Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

The hacker accessed user data, email addresses, and a 2007 backup database containing hashed passwords managed by the platform. “A hacker broke into a few of Reddit’s systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses and a 2007 database backup containing old salted and hashed passwords. .

Data breaches 80

Data breaches Backups Passwords Authentication 80

Identity IQ

JANUARY 19, 2021

These records contained logs of conversations between Microsoft support and customers going back to 2005. The data was available to anyone on the web, unsecured with passwords or any other authentication requirements. The customer data included emails, birth dates, passwords, physical addresses, phone numbers and IP addresses.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Identity Theft Small Business Passwords 105

Herjavec Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

When this trend started back in 2005, people preferred to shop while they were at the office, using fast computers and high-speed connections. Even amateur hackers can snoop on public Wi-Fi and pick up your email and other account login IDs and passwords. Change all of your passwords. Turn on 2 Factor Authentication (2FA / MFA).

Cybercrime 76

Cybercrime Cybersecurity Passwords Scams 76

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. She connects him to any phone number he requests for free.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 21, 2021

Furthermore, the number of regular telecommuting employees has grown by 173% since 2005. Multifactor Authentication. Multi-factor authentication or 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) is often considered a better way of securing logins to websites and applications owned by the company.

Cybersecurity 84

Cybersecurity Authentication Government Education 84

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As you can see in the chart below from Statista, data breaches rose more than tenfold between 2005 and 2017. You are often required to provide your email address, date of birth, first and last name, and a password. Now think about the type of data you enter when you create a new account on a website. How do databases get compromised?

Backups 98

Backups Passwords Malware Identity Theft 98

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Notable cybersecurity exits for the company include Forescout, Imperva, Webroot, Tenable, and Crowdstrike; and Accel’s other successful investments include Atlassian, Cloudera, Etsy, and Meta. Accel Investments. Paladin Capital Group. Sequoia Capital. Ten Eleven Ventures.

Cybersecurity 128

Cybersecurity Technology Marketing Healthcare 128

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Shellbot is known since 2005 and even available on GitHub. We suggest to harden and update your SSH server configuring authentication with authorized keys and disabling passwords. This means that, most probably, the gang will deploy a new IRC server leaving the rest of the infrastructure untouched.

Architecture 133

Architecture Malware Hacking DDOS 133

eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

The authorization can be associated with specific hardware, shared encryption keys, passwords, and more. Claims Ownership of Content Applying DRM to content stakes an ownership claim as unobtrusive as a watermark for photos or marketing material or as complete as password-protected content with highly restrictive use restrictions.

Encryption 62

Encryption Architecture Software Technology 62

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. The FaceTime bug definitely proves that your phone can be used as a remote listening device "without any authentication" — Marcus J. Enable 2FA and get a password manager. — thaddeus e.

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2005, Sony BMG delivered millions of CDs with a rootkit that monitored listening habits and unintentionally left a backdoor to the device for cybercriminals. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Good password hygiene is one of the best ways to prevent access to keyloggers.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

Ditto for a case the FTC brought in 2005. Constella reports that for roughly a year between 2021 and 2022, a Microsoft Windows device regularly used by Mr. Mirza and his colleagues was actively uploading all of the device’s usernames, passwords and authentication cookies to cybercriminals based in Russia.

Marketing 312

Marketing Advertising Scams Telecommunications 312

Cisco Security

MAY 26, 2022

In 2005, I was lucky enough to become a Senior Editor at Tom’s Hardware Guide and attended Black Hat as accredited press from 2005 to 2008. were applied, as well as a standard WPA2 SSID for the devices that the device vendor had set up (we gave them the name of the SSID and Password). Network Visibility.

Wireless 107

Wireless Mobile Engineering Firewall 107

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It was for UNIX systems and it was created by Dan Farmer and Wheat-say Vene-ma, who then co-authored a book in 2005 called Forensic Discovery. So eventually, we can figure out better ways of accessing the infrastructure versus just a regular RDP, which is prone to the password spray, like, right.

Penetration Testing 52

Penetration Testing Encryption Ransomware Passwords 52