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When Accounts are "Hacked" Due to Poor Passwords, Victims Must Share the Blame

Troy Hunt

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.

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NY Man Pleads Guilty in $20 Million SIM Swap Theft

Krebs on Security

A 24-year-old New York man who bragged about helping to steal more than $20 million worth of cryptocurrency from a technology executive has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Nicholas Truglia, holding bottle. Image: twitter.com/erupts. Reached for comment, Terpin said his assailant got off easy.

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Malwarebytes consumer product roundup: The latest

Malwarebytes

Using the latest VPN technology, WireGuard® protocol, you can enjoy better online privacy at a quicker speed than traditional VPNs. What you get with our apps: Android: Scan for viruses and malware, and detect ransomware, android exploits, phishing scams, and even potentially unwanted apps.

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12 Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2023

eSecurity Planet

The platform’s unique fingerprinting technology curtails scans to relevant application and device types. Web crawling technology covers the entire attack surface, including the network, assets, and the deep web. Prioritized vulnerability risk scoring cuts through the noise and provides quick, actionable results. Key Differentiators.

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On the Twitter Hack

Schneier on Security

Not a few people's Twitter accounts, but all of Twitter. The hacker used that access to send tweets from a variety of popular and trusted accounts, including those of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk, as part of a mundane scam -- stealing bitcoin -- but it's easy to envision more nefarious scenarios.

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