Malwarebytes

APRIL 9, 2025

The lawsuit claims that this gave Bathula login credentials for the victims’ personal accounts and systems, including bank accounts, emails, home surveillance systems, Dropbox accounts, Google Drives, dating applications, Google Nests, and iCloud accounts. Use a password manager. Protect your webcam.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Broadly, Malwarebytes found that: 74% of people “consider US election season a risky time for personal information.” Distrust in political ads is broad—62% said they “disagree” or “strongly disagree” that the information they receive in US election-related ads is trustworthy. The reasons could be obvious.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 27, 2023

Staying secure online and protecting sensitive information is something that everyone should know how to do, not just IT professionals, which is why Keeper Security is sharing some of our top tips on how to do so. Improving your password habits: Do not use any combination of characters that is easy to guess. What is a password manager?

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Another 4,800 could even read information from an Android devices Notifications bar to obtain the same info. They dont crack into password managers or spy on passwords entered for separate apps. In reality, those usernames and passwords would just be delivered to cybercriminals on the other side of the website.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

“Through Eurojust, authorities were able to quickly exchange information and coordinate actions to take down the infostealers.” Change passwords : After malware removal, update passwords for key accounts (email, banking, work, social media) and enable two-factor authentication.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, there is another, far easier way for criminals to get at LastPass users' passwords, without cracking them: They can simply ask. Armed with this data, attackers can send targeted phishing emails that attempt to steal the passwords needed to unlock the stolen password vaults. For us, data security is paramount.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

But when the apps are installed, they steal information from the victims device that can be used to blackmail the victim. Among the stolen information are listed contacts, call logs, text messages, photos, and the devices location. Losing data related to a financial account can have severe consequences.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 27, 2025

Stolen information The data breach at Change Healthcare is the largest healthcare data breach in US history. However, the exposed information may include: Contact information: Names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and email addresses. Change your password. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 26, 2025

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the guest directly or through our platform. Press Enter As we explained in more detail here , these instructions will infect their Windows system with an information stealer or Trojan. Find out what information is already out there. Monitor your accounts.

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Google Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Posted by Sherif Hanna, Group Product Manager, Pixel Security Helping Pixel owners upgrade to the easier, safer way to sign in Your phone contains a lot of your personal information, from financial data to photos. This is why the Pixel team has been especially excited about passkeys —the easier, safer alternative to passwords.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

During this time, many government agencies and consumer protection organizations come together to help educate consumers on how to keep their personal and financial information secure. Millions of customers were put at risk when their social security numbers, phone numbers, and other sensitive personal information were leaked.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The attack was later claimed by the Rhysida ransomware group on their leak site, where the group posts information about victims that are unwilling to pay. Later, a security researcher disclosed information about the content of the stolen data with the media. Change your password. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

These often start with a call to users, claiming their Gmail account has been compromised. The goal is to convince the target to provide the criminals with the users Gmail recovery code, claiming its needed to restore the account. Don’t enter personal information on a website unless you are certain it is legitimate.

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Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

Also: Massive data breach exposes 184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more Individually, any one of those pieces of data can be exploited by the wrong people. Collectively, they could easily put affected customers at risk for account takeovers and identity theft. million former account holders.

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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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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. But the reality is that in most cases by the time the victim organization discloses an incident publicly the information has already been harvested many times over by profit-seeking cybercriminals. Don’t re-use passwords.

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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. ” In short, although you may not be required to create online accounts to manage your affairs at your ISP, the U.S. .”

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

What I said was a password management company had one job, and if they expose your passwords, you should not use their password management software. In reading that table, I believe that a password manager with central storage falls into the reckless category, although perhaps it's merely risky.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

million customers have had their user accounts compromised in credential stuffing attacks. Credential stuffing is the automated injection of stolen username and password pairs in to website login forms, in order to fraudulently gain access to user accounts. Using a forum or social media account to send phishing messages or spam.

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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. Crooks are constantly probing bank Web sites for customer accounts protected by weak or recycled passwords.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

In a data breach notice on its website, Blue Shield says it had begun notifying certain members of a potential data breach that may have included elements of their protected health information. This likely included protected health information. Change your password. Choose a strong password that you dont use for anything else.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

With so much critical data now stored in the cloud, how can people protect their accounts? Until biometrics or a quantum solution change our everyday approach to encryption, passwords remain our first line of defense against data breaches, hackers, and thieves. No personal information. 3) Activate 2FA on all accounts.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 25, 2025

With concerns now swirling about exactly who will become the new steward of 23andMes data following its bankruptcy, customers are asking how they can secure their most private genetic information, if at all. You should then receive an email from 23andMe detailing its account deletion policy and requesting that you confirm your request.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the HHS confirmed that it prioritized and opened investigations of Change Healthcare and UnitedHealth Group, focused on whether a breach of protected health information (PHI) occurred and on the entities’ compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Rules.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

In other words, dynamic passwords are changeable static passwords. Dynamic passwords need to be securely managed. Online and offline password managers come into play here. However, password managers introduce the problem of risk concentration, or putting all of one’s eggs in a single basket.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2025

Good bots accounted for just 14% of the internet’s traffic. An increasing number try to hijack peoples’ online accounts, which they often do by credential stuffing. These account takeover attacks have skyrocketed lately. Don’t reuse passwords. Bad bots do all kinds of unpleasant things. Protect your PC.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 1, 2022

LastPass, a password management service offering company, has disclosed that it has suffered a data breach in an attack that might be linked to the August data leak where hackers stole vital information from the servers of the said company.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Instead of the video editor, users got information stealing malware. The criminals seem to have used a lot of accounts to promote their “product” as you can see from this search on X. Some accounts were expressly created for this purpose, while others look like they may have been compromised accounts.

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 29, 2024

TL;DR Strong passwords : Use a password manager. This makes it harder for unauthorised users to gain access even if they have your password. Phishing awareness : Stay alert to phishing attempts by scrutinising emails and messages that request personal information or direct you to suspicious websites.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Some T-Mobile customers logged into their accounts on Wednesday to find another customer’s billing and account information showing on their online dashboards. It said a "temporary system glitch" had misplaced some subscriber account information, causing it to appear on other subscribers’ profile pages.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. “If you have my seed phrase, you can copy and paste that into your wallet, and then you can see all my accounts. .

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The hard bit for me is figuring out whether it's pwn-worthy enough to justify loading it into Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) or if it's just more noise that ultimately doesn't really help people make informed decisions about their security posture. rar files in it whilst the second has a further 8,949.rar But is it legit?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2025

Department of State offers a reward of up to $10 million for information nation-state actors linked to the RedLine infostealer and its alleged author, Russian national Maxim Alexandrovich Rudometov. Through Eurojust, authorities were able to quickly exchange information and coordinate actions to take down the infostealers.”

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Phishing In phishing scams, cybercriminals trick people and businesses into handing over sensitive information like credit card numbers or login details for vital online accounts. Lured in by similar color schemes, company logos, and familiar layouts, victims log in to their account by entering their username and password.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2025

Sperm donor giant California Cryobank has announced it has suffered a data breach that exposed customers’ personal information. The information potentially involved varies by customer but includes names and one or more of the following: Drivers license numbers Bank account and routing numbers. Change your password.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2019

Ten years ago, I could have given you all sorts of advice about using encryption, not sending information over email, securing your web connections, and a host of other things­ -- but most of that doesn't matter anymore. Cybercriminals have your credit card information. They have your address and phone number.

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