Data Theft
Fake AI Chrome extensions with 300K users steal credentials, emails
A set of 30 malicious Chrome extensions that have been installed by more than 300,000 users are masquerading as AI assistants to steal credentials, email content, and browsing information. Some of the extensions are still present in the Chrome Web Store and have been installed by tens of thousands of users, while others show a […]
Man pleads guilty to hacking nearly 600 women’s Snapchat accounts
An Illinois man pleaded guilty to hacking nearly 600 women’s Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos that he kept, sold, or traded online, including accounts he compromised at the request of a former university track coach who was later convicted of sextortion. 26-year-old defendant Kyle Svara admitted in federal court in Boston to phishing access […]
Exposed MongoDB instances still targeted in data extortion attacks
A threat actor is targeting exposed MongoDB instances in automated data extortion attacks demanding low ransoms from owners to restore the data. The attacker focuses on the low-hanging fruit, databases that are insecure due to misconfiguration that permits access without restriction. Around 1,400 exposed servers have been compromised, and the ransom note demanded a ransom […]
Mandiant details how ShinyHunters abuse SSO to steal cloud data
Mandiant says a wave of recent ShinyHunters SaaS data-theft attacks is being fueled by targeted voice phishing (vishing) attacks and company-branded phishing sites that steal single sign-on (SSO) credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes. As first reported by GeekFeed, threat actors are impersonating corporate IT and helpdesk staff and calling employees directly, claiming that MFA settings […]
Okta SSO accounts targeted in vishing-based data theft attacks
Okta is warning about custom phishing kits built specifically for voice-based social engineering (vishing) attacks. GeekFeed has learned that these kits are being used in active attacks to steal Okta SSO credentials for data theft. In a new report released today by Okta, researchers explain that the phishing kits are sold as part of an […]
Online retailer PcComponentes says data breach claims are fake
PcComponentes, a major technology retailer in Spain, has denied claims of a data breach on its systems impacting 16 million customers, but confirmed it suffered a credential stuffing attack. The Spanish e-commerce company specializes in the sale of computers, laptops, peripherals, and hardware, and has an estimated 75 million unique marketplace visitors per year. Yesterday, a […]
South Korean giant Kyowon confirms data theft in ransomware attack
The Kyowon Group (Kyowon), a South Korean conglomerate, disclosed that a cyberattack has disrupted its operations and customer information may have been exposed in the incident. The company published a statement earlier this week saying that it recently learned that its systems had been targeted in a suspected ransomware attack. In a subsequent update today, Kyowon […]
Reprompt attack let hackers hijack Microsoft Copilot sessions
Researchers identified an attack method dubbed “Reprompt” that could allow attackers to infiltrate a user’s Microsoft Copilot session and issue commands to exfiltrate sensitive data. By hiding a malicious prompt inside a legitimate URL and bypassing Copilot’s protections, a hacker could maintain access to a victim’s LLM session after the user clicks on a single […]
Target employees confirm leaked code after ‘accelerated’ Git lockdown
Multiple current and former Target employees have reached out to GeekFeed to confirm that the source code and documentation shared by a threat actor match real internal systems. A current employee also shared internal communications announcing an “accelerated” security change that restricted access to Target’s Enterprise Git server, rolled out a day after GeekFeed first contacted […]
Illinois man charged with hacking Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos
U.S. prosecutors have charged an Illinois man with orchestrating a phishing operation that allowed him to hack the Snapchat accounts of nearly 600 women to steal private photos and sell them online. Between May 2020 and February 2021, 26-year-old defendant Kyle Svara allegedly used various social engineering tactics to obtain victims’ emails, phone numbers, and […]