first published on 5 July 2022. The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is calling for improved cyber security, in the country following the unprecedented alleged data theft by ChinaDan: Security warning after sale of stolen Chinese data – BBC News Details of the theft are starting to be …
I have just written this article, showing that more than 24billion stolen credentials are available for sale on the dark web: Now here is a voice mail phishing attack that is designed to steal your Microsoft credentials – so they can join the other 24 billion on the Dark Web: …
Continue reading “Threat actors come up with yet another way to steal your Microsoft credentials…”
Here are a couple of connected articles about how easy it is for even inexperienced threat actors, let alone state sponsored ones, to access the raw materials they need to carry out cyber security attacks. The Dark Web is a market like any other – well almost… If you need …
The prolific cyber criminal gang is back in the news – if it was ever out. Conti spotted working on exploits for Intel ME flaws • The Register The data extortion gang Karakurt is believed to be associated with the Conti gang. Not ransomware this time that encrypts your data …
Here is something I read during the week. I find these types of articles put some perspective on our cybersecurity services. It just started as a competition… the knock on effect is that it impacts millions of lives. An Origin Story: Darkode – The Record by Recorded Future
