Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. frequently relied on the somewhat unique password, “ plk139t51z.”

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

The typical username and password for Wi-Fi routers is “admin” for both, but you may need to search online or contact your ISP if that doesn’t work. And while you’re in there, update that password to something a little less hackable, possibly saving the new one in a password manager.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2022

There are a lot of those because the ZeuS banking Trojan source code was leaked in 2011, and so there’s been plenty of time for several new variants to emerge. The primary goal of Zloader was originally financial theft, stealing account login IDs, passwords and other information to take money from people’s accounts.

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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. David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation.

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Spinone

JANUARY 25, 2017

We also (hopefully everyone) make sure that we change our password every 2-3 months. We know that these two important actions have to become our good habits, so why are we so reckless with our Data Backups, especially when today technology allows us to automatically sync and run planned backups just like an Antivirus program?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Even if one managed to steal (or guess) a user’s DirectConnection password, the login page could not be reached unless the visitor also possessed a special browser certificate that the forum administrator gave only to approved members. me , which included a copyright credit to “Hot Spot 2011.”

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. And those four hundred and ninety six characters probably included recently used encryption keys, passwords, social security numbers, and other PII.

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