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FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang

Krebs on Security

The proprietors of the service, who use the collective nickname “ The Manipulaters ,” have been the subject of three stories published here since 2015. The FBI and authorities in The Netherlands this week seized dozens of servers and domains for a hugely popular spam and malware dissemination service operating out of Pakistan.

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16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself

Zero Day

Also:   How to delete yourself from internet search results and hide your identity online For individuals, the damage can be more personal than figures on a balance sheet. Enable two-factor authentication Whenever you can, enable  two-factor authentication  (2FA) -- especially after you've become a victim of a data breach. 

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Heard about the 16 billion passwords leak? Here are the facts and how to protect yourself

Zero Day

Also:   How to delete yourself from internet search results and hide your identity online For individuals, the damage can be more personal than figures on a balance sheet. Enable two-factor authentication Whenever you can, enable  two-factor authentication  (2FA) -- especially after you've become a victim of a data breach. 

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Privacy Roundup: Week 1 of Year 2025

Security Boulevard

It appears that primarily internet-facing devices are vulnerable (they typically have remote management interfaces exposed to the internet in most cases). Users should keep routers updated , use strong admin passwords (avoid using the default credentials), and avoid exposing the admin login page to the internet.

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Threat actors scan Internet for Vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers

Security Affairs

Experts warn that hackers are actively scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Servers vulnerable in the attempt to exploit the CVE-2020-0688 RCE. Hackers are actively scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Servers affected by the CVE-2020-0688 remote code execution flaw. ” reads the advisory published by Microsoft.

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Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do

Krebs on Security

“I was able to answer the credit report questions successfully, which authenticated me to their system,” Turner said. That’s because Experian does not offer any type of multi-factor authentication options on consumer accounts. But now he’s wondering what else he could do to prevent another account compromise.

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Hackers are scanning the internet for vulnerable Salt installs, Ghost blogging platform hacked

Security Affairs

Hackers are conducting a mass-scanning the Internet for vulnerable Salt installs that could allow them to hack the organizations, the last victim is the Ghost blogging platform. The two flaws, tracked as CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652, are a directory traversal issue and an authentication bypass vulnerability respectively.

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