Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2021

Top executives of the software firm SolarWinds blamed an intern for having used a weak password for several years, exposing the company to hack. Top executives of the SolarWinds firm believe that the root cause of the recently disclosed supply chain attack is an intern that has used a weak password for several years. Confronted by Rep.

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Daniel Miessler

MARCH 24, 2021

Basically, how secure is someone’s current behavior with respect to passwords and authentication, and what can they do to improve? The idea here is for someone in the security community—or really any security-savvy user—to use this visual to help someone with poor password hygiene. Related posts: My RSA 2017 Recap.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

US Cyber Command posted on Twitter an alert about cyber attacks exploiting the CVE-2017-11774 vulnerability in Outlook. Yesterday I was using Twitter when I noticed the following alert issued by the account managed by the US Cyber Command : USCYBERCOM has discovered active malicious use of CVE-2017-11774 and recommends immediate #patching.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Adoption of two-factor authentication has substantially increased since we began conducting this research in 2017. Elie Bursztein, Cybersecurity Research Lead, Google Non-Traditional Authentication Methods Move the Needle Two contemporary trends in primary authentication are password managers and biometrics.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 4, 2017

May 4, 2017 is officially World Password Day. Here are some tips and tricks to help you improve your online security.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Instagram has suffered a serious security leak that might have exposed user’s passwords, revealed The Information website. Instagram notified some of its users that it might have accidentally exposed their password due to a security glitch. an Instagram spokesperson told The Verge. ” continues The Information.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Many of the old standbys made this year's list of the 25 stolen - and weakest - passwords found dumped online.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

On November 30, 2022, password manager LastPass informed customers of a cybersecurity incident following unusual activity within a third-party cloud storage service. While LastPass claims that users’ passwords remain safely encrypted, it admitted that certain elements of customers’ information have been exposed.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

TP-Link has addressed a critical vulnerability impacting some TP-Link Archer routers that could allow attackers to login without passwords. “In such an event, the victim could lose access to the console and even a shell, and thereby would not be able to re-establish a new password.” ” continues the post.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2022

•A whopping 80 percent were due to stolen credentials (nearly a 30 percent increase since 2017!). Brute forcing passwords (10 percent) came in third. Poor password practices are responsible for most incidents involving web applications and data breaches since 2009. Brute forcing passwords. Shifting exposures.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In August 2017, Salonen, a customer of Cryptopay, emailed their customer services team to ask for a new password. A fair point, as it's never a good idea to send a new password in an email. A password-reset link is safer all round, although it's not clear if Cryptopay offered this option to Salonen.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire , a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. Constella also shows the email address zankomario@gmail.com used the password “dugidox2407.”

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 17, 2020

One of those offering claimed access over the Exploit forum in 2017 was known as “fxmsp” and is wanted by the FBI “for involvement in several high-profile incidents,” said Mark Arena, chief executive of cybercrime intelligence firm Intel471. That last sentence is important, yes.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Hackers used a compromised password to access the company network via a virtual private network in the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack. A widely known vulnerability that hadn’t yet been patched was the entry point for the 2017 Equifax attack. Some of the biggest breaches have come down to small mistakes.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Trend Identified: 4/20/2017. Change all database passwords. Change your CMS passwords. If you are using the software cPanel to manage your hosting account, change your cPanel password. This article was co-authored by Product Evangelist Logan Kipp. THREAT SUMMARY. High Threat. Learn More. CVE ID: N/A.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2019

Imperva , a leading provider of Internet firewall services that help Web sites block malicious cyberattacks, alerted customers on Tuesday that a recent data breach exposed email addresses, scrambled passwords, API keys and SSL certificates for a subset of its firewall users. Redwood Shores, Calif.-based

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 9, 2017

From that moment, the timeline in their public disclosure began which I highlighted in this tweet: 23 hours and 42 minutes from initial private disclosure to @disqus to public notification and impacted accounts proactively protected pic.twitter.com/lctQEjHhiH — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) October 6, 2017. That's how it should be done.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

On January 4, 2017, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), located in Cleveland, Ohio, became aware of an infection on more than 100 of its computers. On January 10 2017, and unaware of this ongoing investigation, Malwarebytes became aware of the Mac version of the malware that would become known as FruitFly.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2022

From there, the two allegedly would check how many of those Yahoo accounts were associated with Ring accounts, and then target people who used the same password for both accounts. Whereas, when cybercriminals reuse passwords, it often costs them their freedom. . “ChumLul,” 22, of Racine, Wisc.,

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Six decades in, password use has tipped into the absurd, while two-factor authentication is showing its limits. If you find it interesting, check out the rest of our Life After the Password series of podcasts. 60 years in, passwords at a breaking point. Six decades later, however, password use has tipped into the absurd.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

The researchers believe that the Turkey-linked APT Sea Turtle has been active since at least 2017. Between 2017 and 2019, the APT group mainly used DNS hijacking in its campaigns. Create and enforce a password policy with adequate complexity requirements for specific accounts.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

From March 2016 to March 2017, we analyzed several black markets to see how hijackers steal passwords and other sensitive data. [.]. Our research tracked several black markets that traded third-party password breaches, as well as 25,000 blackhat tools used for phishing and keylogging.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

million customers, including website administrator passwords, sFTP credentials, and private SSL keys; -December 2022: Hackers gained access to and installed malware on GoDaddy’s cPanel hosting servers that “intermittently redirected random customer websites to malicious sites.”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2023

Countless websites and online services use SMS text messages for both password resets and multi-factor authentication. Many online services allow users to reset their passwords just by clicking a link sent via SMS , and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto identity documents.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2019

Very often, those addresses are accompanied by other personal information such as passwords. No, and the passwords are the very first thing that starts to give it all away. The attack is simple but effective due to the prevalence of password reuse. Clearly a Spotify breach, right? Billions of them, in some cases.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

The international police organization INTERPOL said last week it had shuttered the notorious 16Shop, a popular phishing-as-a-service platform launched in 2017 that made it simple for even complete novices to conduct complex and convincing phishing scams. A 16Shop phishing page spoofing Apple and targeting Japanese users. Image: Akamai.com.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

“This is the largest release from Microsoft this year and the largest since at least 2017,” said Dustin Childs , from Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). “As far as I can tell, it’s the largest Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft of all time.”

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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. In early 2017, Babam confided to another Verified user via private message that he is from Lithuania. com (2017).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2024

TA547 is a financially motivated threat actor that has been active since at least November 2017, it was observed conducting multiple campaigns to deliver a variety of Android and Windows malware, including DanaBot , Gootkit , Lumma stealer , NetSupport RAT , Ursnif , and ZLoader.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 25, 2019

One of the larger threats outlined in the report was the Emotet Trojan, a sophisticated malware program capable of data theft, network monitoring, and propagating itself onto other vulnerable systems, and the Trickbot Trojan that steals passwords and browser histories from infected machines. “[F]ormer

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2018

Google has not had any of its 85,000+ employees successfully phished on their work-related accounts since early 2017, when it began requiring all employees to use physical Security Keys in place of passwords and one-time codes, the company told KrebsOnSecurity. A YubiKey Security Key made by Yubico. a mobile device). a mobile device).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

The bot uses exploits for multiple vulnerabilities, including CVE-2014-6287 , CVE-2018-1000861 , CVE-2017-10271 , ThinkPHP RCE vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-20062) , CVE-2018-7600 , CVE-2017-9791 , CVE-2019-9081 , PHPStudy Backdoor RCE , CVE-2017-0144 , CVE-2017-0145 , and CVE-2017-8464. ” concludes the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 29, 2022

Those behind the spread of passwords stealing gang dubbed Racoon Stealer have announced that they are temporarily shutting their operations as they lost a crucial gang member in the invasion of Ukraine. The post Racoon stealer malware suspends its operations due to war on Ukraine appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This includes social security numbers, email addresses and passwords to access the services on the application. The Federal Trade Commission found in its investigations that the company was storing sensitive information about millions of its student customers and employees without following a basic security hygiene.

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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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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

We’ll also catch you up on the latest cybersecurity news, including the 25 Worst Passwords of 2017 and a leaky server that exposed 300,000 email addresses and login credentials from Ancestry.com. Happy New Year from SiteLock and Decoding Security !

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

That phishing site prompted visitors to enter their account credentials — including usernames, passwords, one-time passcodes and PIN numbers — to unlock their accounts. In January 2017, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a California woman who saw nearly $3,000 drained from her account via a cardless ATM operated by Chase Bank.

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