Hot for Security

MARCH 1, 2021

The UK has been dealing with some of the harshest lockdown restrictions since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic, and many citizens are looking forward to booking a much-needed vacation. Remember, if a deal sounds too good to be true, it usually is.”

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SC Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

Carnival Corporation – which has been plagued by cyberattacks over the past few years – issued a breach disclosure on Thursday confirming hackers attacked email accounts and gained access to data about its customers and employees. The post Carnival discloses new data breach on email accounts appeared first on SC Media.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2016, WhatsApp gave users a one-time ability to opt out of having account data turned over to Facebook. Other people’s phone numbers stored in address books. Now, an updated privacy policy is changing that. Come next month, users will no longer have that choice. Profile names. Profile pictures and.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Going by the details, Xfinity email users started receiving email alerts that their account info was changed. And when they tried to access the account, their attempts failed as their passwords were changed. The post Data Breach leads to Comcast Customer Data Leak appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

“Account information of some of our Card Members, including some of your account information, may have been involved. ” The security breach occurred at a service provider that lets customers book flights, hotels and other reservations using an online portal. .”

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It's just another day on the internet when the news is full of headlines about accounts being hacked. The second story was about a number of verified Twitter accounts having been "hacked" and then leveraged in Bitcoin scams. And then there's the account holder, the one who chose the password. Without doubt, blame lies with them.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

The Pokemon Company announced it had reset the passwords for some accounts after it had detected hacking attempts, Techcrunch first reported. Then, they enter those accounts for the purpose of abusing permissions, siphoning out data, or both. of the the targeted accounts were compromised. The account system was not compromised.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 27, 2023

Book a demo today. That segment is last up in this week's video and I do give fair warning just in case you're not in the best environment to be watching that part of the update. Viewer discretion advised! It's Zero Trust tailor-made for Okta.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 30, 2023

The popular travel rental site is an ideal destination for cybercrooks bent on taking over accounts and bookings.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I currently have over 450 accounts that use passwords combined with a variety of two-factor authentication methods. In effect, my passwords are now “keys” — and I must authenticate across many accounts, multiple times per day, on a variety of device platforms. the address book web app). Scale to come.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

We all authenticate ourselves multiple times in a day, whether online shopping, logging into our bank account or booking flights. And with authentication, we confirm our digital identities so often that it doesn’t seem like a security action; instead, it seems like a step in the process of gaining access to services/resources.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 13, 2023

Book a demo today. This is the story I mentioned about the bloke in Melbourne copping it from the public for craning his McLaren into his apartment (its' "guitar lessons" all over again!) It's Zero Trust tailor-made for Okta.

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The Hacker News

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon has addressed a number of flaws in its Kindle e-reader platform that could have allowed an attacker to take control of victims' devices by simply sending them a malicious e-book.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The database included the personally identifiable information of Blink Mobility customers and administrators, including: Phone number Email address Encrypted password Registration date Device info and device token Details on subscription and rented vehicles (license plate, VIN, booking start and end location, etc.)

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The cyberattack also impacted the company’s online services relating to its Nook line of e-book readers. Barnes & Noble customers are strongly encouraged to update any related passwords and to keep an eye for irregular activity on their accounts. .

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2018

It is also using contact information you handed over for security purposes and contact information you didn't hand over at all, but that was collected from other people's contact books, a hidden layer of details Facebook has about you that I've come to call "shadow contact information."

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt from its sources that the threat actors accessed details such as tax file numbers, bank account details, superannuation data, in the attack that could lead to identity theft attacks in the coming weeks.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2023

Book a demo today. Sponsored by: Kolide ensures only secure devices can access your cloud apps. It's Zero Trust tailor-made for Okta.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2021

The researchers noticed that the “Send to Kindle” feature allows Kindle users to send e-books to their devices as email attachments, a behavior that could be potentially exploited for malicious purposes, for example sending a malicious e-book to potential victims. To my pleasant surprise, the e-book appeared on the device!

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Hot for Security

MAY 25, 2021

The agency’s report reveals that 56% of accounts were linked to booking airline tickets online and just 29% to holiday accommodation. Online booking platforms such as Booking.com and Airbnb were mentioned by nearly 10% of victims. Use the search bar in your browser to manually enter the website you want to visit instead.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 11, 2022

Mangatoon is a comic book, manhua, manhwa, and manga reading app that is completely free to use. Following the theft of user account information from an unprotected Elasticsearch […]. The program is very well-liked on both iOS and Android, and it is used by millions of individuals in order to view manga comics online.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Related: How ‘XDR’ defeats silos Now along comes a new book, Evading EDR: The Definitive Guide for Defeating Endpoint Detection Systems , by a red team expert, Matt Hand, that drills down a premier legacy security system that is in the midst of this transition: endpoint detection and response, EDR. Hand: I don’t believe so.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Z-Library is the world’s largest illegal library and claims to offer more than 11 million e-books for download. The library has been active since 2009, it offers e-book files in a variety of file formats, stripped of their copyright protections. Z-Library operates as a complex network of approximately 249 interrelated web domains.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 4, 2023

Whether through fake airline ticket booking sites or fake flight cancellation emails, travelers need to be vigilant and protect themselves from airline scams. Fake Flight-Booking Websites Scammers create websites that mimic legitimate booking sites with similar logos and layouts. Or, they may disappear altogether.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Companies must take this into account and consider extending employee training to also promote security and privacy habits among all family members, especially children. Do you have a corporate book club? I’ve also been brought in to host Virtual Reading Events with the book for corporate programs. Send gifts to clients?

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DoublePulsar

JANUARY 3, 2024

The threat actor accessed Orange’s RIPE account. RIPE look after internet IP addresses, basically the phone book of the internet. The threat actor posted themselves logged in to account adminripe-ipnt@orange.es: The threat actor actually posted this screenshot themselves on social media to Orange, earlier today, while goading them.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The profile also linked to Mr. Lee’s Twitter/X account , which features the same profile image. Sure, Doug said, here’s my Calendly profile, book a time and we’ll do it then. “Some of our users are facing issues with our service,” the message read. “We are actively working on fixing these problems.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

barely and cannot afford to leave the camp, nor to operate his own bank account but only to survive miserably. “ Do you ensure that you do not run away with the money once it is received in your bank account? ”. “ The 419 scam is very widespread and dangerous, and can cause serious economic and psychological damage to victims.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Iranian hacking group uses compromised email accounts to distribute MSP remote access tool. Electronic Sales Suppression Tools are cooking the books. Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Indiana sues TikTok, describes it as "Chinese Trojan Horse". Silence is golden partner for Truebot and Cl0p ransomware.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Essentials for Google Account Backup Innovation and leadership have been two of the main keys to their success. They have made us live a “digital” life, where physical files are no longer necessary, everything is now saved in our Google accounts, reducing financial and time resources. A manual written contact book?

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Identity IQ

MARCH 27, 2023

Here are 5 common hotel scams that you should be aware of: Fake Booking Websites Scammers can create fake hotel booking websites that look identical to legitimate ones. They can then trick unsuspecting travelers into making a reservation and paying for it, only to find out upon arrival that their booking doesn’t exist.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2023

I suspect this is an error, so that money is just gonna sit in my account for now lol." The price guarantee the moderator referred to is a pilot program within Google Flights , Google's online flight booking service. "Open GPay, swipe to the 'Deals' tab, and see if you have any 'rewards' near the top. Dogfooding?

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

We speak with John Shegerian of ERI about his new book: “The Insecurity of Everything” and how our e-waste may be exposing sensitive data to other nations. In this episode of the podcast (#226) we speak with John Shegerian , the Chairman and CEO of Electronics Recycling International (ERI) about his new book: “ The Insecurity of Everything.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

According to the company, threat actors likely accessed files containing direct deposit bank account information. Guests are being thanked for their patience and asked to call the property directly for information on bookings, and to wait until the new year for later bookings.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It was written into the plot of Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon , and I even wrote an afterward to the book describing the cipher. We find a model for repetitions in the keystream in the stream cipher Solitaire that accounts for the large majority of the repetition bias. Other phenomena merit further investigation.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 30, 2023

Details are in that the info belongs to all those customers who booked their orders on the platform from the past few years(say between Nov’18 to Oct’2020) and might include sensitive details of half of the affected consumers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers, SitePoint discloses a data breach that impacted 1M users. SitePoint is an Australian-based website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers. The company has disclosed a data breach and notified its users via email.

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