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Someone hacked over 50,000 printers to ask users to subscribe to YouTuber PewDiePie’s channel
All to raise awareness of online security... A fan of YouTuber PewDiePie has claimed that he’s responsible for hacking over 50,000 printers to print a message encouraging people to subscribe to the internet star. Appearing on Twitter as TheHackerGiraffe, the individual took to Reddit to admit what he’d done. “I hacked 50,000 printers worldwide out of potential 800,000 for PewDiePie and security awareness,” he said on the site’s AMA page. Read more at ...
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A cybercrime store is selling access to more than 43000 hacked servers
MagBo, a shadowy online marketplace where hackers sell and buy hacked servers, is doing better than ever and has soared in popularity to become the largest criminal marketplace of its kind since its launch in the summer of 2018. Two years later, the MagBo portal has grown more than 14 times in size and is currently selling access to more than 43,000 hacked websites, up from the 3,000 sites listed in September 2018. read the rest here
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Pickens County School Board Zoom meeting hacked
CARROLLTON, AL (WBMA) The Pickens County Sheriff's Department and district attorney are investigating after the Pickens County School board meeting was hacked Wednesday night. "It's a public meeting, and they're using technology and a system that allows everyone to have access but obviously someone took advantage of that," said Pickens County Sheriff Todd Hall. read more here
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University of Utah Health Hacked
Unauthorized access to some U of U Health employee email accounts took place between Jan. 22 to Feb. 27, according to the company. Unidentified parties were able to gain access to the accounts through phishing schemes — emails designed to trick employees by replicating those sent by trusted sources Malware was also discovered on an employee computer on Feb. 3, according to U of U Health. The company called on a cyber security company to help investigate, and found out that the malware might...
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Dark web hosting provider hacked again -- 7,600 sites down
Daniel's Hosting (DH), the largest free web hosting provider for dark web services, has shut down today after getting hacked for the second time in 16 months, ZDNet has learned. Almost 7,600 dark web portals have been taken offline following the hack, during which an attacker deleted the web hosting portal's entire database. This happened earlier this month, on March 10, at around 03:30 am UTC, according to a message posted on DH's now-defunct portal by Daniel Winzen, the German software...
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Avon council gets hacked, forced to reschedule meeting
Avon’s first attempt at a public meeting via the Zoom teleconferencing app was hacked on Tuesday, forcing the town council to reschedule the meeting. Mayor Sarah Smith Hymes said the hackers had malicious intent in crashing their meeting. “Thanks to everyone who tried to participate, and deepest apologies for any disturbing content you may have witnessed,” Hymes wrote in a statement. “As we navigate the new reality, we’ll make some missteps; please bear with us as we work out the glitches of...
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Malware Disguised as Google Updates Pushed via Hacked News Sites
Hacked corporate sites and news blogs running using the WordPress CMS are being used by attackers to deliver backdoor malware that allows them to drop several second-stage payloads such as keyloggers, info stealers, and Trojans. After gaining admin access to the compromised WordPress websites, the hackers inject malicious JavaScript code that will automatically redirect visitors to phishing sites. These landing pages are designed to look like a legitimate Google Chrome update page and are...
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Zaha Hadid Architects gets Hacked
According to British publication Architects' Journal , a group of hackers recently breached the high-profile global architecture firm’s servers via a computer located in their London office in a ransomeware attack. The hacking group was supposedly able to acquire and encrypt a variety of Zaha Hadid Architects’ sensitive internal company documents, threatening to release them online if the firm did not pay up. read more here
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Re: Need help with Windows 7 Issue!!
You can also try using a live password reset disk like NTPassword reset. With this you can enable the built in administrator account and login that way. Steve
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Where would I get or make one of those? BTW, thanx for the response
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Here is a link to the software. It also has a pretty good description of how to use it. Let me know if you have any problems. I have used it several times, but not recently enough to give you a play by play description. http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
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Re: Need help with Windows 7 Issue!!
Art, I have a password reset disk I use for these occassions. If all else fails I can send you an iso and you can try it. With this you go into the Bios and set the PC to boot from disk and it gives you an option of reseting passwords.
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12 Unexpected Productivity Hacks That Actually Work
12 Unexpected Productivity Hacks That Actually Work 1) Work less. Not only does working long hours cause health problems , but there's a wide body of research that shows productivity actually improves with shorter hours. A 2014 study published by John Pencavel of Standford University found that how much employees get done takes a sharp drop after 50 hours of work in a week, and even more drastically after 55 hours. The study found that employees working 70 hours per week...
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Need help with Windows 7 Issue!!
I help my church from time to time for IT services. However, this one has got me! Can't log on to Windows 7 with password because of this message: The User Profile Service failed the login. (User profile can not ne...
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Hacking Attacks Show IT& Data Security Is Always An Issue
Recent stories about the many hacking attacks which have affected major retailers and other companies show that taking IT security seriously is an important consideration for all businesses. Most small and medium businesses (SMBs) think that...
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Ricoh Laser Printers & MICR HACK
Acting on a tip from Fisher (p4p member), I placed a SP3500N laser printer, bought a MICR cartridge from Rosetta Technologies and made our own check printer. All wnet well until the Rosetta cartridge did not fit in the SP3500N. In the past, I've had a lot of experience with rebuilding HP, Lexmark & Xerox cartridges. I examined both the OEM and Rosetta, they looked almost identical except for a small nub on the Rosetta cartridge. On the Ricoh cartridge there was no nub. This nub prevented...
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Five Awesome Linkedin & Web/Contact Email Address Hacks
The time is now to add more contacts to my database. I use a box marketing approach to reach out to those accounts that I would like to do business with. Thus, today I picked up a magazine that listed the Top Ten Engineering Firms in NJ. My method of madness is to reach out to them in a variety of ways. One of those ways is with LinkedIn. (email me if you want my box marketing approach art@p4photel.com) Today, I use the free version of LinkedIn, if you asked why? It's because I believe the...
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5 Free Printing Hacks To Save Money and The Planet
By West McDonald, Vice President of Business Development, Print Audit & Owner, FocusMPS Office print and copy is essential to running our businesses but takes a huge toll on the environment. From the power printing devices consume to the paper they print on, the cost to both our pocket books and our planet are considerable. Whether you’re a Fortune 500 Company or a 5 person SOHO operation, most of us would like to do more to decrease our environmental footprint. We’ve all had copier and...
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Hacking increasing by 1600%* - What is really going on with Data Security?
Before you switch off as you consider security uninteresting, just remember that if you think about it George Lucas has made $5.3 billion out of a data breach story. General Tagge " If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of this station it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness, and exploit it." Before we start let us say we aren't self-appointed gurus, we are most likely just like you, a user/business person. During this search, we realised that we...
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Five Hacks That Will Help You Sell More Copiers (due)
Years ago, the most coveted piece of data that you could acquire about the a company was the name of the decision maker. Almost forty years later the name of the decision maker is almost worthless unless you also have their email address. In our last "hack", I wrote about contacting a decision maker through their "contact us" web page, and how to find an email address of an influencer from that "contact us" web page. Here's the Hack That I Use I have almost 4,000 connections on Linkedin.
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Part 2 - Hacking increasing by 1600%* - 6 issues impacting Data Security?
In this series of articles, we will cover a number of topics around security 1. What is really going on? 2. Why is this happening? 3. Who are they? 4. What are the different types of threats? 5. What can you do about it? Part 2 - Why is this happening and why is the security discussion different now? In the second part of the series, in this article, we cover the key 6 reasons this happening and why you should be looking at security differently. 1. Availability of Hacking Software - “There's...
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Five Hacks That Will Help You Sell More Copiers (Uno)
With many athletes practice makes perfect. It's that repetition of completing certain tasks over and over again the create muscle memory. That muscle memory then becomes an instinctive reaction when that athlete puts those skills in motion. Since I'm pretty familiar with baseball, it's the day to day tasks of taking batting practice, long tossing and fielding that builds the muscle memory of the athlete. Over the years, there are many tasks that I perform daily, weekly and monthly that have...
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Hacking Networked Copiers, Cyber Security, Malware, DOS attacks
Recently I've been doing some research about hacking a networked copier and printer and what can happen next. Recently some articles are stating that hacking will move downstream, meaning small companies that are more vulnerable to attacks. In addition smart phones, apps, routers, you name it, and it can be hacked. The method of my madness is top present relevant information to existing and net accounts who think they can stick with their current copier or printer that is more than 3 years...
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Re: Part 2 - Hacking increasing by 1600%* - 6 issues impacting Data Security?
Wow! I had no idea that it was now so much more convenient to launch a malevolent attack on a company's IT infrastructure.
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Anyone can be a hacker now
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Helena City Commission virtual meeting hacked with graphic video
HELENA - The City of Helena is looking at alternative ways to hold City Commission Meetings after several hackers shared pornographic sounds and images during Monday night's Zoom meeting. Right now, the city says their main focus is fixing the problem so it doesn't ever happen again and they're apologizing to the public for the incident. "The virtual conference was taken over by individuals wishing to disturb an otherwise orderly meeting in which many community members were present to listen...
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'Keeper' hacking group behind hacks at 570 online stores
A hacking group known as "Keeper" is responsible for security breaches at more than 570 online e-commerce portals over the last three years. The Keeper gang broke into online store backends, altered their source code, and inserted malicious scripts that logged payment card details entered by shoppers in checkout forms. These types of attacks are what the cyber-security community calls web skimming , e-skimming , or " Magecart " intrusions (named so after the first hacker group that used...
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Has Zoom been hacked a week before school starts?
Has Zoom, the videoconferencing service that has shot up in use and popularity in the age of novel coronavirus and social distancing, been hacked only a week before school is due to restart in a variety of countries across the globe? At 5:51 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Tuesday, Zoom issued a message, saying: “We have received reports of users being unable to start and join Zoom Meetings and Webinars. We are currently investigating and will provide updates as we have them. We sincerely...
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Nearly A Million Printers At Risk Of Attack, Thousands Hacked To Prove It
Roughly 28,000 printers recently gave their owners an unexpected lesson in cybersecurity. Seemingly unprompted, the printers whirred to life and produced a 5-step guide to keeping hackers at bay. Irritated Business woman standing at printer machine at office GETTY “This printer has been hacked,” the message began ominously. Fortunately for the “victims” it was a group of ethical hackers behind the attack. A team of researchers from CyberNews was out to remind the public about the potential...
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About 56000 records hacked at Northwestern Memorial HealthCare system
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services about a data breach, which the provider says was initiated via one of its vendors, Blackbaud, reported the Chicago Tribune . Blackbaud provides software to manage fundraising databases and said it notified the healthcare provider that in mid-July an unauthorized person hacked the company’s system between Feb. 7 and May 20. read more here
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Cyber Security News
Cybersecurity NEWS - Adobe Corp. notified customers that it has fixed 5 critical flaws that would allow hackers to run JavaScript in browers o Would allow hackers to steal info, and move laterally through network - Microsoft notified users that specially crafted Windows 10 themes and theme packs could be used in “Pass-the-Hash” hacking incidents o Could steal Windows account credentials from unsuspecting users - IBM is warning users of new Raccoon malware, which can attack TLS 1.0, 1.1 and...
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Hacked Software Provider Acknowledges Ransomware Attack
DALLAS — A major U.S. provider of software services to state and local governments acknowledged Friday that it was hit by a ransomware attack two days after telling clients an unknown intruder had compromised its phone and information technology systems. Tyler Technologies said in a statement that it confirmed the intruder used ransomware but did not provide further details on its response, citing an ongoing investigation. A spokesperson for the Dallas-area company did not directly answer a...
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Hacked: Hackney Hacked as Council Investigates Attack
London’s Hackney Council has reported it has “been the target of a serious cyber-attack which is affecting many of our services and IT systems.” According to a statement from Philip Glanville, mayor of Hackney, council officers have been working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre , external experts and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to investigate and understand the impact of the incident. read the rest here
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Sawyer County Public Health Facebook page hacked
Updated: October 18, 2020 10:55 AM The Sawyer County Record reports that the Facebook page for Sawyer County Health was hacked and it currently offline. A spokesperon for Sawyer County Public Health told the Sawyer County record that the Facebook page was hacked on Friday, October 16. This is in addition to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services suspending the reporting of new COVID-19 totals until early next week while their computer system undergoes an upgrade. The reporting outage is...
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Town of Durham email server hacked, fake messages sent
DURHAM, Maine — Town of Durham Administrator Ruth Glaeser released a press release Monday saying the Town's email server was hacked. Glaeser said this happened on Oct. 16. People are receiving emails that appear to be sent by the Town and contain zip file attachments. If you receive emails from the Town of Durham, please delete them permanently. The Town of Durham will never request personal or banking information by email. read the rest here
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MSP, MSSP & IT Industry Notes fopr November 1st, 2020
MSP, MSSP & IT Industry Notes November 1st, 2020 Sponsored by Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have...
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Centennial School District cancels classes after systems "hacked"
GRESHAM, Ore. — The Centennial School District announced Tuesday afternoon, it was canceling classes for the remainder of the week after someone hacked in and encrypted certain files on the district’s systems. The district plans to resume some form of instruction Monday, May 3. Staff will work to prepare packets of materials for students in case the computer system is still down. Families can expect to be contacted with instructions on where to pick up those packets. more here
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After Colonial hack, DHS issues first cybersecurity regulation for pipelines
The Department of Homeland Security has issued the first cybersecurity regulation for the pipeline sector. The regulation , issued Thursday morning, is part of the Biden administration’s efforts to bolster security for national infrastructure after a company that operates the largest fuel pipeline in the country was hit with a ransomware attack earlier this month. Colonial Pipeline shut down all pipeline operations after it was hacked by a group believed to be Russian criminals, who locked...
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New HP Cybersecurity Threat Report Finds “A Boom” in Hacking Tools
PALO ALTO, Calif. —In a year when cybersecurity threats have already shut down websites and operations at some TV stations, the newest HP global Threat Insights Report finds “increasing cybercrime sophistication and a boom in monetization and hacking tools, while end users are still vulnerable to old tricks.” The report from HP Wolf Security threat research team found a 65% rise in the use of hacking tools downloaded from underground forums and file sharing websites from the second half of...
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REvil gang shuts down for the second time after its Tor servers were hacked
REvil gang shuts down for the second time after its Tor servers were hacked claiming they lost control over their Tor-based domains considered one of the most successful ransomware operations to date
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IT, MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for October 24th 2021
Sponsored by October 24th, 2021 Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have the expertise, certifications, and...
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Kronos hack will likely affect how employers issue paychecks and track hours
A ransomware attack on one of the largest human resources companies may impact how many employees get paid and track their paid time off. Human resources management company Ultimate Kronos Group (known as Kronos) said it suffered a ransomware attack that may keep its systems offline for weeks. To ensure employees are paid, companies that rely on the software are working to find backup plans — including issuing paper checks, some for the first time in years. Kronos is used widely around the...
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Hacking group has its own HR department?
Hacking group has its own HR department? Report from CNBC News on the Conti hacking group in Russia Has 350 members Collected $2.7 billion in ransomware payments and selling stolen info on Dark Web Apparently salaries, bonuses and even performance reviews including “Employees of the Month” awards Commissions are up to 1% of ransomware payments collected
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'We Are ****ed': Crypto Stablecoin Collapses After $182M Hack
Hackers stole $182 million from an Ethereum-based stablecoin protocol in what’s yet another attack on a crypto project. On Sunday, cybersecurity firm PeckShield reported the attack on Beanstalk Farms, saying hackers stole more than $80 million for themselves, but the protocol’s losses appeared to be even higher. The company later said its initial analysis showed the losses amounted to around $182 million. read the rest here
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Fairfield, Lakota, other districts’ student records hacked
Thousands of former Fairfield and Lakota school students’ academic information may now be in the hands of hackers after district officials reported a security breach in their computer records handled by an outside contractor. And other Ohio districts may be impacted. According to an announcement posted Monday by the 10,000-student Fairfield Schools on its website, the hack of student records goes back as far as 2011 for some former students. r ead more here