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AUGUST 13, 2020

The leaked data includes login names, hashed passwords, and email addresses. It is not confirmed that all of the leaked data is legitimate, anyway, experts suggest users change their password immediately. Users that share the password at another site should also change the password. Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

A severe vulnerability impacting TeamViewer for Windows, tracked as CVE 2020-13699, could be exploited by remote attackers to steal the system password. TeamViewer has recently addressed a high-risk vulnerability ( CVE 2020-13699 ), that could be exploited by remote attackers to steal system password and potentially compromise it.

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APRIL 14, 2024

The Australian man developed and sold Firebird to customers on a dedicated hacking forum. The RAT allowed customers to access and control their victims’ computers remotely, its author advertised its stealing capabilities. The Australian man faces twelve counts of computer offenses. ” reported the DoJ. ” reported the DoJ.

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APRIL 11, 2020

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) disclosed a data breach, its websites SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com were hacked last month. The SFO ITT urges anyone who even visited either website using the Internet Explorer web browser to change the device’s password. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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APRIL 16, 2020

Linksys has reset passwords for all its customers’ after learning on ongoing DNS hijacking attacks aimed at delivering malware. Hackers compromise D-Link and Linksys routers and change DNS settings to redirect users to bogus sites proposing a fake COVID-19 information app from the World Health Organization. Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed that thousands of user accounts for online Canadian government services were recently hacked. According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2020

million Pluto TV user accounts on a hacking forum for free, he claims they were stolen by ShinyHunters threat actor. million Pluto TV user records, he also added that the service was hacked by ShinyHunters. The dump includes PLUTO TV’s display name, email address, bcrypt hashed password, birthday, device platform, and IP address.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

A threat actor has breached the forum of Albion Online and stole usernames and password hashes from its database. On top of that, the attacker gained access to encrypted passwords (in technical terms: hashed and salted passwords).” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Over 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked in a new data breach that the gaming firm suffered on September 20. “All Call of Duty players should be on notice after a major Activision hack has left millions of accounts in limbo.” Change your Activision account passwords and add 2FA immediately.

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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. The company confirmed that the an investigation into the hack is still ongoing. The experts found a post advertising information of roughly 3.4

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Another year is ending and this is the right time to discover which are the worst passwords of 2019 by analyzing data leaked in various data breaches. Independent anonymous researchers, compiled and shared with security firm NordPass a list of 200 most popular passwords that were leaked in data breaches during 2019.

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APRIL 19, 2020

A hacker has leaked the usernames and passwords of nearly 23 million players of Webkinz World on a well-known hacking forum. . “ZDNet has learned that details about the vulnerability have been circulating online before today’s leak for months, both on hacking forums and on online IM chat groups.”

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Password Protection & Authentication. Passwords are the baseline of cybersecurity. Luckily, applying AI into the mix can make passwords more secure. Before, a password was a word or phrase. One thing better than having an incredibly good password is to have a lot of them. Multi-Factor Authentication.

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JUNE 7, 2020

The Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 has been hacked, attackers are threatening to sell the database on the cybercrime underground markets. Now, Kanishk Tagade from Quickcyber confirmed the hack of the Indian video streaming giant. . “A person or a hacking group claiming to have gained access to the network of ZEE5.com,

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The popular Italian hacktivist collective LulzSec ITA claimed via Twitter to have hacked three Italian universities. The popular Italian hacktivist collective LulzSec ITA has announced via Twitter the hack of three Italian universities, highlighting the importance of the cybersecurity for our society. Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

I strongly advise you, firstly, to log on to all servers running HP Device Manager and set a strong password for the "dm_postgres" user of the "hpdmdb" Postgres database on TCP port 40006 1/4 — Nicky Bloor (@nickstadb) September 29, 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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APRIL 1, 2020

The popular Zoom app is under scrutiny, experts have discovered a vulnerability that could be exploited to steal users’ Windows passwords. Security experts and privacy advocates believe that the Zoom is an efficient online video communication platform, but evidently it has some serious privacy and security solutions.

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APRIL 3, 2020

Bad news for Apple iPhone or MacBook users, attackers could hack their device’s camera by tricking them into visiting a website. The ethical hacker Ryan Pickren demonstrated that it is possible to hack Apple iPhone or MacBook users by simply tricking them into visiting a website with the Safari browser. Pierluigi Paganini.

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APRIL 26, 2024

TechCrunch reported that the company confirmed it shared patients’ information with third-party organizations, including Google, Microsoft and X, for advertising purposes. Shared data include names, IP addresses, and information about members’ operations on the company website and mobile apps.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Agent Tesla). The post Agent Tesla includes new password-stealing capabilities from browsers and VPNs appeared first on Security Affairs.

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MAY 6, 2020

The analysis of creation data for the records in the database revealed that the last creation date is January 26th, 2020, a circumstance that suggests that the hack took place in the same period. Please vote Security Affairs for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link]. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

TP-Link has addressed a critical vulnerability impacting some TP-Link Archer routers that could allow attackers to login without passwords. “In such an event, the victim could lose access to the console and even a shell, and thereby would not be able to re-establish a new password.” ” continues the post.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

According to the report, attackers did not access passwords. official told the AP that the hack, which was first detected over the summer, appeared “sophisticated” and that the extent of the damage remains unclear, especially in terms of p ersonal, secret or compromising information that may have been stolen.”

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JUNE 23, 2020

CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked IndiaBulls Group , an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Gurgaon, India. CLOP ransomware operators have allegedly hacked the Indian conglomerate IndiaBulls Group , its primary businesses are housing finance, consumer finance, and wealth management. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site. An expert discovered a flaw in the LastPass password manager that exposes login credentials entered on a site previously visited by a user. Go to [link] , when prompted for password click the little “…” icon. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft discovered that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking because of using of compromised passwords. Experts from the Microsoft threat research team analyzed a database containing 3 billion leaked credentials from different security breaches. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The threat actor is advertising the stolen data since October 28 on a hacker forum. The availability of the huge trove of account data was first reported by BleepingComputer , the threat actor told them that it is only acting as a broker and did not hack the seventeen companies. SecurityAffairs – hacking, account databases).

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JANUARY 2, 2020

The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange is forcing users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . Another bad news for the community of the virtual currencies communities, the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has forced its users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . SecurityAffairs – Poloniex exchange, hacking).

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JULY 21, 2019

The airline company WizzAir informed its customers that it had reset the account passwords due to a technical issue in the system. The airline company WizzAir had reset the account passwords of its users due to a technical issue in its system. Fortunately, it seems that the company was not hacked. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42 first observed the malware in November 2023 reporting that it has been advertised on the hacking forum Hackforums since April 30, 2023. The content of the messages attempted to trick the recipients into opening a password-protected RAR archive. net on 2023-04-30.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The online education platform for developers Thinkful suffered a security breach and is notifying the incident to its customers requiring them to reset their passwords. The company is notifying the incident to its users via email and is forcing a password reset in response to the incident. SecurityAffairs – Thinkful, hacking).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Yesterday almost $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency contained in a password-protected BitCoin wallet was moved to another wallet. Ahead of the 2020 Presidential election a mysterious transaction was noticed by cyber security experts and researchers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Your IP address represents your digital identity online, hacking it not only allows attackers to access your device or your accounts, but it may cause even bigger damage. Cybercriminals are interested in hacking your IP address for various reasons. The hacked and stolen IPs are often used for carrying out illegal activities.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

Foxit Software, the company behind the Foxit PDF reader app, disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ information, including passwords. Foxit Software, the PDF software provider behind the Foxit PDF reader app disclosed a security breach that took place recently exposing customers’ information.

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AUGUST 17, 2019

Trend Micro addressed 2 DLL hijacking flaws in Trend Micro Password Manager that could allow malicious actors to escalate privileges and much more. “ SafeBreach Labs discovered a new vulnerability in Trend Micro Password Manager software.” ” reads the security advisory published by Trend Micro.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

One of the victims of the Muhstik ransomware gang who initially paid the ransomware, decided to hack back the crooks and released their decryption keys. The expert hacked the server used by the Muhstik ransomware gang and released the decryption keys for all the victims of the group. SecurityAffairs – Muhstik ransomware, hacking).

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JULY 11, 2020

A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces. The Russian man stole roughly 117 million user records, including usernames, passwords, and emails. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime).

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