Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

One of the key significant improvements are support of more software clients (including browser-based cryptocurrency wallets), upgraded credit card (CC) grabber, and additional advanced mechanisms for password storage dump on various platforms to extract credentials and tokens.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who’ve had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021. Related: Credential stuffing fuels account takeovers. Every year, the first Thursday in May serves as a reminder for us to take control of our personal password strategies. With so many passwords to keep track of, those familiar “Update Password” prompts tend to get bothersome.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 2, 2024

After weeks of denial, AT&T has finally acknowledged a massive data breach impacting 73 million current and former customer accounts. However, mounting evidence from cybersecurity researchers pointed to the data being authentic AT&T customer records. million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2019

Here's a perfect example of what I'm talking about, this one eventually triggering an email to me just last week: Let's imagine you're the first person on the list; you get a notification from HIBP, you check out the paste and see your Hotmail account listed there alongside your Spotify password and the plan you're subscribed to.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2019

If you bank online and choose weak or re-used passwords, there’s a decent chance your account could be pilfered by cyberthieves — even if your bank offers multi-factor authentication as part of its login process. This targeting can occur in at least one of two ways.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

The SBU said they found on Sanix’s computer records showing he sold databases with “logins and passwords to e-mail boxes, PIN codes for bank cards, e-wallets of cryptocurrencies, PayPal accounts, and information about computers hacked for further use in botnets and for organizing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.”

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

What is Account Takeover? Account takeover, also known as ATO, is a form of identity theft in which a malicious third party gains access to or “takes over” an online account. One of the primary reasons behind this massive rise in account takeover is the relative ease with which it can be done. Account Takeover Prevention.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 25, 2022

Bad news for players of long-time virtual pet management title Neopets. Word is spreading of a compromise claimed to have accessed around 69 million user accounts. This compromise, posted to a hacking forum, is said to include both the database and around 460 MB of compressed source code from Neopets.com.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 16, 2023

Recently, thousands of Norton LifeLock customer accounts were compromised in a data breach. Criminal hackers attempted to break into Norton LifeLock customer accounts and possible password managers, meaning they might have gained access to customers’ usernames, passwords and other personal information. IdentityIQ.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2019

They obtained the data by hacking any one of the hundreds of companies you entrust with the data­ -- and you have no visibility into those companies' security practices, and no recourse when they lose your data. Enable two-factor authentication for all important accounts whenever possible.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Password manager app LastPass confirmed that threat actors have launched a credential stuffing attack against its users. “Someone just used your master password to try to log in to your account from a device or location we didn’t recognize,” reads the warnings. SecurityAffairs – hacking, password).

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2022

Not everyone adopts multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure their accounts. Many stick with simple username and password combinations despite the weaknesses of this authentication method. Passwords are the most common method of authentication. Also read : Best Password Management Software and Tools.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 7, 2021

According to Task & Purpose, who first reported on the incident , the account has done nothing but stream Age of Empires , an award-winning, history-based real-time strategy (RTS) video game wherein players get to grow civilizations by progressing them from one historical time frame to another. Note that “POSC” could be slang.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. Multiple security firms soon assigned the hacking group the nickname “ Scattered Spider.” 9, 2024, U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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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. In March, one of Giant Tiger‘s vendors, a company used to manage customer communications and engagement, suffered a cyberattack, which impacted Giant Tiger, as reported by CBC. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2018

There are lots of articles about there telling people how to better secure their computers and online accounts. To remain anonymous and secure on the Internet, invest in a Virtual Private Network account, but remember, the bad guys are very smart, so by the time this column runs, they may have figured out a way to hack into a VPN.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 8, 2021

The most extensive data leak collection to date, dubbed ‘RockYou2021’, was dumped on popular hacking forums earlier this month. billion password entries, presumably obtained from previous data leaks and breaches. As such, users should consider resetting passwords wherever possible. What should users do?

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

Cybercriminals can exploit stolen usernames and passwords to gain unauthorized access to your accounts, compromising your personal and financial information. Ensure that each online account has a unique password to minimize the impact of a potential breach.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

Cybercriminals can exploit stolen usernames and passwords to gain unauthorized access to your accounts, compromising your personal and financial information. Ensure that each online account has a unique password to minimize the impact of a potential breach.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In a data breach notification , the company didn’t say what type of cyberattack caused the compromise of customer data, calling it a rather non-descriptive “External system breach (hacking).” 31, 2023) Mr. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Enable two-factor authentication.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2023

According to BleepingComputer , a cybercriminal claiming responsibility for the attack is selling the stolen database on a well-known hacking forum. Shadow recommends that users set up multi-factor authentication (MFA) on their accounts, and watch out for any emails that appear to come from Shadow, as they could be phishing attempts.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With access to your personal information, bad actors can drain your bank account and damage your credit—or worse. Use strong and unique passwords Passwords are your first line of defense to protecting your online accounts from hackers. But it’s just as important you don’t use the same password for multiple accounts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2023

The NCSC of the United Kingdom opposes Twitter’s decision to forgo multi-factor authentication in the coming weeks. This could spell trouble, as hackers can easily hijack an account to publish scam related campaigns, hate speech, biased political statements and what not. More details are awaited!

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s only February, and 2021 already is rapidly shaping up to be the year of supply-chain hacks. 21 disclosed how cybercriminals broke into its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform as a gateway to compromise the cell phones of an undisclosed number of the telecom giant’s customers. Related: The quickening of cyber warfare.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

So you’ve spent the past few days starting to get your passwords updated and into your password manager. Those long, complex, unique passwords you’re setting are only one part of the equation to protecting your information. You need multi-factor authentication. “I passwords) Something you are (e.g.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

Several stories here have highlighted the importance of creating accounts online tied to your various identity, financial and communications services before identity thieves do it for you. From that story: “The reasoning behind this strategy is as simple as it is alluring: What’s not put online can’t be hacked.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The subject of the emails reads “Important Notification About Your Account” in an attempt to urge recipients to open it. “Upon opening the attachment, victims were greeted with a message announcing additional verification requirements for the associated account. SecurityAffairs – hacking, American Express).

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Identity IQ

MAY 13, 2024

Breaches can occur due to various reasons, including cyberattacks, hacking, employee negligence, physical loss of devices, and social engineering to name a few. This can include information such as Social Security numbers, birth dates, credit card numbers, and bank account details.

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Identity IQ

MAY 15, 2021

As important as they are, however, about 52 percent of people still use the same passwords across multiple accounts and 24 percent use a variation of common passwords that are easy to hack. Hackers employ different strategies to steal your passwords. Tips for Creating Better Passwords.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Do you hate having to punch in a password on your login screen every time you open your laptop? Are you sick of firing up the password manager, or grabbing your phone to confirm a login, or to grab an MFA code? Perhaps they were obtained from a data dump, or a hacking forum, or a straightforward phishing email.)

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Related: Poll confirms rise of Covid 19-related hacks. It is essential to ensure that all accounts are protected with strong passwords. To this day, a significant amount of people still use the password across multiple accounts, which makes it much simpler for a cybercriminal to compromise a password and take over accounts.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 28, 2023

million DuoLingo users on a hacking forum. While they offered the data set for sale in January for $1,500, it's now been released on a new version of the Breached hacking forum for 8 site credits, worth only $2.13. Learning languages, XP points and crowns – Duolingo’s API shows which courses the account has enrolled in.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2018

Google has not had any of its 85,000+ employees successfully phished on their work-related accounts since early 2017, when it began requiring all employees to use physical Security Keys in place of passwords and one-time codes, the company told KrebsOnSecurity. A YubiKey Security Key made by Yubico. a mobile device). a mobile device).

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

Ueland said after hearing about the escrow.com hack Monday evening he pulled the domain name system (DNS) records for escrow.com and saw they were pointing to an Internet address in Malaysia — 111.90.149[.]49 com was identical to the one displayed by escrow.com while the site’s DNS records were hacked.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Related: Kaseya hack worsens supply chain risk. The attacker claims to have compromised an end-of-lifed GPRS system that was exposed to the internet and was able to pivot from it to the internal network, where they were able to launch a brute force authentication attack against internal systems. Baber Amin , COO, Veridium : Amin.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

So, to make sure yours don’t get snatched, here are a few tips and tricks we learned from cybersecurity experts: #1: Safeguard your Accounts. Add an extra layer of security to your bank and other accounts by choosing an identity theft service that monitors online activity and sends notifications as soon as suspicious activity is detected. .

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