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Ukraine Nabs Suspect in 773M Password ?Megabreach?

Krebs on Security

“In fact, large aggregations of stolen credentials have been around since 2013-2014. For example, as recently as earlier this month, Intel 471 spotted Sanix selling access to nearly four dozen universities worldwide, and to a compromised VPN account for the government of San Bernadino, Calif.

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Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do

Krebs on Security

In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts. Turner said he created the account at Experian in 2020 to place a security freeze on his credit file, and that he used a password manager to select and store a strong, unique password for his Experian account.

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Social media beats TV as top American news source for first time, study finds

Zero Day

Not surprisingly, print media has plummeted in the past decade, with 47% of people getting their news from print in 2013, but only 14% in 2025.  Traditional television claimed the No. 2 spot with 50%. Online news sites were right behind at 48%.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

For the generation of remote work and operations, Check Point Remote Access VPN offers central management and policy administration for controlling access to corporate networks. The Remote Access VPN enables more robust security with the encryption of transmitted data, system compliance scanning, and multi-factor authentication.

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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

Blocking legitimate users is part of that problem, blocking users wanting to protect their traffic with a VPN is another: This has been there for the past year now. They also blacklist vpn IP addresses. This is poor form as it can break tools that encourage good security practices such as password managers.

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Ferocious Kitten: 6 years of covert surveillance in Iran

SecureList

From 2015 to February 2018, the malware was compiled with Visual Studio 2013 and 2015, whereas in February 2018, the developers moved to Visual Studio 2017 and embedded the malware’s logic within Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) classes. argument: path to file to upload. – List files and repositories.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: One sunny morning in 2013. In 2013, we only knew that someone calling themselves Dread Pirate Roberts was running the site. And I use a VPN that doesn't log my websites. Don't use familiar passwords seriously. If you want nothing to connect back to you choose an entirely new set of passwords.

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