Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022, KrebsOnSecurity documented the plight of several readers who had their accounts at big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian hijacked after identity thieves simply re-registered the accounts using a different email address. So once again I sought to re-register as myself at Experian.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Now think about the type of data you enter when you create a new account on a website. You are often required to provide your email address, date of birth, first and last name, and a password. This is valuable personal data that can be used for anything from targeted advertising to identity theft in extreme cases.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Lack of access to security features, such as passwords for admins, may result in a data breach where unauthorized persons within the organization may access sensitive data and leak it to malicious insiders. A lack of security features to upgrade or downgrade a user may result in mismanagement of user accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. Apple has also promised that passwords will be a thing of the past, and passkeys will become available for iOS 16. Dashlane last month integrated passkeys into its cross-platform password manager.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Identity theft is the number one crime in America, a crime that claims an average of more than a million new victims every 30 days. Earlier this month, a firm called Javelin Strategy and Research released its annual Identity Theft Fraud Report. On the other hand, account takeovers went up.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Hackers can publish their findings under an anonymous account on a popular social media platform or another public-facing channel. Personal details about users – whether inadvertently available on social media or through a data breach on a long inactive account – are everywhere, giving persistent threat actors plenty to utilize.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

The motion picture acquisition agreements, tax ID requests, and contract addendum scans all date between 2013 and 2016. While IndieFlix believes that the bucket has been publicly accessible since May 2015, the company has not found any suspicious activity or unauthorized access attempts to any of its accounts during the period.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In April 2013, I received via U.S. When I first encountered now-31-year-old Sergei “Fly,” “Flycracker,” “MUXACC” Vovnenko in 2013, he was the administrator of the fraud forum “thecc[dot]bz,” an exclusive and closely guarded Russian language board dedicated to financial fraud and identity theft.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 10, 2019

Back in 2013, I was beginning to get the sense that data breaches were becoming a big thing. Increasingly, I was writing about what I thought was a pretty fascinating segment of the infosec industry; password reuse across Gawker and Twitter resulting in a breach of the former sending Acai berry spam via the latter. It's alive! "Have

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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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