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SEGA's Europe Security : AWS S3 Bucket Exposed Provides Steam API Access

 


During a cloud-security assessment, SEGA Europe discovered that critical data was being kept in an unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket, and it's sharing the story to encourage other companies to double-check their own systems. VPN Overview researcher Aaron Phillips collaborated with SEGA Europe to protect the leaked data. SEGA's revelation, according to Phillips, is designed to assist the broader cybersecurity community in improving their own defenses.

The unsecured S3 bucket may be used to access user data, including information on thousands of members of the Football Manager forums at community.sigames.com. The following are the issues that have been detected in SEGA Europe's Amazon cloud: 

  • Developer key for Steam 
  • RSA keys are a type of cryptography. 
  • PII and passwords that have been hashed 
  • API key for MailChimp 
  • Credentials for Amazon Web Services 

Sensitive data in hands of a malicious actor could be disastrous for any company, but as Lookout's Hank Schless explained to Threatpost, gaming companies continue to be of particular interest to attackers. To threat actors, gaming firms hold a gold mine of personal data, development information, proprietary code, and payment information. Gaming firms must ensure that their data is protected while consumers from all over the world play their games, thanks to data privacy rules like the CCPA and GDPR.

Indeed, well-known brands like Steam, Among Us, Riot Games, and others have been hacked and utilized to deceive innocent gamers. There is no evidence that malevolent third parties had previously accessed sensitive data or exploited any of the disclosed vulnerabilities, according to the security firm. Researchers were able to upload files, run scripts, edit existing web pages, and change the settings of critically susceptible SEGA domains, according to the researchers. Downloads.sega.com, cdn.sega.com, careers.sega.co.uk, sega.com, and bayonetta.com are among the affected sites. The domain authority scores of several of the afflicted domains are high. 

This cybersecurity research should serve as a wake-up call for enterprises to evaluate their cloud security procedures. The researchers are hoping that more companies follow SEGA's lead in researching and addressing known vulnerabilities before fraudsters use them. There is no evidence that malevolent third parties had previously accessed sensitive data or exploited any of the disclosed vulnerabilities, according to the security firm.
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Mackenzie Scott Scam: Fraudsters asking Fake Donations in Billionaire's name

 

A major phishing campaign that reached tens of thousands of inboxes impersonated as MacKenzie Bezos-Scott grant foundation promising monetary advantages to recipients of the e-mail in exchange for a processing fee. 

The processing fee is referred to as an "advance fee," and it has been used since before the internet, with the "Nigerian prince" version popularising it. But this phishing campaign took advantage of the charitable acts last year from author MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. 

The scam surfaced after Mackenzie Scott revealed in December that she had donated $4.2 billion of her fortune to over 300 organizations, including food banks and other charities that assist the people in need. Ironically, one food bank in Arkansas, which had received an authentic email from Scott about a legitimate donation, initially mistook it for a hoax. 

Eyal Benishti, the CEO of tech security company Ironscales said, “That may have primed fraudsters to develop a phishing scam based on Scott's donations in the hope that some organizations would believe that they, too, are receiving valid emails”. About 200 of its customers have received the bogus Mackenzie Scott emails, although none have fallen for the bait, he added. 

Fraudsters initiated the scam by sending out spoofed emails that claimed, MacKenzie Bezos-Scott grant foundation is distributing funds from their foundation. In fact, the emails were sent not to distribute billions to charity, but fleece victims. 

However, the fake Mackenzie Scott emails had a few tip-offs that hints they weren't real: 

1. Sender’s title appeared as “Mackenzie Scott Grant” but the return email address was to the domain ‘@mintme.com’ 
2. Multiple grammatical errors in the email body 
3. Sender’s name and signature were different 

The fraudsters alleged that they are from the "MacKenzie Bezos-Scott foundation" and have chosen a recipient for a grant. Further, they ask for the recipients' full name and address, and if they answer, recipients are required to submit a small processing fee to unlock the grant. Of course, there's no grant; it's just a tactic to extort money from the victims.

Scams have escalated as a result of large-scale relief programs such as stimulus checks and the Paycheck Protection Program, which has drawn out fraudsters trying to trick people into giving away sensitive data, such as Social Security numbers. With the ongoing levels of hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic, people are more susceptible to scams at the moment.
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