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2019-05-01 10:13:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Mystery database exposes data on 80 million US households

Put on your detective hat - the researchers who found it say it's full of people's data, but not who it belongs to.

Data Loss Microsoft Privacy Security Threats Data Leak
2019-05-01 09:49:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Crooks using hacked Microsoft email accounts to steal cryptocurrency

Hacked Microsoft email accounts are being used by criminals to compromise victims' cryptocurrency exchange accounts and empty their funds.

Cryptography Microsoft Security Threats Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Email Hacking Kraken
2019-04-30 22:20:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Financial Data for Multiple Companies Dumped Online in Failed Extortion Bid

Potential victims reportedly include Oracle, Volkswagen, Airbus and Porsche.

2019-04-30 22:15:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Database Leaks, Network Traffic Top Data Exfiltration Methods

Intellectual property and personally identifiable information tie for the type of data IT practitioners are worried about losing.

2019-04-30 21:50:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Confluence Vulnerability Opens Door to GandCrab

An exploit of the vulnerability offers attackers a ransomware surface that doesn't need email.

2019-04-30 21:24:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Fake Jason Statham Bilks a Fan Out of Serious Money

A scam version of the actor convinced a woman he was in love with her.

Facebook Web Security Con Artist Facebook Fan Page Fan Fraud Jason Statham Money Romance Scam
2019-04-30 20:13:00 UTC
Krebs on Security
Krebs on Security
Data: E-Retail Hacks More Lucrative Than Ever

For many years and until quite recently, credit card data stolen from online merchants has been worth far less in the cybercrime underground than cards pilfered from hacked brick-and-mortar stores. But new data suggests that over the past year, the economics of supply-and-demand have helped to double the average price fetched by card-not-present data, meaning cybercrooks now have far more incentive than ever to target e-commerce stores.

A Little Sunshine Data Breaches The Coming Storm CVVs Dumps Gemini Advisory Stas Alforov Ticketstorm Trustwave
2019-04-30 19:43:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
New Electrum DDoS botnet steals $4.6M after infecting 152,000 hosts

By Ryan De Souza

The majority of the bots are located in Brazil and Peru but the number of victims is constantly increasing across diverse regions. Threat actors who previously targeted cryptocurrency wallets through Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have now launched another malware loader to facilitate their botnet Trojan. This time, they have used the Smoke Loader […]

This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Electrum DDoS botnet steals $4.6M after infecting 152,000 hosts

Malware Security Bitcoin Botnet Cryptocurrency DDOS Electrum Hacking Security
2019-04-30 19:20:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
New ‘Sodinokibi’ Ransomware Exploits Critical Oracle WebLogic Flaw

A recently-patched critical flaw in Oracle WebLogic is being actively exploited to peddle a new ransomware variant, which researchers call "Sodinokibi."

Malware Vulnerabilities Critical Vulnerability HTTP Connection Malware Oracle Oracle Weblogic Ransomware Sodinokibi Ransomware Weblogic Server
2019-04-30 18:37:00 UTC
Ars Technica
Ars Technica
Bloomberg alleges Huawei routers and network gear are backdoored

Details are scarce, but the "backdoor" appears to be benign.

Biz & IT Tech 5G Backdoors China Cyberwar Huawei Security Vulnerabilities

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