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Cyber ​​attack: Barmer informs its customers 
June 26, 2023
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A few days ago, BARMER Krankenkasse announced that one of its IT service providers had already been attacked on May 31, 2023. According to an internal letter, data from the users of a bonus program has probably been leaked. It will be further investigated. Although the BARMER homepage talks about an attack on a security gap at an IT service provider, the question of data leakage is still being examined. The security gap was probably closed immediately and there was never a connection to the BARMER IT environment. The authorities have been informed of the incident. It all sounds exactly like...

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Darknet: 100.000 hacked ChatGPT accounts sold 
June 22, 2023
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Darknet: 100.000 hacked ChatGPT accounts sold

Over 100.000 ChatGPT accounts were hacked and sold on dark web marketplaces in a year. This gives cybercriminals the opportunity to use the AI ​​for their purposes and at the same time steal the data stored in the chat history - sometimes very sensitive company secrets. Group-IB experts have identified 101.134 info-stealers-infected devices with stored ChatGPT credentials. Group-IB's threat intelligence platform found these compromised credentials in the logs of information-stealing malware traded on illegal dark web marketplaces over the past year. The number of available logs with compromised ChatGPT accounts reached in May 2023…

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ChatGPT accounts discovered on the dark web
24 April 2023
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Since December 2022, Check Point Research has been one of the first expert groups to point out the dangers of programs like ChatGPT for IT security. Security researchers have repeatedly called for IT security products and strategies to be adapted to the new AI world that ChatGPT is opening up. Anyone can use the tool to write program code, including hackers. OpenAI is now trying to pull in layers of security, one of which is the premium full-featured account. However, these accounts have become coveted and CPR has now discovered a growing marketplace for stolen premium accounts from ChatGPT on the dark web….

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Genesis Market: Huge dark web platform smashed
7 April 2023
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Genesis Market: Next giant dark web platform smashed

"Operation Cookie Monster" smashes Genesis Market: The world's largest platform of its kind offered special services, such as stolen access data to various e-commerce and online payment services, access to bank accounts or social networks of all kinds. The international action was made much more European by the FBI, Europol and German police carried out. According to the FBI, the dark web platform Genesis Market offered access to data that had been stolen from more than 1,5 million compromised computers worldwide and was therefore also a key factor in ransomware. The US Department of Justice reported on the international operation against Genesis Market, a criminal online marketplace that sells packets of account credentials -...

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Study: Company data on the dark web – 60 percent affected
March 27, 2023
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As a current study of 26.000 companies and 80 industries shows, data leaks mean that a lot of German company data is available for download or purchase on the dark web. Almost 60 percent of all companies and state institutions are affected. Some companies may not even know this. In their “Darknet Study Germany 2023″, the security researchers from Botiguard from Bavaria looked for companies in the Darknet and for data leaks. The broad study included more than 26.000 companies from 80 industries and categories. The situation picture for Germany is worrying and worse than previously assumed. Germany: situation report worrying...

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Analysis: 200.000 job ads on the dark web
22. February 2023
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Kaspersky experts analyzed around 200.000 job advertisements on the dark web. The result: in the years 2020 to 2022, developers, attackers and designers were among the most sought-after profiles in the cybercrime community. Salary: up to $4.000 per month. The requirements, and thus the desired skills, included creating malware and phishing sites, compromising corporate infrastructure, and hacking web and mobile applications. The average salary offered for these types of "IT professionals" ranged from $1.300 to $4.000 per month. 200.000 job postings on 155 dark web forums In…

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Russian hackers want to use ChatGPT for attacks
15. February 2023
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Customer access is required for full use of OpenAI's AI system ChatGPT. Russian hackers are currently looking for ways to bypass this access to use ChatGPT to achieve their malicious goals. But that's what a lot of hackers want right now. Conversation notes from the dark web. Check Point Research (CPR) is monitoring attempts by Russian hackers to bypass OpenAI restrictions to use ChatGPT for malicious purposes. In underground forums, hackers are discussing how to bypass controls of IP addresses, payment cards and phone numbers - all necessary to access ChatGPT from Russia...

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Rhein-Pfalz district: 1,7 million ransomware damage
12. February 2023
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As early as October 2022, the administration of the Rhein-Palatinate district was hit by a cyber attack. Since the ransom was not paid, all damage had to be repaired. Now the bill is on the table: 1,7 million euros. And data also ended up on the dark web. Prevention is better than aftercare - the administration of the Rhine-Palatinate district has now noticed that. After the administration was hit by a ransomware attack, nothing worked because of the encrypted systems. The administration had landed back in the analog age within a few days. Even the phones didn't work. Damage balance 1,7 million euros...

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Twitter Hack: 400 million records stolen?
27 December 2022
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The company Hudson Rocks has spread the news on Twitter that a user offers 400 million data sets from Twitter users in a forum on the dark web. The tricky thing: there should also be information from prominent politicians. The company Hudson Rocks, a company for cybercrime investigations, has published a screenshot of an underground forum as evidence: the user "Ryushi" offers in his post 400 million data sets that he claims to have ended up on Twitter. This should contain the Twitter name, e-mail and telephone number for each user. Actually not particularly critical data. However, in…

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Again stolen Uber data landed on the dark web
15 December 2022
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Transport service provider and food supplier Uber has had to admit a loss of data again, even if the data is said to have come from a third-party provider. The hacker “UberLeaks” claims to have stolen the data from Uber and Uber Eats. According to the portal bleepingcomputer, Uber has suffered a new data breach. Data and e-mail addresses of employees, company reports and IT asset information are said to have appeared on the Internet. According to Uber, however, the data was stolen from a third-party provider. Hacker 'UberLeaks' Announces Data The 'UberLeaks' account has announced on a hacking forum known for posting data breaches data...

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