Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 213

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 1, 2023

To prevent unwanted access and protect data in transit, wireless connections must be secured with strong authentication procedures, encryption protocols, access control rules, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and other security measures. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an improvement of WEP introduced in 2003.

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Wireless Encryption Authentication IoT 98

NopSec

MAY 22, 2019

That is why Microsoft released patches even for out-of-the support versions Windows 2003 & XP. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to the target systems Remote Desktop Service via RDP.

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Firewall Passwords Authentication Risk 40

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In 2003, customers with eBay and PayPal were hit with phishing emails requesting them to update account information, leading customers to give out log-in information. Though cybercriminals will go to great lengths to make a message look authentic and official, many phishing emails share qualities that can be detected. Ignore these.

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Phishing Identity Theft Scams Banking 98

McAfee

DECEMBER 23, 2019

A staggering 885 million customer financial records going back to 2003 were accessible because of this design defect. Lack of Appropriate Authentication/Credentials for Sensitive Data. This third trend could apply to nearly every breach in this post, but it’s the central cause of at least two significant 2019 cybersecurity incidents.

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Healthcare Insurance Artificial Intelligence Authentication 54

SecureList

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Visual Studio 2003 – 7.10 Curiously, unlike common stealers, OnionPoison implants do not automatically collect user passwords, cookies or wallets. If that’s not an option, verify the authenticity of installers downloaded from third-party sources by examining their digital signatures. 2021-Sep-25 21:56:47.

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Encryption Spyware Malware Software 140

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an older but still effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities. Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. Moving Away from the Password.

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