Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

What follows is a set of basic security hygiene steps that will significantly reduce your risk online. Use unique, strong passwords, and store them in a password manager. Many people get hacked from having guessable or previously compromised passwords. Automatic Logins Using Lastpass.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2025

SpyCloud , the leading identity threat protection company, today released its 2025 SpyCloud Annual Identity Exposure Report , highlighting the rise of darknet-exposed identity data as the primary cyber risk facing enterprises today. It requires organizations to rethink the risks posed by employees, consumers, partners and suppliers.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Often it's related to data breaches or sloppy behaviour on behalf of some online service playing fast and loose with HTTPS or passwords or some other easily observable security posture. It's totally going to kill passwords! I know, massive shock right?

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For the most popular operating system in the world—which is Android and it isn’t even a contest —there’s a sneaky cyberthreat that can empty out a person’s bank accounts to fill the illicit coffers of cybercriminals. What are Android banking trojans? Take the SharkBot banking trojan, which Malwarebytes detects and stops.

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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. ” WHOLESALE PASSWORD THEFT. Multiple personal and business banking portals; -Microsoft Office365 accounts.

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2025

Introduction Zanubis is a banking Trojan for Android that emerged in mid-2022. Since its inception, it has targeted banks and financial entities in Peru, before expanding its objectives to virtual cards and crypto wallets. The malware operated as an overlay-based banking Trojan that abused Android’s accessibility service.

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Close Home Tech Security 16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. Sounds scary, right?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2025

But that doesn’t take away from the fact that these credentials are in the hands of cybercriminals who can use them for: Account takeovers : Cybercriminals can use stolen credentials to hijack social media, banking, or corporate accounts. Do not reuse passwords across different sites and services.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds via Zelle , a “peer-to-peer” (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly send cash to friends and family.

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Close Home Tech Security Heard about the 16 billion passwords leak? Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. If you see inaccuracies in our content, please report the mistake via this form. Here are the facts and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

They can also steal personal data, banking details, cryptocurrency info, emails, and passwords by scraping the files the users upload. The FBI Denver Field Office advises staying cautious online, being aware of potential risks, and keeping antivirus software updated to scan files before opening them.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

.” Compromised data include names, emails, phone numbers, partial card info for some campus diners, and hashed passwords from legacy systems. The company reset affected passwords. The data breach did not expose passwords, merchant logins, full card numbers, bank details, or Social Security numbers.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 4, 2025

These breachesaffecting Cartier, Main Street Bank, and The North Faceunderscore the rising threat landscape facing luxury and everyday consumer brands. While no operational impact was reported, the bank terminated its relationship with the vendor. The reputational damage could be immense."

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2025

Financial information, like your banking credentials and crypto wallets. Other passwords and session tokens that could allow the scammers to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Change all your passwords and do this using a clean, trusted device. Email addresses. Report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Center.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

With access to your email account, a cybercriminal can find a lot of useful information about you, such as where you bank, your account numbers, your favorite shops, and more. And perhaps most worrying of all, once an attacker is in your email account they can reset your passwords to your other accounts and login as you there too.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

They dont crack into password managers or spy on passwords entered for separate apps. If enough victims unwittingly send their passwords, the cyber thieves may even bundle the login credentials for sale on the dark web. The requests are bogus and simply a method for harvesting passwords.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Grubhub recently confirmed a data breach stemming from a third-party vendor, exposing the ongoing risks associated with supply chain security. While these measures contained the incident, the breach underscores the risks inherent in outsourcing critical functions to external vendors. What data was compromised?

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Zero Day

JUNE 12, 2025

PT Anker/ZDNET The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)  has issued a new recall for the Anker PowerCore 10000 power bank, model number A1263. "Anker has received 19 reports of fires and explosions" caused by its faulty power bank. Here's what you should do with yours.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Since many people use the same passwords across social media platforms and for sites for banks or credit cards, a criminal needs access to just one account to gain access to every account. With the rise in social media, criminals have more platforms with which to target potential phishing victims.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 17, 2024

But if you suspect that your payment card details have been stolen, these are the recommended actions: Regularly check account and card statements and notify your bank about any suspicious activity. Where possible, set up fraud alerts with your bank or payment card provider.

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The Hacker News

JULY 15, 2024

Retail banking institutions in Singapore have three months to phase out the use of one-time passwords (OTPs) for authentication purposes when signing into online accounts to mitigate the risk of phishing attacks. Customers who have activated their digital

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Krebs on Security

JULY 12, 2024

AT&T also acknowledged the customer records were exposed in a cloud database that was protected only by a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed). c) of the SEC Rule, due to potential risks to national security and/or public safety. In a regulatory filing with the U.S. million former account holders.

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Webroot

APRIL 30, 2025

In todays digital world, passwords have become a necessary part of life. May 1, 2025, is World Password Day , a reminder that passwords are the unsung heroes of cybersecurity, the first line of defense for all your sensitive personal data. World Password Day is more relevant than ever in todays evolving threat landscape.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 8, 2025

So, that's passwords sorted, but the impact of data breaches goes well beyond passwords alone. As well as helping people choose good passwords, we want to help them stay safe in the other aspects of their lives put at risk when hackers run riot. Identity protection is one thing, but what else?

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Zero Day

JUNE 27, 2025

Close Home Tech Smartphones Mobile Accessories This power bank changed my mind about 'useless' kickstands - here's why The ESR Qi2 MagSafe battery pack is the first kickstand power bank that I've used a lot as a stand. View now at Amazon It's hard to stand out in the power bank market.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2024

On Wednesday June 12, 2024, a well-known dark web data broker and cybercriminal acting under the name “Sp1d3r” offered a significant amount of data allegedly stolen from Truist Bank for sale. Truist is a US bank holding company and operates 2,781 branches in 15 states and Washington DC. Change your password.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This data reportedly includes everything from names and addresses to Social Security numbers and bank account details. The stolen data reportedly includes highly personal information — names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, bank account details, and even records of residents’ interactions with city services.

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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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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 19, 2020

Hundreds of popular websites now offer some form of multi-factor authentication (MFA), which can help users safeguard access to accounts when their password is breached or stolen. When the two of them sat down to reset his password, the screen displayed a notice saying there was a new Gmail address tied to his Xbox account.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 21, 2024

One of the researchers told BleepingComputer that most of the sites also had write enabled (meaning anyone can change it) which is bad, and one of them was a bank. So, an administrator of a Firebase database would have to go out of their way and create an extra database field in order to store the passwords in plaintext.

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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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Zero Day

JUNE 30, 2025

Stop using these 5 power banks immediately Anker is offering free replacements. PT Anker Just days after  recalling  its A1263 power bank due to fire concerns, Anker is issuing another recall -- this time for five different devices. Here's how to tell if your device is affected by this recall.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Slim CD , Evolve Bank , Truist Bank , Prudential , and American Express. In July, a user leaked a file containing 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext passwords. If you dont reuse passwords and never use simple passwords, like single words, then this release should not concern you. Heres what you need to know.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

“On top of the password re-use, the data shows a great insight into her professional and personal Internet usage,” Holden wrote in a blog post on Witte’s arrest. “Many in the gang not only knew her gender but her name too,” Holden wrote. “Several group members had AllaWitte folders with data.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2025

Godfather Android trojan uses virtualization to hijack banking and crypto apps, stealing user funds, warns mobile security firm Zimperium. Zimperium zLabs has uncovered a major evolution of the GodFather Android trojan, which uses on-device virtualization to hijack real banking and crypto apps.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 26, 2024

A shockwave went through the financial world when ransomware group LockBit claimed to have breached the US Federal Reserve, the central banking system of the United States. The Reserve operates twelve banking districts around the country which oversee money distribution within their respective districts. And it’s a lot of data.

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