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Fake Europcar hack
Fake Europcar hack

At the end of January, alleged data from around 50 million Europcar customers was offered in an underground forum. Europcar reacted quickly and denied that it was a real file. The data is neither consistent nor are the email addresses in particular known to Europcar. While Europcar suggested that this data was generated using generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT), other security researchers are of the opinion that no AI was at work here. What they all have in common, however, is the opinion that this data was generated by machines. Suspicions quickly arose in the forum too...

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Industrial Spy: New darknet marketplace discovered
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Security researchers have discovered a new Darknet marketplace. Data packages from various companies and price ranges and even free data are offered on Industrial Spy. Anyone who finds a file with the title README.txt in all folders on their computer these days, which refers to a site called Industrial Spy, should check their computer for malware infection. Security researchers from MalwareHunterTeam have found executable malware that creates these README.txt files. Further investigations by Bleeping Computer revealed that it is distributed using other malware downloaders, most of which disguise themselves as adware or cracks. It…

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Darknet: supply of stolen data 11 times higher than in 2015
Darknet: supply of stolen data 11 times higher than in 2015

As a Bitglass study shows, the spread of stolen data in the Darknet is 11 times higher than in 2015. “Where's My Data” experiment 2021 shows that the Darknet has become a larger and busier trading center. A new study by cloud security provider Bitglass shows how cybercriminal behavior and the value of stolen data have developed in the darknet. Bitglass carried out the world's first data tracking experiment back in 2015 to better understand how data is viewed and accessed in the darknet. In the face of increasing digitization and a growing number of data protection violations, the Bitglass Threat Research Group ...

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