Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

A cyber survey conducted by the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed that ‘123456’ is still the most hacked password. Security experts at the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) analyzed the 100,000 most-commonly re-occurring breached passwords using data from Have I Been Pwned (HIBP).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

Quidd , an online marketplace for trading stickers, cards, toys, and other collectibles, discloses a data breach in has suffered in 2019. Quidd , the online marketplace for trading stickers, cards, toys, and other collectibles, discloses a data breach in has suffered in 2019, it is also recommending users to change their passwords.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2020

The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange is forcing users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . Another bad news for the community of the virtual currencies communities, the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has forced its users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . charlysatoshi. This is a real email!

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

Reddit Warns Users of Data Breach. Reddit is warning its users of a security breach, an attacker broke into the systems of the platform and accessed user data. Reddit is warning its users of a security breach, a hacker broke into the systems of the platform and accessed user data. ” continues Reddit.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Many readers of the Register shared with the media outlet an email sent from the Amazon UK branch that is notifying them an accidental data leak. The news is disconcerting, Amazon has suffered a data breach a few days before Black Friday. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2019

Microsoft presented a series of security enhancements for its Windows 10, including the removal of the password-expiration policy. Microsoft announced the removal of the password-expiration policy from its operating system starting with the next Windows 10 feature update (Windows 10 version 1903, a.k.a., ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

Cyble has analyzed the data and confirmed its authenticity, it also indexed the record in its data breach monitoring and notification service AmiBreached.com. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Over 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked in a new data breach that the gaming firm suffered on September 20. More than 500,000 Activision accounts may have compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by the gaming firm on September 20, reported the eSports site Dexerto. Yeah, it's legit guys.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

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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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

Over 267 million Facebook profiles are offered for sale on dark web sites and hacker forums, the dump is offered for £500 ($623) and doesn’t include passwords. Hackers are offering for sale over 267 million Facebook profiles for £500 ($623) on dark web sites and hacker forums, the archive doesn’t include passwords.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Million of password resets and two-factor authentication codes exposed in unsecured Vovox DB. Kevin Hertz, Voxox’s co-founder and chief technology officer, wrote in an email that the company is “looking into the issue and following standard data breach policy at the moment,” and that the company is “evaluating impact.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

Another day, another data breach made the headlines, this time the alleged victim is UberEATS. UberEats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, UberEats).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2019

.” The attempts were observed on January 19 and lasted for at least seven days, the company also notified of the attack to the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority). The company has also informed the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) of the attack, as required by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2020

Hackers have breached the online learning platform Unacademy and are selling the account information for close to 22 million users. Online learning platform Unacademy has suffered a data breach after a hacker gained access to their database and started selling the account information for close to 22 million users.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

The MGM Resorts 2019 data breach is much larger than initially thought, a hacker is offering for sale details of 142 million MGM hotel guests on the dark web. Bad news for the guests of the MGM Resorts, the 2019 data breach suffered by the company is much larger than initially reported. MGM Resorts Dump (source ZDNet).

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

Auctions platform LiveAuctioneers admitted to have suffered a data breach that likely impacted approximately 3.4 Auctions platform LiveAuctioneers disclosed a a data breach that might have impacted approximately 3.4 ” reads the data breach notification published by the company. million users.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

US fitness chain Town Sports has suffered a data breach, a database belonging to the company containing the personal information of over 600,000 people was exposed on the Internet. Data breach hunter Bob Diachenko discovered a database belonging to the company exposed online. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2020

The hacker has shared 15 million user records calling for action in cracking the passwords that are hashed using the SHA2-384 hashing algorithm. The seller pointed out that the database didn’t contain the salt strings used by the hashing function, this means that cracking the passwords would be a more difficult.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2020

. “It appears that someone was able to breach the server through a shell in avatar uploading in the forum software and get access to our current database dating April 2, 2020,” said Ace. The data breach notice discovered by the data breach monitoring service Under the Breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2020

The researchers acquired the data and analyzed it, then indexed the information on the company data breach monitoring and notification platform AmiBreached.com. People who’re concerned about their information exposure can register on the platform to query it to check if their data have been exposed. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2019

Last week, hackers published a list of Discord credentials (email addresses/passwords) that were allegedly phished from the users of the gaming chat platform. Last week, a group of hackers published a list of Discord login credentials (email addresses and passwords) that were allegedly phished from the users of the gaming chat platform.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

On Friday, the hacker that goes online with the handle “A_W_S” contacted multiple media outlets to disclose the hack, it also provided data samples as proof of the data breach. The hack took place in early November and exposed data for more than 20 million user accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2019

Nest recommended the owners of its security cameras to use enhanced authentication to avoid being hacked as happened with a family living in the US. According to Nest, the hackers used password obtained from other data breaches. “Nest was not breached,” confirmed Google that own the vendor.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Zendesk discloses a data breach that took place in 2016 when a hacker accessed data of 10,000 users, including passwords, emails, names, and phone numbers. In 2016, customer service software company Zendesk suffered a security breach that exposed data of 10,000 users, including passwords, emails, names, and phone numbers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The huge trove of data contains personal details for 10,683,188 former hotel guests, including full names, home addresses, phone numbers, emails, and dates of birth. The company excluded that hackers have stolen financial and payment card data or passwords. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Slickwraps has disclosed a data breach that impacted over 850,000 user accounts, data were accidentally exposed due to security vulnerabilities. The data leak was disclosed last week, on February 21 the company that customer records were accidentally exposed online via an exploit. .” ” continues the update.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2020

The availability of such kind of data poses a serious risk to the US citizens that could be targeted by crooks in large scale phishing campaigns or financial frauds. Cyble acquired and indexed the database on its data breach monitoring and notification platform, AmiBreached.com. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2019

Nest recommended the owners of its security cameras to use enhanced authentication to avoid being hacked as happened with a family living in the US. According to Nest, the hackers used password obtained from other data breaches. “Nest was not breached,” confirmed Google that own the vendor.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 26, 2022

This information would be used to help reset passwords or unlock accounts, as well as enabling two-factor authentication (2FA). Between 2014 and 2019, over 140 million users provided a phone number or email address after Twitter informed its users this information would be used for security purposes.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2019

StockX, the live marketplace for buying and selling limited edition sneakers, watches, handbags, and streetwear, announced a data breach. An unauthorized user was able to access customer data, as part of the incident response, StockX forced a password reset for its customers. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

BleepingComputer verified the authenticity of some of the exposed data and published the full list of the 18 archives leaked by the threat actor: Company User Records Reported Breach Date Known? The huge trove of data contains over 386 million user records, but only some of them included the user’s password.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2020

In 2014 its global sales reached $55.91 A few days ago the group released a press release in which they warned the companies to not try to recover their files from their backup, it also announced the forthcoming LG Electronics data leak. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s a heartwarming tale of multiple mass data compromises, which affected yours truly. We’ll also discuss how major data breaches occur, and what you can do to protect yourself in the Age of the Large Data Breach. Three breach notices in one week could have been an upsetting event. Last week was special.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The advertising for the sale of the huge trove of data was published in the popular Dream Market black marketplace, data are available for less than $20,000 worth of Bitcoin. Spokespersons for MyHeritage and 500px confirmed the authenticity of the data. The data doesn’t include financial information.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

Microsoft notified some of its users the security breach, it confirmed via email that hackers have accessed information about their OutLook account between 1 January 2019 and 28 March 2019. Experts at THN highlighted that even the two-factor authentication was not able to prevent users’ accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

FBI recommends using passphrases instead of complex passwords. Slickwraps discloses data leak that impacted 850,000 user accounts. New strain of Cerberus Android banking trojan can steal Google Authenticator codes. Sodinokibi Ransomware gang threatens to disclose data from Kenneth Cole fashion firm. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft discovered that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking because of using of compromised passwords. Experts from the Microsoft threat research team analyzed a database containing 3 billion leaked credentials from different security breaches. Pierluigi Paganini.

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