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Tag Archives: Brian Krebs
Dyn Down by DDoS
Dyn a company that provides dynamic domain name resolution (convert names into IP addresses) was threatened to shell out some bitcoin or else… Or else what? I’d like to call it an availability compromise, but in layman’s terms, an outage … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Brian Krebs, cyber risk, DDoS, dos, Dyn, hackers, hacking, Internet of Things, knock-knock, Mirai, NCSAM, reddit, robot, rosie, Security Awareness, spotify, twitter
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The Largest Distributed Denial of Service, EVER! (A Robot Knock-Knock Description)
Denial of Service explained: Computers respond to network traffic, generally. If there was a computer on my network that wanted to talk to my computer, that computer would put out a request to talk to my computer over the network, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Brian Krebs, cyber risk, DDoS, dos, hackers, hacking, Internet of Things, knock-knock, Mirai, NCSAM, robot, rosie, Security Awareness
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Oracle Systems Breached… MICROS Point of Sale Systems’ Customer Portal Breached
Oracle had their computer systems breached and that lead to the compromise of the MICROS customer service portal. The MICROS customer service portal system had traffic going to a server owned/operated by Carbanak. MICROS is owned by Oracle’s retail division. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, breach, Brian Krebs, Carbanak, data breach, hacked, malware, Oracle
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Verizon Breached. Check!
Creator of the infamous Data Breach Investigations Report has themselves been breached. Contacted about the posting, Verizon Enterprise told KrebsOnSecurity that the company recently identified a security flaw in its site that permitted hackers to steal customer contact information, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, breach, breach report, Brian Krebs, data breaches, dbir, verizon
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IRS and Seagate?
The Internal Revenue Service issued an alert on March 1st, 2016, to payroll and human resources professionals to be aware of an emerging phishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests personal information on employees. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Brian Krebs, fraud, IRS, phishing, Security Awareness, tax, tax refund, w2s
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The IRS
Multiple sources, such as Krebs and Ars Technica, report that a lot of fraudulent activity has focused around the Get Transcript app on the IRS website. To obtain a transcript online, all that was needed to start the process was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Anthem, breach, Brian Krebs, fraud, hacked, IRS
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RSA Conference 2015
I just got back from the RSA Conference at the Moscone center this week with a full pass. It’s my first time and this place is unbelievably packed! The moscone center is huge! The after parties are the places to be, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Krebs, Bruce Schneier, Kevin Mitnick, Moscone Center, RSA Conference, San Francisco
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Intuit’s Turbo Tax
Was shut down to investigate if there was a breach as many had logged in to find that their refunds were already claimed. It was found that no breach occurred. According to Brian Krebs, both Turbo Tax and H&RBlock credentials … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Brian Krebs, credentials, phishing, Security Awareness, tax refund
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Spear Phishing
Cyber thieves stole nearly $215 million from businesses in the last 14 months using email scams. Once a high level exec has his or her email compromised, the bad guys lurk, learn the schedules, learn the business, learn the business … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, Brian Krebs, cybercrime, email, hackers, phishing, Security Awareness, spoof
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Organized Crime Hackers Hit OneStopParking.com
According to KrebsOnSecurity, OneStopParKing has been breached. Many banks reported to Brian that cards with fraudulent charges have all been used at OneStopParking.com. The stolen card data that bank sources traced back are among hundreds or thousands that went on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, breach, Brian Krebs, credit card, home depot, target
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