Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The list of passwords was compiled with the support of independent researchers specializing in data breach analysis., the study is based on the analysis of a 4TB database containing passwords across 50 countries. Check password strength Check password strength – regularly assess your password health.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Passkeys are a modern alternative to passwords. The main difference between a passkey and a password boils down to how they authenticate your identity and the level of security they offer. Passkeys and passwords have different authentication methods. Stronger Authentication. Phishing Prevention.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Plex Media Server, tracked as CVE-2020-5741 (CVSS score: 7.2), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. CISAgov added #CVE -2020-5741 & CVE-2021-39144 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

An example of leaked passwords included in the RockYou2021 compilation: With a collection that exceeds its 12-year-old namesake by more than 262 times, this leak is comparable to the Compilation of Many Breaches (COMB) , the largest data breach compilation ever.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The password management and security application 1Password announced it had detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance on September 29, but excluded that user data was exposed. The activity is linked to the recent attack on the Okta support case management system.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The page was crafted to request the victims to enter their user ID and password. The phishing campaign bypassed native Google Workspace email security controls because it passed both DKIM and SPF email authentication. The post A new phishing scam targets American Express cardholders appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Financial data was not included in the data leak. The experts reported their findings to the company, but at the time of this writing, Clubhouse has yet to confirm the authenticity of the exposed data. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all your online accounts. photo URLs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

Particularly determined attackers can combine information found in the leaked files with other data breaches in order to create detailed profiles of their potential victims. Change the password of your LinkedIn and email accounts. Consider using a password manager to create strong passwords and store them securely.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

While performing the search, we made sure that the open databases we found required no authentication whatsoever and were open for anyone to access, as opposed to those that had default credentials enabled. Can’t come up with a strong password?

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

The social media platform, however, is of a different opinion on the matter: “Our teams have investigated a set of alleged LinkedIn data that has been posted for sale. Change the password of your LinkedIn and email accounts. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all your online accounts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

Earmarked by the FBI as a particular threat to the financial service industry just over a year ago, the increase of internet traffic, data breaches and API usage all contribute to the perfect conditions for successful credential stuffing attacks. Salt Security says in their recommendations for how to defend against credential stuffing.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Now, however, the expanded compilation – if genuine – “could serve as a goldmine for scammers,” says CyberNews senior information security researcher Mantas Sasnauskas. Change the password of your Clubhouse and Facebook accounts. Consider using a password manager to create strong passwords and store them securely.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Determined attackers can combine information found in the leaked files with other data breaches to create detailed profiles of their potential victims. If you suspect that threat actors might have scraped your data, we recommend that you: Beware of suspicious messages and connection requests from strangers. Next steps.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

To secure your data and avoid any potential harm from bad actors, we recommend doing the following: Use our personal data leak checker to see if your email address has been leaked. Immediately change your email password and consider using a password manager.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Even if your email address has not been exposed in this or other breaches, securing your email account is key if you want to keep it from joining the 7 million daily leaked records statistics cited above. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Password management software firm LastPass disclosed a “second attack,” a threat actor used data stolen from the August security breach and combined it with information available from a third-party data breach. ” reads the update published by the company. ” continues the update.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. Common threats include misconfigurations, cross-site scripting attacks, and data breaches. Is data encrypted in transit and at rest?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Culturally, what changed?

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Our industry is really good about posting about what has gone wrong, highlighting the latest data breaches, vulnerabilities and threat vectors. There is no shortage of articles about the very bad things that all of us in the information security industry are acutely aware of.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

“We have been storing these types of documents in a secure private drive, not in AWS. Storing anything on a publicly accessible server without any kind of authentication process in place is dangerous, which is a lesson many organizations still tend to learn the hard way.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

When we started our identity management journey… we were struggling with defining it,” admitted Greg McCarthy, chief information security officer with the city of Boston. “We A password manager is a great way to keep long and strong passwords so you don’t have to log in,” said Coleman to SC Media.

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