Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2019

So "Plan A" was to publish Pwned Passwords V5 on Tuesday but a last-minute check showed control characters had snuck in due to the quality (or lack thereof) of the source data. References Scott will be running my Hack Yourself First workshop in Glasgow next week (this is the last stop on the UK tour, get in while you still can!)

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Data breaches Passwords Accountability Hacking 153

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information. The hidden service gained traction in 2011 and then hit the mainstream when a Gawker article about the site was published.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

Accountability 75

Accountability Passwords Advertising Government 75

Spinone

JANUARY 21, 2015

Here is the annual list of the 25 most frequently passwords found on the Internet appearing to be the Worst Passwords, that will expose anybody to being hacked or having their identities stolen. SplashData has released its annual list of the most common passwords compiled from more than 3.3

Passwords 40

Passwords Password Management Backups Hacking 40

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The decryption password is provided as a command-line argument (Base64 encoded string), and the xPack backdoor can run as a standalone application or as a service (xPackSvc variant). The threat actors were returning periodically in the compromised network to launch xPack again and steal account credentials from the compromised organizations.

Manufacturing 88

Manufacturing Malware Data collection Encryption 88

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 17, 2024

It's usually something to the effect of "hey, have you seen the Spotify breach", to which I politely reply with a link to my old No, Spotify Wasn't Hacked blog post (it's just the output of a small set of credentials successfully tested against their service), and we all move on. Is it legit?

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Passwords Password Management Hacking Accountability 355

ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

I mean, there are so many positive stories about people who are hacking for a living and doing good things because of it. In 2011, there a was user in a chat room by the name of altoid, like the mint. Anyone talking about it in 2011 most likely had inside information. Don't use familiar passwords seriously. And he had.

Hacking 52

Hacking Mobile Cryptocurrency VPN 52

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2019

Microsoft removes Password-Expiration Policy in security baseline for Windows 10. Over 23 million breached accounts were using ‘123456 as password. But it was 2011. How to Hack Dell computers exploiting a flaw in pre-installed Dell SupportAssist. Amnesty International Hong Kong Office hit by state-sponsored attack.

Cyber Attacks 53

Cyber Attacks Wireless Advertising Passwords 53

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The APT20 group has been active since at least 2011, but experts did not associate any campaign with this threat actors between 2016 and 2017. W? ”, used as “s**t” or “damn”) is the name that Fox-IT uses to describe the hacking activities of a Chinese based hacking group.” SecurityAffairs – APT20, hacking).

VPN 66

VPN Hacking Software Advertising 66

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

A source said they’d stumbled upon a way to intercept and read the daily online chats between Aqua and several other mule recruiters and malware purveyors who were stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars weekly from hacked businesses. Your payroll accounts have been hacked, and you’re about to lose a great deal of money.

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Cybercrime Banking Small Business Accountability 220

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

Phishing 77

Phishing Advertising Malware Media 77

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

No really, I wrote about him last year and exposed his involvement in everything from state-sponsored Iranian hacking to typosquatting to him potentially being Ed Snowden. I mean we know he's a hacker because he has a hoodie and we know he's hacking because the text on the screen is green, but it doesn't totally add up. He's the guy!

Data breaches 206

Data breaches Passwords Marketing Hacking 206

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Fast-forward a decade from now and imagine teaching emerging cybersecurity professionals about an obsolete thing called a password. Password problems because of the human factor. Manual and annoying for a long time, passwords were a key technology, beginning in the early digital age, to protect servers, accounts, and eventually email.

Passwords 60

Passwords Authentication Accountability Mobile 60

Adam Levin

JUNE 3, 2019

Case in point: the hacking group Lulzsec’s 2011 hack of the U.S. Every access point has the potential for a breach, be it from an unprotected drive , a re-used password , an irresponsible click, a compromised cell phone or a bad player. Like a severed head, stolen data is the proof of success in this arena.

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Data breaches Marketing Firewall Cybersecurity 119

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The document contained a list of pornographic sites, along with passwords for access to said sites and would then spread itself and its NSFW content by emailing the first 50 people in the victim’s contact list. Welcome to [link] Hacked By Chinese!”. The Rise of Ransomware: 2011-2022. However, despite claims from U.S.

Malware 138

Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 138

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

Threat actors included the passwords for accessing the archives’ contents in the subject of the email, the name of the archive, or in their subsequent correspondence with the victim. SecurityAffairs – phishing attacks, hacking). Figure 3 Top-10 threats hiding in phishing emails in H2 2019 and extension of attached malicious files.

Phishing 56

Phishing Spyware Banking Malware 56

Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The threat actor abused Bitly shortener and an ad hoc BlogSpot account to protect the malicious code, lastly stored in an encrypted zip archive hosted on Mega.nz. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

Malware 83

Malware Social Engineering Encryption Marketing 83