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Cyber SecurityNews

Bad Bots Account For 30% Of Internet Traffic and Are More Frequent in Account Takeover and API Attacks

May 30, 2023
Bad bots account for 30% of internet traffic and are increasingly used in account takeover and API attacks, while human traffic fell to an 8-year low of just over half of all internet traffic.
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Cyber SecurityNews

An Effective Account Takeover Trick Is Helping Scammers Steal Thousands of Facebook Profiles

May 3, 2023
Attackers approach targets for account takeover pretending to be a member of the Meta tech support team, using Facebook profiles that they have created that have a post history that makes it appear as if they are a legitimate employee.
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Cyber SecurityNews

62% of Security Incidents on eCommerce Retailers Originate from Bots, Including Account Takeover, DDoS and API Attacks

November 11, 2022
eCommerce retailers face the most significant risk from automated malicious software, with hackers deploying advanced bad bots in nearly two-thirds of account takeover attacks.
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Cyber SecurityNews

“One-Click” TikTok Hack Discovered That Put 2 Billion App Users at Risk, but No Reports Yet of Account Takeover in the Wild

September 8, 2022
A hacker is claiming to have stolen over one billion user records, but security researchers are not convinced that this came from a legitimate TikTok hack or that account takeovers were involved.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Disneyland Account Takeover Highlights Lax Security for Social Media Accounts

July 13, 2022
An account takeover hit Disneyland's Facebook and Instagram, and the company took some of its social media presence offline for a short period as it recovered.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Iranian Spear Phishing Operation Targeting US and Israeli Government Figures, Email Account Takeovers Lead to Impersonation Campaigns

June 23, 2022
The Iran-backed campaign targets prominent Israelis and uses spear phishing to gain access to emails, leveraging the account takeover to hijack existing conversations.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Over 24 Billion Compromised User Credentials Circulating on the Dark Web Market

June 22, 2022
Digital Shadows Photon Research team found that over 24 billion stolen user credentials were available for sale on the dark web market in 2022, an increase of 65% in two years.
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Cyber SecurityNews

EA Confirms Account Takeover Attacks Compromising High-Profile Gamers via Phishing and Social Engineering Attacks

January 20, 2022
EA introduced new security measures to prevent account takeover attacks after hackers successfully breached high-profile players’ accounts via phishing and social engineering attacks.
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High Security Messaging App Tool Used by US Government Suspends Service After Security Breach

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TikTok to Receive €530 Million Fine Over EU Data Storage, Data Transfers to China

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IT Help Desks Across UK Victimized by “DragonForce” Social Engineering Attack

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The Co-op Confirms Significant Data Theft from an Apparent Dragonforce Ransomware Cyber Attack

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