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Cybercriminals Targeting Payroll Sites

Posted on By infossl
banking, credentials, scams, Security technology, social engineering, Uncategorized

Microsoft is warning of a scam involving online payroll systems. Criminals use social engineering to steal people’s credentials, and then divert direct deposits into accounts that they control. Sometimes they do other things to make it harder for the victim to realize what is happening. I feel like this kind of thing is happening everywhere, … Read More “Cybercriminals Targeting Payroll Sites” »

Leaving Authentication Credentials in Public Code

Posted on By infossl
credentials, Security technology, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities

Interesting article about a surprisingly common vulnerability: programmers leaving authentication credentials and other secrets in publicly accessible software code: Researchers from security firm GitGuardian this week reported finding almost 4,000 unique secrets stashed inside a total of 450,000 projects submitted to PyPI, the official code repository for the Python programming language. Nearly 3,000 projects contained … Read More “Leaving Authentication Credentials in Public Code” »

FBI (and Others) Shut Down Genesis Market

Posted on By infossl
botnets, credentials, cybercrime, fbi, law enforcement, Security technology, Uncategorized

Genesis Market is shut down: Active since 2018, Genesis Market’s slogan was, “Our store sells bots with logs, cookies, and their real fingerprints.” Customers could search for infected systems with a variety of options, including by Internet address or by specific domain names associated with stolen credentials. But earlier today, multiple domains associated with Genesis … Read More “FBI (and Others) Shut Down Genesis Market” »

Bizarro Banking Trojan

Posted on By infossl
backdoors, banking, credentials, cryptography, malware, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized

Bizarro is a new banking trojan that is stealing financial information and crypto wallets. …the program can be delivered in a couple of ways­ — either via malicious links contained within spam emails, or through a trojanized app. Using these sneaky methods, trojan operators will implant the malware onto a target device, where it will … Read More “Bizarro Banking Trojan” »

Backdoor Found in Codecov Bash Uploader

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backdoors, credentials, hacking, Security technology, supply chain, Uncategorized

Developers have discovered a backdoor in the Codecov bash uploader. It’s been there for four months. We don’t know who put it there. Codecov said the breach allowed the attackers to export information stored in its users’ continuous integration (CI) environments. This information was then sent to a third-party server outside of Codecov’s infrastructure,” the … Read More “Backdoor Found in Codecov Bash Uploader” »

Android Apps Stealing Facebook Credentials

Posted on By infossl
android, credentials, facebook, google, malware, Security technology

Google has removed 25 Android apps from its store because they steal Facebook credentials: Before being taken down, the 25 apps were collectively downloaded more than 2.34 million times. The malicious apps were developed by the same threat group and despite offering different features, under the hood, all the apps worked the same. According to … Read More “Android Apps Stealing Facebook Credentials” »

Emotat Malware Causes Physical Damage

Posted on By infossl
authentication, credentials, malware, microsoft, phishing, Security technology

Microsoft is reporting that an Emotat malware infection shut down a network by causing computers to overheat and then crash. The Emotet payload was delivered and executed on the systems of Fabrikam — a fake name Microsoft gave the victim in their case study — five days after the employee’s user credentials were exfiltrated to … Read More “Emotat Malware Causes Physical Damage” »

Chip Cards Fail to Reduce Credit Card Fraud in the US

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chipandpin, credentials, creditcards, fraud, pointofsale, Security technology

A new study finds that credit card fraud has not declined since the introduction of chip cards in the US. The majority of stolen card information comes from hacked point-of-sale terminals. The reasons seem to be twofold. One, the US uses chip-and-signature instead of chip-and-PIN, obviating the most critical security benefit of the chip. And … Read More “Chip Cards Fail to Reduce Credit Card Fraud in the US” »