SC Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

Carnival Corporation – which has been plagued by cyberattacks over the past few years – issued a breach disclosure on Thursday confirming hackers attacked email accounts and gained access to data about its customers and employees. The post Carnival discloses new data breach on email accounts appeared first on SC Media.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

let's link back to it here, just for Streisand's sake 🙂) 1 BILLION queries on Pwned Passwords in a month! let's link back to it here, just for Streisand's sake 🙂) 1 BILLION queries on Pwned Passwords in a month! (I'm I'm not even sure what the next milestone will be.)

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Plus, there's a heap of new data breach and some really, really good news about the NTLM hashes now being available in Pwned Passwords. Book a demo today. In short - it's painful - but listen to this week's update to hear precisely why. It's Device Trust tailor-made for Okta.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2022

Even though World Password Day is over, it's never too late to remind your end-users that weak, unimaginative, and easy-to-guess passwords—like "123456," "qwerty," and, well… "password"—are poor options for securing accounts and devices. Improving password best practices matters.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 6, 2022

It's back to business as usual with more data breaches, more poor handling of them and more IoT pain. I think on all those fronts there's a part of me that just likes the challenge and the opportunity to fix a broken thing.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Researchers from vpnMentor security firm have recently discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way. . Researchers at vpnMentor discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way as part of a web-mapping project. . SecurityAffairs – data breach, Option Way).

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2021

More tweaking to be done and more work to be done on the office, but it's all coming together very nicely now 😎 References My new Elgato Key Lights are now up and running (beautifully made product and a massive improvement on before) I may have underestimated how much it costs to ship books around the world for #pwnedmas (but hey, it's (..)

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

World Password Day is today, reminding us of the value of solid passwords, and good password practices generally. You can’t go wrong shoring up a leaky password line of defence though, so without further ado: let’s get right to it. Breaching the issue. The problem with passwords.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The first one was about HSBC disclosing a "security incident" which, upon closer inspection, boiled down to this: The security incident that HSBC described in its letter seems to fit the characteristics of brute-force password-guessing attempts, also known as a credentials stuffing attack. link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 6, 2018.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2020

TOPIC: In this episode, Daniel takes a look at the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Verizon’s Breach Report is one of the best infosec reports out there, and I’m always excited when I hear it’s been released. The top 2 breach threat actions were Phishing and Use of Stolen Creds.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2020

HappyHotel , a Japanese search engine used to find and book rooms in “love hotels,” announced to have suffered a security breach in December. Almex , the company that operates HappyHotel , published a data breach notice on the website. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

I'm talking (somewhat vaguely) about the book I'm working on, how Facebook has nuked all news in Australia (which somehow means I can't even post a link to this blog post there), yet more data breaches, the awesome Prusa 3D printer I now have up and running and a whole heap more about the IoT things I've been doing.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2020

According to Active Network data breach notice, parents who accessed Blue Bear-based web store to pay school fees or buy books and other material between October 1, 2019, and November 13, 2019, might have had their personal data stolen. ” reads the notice of data breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The machine had full disk encryption and it's not known whether the thief was ever actually able to access the data. Is this a data breach? So, someone did that 167 million times, dumped the data and shared it on a popular hacking forum. the Red Cross wasn't hacked either and that was clearly a data breach.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Password manager vendor Dashlane has announced updates to its suite of enterprise offerings. These include a new Dark Web Insights tool that provides a breakdown of compromised passwords, a standalone authenticator app for enabling account multi-factor authentication (MFA), and a low-cost starter plan for small businesses.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The database included the personally identifiable information of Blink Mobility customers and administrators, including: Phone number Email address Encrypted password Registration date Device info and device token Details on subscription and rented vehicles (license plate, VIN, booking start and end location, etc.)

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Zigrin Security

APRIL 26, 2023

This vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass password confirmation and change sensitive information without proper authorization. Normally, if a user attempts to modify their profile without providing the correct password, an error message is displayed. This can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information and data breaches.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. According to an Aug.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 11, 2022

Both the companies revealed the same in SEC filing and apologized for the incident and assured that such data breaches will never get repeated. Whereas, Vodafone is still investigating the cyber attack claims and internal data theft. The company that ferries about 4.6

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2023

DepositFiles’ clients are at risk of their personally identifiable information, files, and passwords being stolen. It’s like a “how-to” book for the software. This would make it extremely complicated for the company to inform its clients about a data breach or to warn them of malware attacks,” researchers said.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

” But for all the good it brought, the healthcare records management system that Vastaamo used relied on little more than a MySQL database that was left dangerously exposed to the web for 16 months, guarded by nothing more than an administrator account with a blank password. ” .

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

There is little you can do in the event we experience widespread DDoS attacks, but one tip is to buy a good book series or a few board games since it might take a while to get the internet working again. Never buy a device that doesn’t allow you to set a long and strong password. password, 123456, qwerty, etc.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2021

According to a report published by researchers at PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. In a report published on the 16 th of March by PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early adopters whose password vaults were exposed in a 2022 breach at LastPass.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

In an adaptive phishing campaign, attackers gather specific information about victims through various sources, such as social media, public websites, and previous data breaches. This data is then used to tailor attacks, making them more convincing and harder to detect. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 23, 2023

What was a garden variety list of email addresses someone had just chucked the "Coinbase" name on had absolutely nothing to do with a breach of the crypto company. Book a demo today. References I take an inordinate amount of pleasure in screwing with scammers / spammers (and judging by the reactions to that thread, so do you!

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

IHG’s booking sites and apps were unavailable for several days as a result. Phishing and poor password practices. The password vault gave the hackers credentials to other areas of IHG’s IT network, allowing them to easily carry out the destructive attack.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. Million by Dutch and UK Data Protection Authorities over data breach. · AccuDoc Data Breach impacted 2.6 A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! 20% discount. Kindle Edition.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2020

Simply taking a pause from email and social media in favor of a good book or conversation is known to increase your mood and life satisfaction. With increasing data breaches and unsuspecting users more vulnerable than ever before, cybersecurity situational awareness has never been more important. Pass on passwords.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In today’s digital age, the threat of data breaches is a constant concern. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what hackers are planning to do with your data and take proactive measures to protect it. Main Course Finally, here we are to answer the question of what hackers do with your stolen data.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

New Google bug bounty allows reporting the abuses of Google API, Chrome, and Android user data. Flight booking platform Option Way exposes customer and internal data. XKCD forum data breach impacted 562,000 subscribers. Over 600k GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. Dailymotion forces password reset in response to credential stuffing Attack. Iran-Linked APT39 group use off-the-shelf tools to steal data. Airbus data breach exposes some employeesdata. 20% discount.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Facebook Is an Open Book. Don’t authenticate yourself to anyone unless you are in control of the interaction, don’t over-share on social media, be a good steward of your passwords, safeguard any documents that can be used to hijack your identity, and freeze your credit. Monitor your accounts.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Show them these tips: Never use the same password twice. It seems like we can’t go a week—or even a day sometimes—without hearing about an online service being breached. After a breach, cybercriminals often sell and re-sell the stolen data. This is where a password manager comes in. Use strong passwords.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2023

GST Invoice Billing Inventory, a business accounting app for small and medium businesses with over 1M downloads has left a database open, exposing sensitive personal and corporate data up for grabs. For the consumer, this can be an ongoing disaster over a long period of time, depending on what data was stolen.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows. It's made up of many different individual data breaches from literally thousands of different sources.

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