Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Although the " unauthorized party" that compromised LastPass users' data was able to steal password vaults, it's likely that they are having a hard time cracking them open. Brute force guessing techniques may be successful for some weak passwords, but it's an approach that quickly runs out of steam. For us, data security is paramount.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 13, 2023

It's bad news for the US Department of the Interior—a Government watchdog’s security audit has revealed its passwords are simply not up to the job of warding off cracking attempts. Department of the Interior: Easily Cracked Passwords, Lack of Multifactor Authentication, and Other Failures Put Critical DOI Systems at Risk.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2022

Even though World Password Day is over, it's never too late to remind your end-users that weak, unimaginative, and easy-to-guess passwords—like "123456," "qwerty," and, well… "password"—are poor options for securing accounts and devices. Improving password best practices matters.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, this article aims to educate consumers and businesses around the world to protect themselves against the growing number of data breaches with a secure password(pwd). 1) First never use a combination of words as password that are easy to guess like Iloveyou and 123456 and such.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The mother of all data leaks, dubbed “Compilation of Many Breaches” (COMB) by its uploader, includes unique email and password combinations from more than 250 previous data breaches, such as Netflix, LinkedIn and Exploit.in. They know most people use the same password for multiple accounts. How to protect your accounts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 7, 2022

user accounts related to 17 companies was reportedly compromised in a Credential Stuffing Cyber Attack. A credential stuffing is a kind of automated online process where hackers attempt to access online accounts by using usernames and passwords sourced from various cyber attacks. The post Data of 1.1m

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Troy Hunt

MAY 29, 2018

Back in August, I pushed out a service as part of Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) to help organisations block bad passwords from their online things. I called it "Pwned Passwords" and released 320M of them from real-world data breaches via both a downloadable file and an online service. Seen a password in a data breach before?

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. VCPI manages the IT systems for some 110 clients that serve approximately 2,400 nursing homes in 45 U.S.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I'm going to highlight one particular row that used a Mailinator address simply because Mailinator accounts are public email addresses where there is no expectation whatsoever of privacy. txt" had a small number of email address and password hex pairs. The "Rejected.txt" file contained malformed email addresses and "Result(HEX).txt"

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It could mean that even though it was an online retailer who got hacked, your bank account could ultimately be emptied. Let’s first look at how companies store passwords. When you set a password on a website, the company puts it through an encryption algorithm. How does that happen?”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 3, 2023

The password management company LastPasss notified customers in late December about a recent security incident. LastPass states that users that followed their best password practices have nothing to worry about. You can check the current number of PBKDF2 iterations for your LastPass account here.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 11, 2021

For those who wish to take a break from Facebook either temporarily or permanently, instructions for deleting or deactivating your account are below. Deleting your Facebook account. How to delete your Facebook account from a browser. Follow this link to the page that allows you to end your account permanently.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

Use unique, strong passwords, and store them in a password manager. Many people get hacked from having guessable or previously compromised passwords. Good passwords are long, random, and unique to each account, which means it’s impossible for a human to manage them on their own.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2024

The download of the full database is practically free for other active members of that forum. In March, one of Giant Tiger‘s vendors, a company used to manage customer communications and engagement, suffered a cyberattack, which impacted Giant Tiger, as reported by CBC. Change your password. ” on the hacker forum.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows. In total, there are 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords. This is when treating the password as case sensitive but the email address as not case sensitive. There are 21,222,975 unique passwords. It'll be 99.x%

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 8, 2024

Identity Management Day is about acknowledging the risks and actively choosing a different path. Who wants to wait in line, fumble for passwords, or answer endless security questions? We want to order pizza with a click and log into our bank account with a fingerprint. Identity Management Day is a call to action.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2022

When a support technician wants to use it to remotely administer a computer, the ConnectWise website generates an executable file that is digitally signed by ConnectWise and downloadable by the client via a hyperlink. ” A composite of screenshots researcher Ken Pyle put together to illustrate the ScreenConnect vulnerability.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Our documentary, “ The Life and Death of Passwords ,” explores with industry experts the history of passwords, why passwords have become less effective over time, and how trust is established in a passwordless future. Spacebar changes the whole paradigm because instead of writing a password, you can write a passphrase.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2023

According to Shadow, no passwords or sensitive banking data have been compromised. The attack began on the Discord platform after the employee downloaded malware he believed to be a game on the Steam platform. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2018

Over recent weeks, I've begun planning the release of the 3rd version of Pwned Passwords. If you cast your mind back, version 1 came along in August last year and contained 320M passwords. We'll start with the raw numbers: in total, there are 517,238,891 passwords which is 15.6M more than in V2.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Change your password If your password has been caught up in a breach, you should immediately change it. If you've used the same password on another site or service then you also need to change that. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 19, 2023

Your credit card numbers or passwords are protected when entered on that site. Prefer to use password-protected networks. Others may initiate the download of harmful software without your knowledge. Don’t download attachments unless you’re expecting them, and always verify the source. This adds an extra layer of security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 5, 2023

Use Strong and Unique Passwords : One of the most basic yet critical steps is to create strong, unique passwords for your online accounts. Additionally, employ a password manager to securely store and generate unique passwords for each account.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

By focusing on this context, we hope that you’ll come away with a stronger understanding about, for instance, why you should use a password manager rather than that you should use a password manager. Today, we’re going to share stories about the consequences of unsafe Internet practices. Don’t ruin your device.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

In March 2020, an attacker compromised 28,000 hosting account login credentials belonging to customers and some GoDaddy employees. million Managed WordPress hosting environments were compromised. The guideline below is for GoDaddy customers: Remotely log out of your account. Then, in November 2021, 1.2 Delete unknown API keys.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

From there, the cybercriminals were able to download patient information. They sent the data, along with the nude photos, to family and friends through patients’ email accounts. HIPAA is short for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Change your password. They cybercriminals didn’t stop at that.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 9, 2018

Per the definition in that link, it simply means this: Credential stuffing is the automated injection of breached username/password pairs in order to fraudulently gain access to user accounts. Go and get a password manager (I use 1Password ), generate random strings for passwords, job done. (Of

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2022

Not everyone adopts multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure their accounts. Many stick with simple username and password combinations despite the weaknesses of this authentication method. The Problem with Passwords. Passwords are the most common method of authentication. Passwordless Authentication 101. MFA Basics.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2023

username and your Discord ID, your email-address, your billing address, and a salted and hashed password if you signed up in 2018 or earlier. (In Affected Discord users should change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). In the My Account tab, scroll down and click Enable Two-Factor Auth.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. Prosecutors say Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla., Twilio disclosed in Aug. According to an Aug.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2023

It can also extract the base64-encoded form of the database of Keychain, Apple's password manager. Users are manipulated to download and execute this file onto their systems. Once achieved, a bogus password prompts users in an attempt to steal their real password. Users of macOS Catalina (10.5)

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On September 20, 2022, the official Twitter account for 2K Support tweeted an important message from the Customer Support team. It also attempts to steal other data from the affected system, like browser history, cookies, and saved browser passwords. Some online shops even send you a password in plain-text. Supply chain.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Be Careful with Downloads Downloads are one of the surest ways to introduce malware into your system. Look for Reliable Sources: Download software only from reputable sources and official websites. In the wrong hands, even an Office doc can be dangerous, so always know the source of any download.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Use a Strong Password Use these methods to create stronger passwords that protect your online accounts: Create longer passwords that are tougher to crack with numbers and special characters. Don’t reuse the same password , or variations of the same password, across multiple accounts.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

Several stories here have highlighted the importance of creating accounts online tied to your various identity, financial and communications services before identity thieves do it for you. ” In short, although you may not be required to create online accounts to manage your affairs at your ISP, the U.S. .”

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 16, 2024

Put into context, it would make little sense to use a privacy-oriented browser and all the features such a browser may have to offer, but continue to reuse passwords across online accounts. Security and privacy overlap, both inside and outside the digital space. Your privacy can be compromised when security is weak or lax.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Fake Amazon login The phishing site asks for an email or phone number tied to an Amazon account. Next, the site directs you to a tailored password page, using the information you just entered. For example, entering a Gmail address leads to a page asking for the Gmail password. Use a password manager. Take action.

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