Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

The attacker managed to steal the names, email addresses, usernames, hashed passwords (salted), associated phone numbers, linked Facebook IDs and any requested password reset tokens. If you were a victim of the Zynga data breach, you’ve probably changed the password for your account already.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The swift expansion of the data collection sector has birthed an extensive market brimming with contenders all vying to deliver high quality proxy services. These cyber criminals may record your data, including sensitive details like usernames, passwords, and browsing history, which can be manipulated for various reasons.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your digital footprint is the trail of data you leave behind when you use the internet and digital devices. Be Mindful of Your Online Accounts Your online accounts are key access points to your digital identity. Begin by cleaning up old accounts. What Is a Digital Footprint?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2020

PAM governs a hierarchy of privileged accounts all tied together in a Windows Active Directory ( AD ) environment. It didn’t take cyber criminals too long to figure out how to subvert PAM and AD – mainly by stealing or spoofing credentials to log on to privileged accounts. But SSO proved to be a boon for intruders, as well.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 2, 2021

A recent IBM and Ponemon Institute study found the average cost of a data breach for a company last year came in at $3.86 Cyberattacks are conducted because the data collected – such as names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and financial account information – is financially valuable to the criminals. million.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

What To Know About Privacy Data. The internet makes our lives more convenient but also brings about new threats that we need to be on the lookout for. Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. Why Is Data Privacy Important?

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2021

Detailed credentials for more than 21 million mobile VPN app users were swiped and advertised for sale online last week, offered by a cyber thief who allegedly stole user data collected by the VPN apps themselves. The data leak of SuperVPN, GeckoVPN, and ChatVPN. link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) February 28, 2021.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 24, 2022

As a Data Privacy Week Champion , and as part of our commitment to the link between cybersecurity and privacy, we wanted to share some best practices from the National Cybersecurity Alliance about how to protect your privacy online. Delete unused apps on your internet-connected devices and keep others secure by performing updates.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One of the most outstanding examples involves $2 million ‘s worth of CS:GO skins stolen from a user’s account , which means that losses can get truly grave. Game over: cybercriminals targeting gamers’ accounts and money.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We no longer rely on the Internet just for entertainment or chatting with friends. Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online. Even when the pandemic is over, the work-from-home culture might persist.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., For example: passwords being typed or posted, specific motions or commands used to activate control systems to open or unlock doors, etc.”. Pictured: a Dome Series security camera from Verkada.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But while consenting adults can and increasingly do agree to share passwords, locations, and devices with their romantic partners, another statistic deserves scrutiny: 41 percent of the people who admitted to monitoring their partners said they did so without permission. ” (Emphasis added).

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

When millions of people around the world were sent home to work at the onset of the global COVD-19 pandemic, they left behind not only empty offices but also a host of Internet of Things (IoT) devices – from smartwatches to networked printers – that were still connected to corporate networks and cranking away.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format. ElasticSearch is a very common and widely used data storage and is prone to misconfigurations, which makes it accessible to anyone.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

In the first half of 2018, researchers at Kaspersky Lab said that the most popular attack vector against IoT devices remains cracking Telnet passwords (75,40%), followed by cracking SSH passwords (11,59%). Top 10 countries from which Kaspersky traps were hit by Telnet password attacks is led by Brazil, China, and Japan.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

Mr. Mirza declined to respond to questions, but the exposed database information was removed from the Internet almost immediately after KrebsOnSecurity shared the offending links. Mirza and his colleagues was actively uploading all of the device’s usernames, passwords and authentication cookies to cybercriminals based in Russia.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2022

EDR gains visibility on what’s happening on an organization’s endpoints by capturing activity data. Bishop Fox’s report assures that in terms of data collection, they found Illumio’s telemetry to be especially useful to cover some EDR blind spots, where the preconfigured EDR alerts did not properly detect attacker activities. “In

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For example, one website offered users to obtain a COVID vaccination certificate by entering their British National Health Service (NHS) account credentials. Scammers abused legitimate survey services by creating polls in the name of various organization to profit from victims’ personal, including sensitive, data.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At the time of detection, the account active on the host was S-1-5-21-<…>-<…>-<…>-181797 (Domain / username). The SQL server host had previously been seen accessible from the Internet and in the process of being scanned by a TOR network. Case #2: MS SQL Server exploitation. Case description. Case detection.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 22, 2019

In this week’s episode (#130): we speak with security researcher Troy Hunt, founder of HaveIBeenPwned.com about his latest disclosure: a trove of more than 700 million online account credentials he’s calling “Collection #1.” Even more worrying: Collection #1 isn’t the only repository of stolen credential out there.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

This is why it is essential to your device performance to make sure any endpoints include flexible, secure, default-settings and, in particular, optional mechanisms like password complexity, password expiration, and account lock-out, which forces users to modify the default credentials when setting up the device.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

The first and simplest step that can be taken by cybercriminals is to gather data from publicly accessible sources. The Internet can provide doxers with all kinds of helpful information, such as the names and positions of employees, including those who occupy key positions in the company. Attacks using publicly accessible data: BEC.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Two tables are added to the database: File paths in the database Other stored data If the file MD5 is not in the table, it will be added to the working directory. Once it has gained a foothold, it starts to collect information about the hosts connected to the same network to find targets that might have files of interest. SCRIPT_NAME%.ps1

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

It involves verifying credentials such as usernames and passwords, before granting access to applications. Auditing and accountability: Audit logs and accountability mechanisms help in compliance with regulations, detecting suspicious behavior and investigating security breaches. The tougher to steal, the better.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 14, 2024

It is worth noting that if a merchant has suffered a breach that resulted in account data compromise, they may be asked by their acquiring bank (the financial institution that initiates and maintains the relationships with merchants that accept payment cards) to fill a higher validation level. No electronic cardholder data storage.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

BlueNoroff developed an elaborate phishing campaign that targeted startups and distributed malware for stealing all crypto in the account tied to the device. To gain insights into the financial threat landscape, we analyzed data on malicious activities on the devices of Kaspersky security product users. of attacks.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

Data collected from Umbrella can then be routed to Sumo’s Cloud SIEM, where it is then automatically normalized and applied to our rule’s engine. Censys is a company that allows users to discover the devices, networks, and infrastructure on the Internet and monitor how it changes over time. Read more here. Sumo Logic.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This archive is discreetly hosted on legitimate websites, cleverly disguised as firmware binaries for enigmatic devices labeled “m100” The Bitbucket repository was created on June 21, 2018, under the account of Julie Heilman, and it remains the sole repository associated with this profile. 8, 10.0.0.0/8, 8, 100.64.0.0/10,

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Vamosi: How do we know who’s on the other end of a connection, who it is that is logging into a computer or an account online? A lot of times we depend on usernames and passwords, but those really aren’t enough. If you just use username and passwords-- well that’s easily imitated.

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SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

The implant allows attackers to browse and modify device files, get passwords and credentials stored in the keychain, retrieve geo-location information, as well as execute additional modules, further extending their control over the compromised devices.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

The two-tier program includes business development opportunities, training, joint marketing, partner collateral, marketing co-op funds, sales leads and field account planning. What’s impressive about this startup is SpiderSilk’s proprietary internet scanner. It has raised $332.5 SpiderSilk.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW. Accel Investments.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

You know, I did a job once where we had a customer and involved compromises at different servers right in and, you know, we literally had a whole team just to do data collection. And it took us a month to collect that data, like a month like meanwhile, there's an ABD group running around the network causing havoc.

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