Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

HIBP never stores passwords next to email addresses and there are many very good reasons for this. But there is another way and that's by using Pwned Passwords. The same anonymity model is used (neither 1Password nor HIBP ever see your actual password) and it enables bulk checking all in one go.

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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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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. In addition to financial losses, healthcare organizations may experience disruptions to their operations, putting patients' lives at risk.

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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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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

In fact, an estimated 81% of all data breaches are now facilitated by compromised passwords, according to Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report, and weak passwords now account for up to 30% of ransomware infections. Enterprise security and IT are mostly well aware of these many password-driven risks.

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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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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

It was Kumar who discovered the exposed password, which was accessible online since at least June 2018, up until SolarWinds corrected the issue in November 2019. However, no connection to the SolarWinds attack and the leaked password has been established so far. “The Many password managers are free,” said Carson.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Because RDP server hosts can access and manage remote devices, including sensitive clients, the threat posed by RDP attacks can’t be overstated. As remote desktop solutions are prevalent among IT and managed service providers (MSP), downstream clients can be at risk, as Kaseya experienced in 2021. Reconnaissance.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel, like a password manager. New applications no longer use TDES, but TDES-encrypted data can be found in legacy environments and Microsoft only retired 3DES from use within Office 365 in 2019.

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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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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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Vipre

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP is an easy way to provide employees remote access, but comes with inherent security risks. Consider creating strong passwords or using a password manager solution, especially for accounts with access to RDP. That helps hide the traffic but in and of itself won’t solve for RDP hacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Authentication and password management. Passwords are one of the least safe user authentication methods, yet they are also frequently used for web applications for safeguarding online data. Authentication is the procedure of confirming that a person, organization, or site is who they say they are.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2021

The site is simply intended to be a free service for people to assess risk in relation to their account being caught up in a breach. In 2019, Hunt opened up to his readers about Project Svalbard, a name he associated with the future of Have I Been Pwned. You don’t, but it’s not.

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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 With more than 15 billion login credentials available on the dark web because of data breaches, millions of online accounts remain at risk of unauthorized access. Always Keep Your Browser Updated.

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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. Unaware : Password hygiene is a huge problem that puts personal and business data at risk. That means they’re using easy to remember passwords that are easy to guess or crack.

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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

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. Changes in where and how work is done have altered the risks that organizations care about. The story so far. Security concerns have changed.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Websites without a payment form can be still be targeted, or monetised in other ways, so even if your site doesn’t sell anything, it is still at risk. Keep your software up to date with security fixes, and install a modern antivirus solution , a password manager, and a securiity plugin for your browser, like BrowserGuard.

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