The Last Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2022

It can be a real hassle to keep track of the passwords you use. So many people use the same combination of username and password for every account. Related: Kaseya hack exacerbates supply chain exposures. You see, these days, many data breaches could be traced back to people using the same password across multiple accounts.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a. According to recent figures from the managed security firm Reliaquest , QakBot is by far the most prevalent malware “loader” — malicious software used to secure access to a hacked network and help drop additional malware payloads.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021. Every year, the first Thursday in May serves as a reminder for us to take control of our personal password strategies. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2024

The Spanish bank Santander disclosed a data breach at a third-party provider that impacted customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. The bank recently became aware of unauthorized access to one of its databases hosted by a third-party provider. ” reads the statement published by the bank. ” continues the statement.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Twitter was hacked this week. We will almost certainly learn about security lapses at Twitter that enabled the hack, possibly including a SIM-swapping attack that targeted an employee's cellular service provider, or maybe even a bribed insider. The security regulations for banks are complex and detailed.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Banking industry giant NCR Corp. [ NYSE: NCR ] late last month took the unusual step of temporarily blocking third-party financial data aggregators Mint and QuicBooks Online from accessing Digital Insight , an online banking platform used by hundreds of financial institutions. Part of a communication NCR sent Oct.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With access to your personal information, bad actors can drain your bank account and damage your credit—or worse. Check out the nine tips below to discover how you can enable family protection and help prevent identity theft and credit and bank fraud. But it’s just as important you don’t use the same password for multiple accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2024

From MFA to biometrics, a lot has been done to reinforce user ID and password authentication — for human users. We spoke to major banks, insurance companies, and even small businesses,” Nicholas says. The idea for Anetac derived from asking companies about their pain points. “We

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SecureList

AUGUST 14, 2023

Another tactic, popular with scammers big and small, phishers included, is hacking websites and placing malicious content on those, rather than registering new domains. Besides tucking a phishing page inside the website they hack, scammers can steal all of the data on the server and completely disrupt the site’s operation.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If your email account gets hacked, the first thing to do is to contact the email services provider and inform them about the compromise. The very first thing to do is to change the password as quickly as possible and use an alpha-numeric password that is tucked between one or two special characters.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

‘Hotarus Corp’ Ransomware operators hacked Ecuador’s largest private bank, Banco Pichincha, and the country’s Ministry of Finance. ?A The group claims to have also stolen data from the Banco Pichincha bank and infected a system at Ministry of Finance using for training purposes with PHP-based ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2022

To prove it, researchers from SafeBreach purchased a €600 license from the anti-malware firm to collect over 1,000,000 usernames and passwords stored on the cloud based database of the said company. The post Details on VirusTotal Hacking appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The Largest compilation of emails and passwords (COMB), more than 3.2 billion login credentials, has been leaked on a popular hacking forum. This breach was dubbed “Compilation of Many Breaches” (COMB), the data is archived in an encrypted, password-protected container. billion email and password pairs, all in plaintext.”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. Abusewith[.]us

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 28, 2020

Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. “2FA has proven to be a powerful tool in securing communications channels. .” ”

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You just heard in the news about another online company getting hacked and all of their password’s getting stolen; including yours. It could mean that even though it was an online retailer who got hacked, your bank account could ultimately be emptied. Let’s first look at how companies store passwords.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 10, 2021

A hacking malware distributed onto 3.25 According to research carried out by a Cybersecurity firm named NordLocker, a hacking group devised malware and distributed it onto millions of PCs in 2018. The post More than 26m user passwords stolen from Amazon, Apple, and Facebook appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2023

A new version of the Xenomorph Android malware includes a new automated transfer system framework and targets 400 banks. The banking Trojan was used to target 56 European banks and steal sensitive information from the devices of their customers. Experts warn that a new variant recently discovered, tracked as Xenomorph.C,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Problems arise for businesses when they base their access management programs entirely around passwords, however. Such programs overlook the burden that passwords can cause to users as well as to IT and security teams. Passwords: An unsustainable business cost. Users have too many passwords to remember on their own.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once obtained the SIM cards, they were able to bypass SMS-based 2FA used to access bank accounts and steal the money.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JANUARY 12, 2022

On December 27, 2021 multiple cybersecurity media outlets began reporting on LastPass users who believed their master passwords had been stolen. LastPass is a “password manager” with both a web-based interface and mobile app that can help you generate, store, and access all of the ways you secure your favorite services.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. “If you want proof we have hacked T-Systems as well. ” WHOLESALE PASSWORD THEFT.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

In each incident, the intruders have left behind a “web shell,” an easy-to-use, password-protected hacking tool that can be accessed over the Internet from any browser. organizations, including banks, credit unions, non-profits, telecommunications providers, public utilities and police, fire and rescue units.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2021

“FluBot is an Android spyware that aims to steal financial login and password data from your device. The Android malware has been used to steal banking credentials, payment information, and sensitive data from infected devices. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Android). ” states the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

The Tetrade term coined by Kaspersky experts to refer four large banking trojan families developed and spread by Brazilian crooks worldwide. The Brazilian cybercrime underground is recognized as the most focuses on the development and commercialization of banking trojans. The VBS scripts in installer package files (.MSI)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2022

Anonymous announced to have hacked more than 2,500 websites linked to the Russian and Belarusian governments, state-owned media outlets spreading disinformation, Russian private organizations, banks, hospitals, airports. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Anonymous). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 17, 2020

You already had way too many passwords to keep track of before, right? Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: you go to log onto your favorite website, type in your username, and then your password. Up pops an error message - “Incorrect username or password.” Enter the password manager You may have heard about these.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2020

ZDNet reported in exclusive that a list of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. ZDNet has reported in exclusive that a list of plaintext usernames and passwords for 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers, along with IP addresses, has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. 15, 2022, LastPass said an investigation into the August breach determined the attacker did not access any customer data or password vaults.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Experts uncovered a massive fraud operation that used a network of mobile device emulators to steal millions of dollars from online bank accounts. Researchers from IBM Trusteer have uncovered a massive fraud operation that leveraged a network of mobile device emulators to steal millions of dollars from online bank accounts in a few days.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Russian hacker who created and used Neverquest banking malware has finally been sentenced to 4 years in prison by a US District Court. The Neverquest was used by cyber criminals to steal login credentials from banking customers, it leverages on injection mechanisms to provide users fake forms into legitimate banking websites.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems.

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SecureList

JUNE 24, 2021

Further research revealed that both campaigns ultimately aimed to distribute banking Trojans. IcedID is a banking Trojan capable of web injects, VM detection and other malicious actions. QBot is also a banking Trojan. The payload in most cases was IcedID (Trojan-Banker.Win32.IcedID), Qbot, also known as QakBot) samples.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

Avast researchers reported that the infamous Ursnif Trojan was employed in attacks against at least 100 banks in Italy. Avast experts recently obtained information on possible victims of Ursnif malware that confirms the interest of malware operators in targeting Italian banks. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ursnif).

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