Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The vulnerability affects the way Microsoft applications use OAuth for authentication, these applications trust certain third-party domains and sub-domains that are not registered by Microsoft. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. You can see more API calls documented here.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

.” According to the company, attackers accessed personal details of the users, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and also encrypted passwords. In response to the incident, the bidding portal has forced a password reset for all users’ accounts, both bidder and auctioneer ones.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Giants like Facebook and Target have suffered breaches and password leaks, so it’s safe to say data from at least one of your online accounts could have been leaked. Use a password manager to generate and remember complex, different passwords for each of your accounts. The Dark Web Uses Encryption to Hide Locations.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The AvosLocker ransomware-as-a-service emerged in the threat landscape in September 2021, since January the group expanded its targets by implementing the support for encrypting Linux systems, specifically VMware ESXi servers. Regularly back up data, password protect backup copies offline. Use multifactor authentication where possible.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

“Once an actor has infiltrated a network with Netwalker, a combination of malicious programs may be executed to harvest administrator credentials, steal valuable data, and encrypt user files. . Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. SSLs ensure all data is encrypted. Lock your devices.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The skimmer loads dynamically to avoid static malware scanners and uses unique encryption parameters for each victim to obfuscate the malicious code.” The JavaScript URL is hardcoded in the loader script in encrypted format, experts observed that the attackers can change the URL for each victim. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

Since December 2015, Alpine Linux Docker images have been shipped with hardcoded credentials, a NULL password for the root user. 3) contain a NULL password for the root user. the /etc/shadow file contains a blank field in place of the encrypted password (sp_pwdp in the context of the spwd struct returned by getspent.”

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Cytelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2023

While these conglomerates use collected data to refine their services and for targeted advertising, concerns are mounting regarding the accumulation of excessive data beyond individual control. Additionally, the utilization of personal data by tech companies for targeted advertising fosters growing distrust among users.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

The data for any specific firewall depends upon the specific configuration and may include usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access.” Passwords associated with external authentication systems such as AD or LDAP are unaffected. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The hacker access to users’ data, including usernames , email addresses, SHA-2 hashed passwords, account sign-up dates and country, the last-login date, the internet (IP) address, and links to profile photos. The majority of Mixcloud users signed up via Facebook authentication, in which cases we do not store passwords.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The problem stemmed from an authentication weakness in a USPS Web component known as an “application program interface,” or API — basically, a set of tools defining how various parts of an online application such as databases and Web pages should interact with one another.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2019

The paradox, the USB stick eyeDisk that uses iris recognition to unlock the drive could reveal the device’s password in plain text in a simple way. eyeDisk features AES 256-bit encryption for your iris pattern.” The first tests he made attempted to bypass the biometric authentication using a photo, but it did work.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Encryption. Therefore, businesses need encryption along the way. Encryption is merely changing the data to something that seems meaningless, like a code, which the system then decrypts on the other side. Password Protection & Authentication. Passwords are the baseline of cybersecurity.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 16, 2024

Use a secure (encrypted) email provider Which secure email provider should you use? Put into context, it would make little sense to use a privacy-oriented browser and all the features such a browser may have to offer, but continue to reuse passwords across online accounts. Use private search engines Which search engines should you use?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The database required no authentication. Before it was taken offline sometime in the past 12 hours, the database contained millions of records, including the username, password and private encryption key of each mSpy customer who logged in to the mSpy site or purchased an mSpy license over the past six months.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

Multiple posts on the Dark Web advertise similar malware that is available for as little as $100. Most of the stolen files (50%+) were text files, some of them containing software logs, passwords, personal notes, and other sensitive information. The malware stole nearly 26 million login credentials holding 1.1 million files.”

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 26, 2023

Multiple passwords , reading through EULAs, website cookie notifications, and more. These are almost never useful to the user, they can be easily spoofed, and they are regularly used for social engineering and obtrusive advertising purposes. Use multi-factor authentication wherever you can. Use a password mana ger.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2020

Authentication. To increase the complexity of hacking your device, always get to know who is calling your APIs, by using a simple access authentication (user/password) or an API key (asymmetric key). Encryption. The authorization and/or authentication of your APIs should be delegated. Just be cryptic.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

A map showing the distribution of some 2 million iLinkP2P-enabled devices that are vulnerable to eavesdropping, password theft and possibly remote compromise, according to new research. However, a much safer idea would be to simply avoid purchasing or using IoT devices that advertise any P2P capabilities.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2023

The February attack, billed as a “sophisticated phishing campaign” by Reddit, involved an attempt to swipe credentials and two-factor authentication tokens. Reddit advised users that their passwords were safe, and so there was no need to alter login details. Stop malicious encryption.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Zendesk discloses a data breach that took place in 2016 when a hacker accessed data of 10,000 users, including passwords, emails, names, and phone numbers. In 2016, customer service software company Zendesk suffered a security breach that exposed data of 10,000 users, including passwords, emails, names, and phone numbers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

After ransomware ads were banned on hacking forum, the LockBit operators set up their own leak site promoting the latest variant and advertising the LockBit 2.0 attempts to encrypt any data saved to any local or remote device but skips files associated with core system functions.” Like other ransomware gangs, Lockbit 2.0

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

When accessed remotely, the virtual media service allows plaintext authentication, sends most traffic unencrypted, uses a weak encryption algorithm for the rest, and is susceptible to an authentication bypass. In the simplest case, an attacker could simply try the well-known default username and password for the BMC.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2019

Jenkins plugins allow to implement additional functionalities like Active Directory authentication, or solve reoccurring tasks such as executing a static code analyser or copying a compiled software to a CIFS share. In the majority of cases these solutions did not involve any encryption.” ” he added. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2020

To maximize your network security, always protect your router with a unique password and use an encrypted network. To resolve this issue, organizations must opt for two-factor authentication for their system. Encrypted Tools. Most of the online tools are not secured and do not provide end to end encryption.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

“Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow the reading of sensitive information, remote code execution, arbitrary configuration changes, authentication bypass, sensitive data capture, reboot of the device, device crash, or full compromise of the device.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The latest version of Google OS, Android Pie, implements significant enhancements for cybersecurity, including a stronger encryption and authentication. The tech giant updated the File-Based Encryption implementing the support for external storage media, it also included the metadata encryption with hardware support.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2020

The social network giant revealed that malware has a Chinese origin and allowed hackers to siphon $4 million from users’ advertising accounts. The attackers primarily ran malicious ad campaigns, often in the form of advertising pharmaceutical pills and spam with fake celebrity endorsements.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

The files are then held for ransom and the victim is threatened by data loss, because of the encryption, and leaking of the exfiltrated data. Files are encrypted with a combination of AES-256 and RSA-4096 via the Microsoft CryptoAPI , as per CrowdStrike. Earlier versions appended the.CONTI extension to encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The gang also claimed on the ‘Stolen data’ page of their Tor leak site that they have stolen unencrypted files from K-Electric before encrypting its systems. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2020

no authentication and clear-text communication Incorrect HTTP requests cause out of range access in Zope XSS on the web interface Private SSH key Backdoor APIs Backdoor management access and RCE Pre-auth RCE with chrooted access. This allows an attacker to MITM and decrypt the encrypted traffic.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

The researcher discovered that the records in the database were not encrypted. According to Techcrunch, which analyzed a sample of 1,000 records, data are authentic. Logging data included email addresses and incorrectly typed passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

To increase efforts to secure user data, Snewpit will be reviewing “all server logs and access control settings” to confirm that no unauthorized access took place and to ensure that “user data is secure and encrypted.”. We will be reviewing all access control settings and ensuring our user data is secure and encrypted.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Simple or reused passwords are still a problem. While the cybersecurity industry has presented options for every netizen, the recommendation to use original and complex passwords continues to be disregarded. Instead, people come up with passwords that are comfortable. Improper encryption. Poor credentials.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The gang also claimed on the ‘Stolen data’ page of their Tor leak site that they have stolen unencrypted files from K-Electric before encrypting its systems. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Source BleepingComputer.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

More recent firmware versions had Telnet access and debug port (9527/ tcp ) disabled by default, but they had open port 9530/ tcp that could be exploited by attackers to send a special command to start telnet daemon and enable shell access with a static password ([ 1 ], [ 2 ], [ 3 ]). This is a subject of actual disclosure.”

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