Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

” Airbus has apparently confirmed the cybercriminal’s account to the threat intelligence firm Hudson Rock , which determined that the Airbus credentials were stolen after a Turkish airline employee infected their computer with a prevalent and powerful info-stealing trojan called RedLine. Microsoft Corp. government inboxes.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2021

Happily, identifying and tracking these fake reviewer accounts is often the easiest way to spot scams. Here’s the story of how bogus reviews on a counterfeit Microsoft Authenticator browser extension exposed dozens of other extensions that siphoned personal and financial data. Image: chrome-stats.com.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 26, 2023

There’s some bad things lurking in search engine results waiting to compromise your Facebook account. This site eventually directs you to a Chrome extension download from the official extension store. However, the real aim of the game here is to compromise Facebook accounts. Check developer authenticity.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you use text based authentication as an additional level of security for your Twitter account, you may be aware that this option will be reserved for paying Twitter Blue subscribers come mid-March. This post explains how to enable hardware key authentication instead. Touch the key to add it to your account.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2022

million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The bug exists due to the proccess of authorization used in the Android Client of Twitter, specifically in the procces of checking the duplication of a Twitter account.” Threat actor leaked data of 5.4

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 19, 2022

One new tactic hackers have been using is to steal cookies from current or recent web sessions to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Even cloud infrastructures rely on cookies to authenticate their users. Browsers allow users to maintain authentication, remember passwords and autofill forms. How Hackers Steal Cookies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The malware landing page is disguised as a software download URL that was sent via email or a PDF on Google Drive, or via Google documents containing the phishing links. The researchers identified around 15,000 actor accounts, most of which were created for this campaign. ” reads the analysis published by Google TAG.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2024

Cisco Duo warns that a data breach involving one of its telephony suppliers exposed multifactor authentication (MFA) messages sent by the company via SMS and VOIP to its customers. Then they used the access to download a set of MFA SMS message logs belonging to customers’ Duo accounts.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Security researchers have discovered banking Trojan apps on the Google Play Store, and say they have been downloaded by more than 300,000 Android users. As you may know, banking Trojans are kitted for stealing banking data like your username and password, and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes that you use to login to your bank account.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2023

The recent WhatsApp accounts takeover is simple and genius. A "hacker" tries to login to your account via WhatsApp. A user who is not available to respond to verification checks—whether they're asleep, in-flight, or have simply set their smartphone to "do not disturb"—may be at risk of losing their WhatsApp account.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

They can do this becasue alongside the password vaults that were stolen, criminals also made off with customers' email addresses, as well as " basic customer account information", company names, end-user names, billing addresses, telephone numbers, and IP addresses. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Epic have made some alterations to how accounts for kids work , with multiple features disabled for what are now known as “ Cabined Accounts ” If your children are big fans of Epic games like Fortnite and Rocket League, you may well have worried about their gaming interactions with other players at some point.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

million accounts was caused by the exploitation of a zero-day flaw. million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. We downloaded the sample database for verification and analysis. Twitter confirmed that the recent data breach that exposed data of 5.4

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Malwarebytes

JULY 11, 2023

Like all social media platforms, Facebook constantly has to deal with fake accounts, scams and malware. In the past few weeks, there's been a resurgence in sponsored posts and accounts that impersonate Meta/Facebook's own Ads Manager. In early June, we identified fraudulent accounts running the same scam using similar lures.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

GitHub uncovered threat actors using stolen OAuth user tokens to gain access to their repositories and download private data from several organizations. Threat actors abused stolen OAuth user tokens issued to two third-party OAuth integrators, Heroku and Travis-CI, to download data from dozens of organizations, including npm.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

LinkedIn knows it has a problem with bots and fake accounts, and has acknowledged this on more than one occasion. In 2018, LinkedIn rolled out a way to automatically detect fake accounts. Accounts with positive detections will be removed before they can be used to reach out to members. What's new?

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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. . Such accounts have a buying price ranging from $3 to $4,000. . and email.cz.

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Hacker's King

MAY 20, 2023

Two-factor authentication (2FA) has become an essential security measure in the digital age. By combining something you know(like a password) with something you have(such as a verification code), 2FA adds an extra layer of protection to your online accounts. However, like any security system, 2FA is not foolproof.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Experts spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. Zimperium’s zLabs researchers spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap , that already compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021.

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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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Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2021

Although sharing your day’s highlights in snapshots and videos on Instagram can be entertaining, some people claim to feel happier after deleting their accounts. If you do, remember that you will lose the following data permanently when you delete your Instagram account: Profile Photos Videos Comments Likes Followers.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 7, 2023

The hackers used forged authentication tokens to access user email, using a stolen Microsoft Azure account consumer signing key. That backdoored update was downloaded by over 14,000 networks worldwide. A bunch of networks, including US Government networks , have been hacked by the Chinese. Congress wants answers.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 3, 2024

Microsoft is rolling out passkey support for all consumer accounts. After enabling them in Windows 11 last year, Microsoft account owners can now generate passkeys across multiple platforms including Windows, Android, and iOS. On the selected device you’ll be asked to authenticate. Where is you passkey saved? Passkey added.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Distribution of programming languages used in writing web applications, 2021–2023 ( download ) We analyzed data obtained through web application assessments that followed the black, gray and white box approaches. Broken Authentication 5. Broken Authentication 5. More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

The details of around four million users are now being shared for free on underground hacking forums, according to ZDNet that has obtained samples from different sources, exposed records include usernames, email addresses, and hashed account passwords (bcrypt hashing algorithm). ” reported ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Experts found a new version of the Cerberus Android banking trojan that can steal one-time codes generated by the Google Authenticator app and bypass 2FA. Now the authors implemented the ability to steal 2FA code from the Google Authenticator app abusing the Accessibility Privileges. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 9, 2023

On Friday October 6, 2023, 23andMe confirmed via a somewhat opaque blog post that threat actors had "obtained information from certain accounts, including information about users’ DNA Relatives profiles." However, the damage seems to go far beyond the accounts with reused passwords. less likely to be compromised if you use MFA.”

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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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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. This method poses a risk of exposing sensitive data or enabling fraudulent activities. ” continues the advisory.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2022

In April 2022, ThreatLabz discovered several newly registered domains, which were created by a threat actor to spoof the official Microsoft Windows 11 OS download portal. ThreatLabz discovered several newly registered domains spoofing the official Microsoft Windows 11 OS download portal. Key points. dat:*wallet*.*:*2fa*.*:*backup*.*:*code*.*:*password*.*:*auth*.*:*google*.*:*utc*.*:*UTC*.*:*crypt*.*:*key*.*;50;true;movies:music:mp3;

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Ukraine’s war miseries emerging from Russia seem to be never-ending as a compromised email account related to the country’s Ministry of Defense was caught sending phishing emails to users of the Delta Situational awareness program. It also acts as an intelligence gathering unit.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. Image: Cloudflare.com. 2, and Aug. According to an Aug.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Posted by Sam Heft-Luthy, Product Manager, Privacy & Data Protection Office What happens to our digital accounts when we stop using them? It’s a question we should all ask ourselves, because when we are no longer keeping tabs on what’s happening with old accounts, they can become targets for cybercrime.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2024

Cybercriminals use MFA bombing to break into accounts that are protected by multi-factor authentication (MFA). Armed with a reset code, the criminals could change the victim’s password and lock them out of their account. If you lose control of your Apple ID, go to iforgot.apple.com to start the account recovery process.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Cybercriminals offered for sale private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook accounts claiming of being in possession of data from 120 million accounts. Crooks are offering for sale Criminals are selling the private messages of 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts for 10 cents per account. ” states the BBC.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. You can download the #metasploit module exploits of #0days via this link => [link]. It seems that only offical downloads have been compromised with a backdoor along with the SourceForge repository. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2024

The download of the full database is practically free for other active members of that forum. On April 12, 2024, BleepingComputer noticed a post titled “Giant Tiger Database – Leaked, Download!” Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Someone has posted a database of over 2.8 ” on the hacker forum.

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