Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It turns out that it’s surprisingly easy to create a fake Harvard student and get a harvard.edu email account.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The vulnerability allow an attacker to hijack any account. On a surface of it, things looked bad: complete account takeover with a very trivial attack. Full account takeover. Sexuality, relationships and online dating are all rather personal things.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 16, 2022

The post Norton 360 Cryptominer, Fake QR Codes on Parking Meters, Facebook Account Deactivation appeared first on The Shared Security Show. The post Norton 360 Cryptominer, Fake QR Codes on Parking Meters, Facebook Account Deactivation appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 28, 2020

Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

million customers have had their user accounts compromised in credential stuffing attacks. Credential stuffing is the automated injection of stolen username and password pairs in to website login forms, in order to fraudulently gain access to user accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The researchers identified around 15,000 actor accounts, most of which were created for this campaign. The post YouTube creators’ accounts hijacked with cookie-stealing malware appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It begins with user accounts and the credentials they use. Maintaining a thorough inventory of all accounts and verifying any changes to those accounts as authorized and intentional vs unintended is paramount to […]… Read More.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 2, 2020

For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers — a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts — has been hacked.

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Threatpost

AUGUST 31, 2020

More than 2 billion breached Fortnite accounts have gone up for sale in underground forums so far in 2020 alone.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Multiple chicken diners said their usernames and passwords were stolen and the accounts used to place high-volume orders. Breach Hacks Web Security Account Credentials account takeover compromise Credential stuffing high volume orders nando's peri peri chicken

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Facebook, Instagram , TikTok , and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms. The now-banned Instagram account for the middleman @trusted/beam.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Google, the business subsidiary of tech giant Alphabet Inc, has released a report saying that the compromised cloud accounts were leading hackers to mine cryptocurrency that could prove as a double threat to customers.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 14, 2021

Intuit has informed TurboTax clients that some of their private and financial information was accessed by threat actors following what seems to be a sequence of account takeover attacks. The post Intuit Clients Warned of Hacked TurboTax Accounts appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2021

One such area of planning is the issue of password hygiene and account. The post Planning to Prevent Account Takeover appeared first on Enzoic. The post Planning to Prevent Account Takeover appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 23, 2021

The post Gamers in Disguise: Protecting Online Gaming from Account Takeover Fraud appeared first on Security Boulevard. Security Bloggers Network account takeover

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Threatpost

MAY 5, 2020

Breach Hacks Privacy Web Security Account Credentials cyberattack data breach domain name registrar GoDaddy hack hosting accounts password resetThe domain registrar giant said that the breach started in October 2019.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 22, 2021

If you’re using Twitter and want to stay on top of the biggest cybersecurity news out there, you may be asking which are the best accounts you […]. The post The Best Twitter Cybersecurity Accounts You Should Follow [Updated 2021] appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2022

A vulnerability in the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Box allowed threat actors to take over accounts. This made it possible to access the victim’s Box account without the victim’s phone and without notifying the user via SMS.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Twitter account of NASA Director Parimal Kopardekar (@nasapk) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group. The Twitter account of the NASA Director and Sr Technologist for Air Transporation Sytem Mr. Parimal Kopardekar ( @nasapk ) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group.

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Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Google has reported that it disrupted the phishing attacks where threat actors had tried to hijack various YouTube accounts using cookie theft malware. The hijacker’s intent was to use those accounts to promote different crypto-currency scams. .

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 2, 2021

23, 2021 Twitter booted a gaggle of accounts from its platform, including those determined to be associated with the Russian government and the well-known disinformation machine Internet Research Agency (IRA). On Feb.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Threat actors have launched a phishing campaign targeting more than 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts in an attempt to hijack them. Researchers from Abnormal Security uncovered a phishing scam aimed at hijacking at least 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

Reached via phone, IDI Holdings CEO Derek Dubner acknowledged that a review of the consumer records sampled from the fraud group’s shared communications indicates “a handful” of authorized IDI customer accounts had been compromised.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Vendors drag their heels when it comes to identifying software vulnerabilities and are often loath to expedite the fixes

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Financial account takeover is a form of identity fraud where fraudsters use stolen credentials to break into digital financial accounts of genuine customers. Security Bloggers Network account takeover

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 7, 2022

million online accounts have been compromised by cyberattacks involving credential stuffing. Accounts appeared first on Security Boulevard. New York Attorney General Letitia James has put 17 companies on notice that 1.1

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2019

com — a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims’ phone numbers — has itself been hacked, exposing the email addresses, hashed passwords, IP addresses and private messages for nearly 113,000 forum users. Some complained they were already receiving phishing emails targeting their OGusers accounts and email addresses. . Ogusers[.]com

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Account security should be one of the biggest priorities for digital businesses today. Ensuring that user accounts are protected is paramount. The post How To Hack into a Digital Account in a Few Easy Steps appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 5, 2021

A new phishing campaign has been targeting verified Twitter accounts, as seen by BleepingComputer. The phishing campaign follows Twitter's recent removal of the checkmark from a number of verified accounts, citing that these were ineligible for the legendary status, and verified in error. [.].

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Threatpost

APRIL 24, 2020

After gamers reported unauthorized logins and purchases, Nintendo confirmed that over 160,000 accounts had been hacked. Breach Web Security data breach Fortnite Nintendo Nintendo account hack nintendo breach NNID wii U

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Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Researchers have observed a new phishing campaign primarily targeting high-profile TikTok accounts belonging to influencers, brand consultants, production studios, and influencers' managers. [.].

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 20, 2022

Crypto.com has confirmed that a multi-million dollar cyber attack led to the compromise of 400 of its customer accounts. Although, the company's CEO stresses that customer funds are not at risk. Crypto.com is reportedly the world's third-largest cryptocurrency trading platform. [.].

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 27, 2021

Whether it is fake new account registration – where fraudsters use stolen or synthetic credentials to create new digital accounts – or account takeover fraud, fraudsters are impersonating authentic users to abuse and monetize digital accounts.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 20, 2022

Crypto.com has confirmed that a multi-million dollar cyberattack led to the compromise of 483 of its customer accounts. Although, the company's CEO stresses that customer funds are not at risk. Crypto.com is reportedly the world's third-largest cryptocurrency trading platform. [.].

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft announced that users can access their consumer accounts without providing passwords and using more secure authentication methods. The post Microsoft announces passwordless authentication for consumer accounts appeared first on Security Affairs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 24, 2022

Because of this, maintenance and auditing of user accounts is an integral part of maintaining a good security posture. When an employee leaves a company or organization, it is important that all associated accounts be removed and permissions revoked.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Google took over the top spot for malicious downloads from Microsoft OneDrive as attackers created free accounts, uploaded malware and shared documents with unsuspecting users, says Netskope

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Cloud Security Vulnerabilities Bug cloud accounts container image-pulling containerd credential leak CVE-2020-15157 google compute platform host registry security vulnerabilityThe flaw (CVE-2020-15157) is located in the container image-pulling process.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Users can now delete passwords from their Microsoft account and instead use Windows Hello, Microsoft Authenticator, or physical security keys to log in

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

The social media platform Twitter suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, multiple high-profile accounts were hacked. All the accounts were compromised simultaneously and threat actors used them to promote a cryptocurrency scam.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

A researcher received a $50,000 bug bounty by Microsoft for having reported a vulnerability that could’ve allowed to hijack any account. According to the expert, the vulnerability only impacts consumer accounts. Microsoft Account Takeover!

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2021

Earlier this month, our team wrote about the latest Facebook data breach and offered suggestions on how to improve your account security. Let's now walk through the steps you can take to enable two-factor authentication on your accounts.

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We Live Security

JANUARY 24, 2022

Somebody could easily take control of your PayPal account and steal money from you if you’re not careful – here's how to stay safe from a simple but effective attack. The post How I hacked my friend’s PayPal account appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

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