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Interview With Satish Ramakrishnan – MinIO
Interview With Satish Ramakrishnan – MinIO
Aviva Zacks of Safety Detectives got the chance to chat with Satish Ramakrishnan, Senior Executive of MinIO. She asked him about his company’s Object Store. Safety Detectives: What motivated you to have security be a foundational...
Phishing Attacks Target Countries Assisting Ukrainian Refugees
Phishing Attacks Target Countries Assisting Ukrainian Refugees
A spear-phishing campaign has been targeting European government personnel providing logistics support to Ukrainian refugees. According to American cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, the attackers use “possibly compromised” email acco...
Meta: Ukrainian Officials and Military Were Targeted by Ghostwriter Hackers
Meta: Ukrainian Officials and Military Were Targeted by Ghostwriter Hackers
Meta said on Feb. 27 that it took down accounts used by a Belarusian-linked hacking group (UNC1151 or Ghostwriter) to target Ukrainian officials and military personnel on Facebook. In November, Mandiant security researchers linked...
Ransomware Used as Decoy in Malware Data-Wiping Attacks on Ukraine
Ransomware Used as Decoy in Malware Data-Wiping Attacks on Ukraine
The data-wiping malware used in attacks on Ukrainian networks on Wednesday before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine early on Thursday was, in some cases, accompanied by a Golang-based ransomware decoy. “In several attacks Symantec has...
Citibank Phishing Scheme Uses Fake Suspension Alerts to Lure Customers
Citibank Phishing Scheme Uses Fake Suspension Alerts to Lure Customers
According to multiple reports, a large-scale phishing scheme has targeted customers of Citibank, requesting victims to disclose sensitive personal details in order to lift alleged account holds. The campaign used emails that featu...
FTC: US Consumer Reportedly Lost More Than $5.8 Billion to Fraud in 2021
FTC: US Consumer Reportedly Lost More Than $5.8 Billion to Fraud in 2021
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Wednesday that American consumers reported losses of more than $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021, which is an increase of 70% compared to the reported losses in 2020. In total, the FTC add...
Ukrainian Police Arrest Phishing Group that Stole Credit Card Information from More Than 70,000 People
Ukrainian Police Arrest Phishing Group that Stole Credit Card Information from More Than 70,000 People
Ukrainian cyberpolice have arrested members of a phishing group that managed to steal credit card data from at least 70,000 people after directing them to fraudulent mobile service sites. The threat actors used the stolen informat...
Anonymous ERP Platform Leaked Hundreds of Thousands of Records
Anonymous ERP Platform Leaked Hundreds of Thousands of Records
Intro The Safety Detectives cybersecurity team discovered a substantial data leak affecting an anonymous Chinese ERP software provider and exposing European customers. The unclaimed ElasticSearch server has exposed more than 300,0...
OpenSea Users Lose Over $2 Million in NFTs during Phishing Attack
OpenSea Users Lose Over $2 Million in NFTs during Phishing Attack
Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea is investigating a phishing attack on Saturday that left 17 of its users without more than 250 NFTs, worth around $2 million. NFTs represent data stored on a blockchain (Ethereum) that...
Luxury Children’s Fashion E-commerce Site Exposes Customers Worldwide
Luxury Children’s Fashion E-commerce Site Exposes Customers Worldwide
Intro The SafetyDetectives security team discovered a data breach affecting the French children’s fashion e-commerce website melijoe.com. Melijoe is a high-end children’s fashion retailer based in France. An Amazon S3 bucket owned...