Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2021

com , a wildly popular service that sold access to more than 12 billion usernames and passwords stolen from thousands of hacked websites. In an ironic turn of events, a lapsed domain registration tied to WeLeakInfo let someone plunder and publish account data on 24,000 customers who paid to access the service with a credit card.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 20, 2024

Whether they're from a stealer as in this week's Naz.API incident, or just aggregated from multiple data breaches (which is also in Naz.API), I inevitably get some backlash after loading them: "this doesn't tell me anything useful, why are you loading this?!" They're an odd thing, credential lists.

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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. Zendesk software is currently used by a lot of major organizations worldwide, including Uber, Shopify, Airbnb, and Slack. . ” reads the security notice.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

Yahoo is continuously trying to settle a lawsuit on the massive data breach over the period of 2013 to 2016. million settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen in the largest data breach in history”. SecurityAffairs – Yahoo data breach, settlement).

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Now headlines about ransomware, cyberattacks and data breaches pour into social media feeds at a steady drumbeat. SecureWorld now takes a look at some of the largest data breaches to ever occur. Top 10 most significant data breaches. Yahoo data breach (2013). Equifax data breach (2017).

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Over the course of this week, I've been writing about "Fixing Data Breaches" which focuses on actionable steps that can be taken to reduce the prevalence and the impact of these incidents. Let's move on and talk about why this makes a lot of sense when it comes to fixing data breaches.

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Elie

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Over the course of March, 2016–March, 2017, we identify 788,000 potential victims of off-theshelf keyloggers; 12.4 billion usernames and passwords exposed via data breaches and traded on blackmarket forums. Drawing upon Google as a case study, we find 7–25% of exposed passwords match a victim’s Google account.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

LastPass is password management software that’s been popular among business and personal users since it was initially released in 2008. Like other password managers, LastPass provides a secure vault for your login credentials, personal documents, and other sensitive information. When it was acquired by LogMeIn Inc.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 25, 2018

Pretty much every day, I get a reminder from someone about how little people know about their exposure in data breaches. Frequently, it's some long-forgotten site they haven't even thought about in years and also frequently, the first people know of these incidents is via HIBP: large @ticketfly data breach.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network. But in February 2016, Babam joined Verified , another Russian-language crime forum. com (2017).

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 21, 2018

That harm extends all the way from those in data breaches feeling a sense of personal violation (that's certainly how I feel when I see my personal information exposed), all the way through to people literally killing themselves (there are many documented examples of this in the wake of the Ashley Madison breach).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Lab test provider LifeLabs has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information for up to 15 million Canadians. LifeLabs notified its customers via letter, exposed data includes names, contact information, health card numbers, and for approximately 85,000 customers their lab test results. and Ontario.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2020

According to Active Network data breach notice, parents who accessed Blue Bear-based web store to pay school fees or buy books and other material between October 1, 2019, and November 13, 2019, might have had their personal data stolen. ” reads the notice of data breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2018

No secret access or password was needed to view the documents. Calling it a breach seems a bit of a stretch; it probably would be more accurate to describe the incident as a data leak. In fact, the apparent ringleader of TDO reached out to KrebsOnSecurity in May 2016 with a remarkable offer.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

million from accounts at the National Bank of Blacksburg in two separate ATM cashouts between May 2016 and January 2017. The 2016 unlimited operation against National Bank began Saturday, May 28, 2016 and continued through the following Monday. All told, the attackers managed to siphon almost $570,000 in the 2016 attack.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

World Password Day is today, reminding us of the value of solid passwords, and good password practices generally. You can’t go wrong shoring up a leaky password line of defence though, so without further ado: let’s get right to it. Breaching the issue. The problem with passwords.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com — were seen as early as 2016 as distribution points for the Hummer Trojan , a potent strain of Android malware often bundled with games that completely compromises the infected device. com 2016-02-18 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., At least another five of the domains registered to tosaka1027@gmail.com — 99youx[.]com

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

In a typical PPI network, clients will submit their malware—a spambot or password-stealing Trojan, for example —to the service, which in turn charges per thousand successful installations, with the price depending on the requested geographic location of the desired victims. The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016. Web hosting giant DigitalOcean discloses it was one of the victims, and that the intruders used their access to send password reset emails to a number of DigitalOcean customers involved in cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies. In 2016, while the U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2020

. “The leaked information, which ZDNet obtained a copy with the help of data breach monitoring service Under the Breach, contains information on users who registered or used the Aptoide app store app between July 21, 2016, and January 28, 2018.” ” reported ZDNet.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

According to historic records maintained by Domaintools.com [an advertiser on this site], that email address — ing.equipepro@gmail.com — was used in 2016 to register the Web site talainine.com , a now-defunct business that offered recreational vehicle-based camping excursions just outside of a city in southern Morocco called Guelmim.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2020

The Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin found guilty for LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring data breach back in 2012 and the sale of their users’ data. The Russian criminal was arrested in Prague in October 2016 in an international joint operation with the FBI.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Social Blade is an American social media analytics platform, the company disclosed the security breach after a database containing company data was offered for sale on a hacker forum this week. “On The company pointed out that the credit card data was not exposed. Samples were posted and we verified that they were indeed real.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s been a busy time for data breaches in the social media world with Myspace, LinkedIn and Twitter all experiencing them. In each of these cases, the cybercriminals behind the breaches were after usernames and passwords. The most commonly used passwords today are, “password” and “123456,” and it only takes a hacker.29

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Make sure your smartphone, tablet and laptop are password-protected, particularly if you’re in the habit of carrying them around wherever you go. Create long and strong passwords. Never use duplicate usernames or passwords across any of your online accounts to limit your exposure in case of a data breach.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

This was more than a multi-password via ssh exploit, and there was no ransom. ” In an update posted to the company’s Web site , VFEmail owner Rick Romero wrote that new email was being delivered and that efforts were being made to recover what user data could be salvaged. . “Every VM [virtual machine] is lost.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com — were seen as early as 2016 as distribution points for the Hummer Trojan , a potent strain of Android malware often bundled with games that completely compromises the infected device. com 2016-02-18 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., At least another five of the domains registered to tosaka1027@gmail.com — 99youx[.]com

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

A CIA elite hacking unit that developed cyber-weapons failed in protecting its operations, states an internal report on the Vault 7 data leak. “The WikiLeaks breach occurred at CCI, whose mission is to transform intelligence through cyber operations. ” reported The Washington Post. .”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Midnight Blizzard group (aka APT29 , SVR group , Cozy Bear , Nobelium , BlueBravo , and The Dukes ) along with APT28 cyber espionage group was involved in the Democratic National Committee hack and the wave of attacks aimed at the 2016 US Presidential Elections.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

If data is involved, threat actors want to get their hands on it and exploit it. Some notable cyber incidents in the past half-decade include: McDonald's (2021): The fast-food giant suffered a data breach that exposed customer and employee information in South Korea and Taiwan. Subway U.K. 2020): The sandwich chain's U.K.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Big names, including Home Depot and Michaels, suffered massive data breaches that affected millions of customers. The Ashley Madison data breach was one of the most widely covered breaches in the media this year. It’s estimated that 37 million people were victim to the breach, including several high-profile names.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. I advise anyone who is using an old NR [Near Reality] password for anything remotely important should change it ASAP.” In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. The marketing firm Apollo.io

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These emails persuade employees to reveal passwords for important applications or download malicious files to their devices. A 2021 report on data breaches found that stolen credentials were the initial attack vector used in 61 percent of breaches. IoT Devices. Conclusion. He currently also works with Bora.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2021

The report also predicted that a ransomware attack will occur every 11 seconds in 2021, up from every 40 seconds in 2016. Encryption tools can be used to protect data from outsiders. When encryption isn’t possible, password protection is a great alternative. Monitor data.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 11, 2022

There are no passwords in the database. Hold Security founder Alex Holden said a number of patterns in the data suggest it relates to AT&T customers. In September 2016, AT&T rebranded U-verse as AT&T Internet. “Additionally, Shiny Hunters is flooding dark web marketplaces with breached databases.”

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

By focusing on this context, we hope that you’ll come away with a stronger understanding about, for instance, why you should use a password manager rather than that you should use a password manager. In 2016, I bought a new smartphone that, as part of a promotion, came with an additional smart watch.

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