Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So, if HIBP says your email address was involved in the great big LinkedIn breach of 2012, the Canva breach of 2019, or any other notable episode of credential theft, you know to change your passwords on those systems, and not use them anywhere else. If it says a password you use has breached, you know to never use it again.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 10, 2024

The leaked customer information dates back to mid-2019 and earlier. Reset Usernames and Passwords Help ensure that your online accounts are protected by strong, unique passwords. Consider using a reputable password manager to generate and store complex passwords securely.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

According to Varonis and RiskBased, over 4 billion records were illegally accessed through data breaches in 2019. You can start with the most basic measure of changing the router’s password to a stronger one before moving to advance options that involve router configuration. Password managers and two-factor authentication.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

In January 2019, dozens of media outlets raised the alarm about a new “megabreach” involving the release of some 773 million stolen usernames and passwords that was breathlessly labeled “the largest collection of stolen data in history.”

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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. One weird trick to improve your passwords. Teaching users to be better users is a long game.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

— Peter Ullrich (@PJUllrich) September 15, 2019 It feels wrong because 5 digits presents an extremely limited set of different possible combinations the password can be. Then there's the authentication process itself and it reminds me of a discussion I had with a bank's CISO during a recent workshop. Any thoughts?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2023

Choose a strong password that you don't use for anything else. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password. 2FA that relies on a FIDO2 device can’t be phished.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

CafePress waited seven months to publicly disclose a 2019 breach, and only did so after it had been reported in the news. In February 2019, a threat actor was able to access millions of email addresses and passwords. Use a password manager to make it easier to create and use strong, unique passwords for each service you use.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 4, 2023

There are rare types of attack—offline password guessing—where a strong password might help, but the trade-off is that strong passwords are far harder for people to remember, which leads them to use the same password for everything, which makes them much more vulnerable to credential stuffing.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

From 2019 to 2021, the healthcare industry saw an increase in breaches and leaks of more than 50% , according to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Report by the Herjavec Group. Since the beginning of the pandemic, cyberattacks targeting healthcare have increased dramatically. The consequences of these attacks can be severe.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

She said CopperStealer, which Proofpoint fully describes in a blog post , exhibits many of the same targeting and delivery methods as SilentFade, a Chinese-sourced malware family first reported by Facebook in 2019. Users should turn on two-factor authentication for their service providers.”.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2020

The communication involved a mail server for a European energy sector organization and took place between November 2019 and at least January 5, 2020. ” reads the analysis published by Recorded Future. The activity predated the recent escalation of kinetic activity between the U.S. ” concludes the report.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 24, 2022

According to Brighton and Hove news , his spree began in 2019 with the initial purchase of a laptop from Amazon, bought with “fake Honey gift vouchers” I would love to know more about how this initial foray into system compromise worked, as one would imagine purchasing anything with fake vouchers would be a bit of a tall order.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

On December 23, 2019, unknown attackers began contacting customer support people at OpenProvider , a popular domain name registrar based in The Netherlands. 23, 2019, the e-hawk.net domain was transferred to a reseller account within OpenProvider. In cases where passwords are used, pick unique passwords and consider password managers.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

A massive cyber espionage campaign targeting a slew of domains for government agencies across the Middle East region between 2018 and 2019 was preceded by a series of targeted attacks on domain registrars and Internet infrastructure firms that served those countries. Nation-state level attackers also are taking a similar approach.

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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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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

There has probably been a time in your life when you created a new account for a website or service and chose a password that was less than ideal. NordPass, a password manager company, recently released its list of the worst passwords of 2020. It is worth taking a look to make sure your password has not made the list.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

And if your child uses the same password across multiple accounts, when one gets breached they are all vulnerable. This is where a password manager comes in. Not only can it create lengthy and complex passwords, it remembers them all for you. Your password manager can help with this. Respect your privacy.

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Google Security

MAY 5, 2023

Silvia Convento, Senior UX Researcher and Court Jacinic, Senior UX Content Designer In recognition of World Password Day 2023, Google announced its next step toward a passwordless future: passkeys. Passkeys are not just easier to use, but also significantly faster than passwords. They are designed to enhance online security for users.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

On January 9, 2019, security vendor FireEye released its report , “Global DNS Hijacking Campaign: DNS Record Manipulation at Scale,” which went into far greater technical detail about the “how” of the espionage campaign, but contained few additional details about its victims. That changed on Jan. Contacted on Feb.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 2, 2019

2019 will be the year consumers start thinking more about cyber hygiene , and the year Congress becomes more proactive in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity. Identity theft has become the third certainty in life after death and taxes, and consumer-friendly solutions to protecting against it will profit nicely in 2019.

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Vipre

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Consider creating strong passwords or using a password manager solution, especially for accounts with access to RDP. Always utilize multi-factor authentication and change the listening port from 3389 to a different port. Finally, keep up with Microsoft Tuesday patches and enable Network Level Authentication.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In a recent blog Microsoft announced that as of September 15, 2021 you can completely remove the password from your Microsoft account and use the Microsoft Authenticator app, Windows Hello, a security key, or a verification code sent to your phone or email to sign in to Microsoft apps and services. A long time coming.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Just 24 percent of people use multi-factor authentication. Just 15 percent of people use a password manager. Just 35 percent of people have unique passwords for most or all of their accounts. Instead, it demands an increasing number of accounts and passwords to manage for each person.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Despite what Microsoft, Cisco, and the media have to say, biometrics and fingerprinting are not replacing legacy passwords any time soon. And even if they eventually do become the primary authentication factor, people will still use a password as the second form of verification because it’s not possible to reset a retina or a fingerprint.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Misled : Many organized cybercriminals are sophisticated about tracking executives’ schedules and crafting authentic looking emails to impersonate them. The reason many employees use the same passwords across all work accounts is simple – they can keep track of them all.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

It’s one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity threats today, growing a staggering 300% since 2019 and leading to consumer losses of $3.5 Passwords should be at least 13 characters long and composed of capitalized and non-capitalized letters, numbers and special symbols. Always Keep Your Browser Updated.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The novel coronavirus outbreak of 2019 was declared a pandemic on 12 March 2020, and by April half the world’s population had been asked or ordered to stay at home. The story so far. We have since learned that breaking transmission between co-workers—by asking them to work from home—is an effective way to slow the spread of the virus.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Related: The Internet of Things is just getting started The technology to get rid of passwords is readily available; advances in hardware token and biometric authenticators continue apace. So what’s stopping us from getting rid of passwords altogether? Today there are some amazing, really good, solutions out there.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2019

I just went and looked at the pastes HIBP has collected since the clock ticked over to 2019 and found 20 of them already: Digging further, I found over a thousand pastes with "Spotify" in the title. That's it, job done, they're into your account. Spotify "breaches" like this are enormously common.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 4, 2023

And make no mistake, password authentication is critical technology. Fail at authentication and it doesn’t matter how “military-grade” your encryption is or if you patch twice a day before flossing, you’re toast. The existence of World Password Day is a symptom of two problems.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

The iOS vulnerability exploited by checkm8 rattled quite a few cages in late 2019. From an optional password manager feature in Safari that looks out for saved passwords involved in data breaches to new digital security for car keys on Apple Watches and the iPhone, the security sweep appears to be comprehensive.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 22, 2019

While remediation for such incursions exists, you can count on losing several hours, if not days, to the process of regaining and securing your cyber defenses, not to mention the unbudgeted time you’ll need to drop everything and learn how to manage and maintain that security. If you want to go pro, you should. What do you have to lose?

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

In mid-November 2019, Wisconsin-based Virtual Care Provider Inc. VCPI manages the IT systems for some 110 clients that serve approximately 2,400 nursing homes in 45 U.S. “The authentication for that was entirely separate, so the lateral movement [of the intruders] didn’t allow them to touch that,” Schafer said.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp [link] — Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) August 1, 2019. — Jason Haddix (@Jhaddix) July 27, 2019. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

The same anonymity model is used (neither 1Password nor HIBP ever see your actual password) and it enables bulk checking all in one go. Get a Password Manager You have too many passwords to remember, you know they're not meant to be predictable and you also know they're not meant to be reused across different services.

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