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Everyone remembers the Yahoo breach — it was simply historical and created mass hysteria at the time. The company ultimately confirmed in late 2017 that, following an alleged state-sponsored attack, all user accounts had been breached – tha… Continue reading Yahoo settles for $47 million in litigation following data breach of 3 billion accounts
Karim Baratov, a 22-year-old Kazakhstan-born Canadian citizen, has pleaded guilty to hacking charges over his involvement in massive 2014 Yahoo data breach that affected all three billion yahoo accounts.
In March, the US Justice Department announced c… Continue reading 22-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to 2014 Yahoo Hack, Admits Helping Russian Intelligence
The largest known hack of user data in the history just got tripled in size.
Yahoo, the internet company that’s acquired by Verizon this year, now believes the total number of accounts compromised in the August 2013 data breach, which was disclosed in December last year, was not 1 billion—it’s 3 Billion.
Yes, the record-breaking Yahoo data breach affected every user on its service at the
Continue reading It’s 3 Billion! Yes, Every Single Yahoo Account Was Hacked In 2013 Data Breach
The FBI’s most wanted cybercriminal — who was indicted by the Justice Department for helping Russian intelligence break into Yahoo’s digital infrastructure — has repeatedly taken advantage of self-inflicted security mistakes made by private companies in order to compromise targets, according to Chris McNab, co-founder of AlphaSOC. FBI agents told reporters Wednesday that the 2014 Yahoo breach possibly began with 29-year-old Latvian native Alexsey Belan sending a routine phishing email sent to a “semi-privileged” employee. It appears that the attacker was able to progressively gain access to new systems after entering the company’s network via a malicious attachment. As a former employee of NCC Group, McNab responded to a data breach in 2012 that Belan was also allegedly behind. McNab wrote about Belan’s hacking tactics, techniques and procedures, which he discovered during that investigation in a blog post published Monday. McNab’s article provides some rare insight into how Belan, also known as […]
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In the digital world, it just takes one click to get the keys to the kingdom.
Do you know spear-phishing was the only secret weapon behind the biggest data breach in the history?
It’s true, as one of the Yahoo employees fell victim to a simple phishing attack and clicked one wrong link that let the hackers gain a foothold in the company’s internal networks.
You may be familiar with phishing
Continue reading Yahoo! Hack! How It Took Just One-Click to Execute Biggest Data Breach in History
The 2014 Yahoo hack disclosed late last year that compromised over 500 million Yahoo user accounts was believed to be carried out by a state-sponsored hacking group.
Now, two Russian intelligence officers and two criminal hackers have been charged by … Continue reading US Charges Two Russian Spies & Two Hackers For Hacking 500 Million Yahoo Accounts
Has Yahoo rebuilt your trust again?
If yes, then you need to think once again, as the company is warning its users of another hack.
Last year, Yahoo admitted two of the largest data breaches on record. One of which that took place in 2013 disclosed p… Continue reading Yahoo Hacked Once Again! Quietly Warns Affected Users About New Attack
Recently Yahoo disclosed a three-year-old massive data breach in its company that exposed personal details associated with more than 1 Billion user accounts, which is said to be the largest data breach of any company ever.
The new development in Yahoo… Continue reading 1-Billion Yahoo Users’ Database Reportedly Sold For $300,000 On Dark Web
In what believe to be the largest data breach in history, Yahoo is reporting a massive data breach that disclosed personal details associated with more than 1 Billion user accounts in August 2013.
…And it’s separate from the one disclosed by Yahoo! in September, in which hackers compromised as many as 500 Million user accounts in late 2014.
What’s troubling is that the company has not been
Continue reading Yahoo Admits 1 Billion Accounts Compromised in Newly Discovered Data Breach
Yahoo disclosed today that attackers in 2013 stole data associated with more than 1 billion accounts. CISO Bob Lord said this incident is “distinct” from a 2014 attack in which 500 million accounts were breached. Continue reading Yahoo Discloses Data From 1 Billion Accounts Stolen in 2013