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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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Leaked email: Companies or third-party vendors put email address security at risk when they experience data breaches. Take the WhatsApp data breach of 2019, where hackers got the personal data of 1.5 It’s a type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that uses a script to automatically send messages.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2022

The content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare revealed this week that at least 76 employees and their family members received text messages on their personal and work phones. The post Hackers behind Twilio data breach also targeted Cloudflare employees appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2022

Threat actors are spreading password-stealing malware disguised as a security tool to target Ukraine’s IT Army. Cisco Talos researchers have uncovered a malware campaign targeting Ukraine’s IT Army , threat actors are using infostealer malware mimicking a DDoS tool called the “Liberator.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

If attackers know the IPs, they could launch DDoS attacks and search for open ports, which, if found, could potentially grant access to the local network and the devices connected to it. The leaked IP addresses introduce the risk of a takeover of a local network.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

Nominate Pierluigi Paganini and Security Affairs here here: [link] Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By neglecting to set a password, a BMW dealer in India has jeopardized the entire network of car dealerships in the country and put its clients at risk. The Cybernews research team has discovered that the Bengaluru branch of BMW Kun Exclusive, a BMW dealership in India, has exposed sensitive data to the public.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S. X Master Password Dumper (CVE-2023-32784) Malware RapperBot DDoS Botnet Expands into Cryptojacking Newly identified RA Group compromises companies in U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2022

Twilio hackers also breached the food delivery firm DoorDash Unprecedented cyber attack hit State Infrastructure of Montenegro Threat actor abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat driver to disable antivirus Critical flaw impacts Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center Iran-linked Mercury APT exploited Log4Shell in SysAid Apps for initial access GoldDragon (..)

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2023

DepositFiles’ clients are at risk of their personally identifiable information, files, and passwords being stolen. According to the team, there’s more than enough data for attackers to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, deploy ransomware, or cause financial losses. What DepositFiles data was exposed?

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. SALOMON As an affiliate of Spamdot, Salomon used the email address ad1@safe-mail.net , and the password 19871987gr.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2021

” The nature of the data breaches leads the experts into excluding that the hacks were the result of law enforcement operations. In January, experts noticed on the popular Raid Forums an advertisement for the Verified’s database containing registered users’ data and their private messages, posts, and threads. .”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Though you may be thinking your company isn’t at risk, consider this: unless customers are only using cash for their purchases, there’s no way to guarantee you won’t become a victim of a data breach. Consumers’ choices are affected by data breaches. Avoid DDoS Attacks With a Web Application Firewall.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

This trend is particularly vital for core workloads, as enterprises seek faster data access and lower latency. Data Breaches Data breaches frequently occur due to exploited vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure or applications. Provide ongoing training for individuals involved in setup and maintenance.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

What you might think is an influx of traffic, could actually be a cybercriminal using malicious bots to aid in a DDoS attack attempting to take down your website. What is a DDoS Attack? To mitigate DDoS attacks, set up DDoS attack protection. Make sure the DDoS protection service you use offers detailed attack reports.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Internal APIs are just as vulnerable to attacks, data breaches, and fraud as public APIs. An attacker could use an internal API to launch DDoS attacks against companies by sending large volumes of traffic over a short period. password guessing). Internal APIs or Private APIs are not Immune.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Authentication guarantees that users are who they say they are, typically through usernames and passwords or multi-factor authentication (MFA). Firewalls are used to safeguard cloud resources from unauthorized access and possible dangers like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) assaults.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) are a very likely mode of attack. 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. password, 123456, qwerty, etc.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

In a typical PPI network, clients will submit their malware—a spambot or password-stealing Trojan, for example —to the service, which in turn charges per thousand successful installations, with the price depending on the requested geographic location of the desired victims. But on Dec. ru and alphadisplay[.]ru, Ukraincki over the years.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

This was more than a multi-password via ssh exploit, and there was no ransom. ” In an update posted to the company’s Web site , VFEmail owner Rick Romero wrote that new email was being delivered and that efforts were being made to recover what user data could be salvaged. . “Every VM [virtual machine] is lost.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As cloud adoption grows exponentially, businesses scramble to amend security strategies to keep their data and end users safe. Cybercriminals continue to evolve their tactics to exploit vulnerabilities, consistently developing new means to execute DDoS attacks, hacks, and fraud for financial gain or sabotage. Password Strength and 2FA.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Dailymotion forces password reset in response to credential stuffing Attack. Law enforcement worldwide hunting users of DDoS-for-Hire services. Airbus data breach exposes some employeesdata. CookieMiner Mac Malware steals browser cookies and sensitive Data. Home Design website Houzz suffered a data breach.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 6, 2018

For now though, here's this week's update which talks through many of the issues covered in those tweets not just as it relates to HTTPS, but also beer, MD5 password hashes, giving another party access to your Gmail (hint: it actually gives them access to your Gmail!) It'll be a fun blog post ??. and my 8th MVP award which landed this week.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Every year about this time, Verizon comes out with an annual review of the results of its investigations into thousands of data breaches and security incidents from around the world. The report can be very data heavy and even a little depressing, but we can learn great things from it. Here are just ten: 1.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

SSNDOB attempted to ward off a permanent shut down by spreading the data across four different URLs. DDoS attacks from rivals are common, so several domains working together keeps things ticking over. Data breaches are so common that multiple services exist to check if you’ve been impacted.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

According to a 2020 case study on one of the firms, security researchers identified more than 1,500 email addresses and 6,000 passwords exposed in more than 80 data breaches. Advise customers and employees to use unique passwords they are not using for any other accounts and to change their passwords regularly."

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Enforce security policies like passwords, the use of mobile devices, checking emails for phishing, incident response plan. Some tools , for example, can perform several functions at once. Configure programs to increase your security level. Check out how you can tune your Office365.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

FBI recommends using passphrases instead of complex passwords. Slickwraps discloses data leak that impacted 850,000 user accounts. Samsung leaked data of a few UK Customers. Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks. Data on Detection of Malicious Documents in Gmail are impressive.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

On a wider scale, in February 2021 the REvil ransomware group announced that they had added two stages to their double extortion scheme – DDoS attacks and phone calls to the victim’s business partners and the media. We’ve also seen other remote access facilities being targeted and used in the same way.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By gaining a deeper understanding of application security, companies can take the necessary steps and actions to safeguard their valuable assets and reduce the risk of devastating data breaches. How Does Application Security Work? Application security works through a combination of security controls and best practices.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2022

It’s a bit like the difference between using an online, cloud based password manager run by a third-party company, or running a totally local password manager operated by you and you alone. Every year organisations fail to secure their cloud services and data is leaked, exposed, and scraped by third parties.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The security breach impacted 500 million users. The stolen account information includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, security questions and answers, and hashed passwords. This breach was disclosed at a time when Verizon had plans to buy Yahoo, which added an element of skepticism to the acquisition.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There was an interesting data protection angle to the Microsoft survey covered in the story above. RTÉ noted that although 33 per cent of companies had experienced a data breach, only 14 per cent had to report the incident to the Data Protection Commission. MORE People’s password habits are getting better … slowly.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Unfortunately for those of us indulging in wishful thinking, the likelihood and costs of data breaches continue to increase. The Ponemon Institute estimates that data breach costs rose to an average cost of $4.24 Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2022

Anonymous also launched massive DDoS attacks against the main Belarussian government websites for the support that Belarus provides to Russia in the invasion of #Ukraine. group, which operates around 100 radio stations in 18 cities throughout Russia, with over 8 million listeners.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

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