Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Kislitsin is accused of hacking into the now-defunct social networking site Formspring in 2012, and conspiring with another Russian man convicted of stealing tens of millions of usernames and passwords from LinkedIn and Dropbox that same year. Nikulin is currently serving a seven-year sentence in the U.S. prison system.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

In June, KrebsOnSecurity was contacted by a cybersecurity researcher who discovered that a group of scammers was sharing highly detailed personal and financial records on Americans via a free web-based email service that allows anyone who knows an account’s username to view all email sent to that account — without the need of a password.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Also we are running business since 2006.” Whoever controlled the Saim Raza cybercriminal identity had a penchant for re-using the same password (“lovertears”) across dozens of Saim Raza email addresses. Regarding phishing, whenever we receive complaint, we remove the services immediately. Image: Facebook.

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Pen Test Partners

JULY 1, 2024

The CVE, dubbed regreSSHion, is a regression of CVE-2006-5051 reported in 2006. Versions before 4.4p1 are also vulnerable unless patches for CVE-2006- 5051 and CVE-2008-4109 have been applied. Use Strong Authentication: Enhance security by using key-based authentication and disabling password-based logins where possible.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2024

In reality, “Apple magic” is more a byproduct of old advertising (this 2006 commercial from the “I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC” series did irreparable harm) and faulty conclusions concerning cybersecurity’s biggest breaches and attacks: People mistakenly believe that because most attacks target Windows computers and servers, no attacks target Macs.

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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.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

As a member of the club, he competed in a local programming competition, helping the team to win in both 2005 and 2006. While at CWRU, he was accused of “cracking passwords” on a CWRU network. Despite this, he was active in extracurricular activities. In high school, he participated in a computer club.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 26, 2022

These communications on the backend of username and password login processes ensure users get authenticated by the overarching identity manager and authorized to use the given web service(s). led the way, the first two iterations of OIDC, OpenID, were released in 2006 and 2007 as alternative authentication protocols. While SAML 2.0

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2020

These breaches left contact information, account passwords, credit card numbers, private photos, and more exposed. Since 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the leading provider of cloud computing services. Since 2004, there have been 11,000 US data breaches. Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2024

The problem: This week, we have not one but two 18-year-old vulnerabilities: researchers at IOActive discovered a flaw in AMD central processing units that has existed in processors made as early as 2006. If your business uses Windows, restrict administrative privileges as much as you can and require password resets as soon as possible.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

2002 – 2006: Origins of the Tor Project After onion routing was patented, additional computer scientists joined the original development team in 2002 and created the biggest project for onion routing yet: The Onion Routing Project, now commonly known as the Tor Project. Navy patented onion routing in 1998.

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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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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2024

The problem: This week, we have not one but two 18-year-old vulnerabilities: researchers at IOActive discovered a flaw in AMD central processing units that has existed in processors made as early as 2006. If your business uses Windows, restrict administrative privileges as much as you can and require password resets as soon as possible.

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SiteLock

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Exploit kits—or exploit packs, as they’re otherwise called—quickly rose to popularity after debuting in 2006. You can think of it as a convenient toolbox with everything someone would need to find vulnerabilities in a browser, software, or operating system—and then launch an attack. Remedy Your System’s Vulnerabilities With SiteLock.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

When you add this type of data to cloud storage, ensure your account is protected with more than just a password. As the digital age evolved, in 2006, the Council of Europe declared a Data Protection Day. For example, do not upload any private or confidential details, including photos, to publicly accessible websites.

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Spinone

JULY 29, 2019

G Suite, on the other hand, was released much later, in 2006. In the Role account field, type the email address and password of the role account on your mail server. Microsoft Office has been around since the 1990s. It is a popular tool and top-of-the-mind business app for most organizations. Press Connect.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Since 2006, Cradlepoint has grown into a dominant WAN , edge networking, and cloud solutions provider and was acquired by Ericsson in September 2020 for $1.1 Cradlepoint.

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Kali Linux

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Yes, we do go back a ways (2006!). Kali in live mode will be running as user kali password kali. If you really don’t care about security, and if you preferred the old model, you can install kali-grant-root and run dpkg-reconfigure kali-grant-root to configure password-less root rights. No more root / toor.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 20, 2021

Derin McMains, on a 2006 Toops Bowman Heritage baseball card. My password is terrible!” And then the second piece for perspective is… accept it. You have to accept that this is a part of the job. It doesn’t mean you have to like it. Adversity is inevitable. Misery is optional. Are you starting to realize, “Oh no.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

org was originally registered in 2006 to “ Corpse ,” the handle adopted by a Russian-speaking hacker who gained infamy several years prior for creating and selling an extremely sophisticated online banking trojan called A311 Death , a.k.a. Between 2003 and 2006, Corpse focused on selling and supporting his Haxdoor malware.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

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. Multifactor a what's, what's your email, what's your password. Such as their MAC address, their IP address, their geolocation. If it's continuous authentication.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 found that Internet address also was used to register the account “Nordex” on the Russian hacking forum Exploit back in 2006. This and other “nordia@” emails shared a password: “ anna59.” Constella tracked another Bankir[.]com ” NORDIA Nordia@yandex.ru

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

This is also risky, when he was arrested in 2006, the Prague Post reported that the thief had the code for 150 stolen cars still on his laptop, enough evidence to convict him. Nothing was the same that the way the servers connected with the password, all of that stuff was completely different.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

One of the domains registered in 2006 to the address unforgiven57@mail.ru frequently relied on the somewhat unique password, “ plk139t51z.” ” Constella says that same password was used for just a handful of other email addresses, including gumboldt@gmail.com. antivirusxp09[.]com). was thelib[.]ru

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

And so I joined a very small startup called KSR at the time and that we were trying to do security as service back in that was 2006 was way too early for the market. WANG : I left Carnegie Mellon to try my hands at a startup. And so it was interesting learning experience.

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Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

A password manager claimed “zero trust for passwords” while a SIEM/UEBA vendor promised to reveal all zero trust secrets (I bet they use VPN internally…). RSA 2013 and Endpoint Agent Re-Emergence RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” RSA 2017: What’s The Theme?

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

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. “I loved Russ deeply and he was like family.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

A password manager claimed “zero trust for passwords” while a SIEM/UEBA vendor promised to reveal all zero trust secrets (I bet they use VPN internally…). RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! In one area of the expo floor, you can walk past many booths and it would be all MDRs for miles and miles …. RSA 2017: What’s The Theme?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

You had to figure out how to configure Kermit, get passwords to get on. In both areas, you know, we never had sales guys until last year, so that's going on from like, 2006 Until last year. Hacker was more about the pursuit of knowledge. And that pursuit of knowledge because it was harder to find things that weren't search engines.

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Adam Levin

MAY 13, 2019

Because email isn’t deleted from most servers by default, this target-rich digital information environment is often accessible to anyone with a login and password–something that is regularly served up to hackers by the billio ns. People use it because it’s insecure. It is the digital equivalent of gnats in nature.

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