SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2022

Even though World Password Day is over, it's never too late to remind your end-users that weak, unimaginative, and easy-to-guess passwords—like "123456," "qwerty," and, well… "password"—are poor options for securing accounts and devices. Improving password best practices matters.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

technology companies during the summer of 2022. stole at least $800,000 from at least five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. 2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

One of the key significant improvements are support of more software clients (including browser-based cryptocurrency wallets), upgraded credit card (CC) grabber, and additional advanced mechanisms for password storage dump on various platforms to extract credentials and tokens.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Before we can discuss passkeys, we need to lay some groundwork and discuss authentication, Passwordless and WebAuthn. What is authentication? Authentication is the process of verifying your online identity. We started with usernames and passwords – something you know. What is passwordless? It is MFA Phishing Resistant.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

These tools, like the iOS app Permission Slip , released by Consumer Reports in 2022, show users what types of information companies are collecting about them, and give user the opportunity to request that such data be deleted. Let’s first talk about unique passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

Dashlane Password Manager provides companies with everything they need to onboard new employees, manage permissions and monitor security issues all from one place. A static single sign-on (SSO) or multi-factor authentication (MFA) product isn’t going to cut it at the enterprise level, where the cost of a breach is high.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 3, 2023

The password management company LastPasss notified customers in late December about a recent security incident. The notice was posted as an update of the security incident previously reported in August of 2022, which also was updated and covered on November 30, 2022. It also generates strong passwords.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 25, 2022

Bad news for players of long-time virtual pet management title Neopets. Word is spreading of a compromise claimed to have accessed around 69 million user accounts. Back in 2014, “tens of millions” of Neopets accounts were said to have been traded on underground forums. 2/3) — neopets (@Neopets) July 21, 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 10, 2022

A report last week by the New York Attorney General’s Office put a spotlight on the ongoing threat of credential stuffing, a common technique used by cybercriminals that continues to spread and is helping to fuel the push for security practices that don’t involve usernames and passwords. Also read: Best Password Managers & Tools for 2022.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 23, 2023

A nasty security flaw is leaving users of the KeePass password manager vulnerable to exploitation—namely, the ability to recover the master password in cleartext from those affected. However, it's crucial to note that this particular vulnerability does not reflect the inherent weaknesses of all password managers.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Talks of passkeys, passphrases, and even password less all point in one direction: eroding faith in the previously trusty password tucked under your keyboard. Passwords are a weak point in modern-day secure authentication practices, with Verizon highlighting that almost 50% of breaches start with compromised credentials.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2024

However, it's crucial to approach this incident with skepticism until more information is available, as the timing of the data being offered on the relaunched BreachForums site raises questions about its authenticity," said Toby Lewis , Global Head of Threat Analysis at Darktrace. "

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BH Consulting

MAY 10, 2022

On May 5th, 2022, we marked World Password Day (for the tenth year running). But cheap jokes and 20/20 hindsight aside, there are signs that passwords are slowly being overtaken. Evidence has found that using two-factor authentication (2FA) increases account safety by half, according to Google. So that went well.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2023

Royal Ransomware gang has been active since September 2022 and demands a sum ranging between $1m to $11 million that needs to be paid in Bitcoins. The NCSC of the United Kingdom opposes Twitter’s decision to forgo multi-factor authentication in the coming weeks. More details are awaited!

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Hosting and domain name company GoDaddy says it believes a "sophisticated threat actor group" has been subjecting the company to a multi-year attack campaign, the most recent of which occurred in December 2022. In March 2020, an attacker compromised 28,000 hosting account login credentials belonging to customers and some GoDaddy employees.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

While there are areas where passkeys could be better, it is clear that they are the leading contender to improve authentication by an order of magnitude and bring an end to passwords. Google Password Manager On Android, the Google Password Manager provides backup and syncs passkeys.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A video demonstrating passkey's use in Apple's WWDC 2022 event shows a prompt on the user's device before sign-in or during account creation, asking if they would like to "save a passkey" for the account in use. Once users say yes, they are prompted to authenticate the passkey creation using Face ID, Touch ID, or another method.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2022

Slack announced that it is resetting passwords for about 0.5% of its users after a bug exposed salted password hashes when creating or revoking shared invitation links for workspaces. This issue was reported by an independent security researcher and disclosed to Slack on 17 July 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

For data with a shelf life – electronic medical records, bank account information, and national security secrets, for example – where that data will still be valuable in several years, it is critical to get the right encryption in place today to protect that data from being leaked in the future.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Password management software firm LastPass disclosed a “second attack,” a threat actor used data stolen from the August security breach and combined it with information available from a third-party data breach. Then the attackers exploited a flaw in a third-party media software package to target the firm. ” continues the update.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 17, 2023

million victims were impacted by a data breach in 2022 alone. Cybersecurity experts advise against using the same password for multiple accounts as this could leave you more vulnerable to further attacks and identity theft. Consider using a password manager to store and keep track of your credentials.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 17, 2023

million victims were impacted by a data breach in 2022 alone. Cybersecurity experts advise against using the same password for multiple accounts as this could leave you more vulnerable to further attacks and identity theft. Consider using a password manager to store and keep track of your credentials.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Do you hate having to punch in a password on your login screen every time you open your laptop? Are you sick of firing up the password manager, or grabbing your phone to confirm a login, or to grab an MFA code? Use rate limiting to limit and lock out authentication if too many push requests come through. Or 100 requests?

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 18, 2024

Research done by TheMarkup in June of 2022 showed that Meta’s pixel showed up on the websites of 33 of the top 100 hospitals in America. 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). Take your time.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Thanks to your readership and support, I was able to spend more time in 2022 on some deep, meaty investigative stories — the really satisfying kind with the potential to affect positive change. Some of that work is highlighted in the 2022 Year in Review review below. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000. million users.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager In 2022, threat actors leaked more than 721 million passwords. Among the passwords exposed, 72 percent of users were found to be still using already-compromised passwords. Taking a few extra seconds to complete MFA can significantly enhance security.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 6, 2022

— OpenSea Support (@opensea_support) May 6, 2022. pic.twitter.com/rbmFVlMnTW — HttpPwnHub (@Http_PwnHub) May 6, 2022. link] pic.twitter.com/rjqMpTnpjW — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) May 6, 2022. Even a trusted Discord channel can turn rogue if someone compromises the right account.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2022

Thu, 04/07/2022 - 07:32. The reputation is well-deserved when you consider that we (the cybersecurity team) tell users to create a unique password for each account to increase security. Reduce password management pain and the risk of a breach. Reduce your helpdesk burden 20-50%.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 22, 2023

BreachForums was set up by the arrested administrator working under the handle “Pompompurin” after the FBI seized RaidForums in 2022. Another forum administrator going by the account name “Baphomet” said they were working through an emergency plan for the forum after the arrest of Fitzpatrick. Take your time.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

How passwordless solves for password problems Chrysta: What does passwordless mean, and how does that differ from traditional password-based authentication? Christi: Passwordless authentication specifically is any primary factor authentication that is not requiring the user to remember a passphrase or password.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks expose cryptographic hash functions to breach authorized account access. Threat actors capable of obtaining an organization’s password database can use hash information for passwords to craft a rainbow table. Moving Away from the Password. Multi-Factor Authentication. Password Salting.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2022

Credential stuffing is a special type of brute force attack where the attacker uses existing username and password combinations, usually ones that were stolen in a data breach on another service. GM contacted victims of the breach, advising them to follow instructions to recover their GM account. The attack. Stolen information.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2022

The advisory contains indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with ransomware variants identified through FBI investigations as recently as June 21, 2022. Authentication. Require multifactor authentication wherever you can—particularly for webmail, VPNs, and critical systems.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 11, 2022

Thu, 08/11/2022 - 12:11. With the proper validation, you can authenticate a user (human or machine) and authorize them to access privileged services, accounts, and applications. As machines and humans both have identities that require authentication, the list of credentials to keep track of and protect can include: Passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2022

With two high-profile breaches this year, Okta, a leader in identity and access management (IAM) , made the kind of headlines that security vendors would rather avoid. Signin with password will issue MFA through a phone call or authentication app. Also read: MFA Advantages and Weaknesses. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 13, 2022

On May 5, 2022, it said it would implement passwordless support in Android and Chrome and the latest annoncement about passkeys is an important step in that journey. Passkeys are a replacement for passwords. Authenticators. All of this happens on devices called "authenticators".

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The Erbium info-stealing malware was first spotted by researchers at threat intelligence firm Cluster25 on July 21, 2022. Ability to collect data of Authentication (2FA) and password-managing software. The Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) was advertised on a Dark Web forum by a Russian-speaking threat actor.

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