Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Google has reported that it disrupted the phishing attacks where threat actors had tried to hijack various YouTube accounts using cookie theft malware. The hijacker’s intent was to use those accounts to promote different crypto-currency scams. . Such accounts have a buying price ranging from $3 to $4,000. . and email.cz.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

When assessing the overall security of cloud storage and choosing a solution tailored to your business, it helps to determine its features, potential risks, security measures, and other considerations. CSP collaboration improves the security environment where there’s a need to mitigate the emerging risks quickly and comprehensively.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 7, 2022

With the acceleration in digital spending, there’s been an increase in related cyberthreats, like account takeover. Account takeover (ATO) occurs when a malicious actor gains unauthorized access to a user’s digital identity account. Bad actors seek to gain unauthorized access to a user’s digital account.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Now think about the type of data you enter when you create a new account on a website. In 2013, Yahoo was the target of what is still the largest breach of data in history, with over 3 billion accounts getting compromised. failing to regularly update your theme, plugin, and core files is a huge security risk.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 24, 2024

Unlike general cybersecurity concerns, whose primary focus is thwarting threats and vulnerabilities, AI risk management introduces a unique interplay of potential benefits and risks. Simultaneously, it introduces intricate challenges related to bias, accountability, and the ethical implications of autonomous decision-making.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

What is Account Takeover? Account takeover, also known as ATO, is a form of identity theft in which a malicious third party gains access to or “takes over” an online account. It’s one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity threats today, growing a staggering 300% since 2019 and leading to consumer losses of $3.5

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2020

US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) regulator has fined the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp with $80 million over 2019 data breach. The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has imposed an $80 million fine to the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp over 2019 data breach.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2019

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. Use 2FA if you can.

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Cisco Security

JULY 12, 2021

Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) across the Global 2000 and Fortune 1000 are obsessed with protecting the workforce endpoints as critical vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity and risk management posture of their enterprises. Would a risk-conscious, security-aware workforce become a security enabler rather than a security risk?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2021

Feedback message data contained Account id, feedback rating given, and users’ email addresses. Player profile data included Player id; username; country; total money spent on the game; and even Facebook, Apple, and Google account data if the user linked either account with their game account. What Data Was Leaked?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2020

Experts announced the availability online of proof-of-concept exploit code for CVE-2019-19781 flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway servers. In December Citrix disclosed the critical CVE-2019-19781 vulnerability and explained that it could be exploited by attackers to access company networks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss this war of attrition with Will LaSala, director of security services and security evangelist at OneSpan, a Chicago-based provider of anti-fraud, e-signature and digital identity solutions to 2,000 banks worldwide. Key takeaways: Shifting risks. That’s finally advanced. Covering all channels.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft revealed that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking. Microsoft discovered that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking because of using of compromised passwords. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

The firings came as a result of a massive data breach which routed through an HVAC contractor’s compromised account. So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. For a full drill down, please listen to the accompanying podcast.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Someone leaking, stealing or selling account information can cause a sudden influx of spam emails. They send more messages when they know the account is active and possibly interested. Leaked email: Companies or third-party vendors put email address security at risk when they experience data breaches. Check Your Bank Account.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2019

Accounting for third-party risks is now mandated by regulations — with teeth. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss that question with Catherine Allen, chairman and CEO of the Santa Fe Group, and Mike Jordan, senior director of Santa Fe’s Shared Assessments program. Here are a few key takeaways.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2020

Threat actors are probing Citrix servers in the attempt to exploit the CVE-2019-19781 remote code execution vulnerability. Security researchers are warning of ongoing scans for Citrix Application Delivery Controller (NetScaler ADC) and Citrix Gateway (NetScaler Gateway) servers affected by the CVE-2019-19781 vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

activists, journalists, and political parties), who are exposed to the risk of targeted attacks. In March, Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019. continues the post.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

Microsoft Patches Over 90 Vulnerabilities With August 2019 Updates. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2019 address more than 90 flaws, including two new ‘ wormable ‘ issues in Windows Remote Desktop Services. The vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2019-1181, CVE-2019-1182, CVE-2019-1222 and CVE-2019-1226.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2020

Security experts have found a malicious app in the Google Play that exploits the recently patched CVE-2019-2215 zero-day vulnerability. Earlier October, Google Project Zero researchers Maddie Stone publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2019-2215 , in Android. ” reads a blog post published by Stone.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

While the internet and social media have been very positive for businesses, there remains an inherent risk when it comes to how brands manage their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. 1 : Cybercrime Businesses should always be very aware of the threat of cybercriminals, and social media also poses very real cyber-security risks.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 9, 2023

On Friday October 6, 2023, 23andMe confirmed via a somewhat opaque blog post that threat actors had "obtained information from certain accounts, including information about users’ DNA Relatives profiles." However, the damage seems to go far beyond the accounts with reused passwords. less likely to be compromised if you use MFA.”

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Identity IQ

APRIL 10, 2024

The leaked customer information dates back to mid-2019 and earlier. Discovering whether your personal information has been compromised in the AT&T data breach is crucial to help prepare for the potential risks of your information being exposed on the dark web.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Here are a few trends I expect will dominate cyber security in 2019. Social networks offer a world of insights and information on almost anyone who has an account. The risk will rise and eventually this will cause more issues with a few headlines of devices that were used to hack networks. Security and Privacy Merge.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

We need to work with many different teammates on campus — risk management, legal, compliance and institutional review boards, to name a few — to effectively manage cybersecurity risk across our communities. They see the investment in MFA as critical to a campus cybersecurity program and managing risk for a campus.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill.

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NopSec

JUNE 12, 2019

CVE-2019-10149 – Remote Command Execution Flaw in Exim The BlueKeep vulnerability is still the number one trending vulnerability on social media. This week, we will cover the runner-up, CVE-2019-10149. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 2, 2024

After weeks of denial, AT&T has finally acknowledged a massive data breach impacting 73 million current and former customer accounts. In a recent statement, AT&T confessed that the leaked data set "appears to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting approximately 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

GandCrab dissolved in July 2019, and is thought to have become “ REvil ,” one of the most ruthless and rapacious Russian ransomware groups of all time. was also used to register an account at the online game stalker[.]so ru, the very same account Truniger used to recruit hackers for the Snatch Ransomware group back in 2018.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2019

I had an evocative discussion at Black Hat USA 2019 with Andy Byron, president of Lacework, a Mountain View, CA-based start-up that has raised $32 million in venture capital to help companies address these conflicting imperatives. The massive transformation that’s happening right now introduces a lot of risk.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Related: Implications of huge Capital One breach CASBs supplied a comprehensive set of tools to monitor and manage the multitude of fresh cyber risks spinning out of the rise in in corporate reliance on cloud services. In doing so, CASBs became the fastest growing security category ever , as declared by Gartner.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Experts believe Artificial intelligence (AI) could introduce new cybersecurity concerns, and that the upcoming 5G network could pose new risks as well. Information Risk Management (IRM) recently published its 2019 Risky Business Report. One tip that education brands should follow is to create a prioritized list of risks.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2023

” The FCC tweet also provided a link to the agency’s awareness page on juice jacking , which was originally published in advance of the Thanksgiving Holiday in 2019 but was updated in 2021 and then again shortly after the FBI’s tweet was picked up by the news media. This scam is referred to as juice jacking.”

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NopSec

JULY 17, 2019

An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. References National Vulnerability Database Microsoft Security Updates The post Trending CVEs for the Week of July 15th, 2019 appeared first on NopSec.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

Here are three examples from the new report: "In 2019, a NASA contract employee used a personal computer to access NASA-owned networks and systems to mine cryptocurrency.". "In In 2018, an account belonging to an external user was compromised and used to steal approximately 500 megabytes of data from a major mission system.".

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

“This overview is intended to help the cybersecurity community reduce the risk presented by these threats.” “This overview is intended to help the cybersecurity community reduce the risk presented by these threats.” ” reads the joint alert. ” reads the joint alert.

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