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A study reveals the list of worst passwords of 2019

Security Affairs

Another year is ending and this is the right time to discover which are the worst passwords of 2019 by analyzing data leaked in various data breaches. Independent anonymous researchers, compiled and shared with security firm NordPass a list of 200 most popular passwords that were leaked in data breaches during 2019.

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The 7 Biggest Cybersecurity Scoops from February 2015

SiteLock

Healthcare company Anthem was hacked near the beginning of February, resulting in the theft of over 80 million PII records, including Social Security numbers, birthdays, email/mailing addresses, employment information and income data of current subscribers, former subscribers and employees. 10 Million Passwords Leaked Online.

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Akamai Report: Credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat

Security Affairs

According to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report on credential stuffing, credential stuffing continues to be growing threat. According to Akamai report titled “[state of the internet] / security CREDENTIAL STUFFING ATTACKS “ the credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat and often underestimated.

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If You're Not Paying for the Product, You Are. Possibly Just Consuming Goodwill for Free

Troy Hunt

But this isn't an internet age thing, the origins go back way further, originally being used to describe TV viewers being served ads. I wanted to build a data breach search service. But I'd given them to Macromedia (Dreamweaver FTW!) What do you think? Worth donating to? Or does it come across as cheap?

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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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It’s a Holiday Security Breach Blowout

SiteLock

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. How Website Security Breaches Occur. This week we have a personal story for our readers.

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A Deep Dive on the Recent Widespread DNS Hijacking Attacks

Krebs on Security

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records.

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