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Cybercriminals are Oversharing with Social Media Data Breaches

SiteLock

It’s been a busy time for data breaches in the social media world with Myspace, LinkedIn and Twitter all experiencing them. In each of these cases, the cybercriminals behind the breaches were after usernames and passwords. Peace stole data from over 360 million Myspace accounts. 29 milliseconds to crack them.

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Security firm accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion previously leaked records

Security Affairs

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to a UK security firm that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. “Our extensive cybersecurity knowledge lends itself well to searching for and analyzing data leaks. .

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Keepnet Labs accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion previously leaked records

Security Affairs

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to the security firm Keepnet Labs that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. “Our extensive cybersecurity knowledge lends itself well to searching for and analyzing data leaks.

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Top Network Detection & Response (NDR) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis. ExtraHop Reveal(x) Features.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 235

Security Affairs

Data from Sephora and StreetEasy data breaches added to HIBP. Ops, popular iTerm2 macOS Terminal App is affected by a critical RCE since 2012. Hacker breached escort forums in Italy and the Netherlands and is selling user data. Sophos fixed a critical vulnerability in Cyberoam firewalls.

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Implementing Password Security

SiteLock

And we know this because of another major security problem, data breaches. Thanks to hundreds of data breaches that have exposed millions of personal files and passwords, we now know exactly what kinds of passwords users are using.

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How to Prevent Data Leaks

Spinone

In this article we will take a look at major cybersecurity risks and best practices how to reduce or avoid corporate data leakage. The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts.