Security Boulevard

JANUARY 16, 2024

GitLab is releasing a patch to fix a vulnerability in its email verification process that bad actors can exploit to reset user passwords and take over accounts. in which a change was made that allowed users to reset their password through a secondary email. The flaw, CVE-2023-7028, was introduced in May 2023 in GitLab 16.1.0,

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For the most popular operating system in the world—which is Android and it isn’t even a contest —there’s a sneaky cyberthreat that can empty out a person’s bank accounts to fill the illicit coffers of cybercriminals. The ATS framework uses the harvested credentials to initiate unauthorized money transfers to accounts held by the attacker.

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete the login process. In each case, the phishers manually would push a button that caused the phishing site to ask visitors for more information, such as the one-time password from their mobile app.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2023

Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, warns that hackers breached Norton Password Manager accounts. Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, informed its customers that threat actors have breached Norton Password Manager accounts in credential-stuffing attacks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2024

Roku announced that 576,000 accounts were compromised in a new wave of credential stuffing attacks. Roku announced that 576,000 accounts were hacked in new credential stuffing attacks, threat actors used credentials stolen from third-party platforms. Then, they enter those accounts to abuse permissions, siphoning out data, or both.

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 13, 2023

Password manager accounts may have, ironically, been compromised via simple credential stuffing, thanks to password reuse.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

The Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords in response to hacking attempts against some of its users. The Pokemon Company announced it had reset the passwords for some accounts after it had detected hacking attempts, Techcrunch first reported. of the the targeted accounts were compromised.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Securden Password Vault’s reporting and auditing features make it a good option for IT supervisors tasked to secure and manage multiple accounts and passwords.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 13, 2023

Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, is sending data breach notifications to customers, informing them that hackers have successfully breached Norton Password Manager accounts in credential-stuffing attacks. [.].

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A vulnerability in Facebook could have allowed an attacker to take over a Facebook account without the victim needing to click on anything at all. In his search for an account takeover vulnerability, the four times Meta Whitehat award receiver started by looking at the uninstall and reinstall process on Android. There was one caveat.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 25, 2024

It wasn’t a highly technical hack that exploited a zero-day vulnerability – the hackers used a simple password spray attack to take control of The concerning detail about this case is how easy it was to breach the software giant.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

In January 2019, dozens of media outlets raised the alarm about a new “megabreach” involving the release of some 773 million stolen usernames and passwords that was breathlessly labeled “the largest collection of stolen data in history.” By far the most important passwords are those protecting our email inbox(es).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A critical vulnerability in Facebook could have allowed threat actors to hijack any Facebook account, researcher warns. Meta addressed a critical Facebook vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to take control of any account. Use this code to log in/reset the FB account password for the user account.”

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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. This is when hackers try usernames and password combos leaked in data breaches at other companies, hoping that some users might have reused usernames and passwords across services. Without doubt, blame lies with them.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The other day I was creating a new account on the web. It was financial in nature, which means it gets one of my most secure passwords. I used PasswordSafe to generate this 16-character alphanumeric password: :s^Twd.J;3hzg=Q~. Which was rejected by the site, because it didn’t meet their password security rules.

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Graham Cluley

JANUARY 16, 2023

If you use Norton lifeLock as your password manager, your account may have been compromised. Learn more now.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ubiquiti , a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, network video recorders, security cameras and access control systems, is urging customers to change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication. Change your password. In an email sent to customers today, Ubiquiti Inc. Enable 2FA.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 10, 2021

Pwned Passwords is a repository of 613M passwords exposed in previous data breaches, which makes them very poor choices for future use. They're totally free and they have a really cool anonymity API that ensures no useful information about the password being searched for is ever exposed.

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) says it detected an increase in password spray attacks targeting privileged cloud accounts and high-profile identities such as C-level executives. [.].

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2023

T-Mobile today disclosed a data breach affecting tens of millions of customer accounts, its second major data exposure in as many years. In a filing with federal regulators, T-Mobile said an investigation determined that someone abused its systems to harvest subscriber data tied to approximately 37 million current customer accounts.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The vulnerability allow an attacker to hijack any account. On a surface of it, things looked bad: complete account takeover with a very trivial attack. All I needed was for Scott to create an account and let me know the email address he used which in this case, was test@scotthelme.co.uk. Full account takeover.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 7, 2021

He's not a techie (he runs a pizza restaurant), but somehow, we ended up talking about passwords. Change the password to one 1Password automatically generates c. Obviously, he still has a heap of accounts to set decent passwords on, but now he knows the pattern and he can repeat that over and over again.

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 9, 2022

Learn how to reset your Windows 10 password whether you use a Microsoft Account or a local account. The post How to reset your Windows 10 password when you forget it appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The attacks on password managers and their users continue as Bitwarden and 1Password users have reported seeing paid ads for phishing sites in Google search results for the official login page of the password management vendors.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A new password-stealing malware named Ov3r_Stealer is spreading through fake job advertisements on Facebook, aiming to steal account credentials and cryptocurrency. [.]

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Multiple information-stealing malware families are abusing an undocumented Google OAuth endpoint named "MultiLogin" to restore expired authentication cookies and log into users' accounts, even if an account's password was reset. [.]

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 27, 2024

Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor has explained how its Twitter account was compromised - despite it having sensible security precautions in place, such as strong passwords and multi-factor authentication. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Thousands of GitLab servers are vulnerable to zero-click account takeover attacks exploiting the flaw CVE-2023-7028. The most critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-7028 (CVSS score 10), is an account takeover via Password Reset. The flaw can be exploited to hijack an account without any interaction. prior to 16.1.6,

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The post No Password Microsoft Accounts, Facebook Smart Glasses, Security.txt Internet Standard appeared first on The Shared Security Show. The post No Password Microsoft Accounts, Facebook Smart Glasses, Security.txt Internet Standard appeared first on The Shared Security Show.

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Google Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

This is why the Pixel team has been especially excited about passkeys —the easier, safer alternative to passwords. Passkeys are safer because they’re unique to each account, and are more resistant against online attacks such as phishing. Google Password manager will incorporate these updates for other platforms in the future.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 13, 2021

According to the cloud-based hosting service provider GitHub, as of August 13th, 2021, account passwords are no longer accepted for validating Git operations. The post GitHub Expresses Disapproval of Account Password Authentication for Git Operations appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. As they […].

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2024

We're excited to announce our newest feature to help security professionals streamline workflow and work more efficiently: the Integrated Password Strength Evaluator. The post Hold Account Takeover Attempts at Bay with New Integrated Password Strength Evaluator | Impart Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

After 1Password, BeyondTrust, and Cloudflare detected unauthorized log-in attempts to their in-house Okta administrator accounts, they reported the incidents to Okta who started an investigation. To gain access to that service account, the attacker compromised an Okta employee. Change your password. Watch out for fake vendors.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

At Malwarebytes we’ve been telling people for years not to reuse passwords, and that a password manager is a secure way of remembering all the passwords you need for your online accounts. But we also know that a password manager can be overwhelming, especially when you’re just getting started.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Passwords are at the core of securing access to an organization's data. Instead of creating a strong and unique password for each account, they resort to easy-to-remember passwords, or use the same password Instead of creating a strong and unique password for each account, they resort to easy-to-remember passwords, or use the same password

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 11, 2024

Hackers have found a way to gain unauthorized access to Google accounts, bypassing any multi-factor authentication (MFA) the user may have set up. It doesn’t even help if the owner of the account changes their password. Persistent cookies enable a continuous access to Google services, even after the user resets their password.

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