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. Once opened, the email appears as a legitimate email communication from American Express, while the content instructs the cardholder on how to view the secure, encrypted message attached. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has published a report on The State of IT Security in Germany in 2023 , and the number one threat for consumers is… identity theft. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

IdentityIQ The traditional method of safeguarding our accounts with passwords is facing growing challenges. As technology evolves, so do the methods employed by hackers, making passwords both inconvenient and increasingly susceptible to breaches. Passkeys are a modern alternative to passwords. But what is a passkey?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2023

The security breach suffered by LastPass was caused by the failure to update Plex on the home computer of one of its engineers. The issue, tracked as CVE-2020-5741 (CVSS score: 7.2), can be exploited by a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code. ” reads the advisory published by Plex.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

The leaked records include Clubhouse user IDs, names, usernames, Twitter handles, Instagram handles, number of followers, number of people followed by the users, accounts’ creation date, and invited by user profile names. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all your online accounts. photo URLs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2022

The company also added that it is practically infeasible to derive a password from the associated hash, and exposed hashes cannot be used to authenticate. . “All active accounts requiring a password reset are being notified directly with instructions.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Plex Media Server, tracked as CVE-2020-5741 (CVSS score: 7.2), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. “This issue could not be exploited without first gaining access to the server’s Plex account.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Ability to obtain information from various installed applications. Ability to obtain cryptocurrency wallet information [log-in credentials and stored funds]. Ability to collect data of Authentication (2FA) and password-managing software. ” states CYFIRMA.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The data breach compromised payment card information of roughly 40 million customers. It has also agreed to strengthen its information security program through a series of steps, which must be done within 180 days of the agreement. The company will pay a total of $17.5 million to 46 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Most used passwords are still 123456, 123456789, 12345, qwerty, and “password” Businesses fail to enforce strong passwords, and rarely request employees to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). . Never reuse passwords for multiple accounts. Use a password manager.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The password management and security application 1Password announced it had detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance on September 29, but excluded that user data was exposed. The activity is linked to the recent attack on the Okta support case management system.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

According to the post created on September 4, the database also contains profiles of users who don’t have Clubhouse accounts, whose phone numbers might have been acquired by threat actors due to the company’s past insistence that users share their full contact lists with Clubhouse to use the social media platform.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

Authentication. Two-factor authentication is another important security measure for the cloud era. This means that in addition to your password, you will also need a second factor, such as a code from a key fob or a fingerprint, to access your data. Increasingly, passwordless authentication is becoming the norm.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Two former college graduates are in a lot of trouble after breaking into other students’ accounts and stealing sensitive personal data. Working with another former graduate, he accessed the school email accounts of dozens of college students and stole private nude photographs. What happened? Many of the images were then shared.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

billion unique password variations with other breach compilations that include usernames and email addresses, threat actors can use the RockYou2021 collection to mount password dictionary and password spraying attacks against untold numbers of online accounts. By combining 8.4

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

As part of the proposed settlement, Residual Pumpkin and PlanetArt (the previous and current owners of CafePress) will be required to implement comprehensive information security programs that will address the problems that led to the data breaches at CafePress. Encourage customers to use Multi-factor Authentication (MFA).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

“ Credential stuffing is a type of attack in which hackers use automation and lists of compromised usernames and passwords to defeat authentication and authorization mechanisms, with the end goal of account takeover (ATO) and/or data exfiltration.” You can’t access an account with recycled credentials if there aren’t any.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

Samples from the archive shared by the author include full names, email addresses, links to the users’ social media accounts, and other data points that users had publicly listed on their LinkedIn profiles. Change the password of your LinkedIn and email accounts. What’s being sold by the threat actor?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

If you’re looking for a password manager for your business, Bitwarden and LastPass might be on your list of potential solutions. Both vendors will help you and your employees store access credentials, improve password health, and share sensitive information securely. Bitwarden vs. LastPass: Features.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Most organizations use databases to store sensitive information. This includes passwords, usernames, document scans, health records, bank account and credit card details, as well as other essential data, all easily searchable and conveniently stored in one place. Can’t come up with a strong password?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

Change the password of your LinkedIn and email accounts. Consider using a password manager to create strong passwords and store them securely. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all your online accounts. Beware of suspicious LinkedIn messages and connection requests from strangers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2020

Experts suggest to monitor for sequential login attempts from the same IP against different accounts, use a password manager and set strong, unique passwords … and of course adopt multi-factor authentication. The activity predated the recent escalation of kinetic activity between the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Here are some examples of how potential attackers can use the data found in the unsecured Amazon S3 bucket against the owners of the exposed email addresses: Spamming 350 million email IDs Carrying out phishing attacks Brute-forcing the passwords of the email accounts. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Limit access to the administrative portal and accounts to those who need them. Require strong administrative passwords(use a password manager for best results) and enable two-factor authentication. There are options that are free, simple to use, and practical for small merchants.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Snewpit team responded within minutes and secured the files containing user records on the same day. If you have a Snewpit account, there is a high chance that your records may have been exposed in this breach. Immediately change your email password and consider using a password manager.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

China-linked cyber espionage group APT20 has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in recent attacks, cyber-security firm Fox-IT warns. The attacks aimed at government entities and managed service providers (MSPs) that were active in many industries, including aviation, healthcare, finance, insurance, energy, and gambling.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Vulnerability management is a critical element of information security. The combination of publicly available lists of vulnerabilities and threat actors actively seeking to exploit them, obligates your organization to have a solid vulnerability management plan in place.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Interestingly, on the same day, a post on Kroo’s Twitter account announced that the company was carrying out “essential maintenance on the systems which affects those applying for a Kroo account”. If malicious actors have access to a video used in the IDV process, they could set up accounts using stolen names.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Lots of accounts including Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mr Beast, and a ton more getting hacked for a bitcoin scheme.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Microsoft is already providing passwordless features to Azure Active Directory, and for Google, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has become mandatory. While big tech phases in new authentication solutions, Dashlane — a password manager used by more than 20,000 companies and more than 15 million users — made a full switch.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

Use unique, strong passwords, and store them in a password manager. Many people get hacked from having guessable or previously compromised passwords. Good passwords are long, random, and unique to each account, which means it’s impossible for a human to manage them on their own. Everything.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2023

An element of NIST SP 800-63 , Digital Identity Guidelines and ISO 27001 and 27002 are customized and applied as one framework in the Integrated Information Security Management System (ISMS) of my organization. This would ensure that user accounts are not provisioned for impostors or unauthorized parties.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. ” Security news site Bleeping Computer reported on the T-Systems Ryuk ransomware attack on Dec.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered to be the gold standard in information security. Those doors lead to many different types of positions and opportunities, thus making the information security community dynamic and multifaceted.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Protecting Authentication. If environments have backup servers joined to the domain, the vCenter setup for SSO against the domain, and the SAN storage set for LDAP authentication against the domain, the backups, hosts, and SAN are compromised every single time. Force MFA on all interactive accounts. Administrative Workstations.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2022

To test the SmartTub the expert created an account using the app and testing it, such as adding the account password to the password manager and checking what website/URL should be associated with it. The expert noticed that the account confirmation email came from smarttub.io , so that is what I used.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

She believed the attack was conducted by a “nation-state actor” that exploited a zero-day flaw in a Zoho user authentication device. “We ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus is self-service password management and single sign-on solution. reads the joint advisory. reads the joint advisory.

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