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Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months

February 19, 2020 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, citrix systems, cve-2019-19781, Data Breaches, FBI, shitrix

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:55:04 +0000

Networking software giant Citrix Systems says malicious hackers were inside its networks for five months between 2018 and 2019, making off with personal and financial data on company employees, contractors, interns, job candidates and their dependents. The disclosure comes almost a year after Citrix acknowledged that digital intruders had broken in by probing its employee accounts for weak passwords.

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FBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year

February 13, 2020 0 Comments 2fa, BEC, eac, extortion, fake tech support, FBI, IC3, internet crime report, investment fraud schemes, Law & order, payroll funds, phishing, rat, scams, security threats, smishing, spoofing, tech support

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:45:23 +0000

The FBI’s Internet Crime Report shows that business email comprise is the biggest money-maker for cybercriminals.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/z_YNbnD3_LU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI director warns of sustained Russian disinformation threat

February 10, 2020 0 Comments ballot tampering, disinformation, disinformation campaigns, election meddling, fake news, FBI, Government security, nation state hacking, russia, security threats, us elections, vote fixing

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:20:55 +0000

Russia is still using social media in a sustained campaign to dabble in US affairs, according to FBI director Chris Wray.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KHa-fKvAVcA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple allegedly made nice with FBI by dropping iCloud encryption plan

January 23, 2020 0 Comments #nobackdoors, Apple, backdoors, backups, Cryptography, data loss, encryption, FBI, icloud, iOS, iPhone, keydrop, Law & order, Mobile, plesio, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:05:12 +0000

Sources told Reuters that Apple may have been convinced by arguments made during the legal fight over cracking the San Bernardino iPhone.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qyltSL5-IRc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI issues warning about lucrative fake job scams

January 23, 2020 0 Comments employment scam, fake job scams, FBI, IC3, Law & order, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:30:58 +0000

What’s the difference between a real job and a fake one found on the internet? The fake ones are suspiciously easy to get interviews for.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gAFkIxgbe1k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI seizes credentials-for-sale site WeLeakInfo.com

January 20, 2020 0 Comments credentials-for-sale, data breach, data leak, data loss, FBI, Law & order, netherlands, northern ireland, security threats, stolen credentials, stolen data, uk, US, weleakinfo.com

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:21:18 +0000

The FBI has seized the domain for WeLeakInfo.com, a site that sold breached data records, after a multinational effort by law enforcement.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/XbN7y20SIRI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI to inform election officials about hacking attempts

January 20, 2020 0 Comments election hacking, election meddling, FBI, Government security, Hacking, Law & order, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:58:29 +0000

The FBI has announced that it will tell local election officials when hackers try to infiltrate their systems.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YDB2zgAZ1YM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple says no to unlocking shooter’s phone; AG and Trump lash back

January 15, 2020 0 Comments #nobackdoors, alshamrani, Apple, attorney general william barr, backdoor, cellebrite, Cryptography, FBI, Florida, Forensics, iOS, iPhone, iphone cracking, Law & order, Mobile, mobile phone data, mohammed saeed alshamrani, murder, murderers, pensacola, Privacy, saudi royal air force, us naval base

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:52:19 +0000

Attorney General Barr and President Trump are demanding Apple unlock the mass shooter’s iPhone. Apple replies: You can’t break just 1 phone.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ZRh0_aJQATA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Alleged Member of Neo-Nazi Swatting Group Charged

January 10, 2020 0 Comments atomwaffen division, chanz, deadnet, doxbin, FBI, john william kirby kelley, Ne'er-Do-Well News, zheme

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 03:22:27 +0000

Federal investigators on Friday arrested a Virginia man accused of being part of a neo-Nazi group that targeted hundreds of people in “swatting” attacks, wherein fake bomb threats, hostage situations and other violent scenarios were phoned in to police as part of a scheme to trick them into visiting potentially deadly force on a target’s address.

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FBI asks Apple to help it unlock iPhones of naval base shooter

January 9, 2020 0 Comments #nobackdoors, Apple, cellebrite, Cryptography, dana boente, FBI, Forensics, iOS, iPhone, iphone cracking, Law & order, Mobile, mobile phone data, mohammed saeed alshamrani, murder, murderers, pensacola, Privacy, saudi royal air force, us naval base

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 11:41:31 +0000

This could signal a renewed war between Apple and law enforcement over breaking encryption.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TYQ-v0iT5FM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>