Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 24, 2022

Today, many people when they sign up for a new account for an internet-based service are asked to pick a password to help secure their account from unauthorized access. A password is considered “something you know”, a secret more or less that shouldn’t be shared. That is where MFA comes in.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In a recent Malwarebytes Lock and Code podcast, host David Ruiz spoke with Matt Crape, technical account manager for VMware, about why backups are so hard to get right, and what the most basic missteps are when companies roll out a backup plan.

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Notice Bored

AUGUST 5, 2022

Security Posture suggests a confusing mix of application and account security metrics. I'm really not sure what ' security posture ' even means in this context, and curious as to why those two aspects in particular have been selected as example metrics.

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NetSpi Technical

JANUARY 18, 2024

While TOTP was once an advancement in authorizing secure access, today it’s become a dated security measure that allows persistent threat actors to find exploitable gaps. In this article we’ll explore security risks of TOTP and an alternative 2FA method to increase security.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

But what if elections could be swayed by other means – without even touching voting equipment, vote tabulation systems or government networks? For consumers, that means boning up on account security – maybe getting a password manager. SAP CSO Justin Somaini. October is Cybersecurity awareness month.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

See the Top Deception Tools Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) 2FA is a proven security measure that can help protect against a wide range of cyber threats, including bot attacks. This includes businesses of all sizes, government agencies, financial institutions, healthcare providers, e-commerce companies, and more.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Bee: I have to put in 16 letters and digits to get into my FreshDirect account. At that point I wrote a little bit of code to download everything that I could from that website. Are you kidding me?

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Bee: I have to put in 16 letters and digits to get into my FreshDirect account. At that point I wrote a little bit of code to download everything that I could from that website. Are you kidding me?

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Bee: I have to put in 16 letters and digits to get into my FreshDirect account. At that point I wrote a little bit of code to download everything that I could from that website. Are you kidding me?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2021

8 blog post , Grace Hoyt, partnerships manager for Google’s Advanced Protection Program (APP), and Nafis Zebarjadi, product manager for account security, wrote that Google was part of a larger effort to ensure the security of organizations and individuals. Android, YouTube Users Get More Security.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 20, 2020

This brings us to the core question – why does any employee or a group of employees have so much control over users’ accounts? Twitter was caught storing plaintext passwords in logfiles two years ago. Apparently, Twitter did not learn from that experience or take sufficient steps keep user credentials and accounts secure.”

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Government prosecutors say the brazen daylight carjacking was paid for and organized by 23-year-old Miami resident Angel “Chi Chi” Borrero. From there, the attacker can intercept any password reset links, and any one-time passcodes sent via SMS or automated voice calls.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

On a fraudulent page, they claimed to offer a service that allowed users to find Instagram profiles by entering their Facebook login and password. All or nothing: multipurpose phishing Victims of phishing frequently included bank clients and users of government service portals.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2020

When Donald Trump was running for president the first time, ethical hacker Victor Gevers accessed his Twitter account by guessing the candidate's password. Unfortunately for the candidate, he had chosen a password that was easy to remember and also easy for someone to guess. Hackers claims new access to Trump's Twitter account.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 5, 2020

Chances are, the concept of "a foreign government interfering in an American election" sounds pretty commonplace to you. APT35 : Otherwise known as Newscaster or Charming Kitten, APT35 is an Iranian cyber-espionage group sponsored by the Iranian government. security.". Not that this reality is a good thing. improving ?technology

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WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 9, 2025

Typically that’s in the context of finding someone’s password, but here brutecat is doing something similar to determine a Google user’s phone number. From there, the hacker can request password reset text messages, or multi-factor authentication codes, and log into the victim’s valuable accounts.

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