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

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your digital footprint is the trail of data you leave behind when you use the internet and digital devices. It describes the sum of your online activities, from social media interactions to website visits and online transactions. Close or delete outdated email addresses, social media accounts, and online services you no longer use.

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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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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 1, 2024

The information provided in the text file includes the cookie’s information, such as authentication information like your login info. Because of the cookies, when you click the 'likes' button on your favorite YouTube videos or social media posts, you are more likely to view additional similar materials.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 24, 2022

Get started with NCA’s Manage Your Privacy Settings page to check the settings of social media accounts, retail stores, apps and more. Protect your data Data privacy and cybersecurity go hand in hand. Keep your data secure by creating long, unique passwords and storing them in a password manager. For Businesses.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 1, 2024

The information provided in the text file includes the cookie’s information, such as authentication information like your login info. Because of the cookies, when you click the 'likes' button on your favorite YouTube videos or social media posts, you are more likely to view additional similar materials.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Wazawaka used multiple email addresses and nicknames on several Russian crime forums, but data collected by cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence show that Wazawaka’s alter egos always used one of three fairly unique passwords: 2k3x8x57 , 2k3X8X57 , and 00virtual. ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing this as long as they keep letting me. Tank, seen here performing as a DJ in Ukraine in an undated photo from social media. KrebsOnSecurity turns 13 years old today. A report commissioned by Sen.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Users enjoyed using them to compose poems and lyrics in the style of famous artists (which left Nick Cave, for example, decidedly unimpressed ), researchers debated blowing up data centers to prevent super AI from unleashing Armageddon, while security specialists persuaded a stubborn chatbot to give them phone-tapping and car-jacking instructions.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The report, titled “ Everyone’s afraid of the internet and no one’s sure what to do about it ,” reveals the dismal rates of adoption for antivirus software, two-factor authentication (2FA), password managers, and unique passwords across online accounts. ” (Emphasis added).

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Active Lock protects individual files by requiring step-up authentication until the threat is cleared. There are many options for step-up authentication, including Cisco Duo OTP and push notifications. Best of all, there is no incremental cost based on the volume of data collected. Read more about MISP here.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

When violations are exposed by the media, as they regularly are, we are all surprised at the different ways Facebook violates user privacy. Most recently, the company used phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication for advertising and networking purposes. Better use of Facebook data to prevent violence.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

“The biggest error was underestimating the power of one single account to undo their business and grant access to everyone’s data. At the very least, there should have been some form of multi-factor authentication or password vault to protect the [server] account. Separation of duties and the least access principle apply again.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

SC Media spoke to Ananthanpillai about why the gig economy needs a more secure applicant vetting and hiring process, especially as we reach a major turning point in the fight against COVID-19. But the employer never collects any of the data involved, right? You hit the nail on the head.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

So we include other telemetry that seeks to authenticate that the entity logging in is who they say they are. Without a basic ability to authenticate these characters, there’d be no drama, no romance, no tragedy. So that’s why you need multi factor authentication. Think about it. And important.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2023

Period-tracking app users scrambled to find the most secure app online , and one period-tracking app maker promised to encrypt user data so that, even if law enforcement made a request for their data, the data would be unintelligible. Those promises, one investigation found, were shaky.) million.

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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. Hijacking of social media accounts Users of social media have increasingly focused on privacy lately.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

The initial setup process is notable, as CAST joins a small club of ASM vendors that not only offer multifactor authentication by default, they require it to be configured on first login. The post SW Labs | Review: Bishop Fox CAST appeared first on SC Media. Conclusion: Put text inline after the bolded title.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The latter had a wide range of functions: it could steal cookies, saved passwords, autofill data for browser forms and cryptocurrency wallet data, collect system information, steal.txt files from the desktop and make screenshots. The scheme encourages users to log in using their social media credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Formerly known as Accel Partners, the Palo Alto-based company is a top-tier VC firm investing in consumer and enterprise solutions for segments like SaaS , fintech, hardware, media, and IT services. Accel’s largest presence is in the Bay Area with sizable teams in London and Bangalore. Sequoia Capital. Honorable Mention Cybersecurity VCs.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

So from software, media, everything else of that nature. 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. you're aligning to a framework, whatever.

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