Month: January 2024

In September 2023, over 100GB of stealer logs and credential stuffing lists titled “Naz.API” was posted to a popular hacking forum. The incident contained a combination of email address and plain text password pairs alongside the service they were entered into, and standalone credential pairs obtained from unnamed sources. In total, the corpus of data included 71M unique email addresses and 100M unique passwords.

The recent FOR528 course update brings about streamlining of course timing, better addresses the differences between ransomware and cyber extortion, and provides new hands-on lab opportunities.

As we move further into 2024, we must be cautious (maybe even fearful!) of ransomware cases increasing even more than in previous years. Though governments around the world are taking more interest in the worldwide threat, we can see from the increase of cases that our actions have not been enough to thwart the ransomware threat. As new groups continue to form, former groups continue to evolve into new brands, and the big players continue to ramp up their efforts, we must remain vigilant and focus on our preparation and early detection capabilities.

In December 2023, hundreds of gigabytes of data allegedly taken from Indian ISP and digital TV provider Hathway appeared on a popular hacking website. The incident exposed extensive personal information including 4.7M unique email addresses along with names, physical and IP addresses, phone numbers, password hashes and support ticket logs.