Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2024

Financial services had the most breaches, followed by healthcare. 80 supply chain attacks accounted for 446 affected entities and over 10 million victims. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Passwords Identity Theft Phishing 124

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

. “They use lists of usernames and passwords gathered from the breaches you hear about nearly every day on the news. They’re also one of the main reasons you should be using a password manager to create unique and random strings for your passwords.” billion attempts), followed by Russia (1.55

Data breaches 109

Data breaches Passwords Advertising Financial Services 109

Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2024

In 2020, Truist provided financial services to about 12 million consumer households. Bank Transactions: Data including customer names, account numbers, and balances. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Banking Passwords Phishing 111

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In one very recent caper, the attackers targeted the CFO of a financial services firm, as he worked from home, Sherman says. This includes refraining from using a work email to sign up for random online accounts or web apps. The attackers successfully got a foothold on the exec’s MacBook.

IoT 279

IoT Healthcare Internet Internet 279

Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

In other words, bad actors glean lists of breached usernames and passwords and run them against desired logins until they find some that work. Then, they enter those accounts for the purpose of abusing permissions, siphoning out data, or both. You can’t access an account with recycled credentials if there aren’t any.

Passwords 98

Passwords Authentication Data privacy Accountability 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Onfido, a London-based company, offers photo-based IDV services for businesses. Financial service providers, car rentals, and many other suppliers that need to confirm customer identities employ similar third-party services. Consider using a password manager to create strong passwords and store them securely.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Accountability Data breaches Social Engineering 98

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

I've been either lucky or fortunate to spend just over 20 years in the identity and access management space just through luck and chance and, and booked with industry in different software vendors and such and it's been really fascinating to see things change in the identity space. He loves password managers.

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Passwords Authentication Mobile Password Management 52

Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

infrastructure sectors, including healthcare, government services, financial services, and critical manufacturing. Individual Users: Use Password Managers: Employ a reputable password manager to create and store strong, unique passwords for all accounts – consider passphrases.

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Malware Ransomware Healthcare Passwords 117

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2021

Microsoft said it notified the targeted 150 organizations, which included “IT companies (57%), followed by government (20%), and smaller percentages for non-governmental organizations and think tanks, as well as financial services.” In this case, the attackers leveraged information gleaned from a Microsoft worker’s computing device.

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Hacking Phishing Passwords Accountability 214