Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

That leaves 78 percent that only require usernames and passwords to authenticate account users. billion account hijacking attempts using brute-forced stolen passwords. ” This claim was backed up by Grzegorz Milka, a Google software engineer who presented at the Usenix’s Enigma 2018 security conference.

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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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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 31, 2022

LinkedIn scams that target the public accounts of executives are on the rise and contributed to more than 40% of all phishing and social media cyber incidents in the second quarter of 2022. The post Impersonating Executives’ LinkedIn Profiles Presents a Significant Challenge for CISOs appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

[ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. He acknowledged that the purloined account had the ability to add or modify the advertising creatives that get run on customer ad campaigns.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2023

In the Pinduoduo hack, attackers were able to exploit a vulnerability in the popular ecommerce mobile app to gain access to user accounts and steal sensitive information, such as users' names, phone numbers, and addresses.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Threat actors quickly realized the shared-responsibility model used by cloud services presented ample opportunities for exploitation. Organizations should follow the principles of least privilege, restricting accounts to only being able to use necessary resources.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 17, 2022

A security researcher has disclosed how he chained together multiple bugs in order to take over Facebook accounts that were linked to a Gmail account. Linked accounts. Linked accounts were invented to make logging in easier. Linked accounts were invented to make logging in easier. How to unlink accounts.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2023

Controversially, Blue accounts gained the same visual checkmark as verified accounts despite not using the same identity verification process. This resulted in an early wave of imitation accounts causing confusion. Twitter recently announced that all legacy accounts would lose their checkmark on April 1.

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Cytelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In recent developments that have sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community, it has come to light that over 100,000 user account credentials of ChatGPT, a popular language model developed by OpenAI, have been stolen and sold on various dark web marketplaces. The consequences of this breach are far-reaching.

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Dark Reading

MARCH 16, 2021

While service accounts solve many of the challenges presented by automation, they can also create serious problems when it comes to cybersecurity.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Last year, I presented a version of this presentation to a large audience with representation across the business (not just IT folks) and I wanted to make a version of it that […]. The post Preventing Account Takeover, Enable MFA! In a previous job, we would host a Cybersecurity Expo and learn together.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Full Presenter List: Sophie Stephenson, Majed Almansoori, Pardis Emami-Naeini, Rahul Chatterjee Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Job Title: Account Manager. As part of our continued expansion, we now seek to recruit an Account Manager to manage all aspects of customer engagement from pre-sales through to post sales follow-up. The role exists due to the promotion of a current Account Manager into a consultancy role. Location: Onsite/Remote/Hybrid.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 15, 2021

What you’ll find below is a short presentation for some of the most advanced banking Trojans […]. The post Top 10 Most Dangerous Banking Malware That Can Empty Your Bank Account appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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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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SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

Average total annual financial loss for companies from compromised cloud accounts is more than $500,000, according to new research. Average total annual financial loss for companies from compromised cloud accounts is more than $500,000, according to new research. . Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

A researcher received a $50,000 bug bounty by Microsoft for having reported a vulnerability that could’ve allowed to hijack any account. Microsoft has awarded the security researcher Laxman Muthiyah $50,000 for reporting a vulnerability that could have allowed anyone to hijack users’ accounts without consent.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 21, 2022

It reads as follows: Someone tried to Iog into Your Account, User lD A user just logged into your Facebook account from a new device Samsung S21. However, it goes a bit off the rails with the two clickable buttons presented. We are sending you this email to verify it’s really you. Thanks, The Facebook Team.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2024

.” The mass-extortion of Incognito Market users comes just days after a large number of users reported they were no longer able to withdraw funds from their buyer or seller accounts. Creating a new account on Incognito Market presents one with an ad for 5 grams of heroin selling for $450.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 13, 2023

on Windows 10 1607 – means that this vulnerability has been present for years,” he wrote. “ CVE-2023-32031 could potentially trigger malicious code in the context of the server’s account through a network call,” Goettl wrote. is also worth noting. “This vulnerability unfortunately proves that wrong.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2024

The request allows the creation of a user account with the details provided by the attacker. If either header is present, the function uses that value as the user’s IP instead of the REMOTE_ADDR variable, and then returns the provided value as the IP address. ” continues the advisory.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Actually, I'll rephrase that: because he was a normal guy; he's not normal anymore because yesterday I carved out some time to give him an early Christmas present: Today I spent an hour getting a mate into @1Password. Not upset, that was still a great value Christmas present, but this is, well, literally twice as great value!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Specifically, criminals have been exploiting changes in purchasing behavior that favor online transactions and adapting their methods to take advantage of the authentication challenges arising when a card is not present (CNP) at the time of the transaction. Read full post.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2020

million people: At this point, we believe that the following information may have been involved, although not all of this information was present for every guest involved: Contact Details (e.g., name, mailing address, email address, and phone number) Loyalty Account Information (e.g., linked airline loyalty programs and numbers).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 3, 2022

Seven things to considering Account-Based Marketing– My Thales ABM Journey. Back in March, as I was getting ready to come back from maternity leave, I was offered the chance to embark on a new and exciting career journey: piloting Account-Based Marketing for the Thales CPL EMEA region. Thu, 08/04/2022 - 06:04.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

A recent ransomware attack highlight the dangers of extraneous accounts sitting on your network – particularly those belonging to former employees. Standard cyber hygiene calls for the purging of employees’ credentials accounts from a corporate network once they quit or are fired from their position.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The post In Retrospective – The “Office” Circa 2006 Up To Present Day appeared first on Security Boulevard. Stay tuned!

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 15, 2020

This is interesting : Toward the end of the second incident that Volexity worked involving Dark Halo, the actor was observed accessing the e-mail account of a user via OWA. The logs from the Duo authentication server further showed that no attempts had been made to log into the account in question.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 14, 2022

Instead, the hack analyzes subtle features of a potential target’s browser activity to determine whether they are logged into an account for an array of services, from YouTube and Dropbox to Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and more. Plus the attacks work against every major browser, including the anonymity-focused Tor Browser. […].

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2020

Whoever compromised the shop siphoned data on millions of card accounts that were acquired over four years through various illicit means from legitimate, hacked businesses around the globe — but mostly from U.S. Although Visa cards made up more than half of accounts put up for sale (12.1 Source: NYU.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

The other feature scans all iMessage images sent or received by child accounts — that is, accounts designated as owned by a minor — for sexually explicit material, and if the child is young enough, notifies the parent when these images are sent or received.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. A relatively new method of fraud on the ICO market was stealing a White Paper of ICO project and presenting an identical idea under a new brand name. About the author Group-IB.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Many Twitter users have been presented with a message telling them that SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) will be removed next month. According to Twitter, only subscribers to its premium Twitter Blue service will be able to use text message-based 2FA to protect their accounts. Is that such a good idea?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Users of Ubiquiti WiFi products started reporting that they are accessing other people’s devices when logging into their accounts. Some users of Ubiquiti wifi products started reporting unexpected access to security camera footage, photos, and other devices upon logging into their accounts.

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Scammers stole over $25 million from a multinational business by utilizing cutting-edge real-time video deepfake technology to convince an employee in the firm’s accounts-payable department that the worker had properly validated a payment request previously sent to him via email. Million USD at the time of the theft and at present).

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 27, 2023

How to Help Avoid Holiday Credit Card Fraud IdentityIQ The holiday season is the perfect time of the year to buy presents for your friends and family, but it’s also a time when credit card fraud is at an all-time high. Avoid using easily cracked passwords if you need to set up an online account. Enable two-factor verification.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 13, 2021

These connection attempts were detailed and extensive, often including lengthy conversations prior to presenting the next stage in the attack chain. Of note, TA453 also targeted the personal email accounts of at least one of their targets. The compromised site was configured to capture a variety of credentials.

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