T-Mobile is the latest in a string of high profile organisations targeted by the Lapsus$ gang. It is reported this time that they stole valuable source code. T-Mobile hit by data breaches from Lapsus$ extortion group | TechRepublic The operation appears to have originated with a social engineering attack directed …
Hacked! Do you use Mailchimp? We do. UPDATED 26 4 2022
(Some of you may be reading this post because we sent you the link using MailChimp!) The post was first published on 5 April 2022 Update 26 4 2022 Now Mailchimp’s owners, Intuit, are being sued for alleged losses arising through the theft of crypto-currency from one or more digital …
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Theft via Instagram – just promise something “to good to be true”
Nothing complicated about this – a simple scam, abusing people’s trust to net $3m. Send a message, pretend to be someone you are not, provide a malicious link and promise the victim something “free”. Crooks steal NFTs ‘worth $3m’ in Bored Ape Yacht Club heist • The Register It could …
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Yes people do track a top ten for malware. Do you want to know what the #1 is?
It’s Emotet – this is obviously where the cyber-criminals are making their money. Emotet reestablishes itself at the top of the malware world • The Register Emotet is operated by an operation called Cryptolaemus, and they have been developing the code to bring the malware back after it had been …
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What do cyber-criminals want when they send you a phishing email?
Following research by Check Point it seems half the time they want to steal your LinkedIn credentials. So the takeaway from this is – if an unexpected email directs you to a LinkedIn log-in or requests your LinkedIn credentials then the chances are you have been had. QUIT before giving …
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