Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

A data leak containing email addresses for 235 million Twitter users has been published on a popular hacker forum. Many experts have immediately analyzed it and confirmed the authenticity of many of the entries in the huge leaked archive. At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 Hack into political accounts 5.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The publications described the bug as “extremely easy to exploit, and grants unfettered remote access to all of the data collected from a victim’s Android device.”

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Seismic monitoring devices linked to the internet are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could disrupt data collection and processing, according to Michael Samios of the National Observatory of Athens and his fellow colleagues who put together a new study published in Seismological Research Letters.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

But, unfortunately, we live in a world of constant hacking attempts and security breaches. Use multi-factor authentication. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is the process of protecting your digital password with a physical form of identification. Editor’s note: This article was initially posted here.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

IIain Paterson and Justin Macorin join The Hacker Mind podcast to share insights from their SecTor 2021 talk on hacking behavioral biometrics. So we include other telemetry that seeks to authenticate that the entity logging in is who they say they are. So that’s why you need multi factor authentication. Think about it.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Once again, an archive of data collected from hundreds of millions of LinkedIn user profiles surfaced on a hacker forum, where it’s currently being sold for an undisclosed sum.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2020

All it takes is one phished or hacked username and password to get a toehold on AD. Even so, hacking groups continue to manipulate PAM and AD to plunder company networks. Together PAM and AD oversee processes that assign identities to all humans and machines while also authenticating these identities for each transaction.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Following the recent Twilio hack leading to the leakage of 2FA (OTP) codes, cybercriminals continue to upgrade their attack arsenal to orchestrate advanced phishing campaigns targeting users worldwide. EvilProxy actors are using Reverse Proxy and Cookie Injection methods to bypass 2FA authentication – proxyfying victim’s session.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

ZDnet confirmed the authenticity for some of the data available for sale. Experts from threat intelligence firm KELA , speculate the threat actor could have obtained the credentials buying “Azor logs,” which are lots of data stolen from computers infected with the AzorUlt info-stealer trojan. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Mirai, Jeep Hack, etc.) There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 29, 2021

But to all those who are using such devices to keep their homes neat and clean, you better know a fact that such robots when connected to internet can be intercepted by hackers who can then snoop into your homes by hacking the device cameras. But the report doesn’t say to never buy such goods.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

User personal data for sale. Crooks offers data collected through phishing campaign to the subscribers. Data includes verified online banking credentials, in some cases phishers also provides info on the account balances. These bots allows phishers to bypass 2FA (two-factor authentication) protections automatically.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

New research has been revealed in the world of car hacking , which builds and expands upon a way to reveal car owner details via VIN numbers which we covered last month. These latest revelations come from the same researcher, Sam Curry, and his collective of car technology explorers and investigators. Are these issues still a problem?

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

The company’s data also claims that 64 per cent of companies have experienced social media-related incidents like hacking and fraud. Another risk is social media hacking. The incident shows that not all hackers’ motives are financial or data collection. Sometimes, they want to damage the victim’s reputation.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 16, 2024

Privacy-oriented browsers also limit data collection and "phoning home" and telemetry activity on their backend (in this specific case, I am using "backend" to refer to the side where users don't necessarily directly interact with the browser), preserving your privacy as a user.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In the case of LLMs, information passed to the bot can be compromised according to several scenarios: Data leak or hack on the provider’s side; Although LLM-based chatbots are operated by tech majors, even they are not immune to hacking or accidental leakage. Account hacking.

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2024

Access is set up using a certificate or a login/password pair, and in rare cases multi-factor authentication is added. Event Description 1 Gaining access to service providers In most cases, the hack started by exploiting vulnerabilities in software accessible from the internet ( Initial Access , Exploit Public-Facing Application, T1190 ).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

Although this does take time, with training and upskilling programs , insightful workshops, and “Hacker Fridays” (where employees can try to hack a specific smart device), team members will become more capable of dealing with the new diagnostics support work, as well as any general IoT problems. 5 Be aware of your operating landscape.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

But in more recent years, Wazawaka has focused on peddling access to organizations and to databases stolen from hacked companies. Lucky for him, XSS also demands a one-time code from his mobile authentication app. “Come, rob, and get dough!,” “Show them who is boss.” ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA?

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Such revelations create intrigue as to whether a more insidious actor could perform a similar hack in order to conduct industrial espionage by spying on development and production activity.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked. A report commissioned by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

These devices interweave with each other, creating an essential fabric in our data collection methods, manufacturing operations, and much more. But what about securing this technology and the data flow coming from an army of Internet of Things environments? Securing your IoT environment.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

Dormant accounts make you more vulnerable to potential hacks, exposing your personal information. Whenever possible, it is best to add an extra layer of protection by enabling two-factor authentication. Control Your Data Trail Be mindful of the trail of data you leave behind in order to take charge of your online presence.

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

As mentioned above, the creators of phishing bots and kits can get access to data collected with tools they made. Legitimate services use one-time passwords as a second authentication factor. Phishers use OTP bots to try and hack 2FA. Another reason is recruiting an unpaid workforce.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

For example, some countries may use a singular set of data protection regulations, whereas the United States decided to divide the data protection law into multiple categories. Let’s take a closer look at the specific data privacy laws that have been implemented in the U.S.:

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

AI is already used by security tools to detect unusual behavior , and Fortinet expects cybercriminals to use deep fakes and AI to mimic human activities to enhance social engineering attacks and bypass secure forms of authentication such as voiceprints or facial recognition.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. The attacker would have to be on your wi-fi network to do the hack.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Authentication: Ensures that users or entities are verified and granted appropriate access based on their identity. It involves verifying credentials such as usernames and passwords, before granting access to applications.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

In addition, it collects Steam and Telegram credentials as well as data related to installed cryptocurrency wallets. The malware targets more than 70 web browser extensions for cryptocurrency theft and uses the same functionality to target two-factor authentication (2FA) applications. me/+ZjiasReCKmo2N2Rk (Mystic Stealer News).

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

The organizations hacked hadn’t gotten around to deploying the patches. Integrates with a variety of vulnerability scanners to collect data for IT resources both on-premises and in the cloud. Yet patches have existed for months, or even years in some cases. Key Differentiators.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

To lend an air of authenticity and to motivate the victim to enter valid information, the swindlers warned that the victim could be prosecuted for providing false information. Scammers sent a link to that page from hacked accounts, asking users to vote for their friends’ kids’ works. Scammers created a page on the telegra.ph

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

PBS : Judy Woodruff: Officials confirm that a Russian criminal group is behind the hacking of a crucial energy pipeline. The Biden administration said it is working with a Colonial Pipeline Company to deal with the cyber hack and its effects. It’s about challenging our expectations of people who hack for a living.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. You have to show to me that you're using multi factor authentication that you're doing vulnerability scanning and mitigation that you're harming your niche. VAMOSI: That’s on the data collection side. These are becoming.

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