Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

Ukraine’s technical security and intelligence service warns of threat actors targeting aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts. State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of Ukraine spotted a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In this case, that secret is her password and, well, just read it: My staff log onto my computer on my desk with my login everyday. To be fair to Nadine, she's certainly not the only one handing her password out to other people. In fact I often forget my password and have to ask my staff what it is. No one else has access.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. It involves regularly changing passwords and inventorying sensitive data. As such, you should limit the amount of information that employees have access to. This can be risky.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2022

While modern Microsoft Windows operating systems by default will ask users whether they want to run a downloaded executable file, many systems set up for remote administration by MSPs disable that user account control feature for this particular application. The timing of our advisory and Mr. Pyle’s blog were coincidental.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Slickwraps has disclosed a data breach that impacted over 850,000 user accounts, data were accidentally exposed due to security vulnerabilities. ” reads the security update published by the company. Lynx0x00’s Medium and Twitter accounts have mysteriously vanished but, fortunately, the Internet never truly forgets.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

.” The investigation launched into the incident revealed that that an unauthorized third party obtained usernames and hashed and salted passwords for members’ online accounts on the ABA website prior to 2018 or the ABA Career Center since 2018. million members impacted appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the popular Easy WP SMTP WordPress plugin to reset passwords for admin accounts. The SMTP WordPress plugin is installed on more than 500,000 sites, but despite the security patch has been released earlier this week many sites are yet to be patched. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

. “MyBB admin logs show the account of a trusted but currently inactive member of the forum admin team was used to access the web-based MyBB admin console twice: on 16 February and again on 21 February. The account was used to create database backups which were then downloaded and deleted.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2019

Google accidentally stored the passwords of its G Suite users in plain-text for 14 years allowing its employees to access them. The news is disconcerting, Google has accidentally stored the passwords of the G Suite users in plain-text for 14 years, this means that every employee in the company was able to access them.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations.” Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Enforce strong passwords and implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) — by educating users about using a unique password for each account and enforcing higher security for privileged accounts (administrators, root). Accounting for humans.

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Webroot

APRIL 3, 2024

In a world where our lives are increasingly navigated through digital apps and online accounts, understanding and managing our online identities has become paramount. Simply put, it’s the practice of ensuring that only authorized individuals have access to your sensitive information and online accounts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

The Atomic macOS Stealer allows operators to can steal various types of information from the infected machines, including Keychain passwords, complete system information, files from the desktop and documents folder, and even the macOS password. The threat actors spread the malware in the form of a ‘.dmg’

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

An attacker could exploit this data to hijack the victim’s account. Attackers may have exploited leaked credentials to brute force access to the repository, since they only needed a password, which is faster than guessing both a username and password.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

The leaked information included names, phone numbers, emails, private communication via SMS messages, passwords, and employees’ credentials. Screenshot of leaked customer information Researchers also stumbled upon 70,000 customer credentials. Leaking employee credentials might put the company at risk of targeted cyberattacks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

107 million records include personal data and basic account information such as the user ID, number of Weibo tweets, number of followers and accounts users are following, account gender, geographic location and more. The dump doesn’t include Weibo users’ passwords. 5.38?????????????? Good night.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

“Eventually, the threat actor was able to compromise both the Windows and macOS build environments,” 3CX said in an April 20 update on their blog. In many cases, the phony profiles spoofed chief information security officers at major corporations , and some attracted quite a few connections before their accounts were terminated.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

Once the attacker gained access to BI user’s passwords and depending on the privileges of the BI user, he can perform operations that can completely compromise the application. The complete list of the notes is reported in the latest security bulletin : SAP administrators are urged to apply the available security patches as soon as possible.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

The vulnerability resides in the plugin’s password reset functionality, it impacts versions 5.4.0 “It is possible to reset the password of any user as long as we know their username thus being able to reset the password of the administrator and login on their account. . ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

The attacker can also use the compromised accounts to carry out lateral phishing attacks and further infiltrate the target organizations TA473 targeted US elected officials and staffers since at least February 2023. The threat actors created bespoke JavaScript payloads designed for each government targets’ webmail portal.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The credentials provided by the recipient are sent to an attacker-controlled URL, however, after the recipient enters their password, the phishing page redirects to a benign document that contains the interview questions, or an RFI that includes information of interest for the victims.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

. “Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting. To nominate, please visit:?.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

Below are recommended mitigations included in the alert: Review domain controllers, servers, workstations, and active directories for new or unrecognized user accounts. Regularly back up data, air gap, and password-protect backup copies offline. Implement the shortest acceptable timeframe for password changes.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

The attack took place in October 2022, threat actors sent phishing emails that contained links to a password-protected file hosted in Drive. The researchers noticed that the most common attack against networks and cloud instances is the account takeover. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

FortiGuard Labs observed this malware in a phishing email campaign on 30 March, which we traced back to the samples included in this blog.” The malware can steal sensitive data from the infected endpoint, including browser history and passwords, and cookies. . “Based on our traffic source data to the host, evilextractor[.]com,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2022

These contained information for millions of credit cards, bank account numbers and routing information, and the usernames and associated passwords needed to access online accounts.” ” RaidForums was launched in 2015, its community reached over half a million users. To nominate, please visit:?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

The attackers launch brute-force or dictionary attacks against the server in an attempt to guess account credentials. CLR Shell allows operators to harvest system information and escalate privileges to LocalSystem by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Secondary Logon Service. ” reads the report published by AhnLab.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

It’s no secret that cyber security has become a leading priority for most organizations — especially those in industries that handle sensitive customer information. And as these businesses work towards building robust security strategies, it’s vital that they account for various threat vectors and vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

Google TAG also observed Russia-linked APT28 (aka Fancy Bear) cyberespionage group targeting users in Ukraine with a new variant of a.Net malware distributed via email attachments inside of password protected zip files (ua_report.zip). The malware is able to steal cookies and saved passwords from Chrome, Edge and Firefox browsers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Data includes verified online banking credentials, in some cases phishers also provides info on the account balances. “For example, the same Telegram channel offered the credentials for a bank account with $1,400 in it for $110, whereas access to an account with a balance of $49,000 was put up for $700.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

The exposed file contained: Full MySQL database Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) – a unique sequence of characters that identifies a resource – as well as username and password to access it; JSON Web Token’s (JWT) passphrase and locations of private and public keys; A link to the git repository for the site; Symfony application secret.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2022

. “The CSA—created in response to reports of increased activity against MSPs and their customers—provides specific guidance for both MSPs and customers aimed at enabling transparent discussions on securing sensitive data.” Protect internet-facing services Defend against brute force and password spraying Defend against phishing.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

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. Use strong passwords. Another important security measure is to use strong passwords.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

The ne’er-do-well who set up the account below has been paying $550 a month for a Land Lordz “basic plan” subscription at landlordz[.]site The site looks exactly like the real Airbnb, includes pictures of the requested property, and steers visitors toward signing in or to creating a new account. co.uk , airbnb.pt-anuncio[.]com

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2022

Ivanov-Tolpintsev was charged with conspiracy, trafficking in unauthorized access devices, and trafficking in computer passwords. The post Ukrainian national sentenced to 4 years in prison for selling access to hacked servers appeared first on Security Affairs. In September, he was extradited to the U.S. in September 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Block pointed out that the reports don’t contain personally identifiable information such as usernames or passwords, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, payment card information, addresses, and bank account details. million current and former customers.

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