InfoSec News Nuggets 11/21/2024

Fake Discount Sites Exploit Black Friday to Hijack Shopper Information A new phishing campaign is targeting e-commerce shoppers in Europe and the United States with bogus pages that mimic legitimate brands with the goal of stealing their personal information ahead of the Black Friday shopping season. "The campaign leveraged the heightened online shopping activity in November, the peak season for Black Friday discounts. The threat actor used fake discounted products as phishing lures to deceive…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 4/22/2024

Cybercriminals threaten to leak all 5 million records from stolen database of high-risk individuals The World-Check database used by businesses to verify the trustworthiness of users has fallen into the hands of cybercriminals. The Register was contacted by a member of the GhostR group on Thursday, claiming responsibility for the theft. The authenticity of the claims was later verified by a spokesperson for the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), which maintains the database. A spokesperson said…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 08/26/2021

Chinese auto-maker accused of altering data after fatal autonomous car accident Police are investigating an electrical vehicle company in China following claims that car data was tampered with following a fatal collision. On August 12, 31 year old Lin Wenqin was using the driver assistance feature on his Nio ES8 when he was involved in a fatal car crash. Chinese state-owned media Global Times reported Lin's car had collided with a construction vehicle on the Shenhai Expressway. On…
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