Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2023

million customers’ usernames and hashed passwords. On October 25, 2023, Xfinity discovered suspicious activity and subsequently determined that between October 16 and 19 unauthorized access to its internal systems occured. Xfinity has required customers to reset their passwords to protect affected accounts.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reveals cyberattacks and data breaches targeted at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) continue to climb, reaching their highest levels in the three years of the study. Implementing multi-factor authentication, stronger passwords, and access controls are vital steps.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Cybernews research team discovered that Strendus, a Mexican-licensed online casino, had left public access to 85GB of its authentication logs, with hundreds of thousands of entries containing private gamblers’ data. The data was first indexed by IoT devices on March 8th, 2023. The data was likely compromised by unauthorized actors.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Healthcare company Norton says a May breach led to the theft of data of around 2.5 In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Friday, Norton said that on May 9, 2023, it discovered an “external system breach.” Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On or about February 23, 2023, Hankins & Sohn became aware of suspicious activity relating allegations by an unknown actor that data was stolen from our network. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 27, 2023

This report explores key findings based on IdentityIQ member-reported data and found significant jumps in two major types of scams: peer-to-peer payment apps utilizing platforms such as Cash App, Zelle and Venmo, surging more than 58%, and scams stemming from the theft of personal documents, increasing by 44%.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Sadly, there’s not a lot you can do to prevent incidents like these yourself, other than stay on top of the news and protect yourself against identity theft. Passwords Google and Microsoft made good on their promise to back passkeys , an encryption-based alternative to passwords that can’t be stolen, guessed, cracked, or phished.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Safer Internet Day 2023: Empowering Kids and Families for a Safer Internet divya Tue, 02/07/2023 - 06:44 Save the date for Safer Internet Day 2023 , which will take place on Tuesday, 7 February 2023, the 20th edition of the campaign! How do they protect all these identities? Happy Safer Internet Day 2023!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison Cloudflare breached (..)

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Malwarebytes

MAY 16, 2023

The investigation showed that an unauthorized party accessed PharMerica computer systems on March 12-13, 2023, and that this party may have had access to certain personal information. The notice will include information on steps individuals can take to protect themselves against potential fraud or identity theft.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2023

In a cybersecurity notice, TGH said it noticed unusual activity on its computer systems on May 31, 2023. An investigation learned that an unauthorized third party accessed TGH’s network and obtained files from its systems between May 12 and May 30, 2023. Change your password. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Protect your organisation from phishing with MFA and Passkeys madhav Tue, 10/10/2023 - 04:51 We all make misteaks. The need for robust cybersecurity measures has never been more critical, especially as the sophistication of phishing attacks, and other forms of identity theft, continue to evolve.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 28, 2023

Financial institutions covered by the rule must comply with certain provisions by June 9, 2023. The most recent revision was announced in October 2021, with a deadline for compliance set for June 2023. Implementation of multi-factor authentication. What is the FTC Safeguards Rule?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2023

According to the online resource Databreaches.net , by the end of May 3, 2023, the subtotal number of Brightline patients affected by the GoAnywhere incident stood at 1,081,716. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don't use for anything else.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Weak access and permissions, therefore, may cause data breaches through: Inadequate authentication – weak verifications can result in data breaches by unauthorized employees in the organization. Yahoo also recorded a breach that affected 1 billion accounts in 2013, where names and passwords were stolen.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 4, 2024

In 2023 alone, over 6 billion new compromised credentials surfaced on both clear and dark web forums, escalating the cumulative total to a staggering 36 billion. The menace posed by exposed credentials has surged alarmingly in recent years. This spike […] The post The Escalating Threat of Exposed Credentials appeared first on TechSpective.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 16, 2023

Enterprise Secrets Management Explained: Best Practices, Challenges, and Tool Selection madhav Thu, 08/17/2023 - 06:28 Whether hosted in the cloud or on-premises, modern applications and integrations have accelerated the need for digital secrets. This includes sensitive data such as passwords, encryption keys, APIs, tokens, and certificates.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

” In November 2023, a Meta whistleblower revealed some shocking numbers around children’s experiences of its platforms. Strong, unique passwords and two-factor authentication add a layer of security to prevent unauthorized access.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. Around November 11th, 2023, the group’s leader, operating under the alias “ googleXcoder “, made multiple announcements on the Dark Web.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 20, 2023

3 Ways to Protect Smart Devices from Criminal Exploits madhav Thu, 07/20/2023 - 07:28 When people think of home or business security, they are usually worried about protecting against a physical breaking in via a window or door and a burglar stealing valuables such as jewelry, cash, electronics, and equipment.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Controls can be anything from good password hygiene to web application firewalls and internal network segmentation, a layered approach that reduces risk at each step. Storing sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, or social security numbers in cookies is discouraged due to the potential risk of exposure.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

To lend an air of authenticity and to motivate the victim to enter valid information, the swindlers warned that the victim could be prosecuted for providing false information. The scheme likely aimed at identity theft: the illegal use of others’ personal details for deriving profit.

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