Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, bringing new challenges for both businesses and individual consumers. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) can add a vital layer of protection, and carefully inspect email addresses and links before taking any action.

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Antivirus Education Cyber threats Phishing 84

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 8, 2024

From Marco Polo to Modern Mayhem: Why Identity Management Matters madhav Tue, 04/09/2024 - 05:20 Imagine yourself as Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant traversing dangerous trade routes. Who wants to wait in line, fumble for passwords, or answer endless security questions? Use long, complex passwords unique for each important account.

Identity Theft 138

Identity Theft Passwords Banking Password Management 138

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

From March 18, 2024, to April 16, 2024, Duo Security and Cisco Talos observed large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services. ” reads the advisory published by Okta. ” continues the advisory.

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VPN Accountability Firewall Data breaches 110

Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2024

For that reason, SIM swapping can be used to get around two-factor authentication (2FA) codes sent by SMS message. Armed with an email and password—which are easily bought online— and the 2FA code, an attacker could take over the victim’s online accounts. Sentencing is scheduled to take place on July 16, 2024.

Social Engineering 135

Social Engineering Computers and Electronics Mobile Identity Theft 135

Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2024

million records to a hacker forum, claiming they originated from a March 2024 hack at Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger. The retailer first learned of the security incident on March 4, 2024, and concluded that customer information was involved by March 15, according to an email the company wrote to customers. Change your password.

Retail 114

Retail Data breaches Passwords Phishing 114

Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2024

In January we reported how hackers found a way to gain unauthorized access to Google accounts, bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA) , by stealing authentication cookies with info-stealer malware. An authentication cookie is added to a web browser after a user proves who they are by logging in.

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Authentication Passwords Malware Accountability 106

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

9, 2024, U.S. In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. technology companies during the summer of 2022. Twilio disclosed in Aug. According to an Aug.

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Social Engineering Mobile Cybercrime Passwords 318

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The security breach occurred on Sunday 18 February 2024, but Tangerine management became aware of the incident on Tuesday 20 February 2024. The exposed information includes full name, date of birth, mobile number, email address, postal address and Tangerine account number. ”continues the statement.

Data breaches 94

Data breaches Telecommunications Banking Mobile 94

Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2024

A cybercriminal called Menelik posted the following message on the “Breach Forums” site: “The data includes 49 million customer and other information of systems purchased from Dell between 2017-2024. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

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Data breaches Passwords Phishing Big data 118

Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2024

On Wednesday February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced serious system outages due to the cyberattack. 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. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you.

Healthcare 128

Healthcare Identity Theft Passwords Data breaches 128

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

February 19, 2024 Microsoft Exchange Servers Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation Attacks Type of vulnerability: Critical severity privilege escalation vulnerability. The problem: CVE-2024-21410 allows remote attackers to carry out NTLM relay attacks on Microsoft Exchange Servers, providing them with privileged access.

Risk 110

Risk Authentication System Administration Ransomware 110

Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2024

CISA orders federal agencies to fix these vulnerabilities by June 6, 2024. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following D-Link router vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog : CVE-2014-100005 Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in D-Link DIR-600 router (rev.

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Firmware Authentication Passwords Hacking 63

Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2024

From Marco Polo to Modern Mayhem: Why Identity Management Matters madhav Tue, 04/09/2024 - 05:20 Imagine yourself as Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant traversing dangerous trade routes. Who wants to wait in line, fumble for passwords, or answer endless security questions? Use long, complex passwords unique for each important account.

Identity Theft 64

Identity Theft Passwords Banking Password Management 64

BH Consulting

JANUARY 28, 2024

It means being transparent and authentic. Be authentic Start with self-awareness. Leaders become more authentic when they begin with knowing who they are – what they value, what they’re good at, how emotionally intelligent they are – and how others perceive them. The path to authenticity can be tricky.

Authentication 69

Authentication Firewall Data breaches Risk 69

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

March 8, 2024 150,000 Fortinet Secure Web Gateways Remain Exposed Type of vulnerability: Arbitrary code execution (ACE). The problem: The FortiOS SSL VPN feature vulnerability, CVE-2024-21762, disclosed February 8th , remains exposed to attack on nearly 150,000 devices according to the ShadowServer Foundation website.

Authentication 102

Authentication VPN Software DDOS 102

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

On Christmas Eve, Resecurity’s HUNTER unit spotted the author of perspective password stealer Meduza has released a new version (2.2). Altogether, Meduza makes a great competitor to Azorult , Redline , Racoon , and Vidar Stealer used by cybercriminals for account takeover (ATO), online-banking theft, and financial fraud.

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Password Management Cryptocurrency Passwords Authentication 126

Centraleyes

APRIL 18, 2024

Cisco has sounded the alarm on a widespread increase in brute-force attacks targeting various devices, including Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, web application authentication interfaces, and SSH services, since March 18, 2024. The attacks appear to originate from TOR exit nodes and other anonymizing tunnels and proxies.

VPN 52

VPN Firewall Authentication Passwords 52

SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2024

If there is a silver lining, it is likely the data exposed to advertisers such as Microsoft and Google does not include usernames, passwords, Social Security numbers (SSNs), financial account information, or credit card numbers. Protecting your information online starts with good cyber hygiene.

Data breaches 88

Data breaches Healthcare Identity Theft Advertising 88

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2024

Employ robust password management techniques, two-factor authentication (2FA), and regular backups of essential data. April 8, 2024 Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered in LG WebOS Smart TVs Type of vulnerability: Authorization bypass, privilege escalation, command injection. Consider exploring virtual desktop infrastructure.

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Firewall VPN Software Risk 99

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

January 19, 2024 Critical VMware vCenter Server Zero-Day Under Attack Since 2021 Type of vulnerability: Remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. January 22, 2024 Apple Fixes 16 Vulnerabilities, Including Exploited Zero Days Type of vulnerability: A type confusion issue enables arbitrary code execution (ACE) attacks.

Software 88

Software Authentication CSO Accountability 88

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2024

This means that Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies need to remediate this vulnerability by January 29, 2024 in order to protect their devices against active threats. Super User’s password. Secure accounts with two-factor authentication ( 2FA ). versions 4.0.0-4.2.7. Use a Web Application Firewall (WAF).

Passwords 129

Passwords Firewall Marketing Authentication 129

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 1, 2024

March 22, 2024 Emergency Out-of-Band Windows Server Security Updates Type of vulnerability (or attack): Memory leak. When either on-premise or cloud-based Active Directory domain controllers process Kerberos authentication requests, the leak causes the LSASS process to stop responding and the domain controller will unexpectedly restart.

Authentication 94

Authentication Artificial Intelligence Software Cybersecurity 94

Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

In January 2024, The Manipulaters pleaded with this author to unpublish previous stories about their work, claiming the group had turned over a new leaf and gone legitimate. 14, 2024, KrebsOnSecurity heard from the same bluebtcus@gmail.com address, apropos of nothing. Why you destroy our lifes? We never harm anyone. Please remove it.”

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Phishing Cybercrime Malware Advertising 221

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

April 22, 2024 CISA Adds 2022 Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Type of vulnerability: Elevation of privilege. Federal agencies have until May 14, 2024, to apply patches or disable vulnerable software. Broadcom Patches Brocade SANnav Flaw 19 Months After Discovery Type of vulnerability: Password storage.

Firewall 93

Firewall Software Ransomware Penetration Testing 93

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 209

SecureWorld News

MAY 5, 2024

OpenAI's Voice Engine: innovations and implications In March 2024, OpenAI introduced Voice Engine, a revolutionary text-to-speech model that can clone a person's voice from just a 15-second audio sample. In a disturbing incident, scammers used voice cloning to impersonate the CEO of LastPass , a major password management firm.

Media 77

Media Authentication Identity Theft Engineering 77

Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2024

A fake account pretending to be one of our team members is going around DM-ing people on Telegram. pic.twitter.com/6hFcUsaGtZ — Signum Capital (@Signum_Capital) January 22, 2024 The criminals reach out to targets by DM on Telegram and ask if they have an interest in hearing more about the opportunity in a call or meeting. .”

Cryptocurrency 98

Cryptocurrency Malware Authentication Banking 98

NetSpi Technical

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This scalable service is well suited for high performance computing (HPC) applications, and easily integrates with the Storage Account service to support processing of large data sets. The nice thing about the option is that it will generate the Storage Account SAS tokens for you.

Accountability 96

Accountability Passwords Penetration Testing Authentication 96

Krebs on Security

MARCH 12, 2024

Last week, Apple pushed out an urgent software update to its flagship iOS platform, warning that there were at least two zero-day exploits for vulnerabilities being used in the wild (CVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296). 4, 2024, Google published Secure by Design , which lays out the company’s perspective on memory safety risks.

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Authentication Engineering Accountability Internet 238

Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

But there are some good reasons for this trend: The global gaming market is booming—and is expected to reach $219 billion by 2024. A huge economy has developed within the gaming community: People buy and sell in-game objects, character modifications, and even accounts. Account takeovers. Phishing and social engineering.

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Cyber threats Social Engineering Accountability Malware 99

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

” In February 2024, a court order allowed US authorities to neutralize the Moobot botnet, a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers under the control of the Russia-linked group APT28. APT28 group deployed Python scripts on compromised EdgeRouters to collect and validate stolen webmail account credentials.

Energy and Utilities 97

Energy and Utilities Government Firewall Malware 97

SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2024

In our digitally connected world, passwords are the gateway to protecting our online lives—from email and social media accounts to banking and private data. Yet, many of us still use alarmingly weak passwords or reuse the same ones across multiple sites, putting our digital identities at severe risk.

Passwords 89

Passwords Password Management Identity Theft Authentication 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 10, 2024

The Compliance Countdown – A Roadmap Through Phases 1 & 2 madhav Thu, 04/11/2024 - 05:17 While compliance mandates can sometimes feel burdensome, PCI DSS 4.0 Let's break down the key steps you should be taking right now to meet the 31 March 2024 deadline and explore ways to streamline your compliance efforts for the long term.

Risk 71

Risk Encryption Firewall Cybersecurity 71

SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. Online shopping brands were the most popular lure, accounting for 41.65% of financial phishing attempts.

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Phishing Banking Mobile Scams 80

SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

They generated a custom version of the ransomware, which used the aforementioned account credential to spread across the network and perform malicious activities, such as killing Windows Defender and erasing Windows Event Logs in order to encrypt the data and cover its tracks. .*) As we can see, LB3.exe exe is the main file.

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Ransomware Encryption Passwords Accountability 90

NetSpi Technical

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This scalable service is well suited for high performance computing (HPC) applications, and easily integrates with the Storage Account service to support processing of large data sets. The nice thing about the option is that it will generate the Storage Account SAS tokens for you.

Accountability 52

Accountability Passwords Authentication 52

Security Boulevard

APRIL 10, 2024

The Compliance Countdown – A Roadmap Through Phases 1 & 2 madhav Thu, 04/11/2024 - 05:17 While compliance mandates can sometimes feel burdensome, PCI DSS 4.0 Let's break down the key steps you should be taking right now to meet the 31 March 2024 deadline and explore ways to streamline your compliance efforts for the long term.

Risk 64

Risk Encryption Firewall Cybersecurity 64