SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2024

Dell, one of the world's largest technology companies, has just disclosed a major data breach that may have compromised the personal information of tens of millions of current and former customers. The breach went undetected for several months before finally being discovered in early 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2024

Officials reported that the security breach occurred on February 9, when someone logged into some BenefitsCal users’ accounts. Threat actors exploited reused passwords obtained from third-party websites. ” reads the data breach notification filed by officials at the California Statewide Automated Welfare System.

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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. For consumers, being alert to suspicious emails, using secure passwords, and frequently backing up data is crucial.

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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.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Released today, the Malwarebytes State of Malware 2024 report takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the world of cybercrime. 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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Malwarebytes

MAY 22, 2024

Post by USDoD on a breach forum The leaked database is said to include full names, dates of birth, known aliases, addresses, arrest and conviction dates, sentences, and much more. Dates reportedly range from 2020 to 2024. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2024

A credential stuffing attack is a type of cyber attack where hackers use large sets of username and password combinations, typically obtained from previous data breaches, phishing campaigns, or info-stealer infections, to gain unauthorized access to user accounts on various online services.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2024

In the update, the company revealed the scale of the breach, saying: “Based on initial targeted data sampling to date, the company has found files containing protected health information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII), which could cover a substantial proportion of people in America.” Change your password.

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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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2024

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a data analysis report on the data breach resulting from the ransomware attack on the IT services provider Xplain. The attack took place on May 23, 2023 and the Play ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the data breach. ” reads the report.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 31, 2024

On January 23, 2024, we reported on the discovery of billions of exposed records online, now commonly referred to as the “ mother of all breaches ” (MOAB). Since then, the source of the dataset has been identified as data breach search engine Leak-Lookup.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

surfaces in the threat landscape Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords Ukraine cyber police arrested crooks selling 100 million compromised accounts New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices. Is it a Russia’s weapon? Players hacked during the matches of Apex Legends Global Series.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2024

ShinyHunters claims to have stolen information for 30 million customers, employees, and bank account data. In mid-May, the Spanish financial institution Santander disclosed a data breach involving a third-party provider that affected customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. continues the statement.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Urgent patching and prompt updates can protect systems from unauthorized access, data breaches, and potential exploitation by threat actors. To secure sensitive data, cybersecurity specialists, software vendors, and end users should encourage collaborative efforts against malicious activities.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

9, 2024, U.S. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. 0ktapus often leveraged information or access gained in one breach to perpetrate another. technology companies during the summer of 2022. According to an Aug.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 28, 2024

This can be particularly important in the event of a data breach or other privacy violation, as trust with regulators can help mitigate potential legal and reputational damage. The post Data Protection Day 2024: In Privacy We Trust appeared first on BH Consulting.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

You can check if your data was exposed in historic data breaches using the Cybernews data leak checker. Our team is working hard to update the tool and provide you with means to check if your data was exposed in the MOAB. billion records – only 12% of the supermassive MOAB of 2024.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 5, 2024

Data Breaches: The base of AI is that it collects information online to generate content. Unsurprisingly, hackers can use it to illegally collect confidential information, like financial and personal data. billion in 2024 , and GenAI plays a significant part in boosting it.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 20, 2024

These sessions should cover critical topics like phishing, which tricks you into giving out sensitive information, and password security to protect your data. These steps dramatically reduce the risk of unauthorised access, even if a perpetrator compromises a password.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted in 2015 of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, including data breaches, payment fraud, operating a botnet and calling in bomb threats. ” The Finnish daily yle.fi

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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. SALOMON As an affiliate of Spamdot, Salomon used the email address ad1@safe-mail.net , and the password 19871987gr. federal court tomorrow (Jan.

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SecureList

JANUARY 25, 2024

Australia has also unveiled a national strategy for digital identity resilience, aiming for mainstream use in 2024. We expected organizations to try to reduce the impact of the human factor on data security, so as to bring down the number of insider threats and social engineering attacks. This is no longer adequate in 2024.

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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.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a SIM-swapping attack, the crooks transfer the target’s phone number to a device they control, allowing them to intercept any text messages or phone calls sent to the victim, including one-time passcodes for authentication or password reset links sent via SMS. 2, 2024.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2024

These questionnaires vary by service, but may collect information such as: name address email phone number employer information Account creation generally and at minimum requires user email and a password, which is indeed routine. Note: Apple Privacy Labels in the App Store are self-reported by the developers of the app.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

If you or your business handles sensitive data, operates in regulated industries, or suffers from repeated cybersecurity threats, it’s time to evaluate the need for DLP strategies. Proofpoint’s 2024 data loss landscape report reveals 84.7%

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

DON CHICHO & DFYZ The data breach tracking service Constella Intelligence reports that an Ivan V. Constella finds that the password most frequently used by the email address dfyz_bk@bk.ru was “ filecast ,” and that there are more than 90 email addresses associated with this password.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Here goes: Last week, someone reached it to me with what they claimed was a Spoutible data breach obtained by exploiting an enumerable API. That's not unprecedented, but this is: password: "$2y$10$B0EhY/bQsa5zUYXQ6J.NkunGvUfYeVOH8JM1nZwHyLPBagbVzpEM2", No way! Is that genuinely a bcrypt hash of my own password?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

26 key cyber security stats for 2024 that every user should know, from rising cyber crime rates to the impact of AI technolog y. Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches. Data Breach Costs: The average global cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2024

These findings coincide with the critical and fast-approaching Indonesian presidential election set to take place in February this year (2024). One particularly alarming breach tracked by HUNTER analysts led to the leak of 6.8

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Creeping cyber risk grabbing global headlines The World Economic Forum’s latest Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 gives senior leaders a high-level overview of cybersecurity trends. Its findings included data from Irish businesses, which ranked cyber attacks and data breaches as their top risk they face.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Since 2004, there have been 11,000 US data breaches. These breaches left contact information, account passwords, credit card numbers, private photos, and more exposed. Also Read : Top Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) for 2021. Identify cloud bucket vulnerabilities. Also Read : Top Vulnerability Scanning Tools.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. Examining the available details of these breaches will help you learn key lessons from their pain to avoid suffering the same humiliating and expensive situations.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2024

To improve security and prevent unwanted access, best practices include limiting access to authorized users, enforcing strong password restrictions, and utilizing multi-factor authentication (MFA). Secure your storage methods: Encrypt and hash passwords and other authentication data to ensure their security.

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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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Security Boulevard

MAY 1, 2024

IAM and Passkeys: 4 Steps Towards a Passwordless Future madhav Thu, 05/02/2024 - 05:07 In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM) remains a vital link in the cybersecurity chain. If left to their own devices, many users would still use weak, predictable passwords.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 1, 2024

IAM and Passkeys: 4 Steps Towards a Passwordless Future madhav Thu, 05/02/2024 - 05:07 In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM) remains a vital link in the cybersecurity chain. If left to their own devices, many users would still use weak, predictable passwords.

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