Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2023

Several domain names tied to Genesis Market , a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today. ” a cybercrime forum ad for Genesis enthused. Image: KrebsOnSecurity.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I have an embarrassing confession to make: I reuse passwords. I am not a heavy re-user, nothing crazy, I use a password manager to handle most of my credentials but I still reuse the odd password from time to time. It seems obvious and important therefore to tell users not to reuse passwords.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2019

Unpatched critical flaw CVE-2018-15439 could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over the device. Cisco Small Business Switch software is affected by a critical and unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2018-15439) that could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over the device.

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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2019

Dragonblood researchers found two new weaknesses in WPA3 protocol that could be exploited to hack WPA3 protected WiFi passwords. passwords. A group of researchers known as Dragonblood (Mathy Vanhoef and Eyal Ronen ) devised new methods to hack WPA3 protected WiFi passwords by exploiting two new vulnerabilities dubbed Dragonblood flaws.

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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

AUGUST 29, 2018

Qualys experts discovered that OpenSSH is still vulnerable to Oracle attack, it is affected by the CVE-2018-15919 flaw at least since September 2011. Security experts from Qualys discovered that OpenSSH is still vulnerable to Oracle attack, it is affected by the CVE-2018-15919 flaw at least since September 2011. openssh-7.8p1/gss-genr.c

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Security experts at Group-IB presented at Money2020 Asia the results of an interesting analysis of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018. The number of leaked cards increased in 2018 by 56%. The total underground market value of Singaporean banks’ cards compromised in 2018 is estimated at nearly $640 000.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. That’s down from 53 percent that did so in 2018, Okta found.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

“Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting. Enforce MFA on all VPN connections [ D3-MFA ].

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Conor Freeman of Dublin took part in the theft of more than two million dollars worth of cryptocurrency from different victims throughout 2018. This is dangerous because a great many sites and services still allow customers to reset their passwords simply by clicking on a link sent via SMS.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 16, 2021

From there, the attacker can reset the password of any account which uses that phone number for password reset links. But Lucky225 said the class of SMS interception he’s been testing targets a series of authentication weaknesses tied to a system developed by NetNumber , a private company in Lowell, Mass.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

According to Armis, an attacker can send undocumented commands in the Unified Messaging Application Services protocol of a Modicon controller to force the device to bypass existing authentication protections and leak a hash. Though they were patched, Armis researchers were able to leverage them in new ways to make the attack work.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for November 2018 addresses three flaws in Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader, and Photoshop CC. Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for November 2018 fixes three flaws in Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader, and Photoshop CC. Successful exploitation could lead to an inadvertent leak of the user’s hashed NTLM password.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold. Do not provide your mobile number account information over the phone to representatives that request your account password or pin.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Hello Alfred, an in-home hospitality app, left a database accessible without password protection, exposing almost 170,000 records containing private user data. In 2018, business magazine Fast Company selected the company as one of the Top 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World. It also enables landlords to collect rent in-app.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 2, 2019

Alpha-numeric passwords have been with us almost since the dawn of the computing age. The post Podcast Episode 140: passwords are. Alpha-numeric passwords have been with us almost since the dawn of the computing age. Half a century later, the password has long since outlived its usefulness. Read the whole entry. »

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

Terpin alleges that crooks stole almost $24 million worth of cryptocurrency after fraudulently executing a “SIM swap” on his mobile phone account at AT&T in early 2018. He soon learned his AT&T password had been changed remotely after 11 attempts in AT&T stores had failed.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 3, 2023

The password management company LastPasss notified customers in late December about a recent security incident. LastPass states that users that followed their best password practices have nothing to worry about. It is recommended that you never reuse your master password on other websites. It also generates strong passwords.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 27, 2018

It began with a visit to the local Telstra store earlier this month to upgrade a couple of phone plans which resulted in me sitting alone by this screen whilst the Telstra staffer disappeared into the back room for a few minutes: Is it normal for @Telstra to display customer passwords on publicly facing terminals in their stores?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

As KrebsOnSecurity observed back in 2018 , many people — particularly older folks — proudly declare they avoid using the Web to manage various accounts tied to their personal and financial data — including everything from utilities and mobile phones to retirement benefits and online banking services. In 2018, the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been around for many years now, but few enterprises have fully embraced it. In fact, according to Microsoft’s inaugural “ Cyber Signals ” report, only 22 percent of all its Azure Active Directory (AD) enterprise clients have adopted two-factor authentication (2FA), a form of MFA.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2018

A security researcher discovered that the IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs. The IoT search engine ZoomEye has cached login passwords for tens of thousands of Dahua DVRs, the discovery was made by security researcher Ankit Anubhav, Principal Researcher at NewSky Security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold. Do not provide your mobile number account information over the phone to representatives that request your account password or pin.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In fairness though, I've put a heap of work into Pwned Passwords version 2 and finally completed the data set. This week, it's all about minimum password lengths. In isolation, that sounds a little mundane but in the context of the broader picture of how authentication has evolved, I think it makes for an interesting discussion.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

On July 18, 2018, Pasco County authorities arrested Ricky Joseph Handschumacher , an employee of the city of Port Richey, Fla, charging him with grand theft and money laundering. In some cases, fraudulent SIM swaps succeed thanks to lax authentication procedures at mobile phone stores. A WORRIED MOM. GRAND PLANS.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The report also stated that the FBI received more than 1,600 SIM swap complaints in 2021, dramatically up from 320 from 2018 to 2020. It’s best to verify these requests by contacting your network provider or company to establish the authenticity before providing such details. Minimizing SIM Swapping Attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The Libssh library is affected by a severe flaw that could be exploited by attackers to completely bypass authentication and take over a vulnerable server. The flaw is an authentication-bypass vulnerability that was introduced in Libssh version 0.6 and above have an authentication bypass vulnerability in the server code.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early adopters whose password vaults were exposed in a 2022 breach at LastPass.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

billion stolen usernames, passwords and other personal data. Related: Massive Marriott breach closes out 2018. This is where criminals deploy botnets to automate the injection of surreptitiously obtained usernames and password pairs until they gain fraudulent access to a targeted account. ” Third-party risks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

The dump includes PLUTO TV’s display name, email address, bcrypt hashed password, birthday, device platform, and IP address. Bleeping Computer, which has validated the authenticity of the archive, reported that the latest record in the database was created on October 12th, 2018.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Pappachen said Sizmek forced a password reset on all internal employees (“a few hundred”), and that the company is scrubbing its SAS user database for departed employees, partners and vendors whose accounts may have been hijacked. ” PASSWORD SPRAYING. BRUTE-FORCE LIGHT.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2019

My inbox and Twitter messages positively lit up today with people forwarding stories from Wired and other publications about a supposedly new trove of nearly 773 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique passwords that were posted to a hacking forum. As we can see above, Collection #1 offered by this seller is indeed 87GB in size.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 14, 2021

As the image sharing app shares a business platform with WhatsApp, it is also planning to add 2FA authentication through the message sharing application.

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Kali Linux

JULY 9, 2018

To work around that, we are going to configure Dropbear to start up, allow you to authenticate with SSH, and then connect you to provide your LUKS password–all from remote! The authenticity of host '10.42.42.94 (10.42.42.94)' can't be established. Setting up SSH and Initramfs Now we are on the home stretch.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2021

The hacker in that case also had the username and password for a former employee’s TeamViewer account. As the recent hacking incidents above can attest, enabling some form of multi-factor authentication for remote access can blunt many of these attacks. Image: WaterISAC.

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