Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

Experts found a DB containing sensitive health insurance data belonging to customers of US insurance giant Humana. An SQL database containing what appears to be highly sensitive health insurance data of more than 6,000 patients has been leaked on a popular hacker forum.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

Magellan Health, a for-profit managed health care and insurance firm, was the victim of a ransomware attack. Magellan Health is a for-profit managed health care and insurance firm that ranks 417 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest US corporations by total revenue. Magellan Health Inc.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The company announced to have taken steps to improve the security of its infrastructure after the security breach, such as the adoption of multi-factor authentication protocols, performing an enterprise-wide password reset, and the deployment of endpoint detection solutions. ” continues the notification. ” concludes the letter.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Sometimes browser spellcheckers leak passwords : When using major web browsers like Chrome and Edge, your form data is transmitted to Google and Microsoft, respectively, should enhanced spellcheck features be enabled.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In reality, the fraudster initiates a transaction — such as the “forgot password” feature on the financial institution’s site — which is what generates the authentication passcode delivered to the member. The fraudster then uses Zelle to transfer the victim’s funds to others.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The disclosure comes almost a year after Citrix acknowledged that digital intruders had broken in by probing its employee accounts for weak passwords. How would your organization hold up to a password spraying attack? As the Citrix hack shows, if you don’t know you should probably check, and then act on the results accordingly.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

. “However, VF does not collect or retain in its IT systems any consumer social security numbers, bank account information or payment card information as part of its direct-to-consumer practices, and, while the investigation remains ongoing, VF has not detected any evidence to date that any consumer passwords were acquired by the threat actor.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

According to the CISA’s report , Iranian hackers from an unnamed APT group are employing several known web shells, in attacks on IT, government, healthcare, financial, and insurance organizations across the United States. The malware used by the threat actors includes the ChunkyTuna, Tiny, and China Chopper web shells.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2020

Researchers at cybernews.com recently uncovered an unsecured Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket that contains more than 36,000 documents, including scans of passports, credit cards, and health insurance cards. What data is in the bucket? At the time of discovery, the data bucket contained 7,515 PDF and 25,895 JPG files.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

A reader who was recently the victim of unemployment insurance fraud said he was told he should create an account at the Department of Homeland Security ‘s myE-Verify website , and place a lock on his Social Security number (SSN) to minimize the chances that ID thieves might abuse his identity for employment fraud in the future.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

The database was posted on a different underground forum and contained 12,344 records of the card shop admins, sellers and buyers including their nicknames, hashed passwords, contact details, history of activity, and current balance. Cardshop users, however, were recommended to change the passwords shortly after the breach report came out.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Since many people use the same passwords or patterns when generating passwords, hackers have more and more opportunities to gain access to sensitive company data. Password manager tools allow organizations and their employees to seamlessly and securely handle login credentials. Best Password Manager Tools.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

. “Through proactive surveillance, LifeLabs recently identified a cyber-attack that involved unauthorized access to our computer systems with customer information that could include name, address, email, login, passwords, date of birth, health card number and lab test results.” ” said Brown.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4 Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2024

The county deployed an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tool across all servers and endpoints, enforced password changes for all users, and blocked traffic to and from identified malicious IP addresses. diagnosis or conditions information) and health insurance information may be exposed.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

TFS offers various financial products, including auto loans, leases, and insurance solutions. Leaked sample data includes financial documents, invoices, hashed account passwords, passport scans, and more. It is a subsidiary of Toyota and provides a range of financial services to Toyota customers and dealerships worldwide.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2023

TFS offers various financial products, including auto loans, leases, and insurance solutions. Leaked sample data includes financial documents, invoices, hashed account passwords, passport scans, and more. It is a subsidiary of Toyota and provides a range of financial services to Toyota customers and dealerships worldwide.

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WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

A USPS data leak, Windows passwords go bye-bye, and more security news this week.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

We also offer you AD-Recon for all the target network with passwords.” TFS offers various financial products, including auto loans, leases, and insurance solutions. Leaked sample data includes financial documents, invoices, hashed account passwords, passport scans, and more.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2023

“ Credential stuffing is a type of attack in which hackers use automation and lists of compromised usernames and passwords to defeat authentication and authorization mechanisms, with the end goal of account takeover (ATO) and/or data exfiltration.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

” The company notified urged employees to change their user passwords. The company forced a password reset and is implementing multifactor authentication for all users of its systems. We are alerting you to this situation now that the involvement of your personal medical information has been confirmed.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

“Sources said the county is in the process of paying the $500,000 ransom as it’s insured for such attacks.” “BleepingComputer was also told that the ransomware gang advised Delaware County to change all of their passwords and modify their Windows domain configuration to include safeguards from the Mimikatz program.”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

A California company that helps telemarketing firms avoid getting sued for violating a federal law that seeks to curb robocalls has leaked the phone numbers, email addresses and passwords of all its customers, as well as the mobile phone numbers and other data on people who have hired lawyers to go after telemarketers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

The images include scans of government-issued IDs, retail club membership and loyalty cards, NRA membership cards, gift cards, credit cards with all details exposed (including CVV), medical insurance cards, medical marijuana ID cards, and more. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Viable choices such as hard tokens allow access to software and verifies identity with a physical device instead of authentication codes or passwords. Update or draft an incident response plan, in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy and security rules.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2019

. “We are working closely with the Diocese and its insurance program to file a claim in the hopes that Marous Brothers Construction can receive their payment quickly and we can bring this important project for our parish to a positive completion,” Stec said in the letter. ” Stec added. billion” reads the report.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

com — from a desktop web browser redirects the visitor to a harmless page with ads for car insurance quotes. ” After clicking “Pay Now,” the visitor is prompted to verify their identity by providing their Social Security number, driver’s license number, email address and email password.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

The company reset passwords of the affected customers and reported the intrusion to law enforcement. “We carry cybersecurity insurance, subject to applicable deductibles and policy limits. Our investigation has also identified evidence of unauthorized access to files containing personal information relating to you.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

is perhaps better known as the online identity verification service that many states now use to help staunch the loss of billions of dollars in unemployment insurance and pandemic assistance stolen each year by identity thieves. 18, 2021 the agency stopped allowing new accounts to be created with only a username and password.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 7, 2019

. “I would recommend everyone reach out to their insurance provider,” said one dentist based in Denver. “No help from my insurance. “I was told by CTS that I would have to pay the ransom to get my corrupted files back.” Still not working, great loss of income, patients are mad, staff even worse.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

In August, the LockBit ransomware group added Wabtec to the list of victims on its Tor leak site and published samples of stolen data as proof of the hack.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Cyber Insurance: US cyber insurance premiums soared by 50% in 2022, reaching $7.2 As a precaution, they revoked all security certificates and passwords for their web portal. Data Breach Costs: The average global cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 million, up 15% in three years. The US topped the list at $5.09

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

For the past three years, the source — we’ll call him “Bill” to preserve his requested anonymity — has been watching one group of threat actors that is mass-testing millions of usernames and passwords against the world’s major email providers each day. ” The Gift Card Gang’s Footprint. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The second campaign from 2021 to 2022, targeted high-profile victims in the defense, aviation, insurance, and urban development industries in Taiwan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Ukraine. . The malware was embedded in a password-protected archive attached to the messages.

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IT Governance

JULY 30, 2024

According to Parametrix , an insurance company specialising in Cloud outages, cyber insurance policies likely cover up to 10–20% of losses only. That’s a 48-digit password – 8 pairs of 6 digits. Then there’s insurance. In just a few days, between 18 and 22 July, CrowdStrike ($CRWD) lost 23.1% of its share price.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

.” Constella Intelligence , a company that tracks exposed databases, finds that 774748@gmail.com was used in connection with just a handful of passwords, but most frequently the password “ featar24 “ Pivoting off of that password reveals a handful of email addresses, including akafitis@gmail.com. ru in 2008.

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