Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The latest, major threats to Mac computers can steal passwords and credit card details with delicate precision, targeting victims across the internet based on their device, location, and operating system. On these websites, cybercriminals advertise a piece of high-demand software and trick users into a download.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

Researchers from FireEye warn that China-linked APT groups continue to target Pulse Secure VPN devices to compromise networks. Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye warn once again that Chinese APT groups continue to target Pulse Secure VPN devices to penetrate target networks and deliver malicious web shells to steal sensitive information.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The global impact of the Fortinet 50.000 VPN leak posted online, with many countries impacted, including Portugal. A compilation of one-line exploit tracked as CVE-2018-13379 and that could be used to steal VPN credentials from nearly 50.000 Fortinet VPN devices has posted online. Affected Products FortiOS 6.0 – 6.0.0

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software. In this scenario, users indeed get to use a free VPN service, but they are often unaware that doing so will turn their computer into a proxy that lets others use their Internet address to transact online. “The 911[.]re

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

US government networks are under attack, threat actors chained VPN and Windows Zerologon flaws to gain unauthorized access to elections support systems. An attacker could also exploit the flaw to disable security features in the Netlogon authentication process and change a computer’s password on the domain controller’s Active Directory.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2021

In just the past year, free VPN for Android apps have exposed the data of as many as 41 million users, revealing consumers’ email addresses, payment information, clear text passwords, device IDs, and more. All these people that work on [the VPN service], nobody is going to do it for free. There is no best free VPN for Android.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A virtual private network (VPN) provides anonymity and digital privacy by creating a secure and private tunnel between the user and the online destinations he visits. A VPN encrypts computer traffic, masking your IP address and location, preventing snoopers or hackers from viewing or intercepting your data. Netflix and chill anywhere.

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SecureList

MARCH 19, 2025

It grabs account information from VPN and gaming clients, and all kinds of network utilities like ngrok, Playit, Cyberduck, FileZilla and DynDNS. The malicious actor behind Arcane went on to release a similarly named loader, which supposedly downloads cheats and cracks, but in reality delivers malware to the victim’s device.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2025

With POP3, the e-mails are downloaded to the local device and often deleted from the server. Passwords for mail access could be intercepted, and exposed services may allow password guessing attacks on the server. “This means that passwords used for mail access may be intercepted. We see around 3.3M

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Griffin said a follow-up investigation revealed the attackers had used his Gmail account to gain access to his Coinbase account from a VPN connection in California, providing the multi-factor code from his Google Authenticator app. You may also wish to download Google Authenticator to another mobile device that you control.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 22, 2022

However, many of these VPN solutions have three significant issues. First, VPNs can be difficult to set up, secure and maintain. Second, VPNs do not scale well and can become congested. Users might decide to bypass the hassle of VPNs and access those cloud resources directly without any additional security protection.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while otherwise unrelated — shared a common cause: Forgotten or unknown user accounts that granted remote access to internal systems with little more than a password.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

In late March 2023, 3CX disclosed that its desktop applications for both Windows and macOS were compromised with malicious code that gave attackers the ability to download and run code on all machines where the app was installed. “This could cause the file to run when double-clicked instead of opening it with a PDF viewer.”

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Zero Day

JUNE 10, 2025

Close Home Tech Smartphones iPhone You can download iOS 26 on your iPhone right now. Before you download a beta version of an operating system, you should have some housekeeping items in mind: back up your device, try not to use your everyday iPhone, and remember that developer betas can be full of bugs and issues.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The targeted company employs this technology to allow employees to download specific policies to their corporate devices, granting them secure access to the Fortinet VPN. exe : a password recovery tool. The affected system was a Windows server exposed to the internet, with only two ports open. dll; net/libsmi2.dll;

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

For the past three years, the source — we’ll call him “Bill” to preserve his requested anonymity — has been watching one group of threat actors that is mass-testing millions of usernames and passwords against the world’s major email providers each day. What do you do?

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2025

Vulnerabilities Apples Passwords app was vulnerable to phishing attacks for nearly three months after launch 9to5Mac Mysk security researchers first discovered this vulnerability after noticing the Passwords app had connected to 130 different domains over regular (unencrypted) HTTP.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Wazawaka has since “lost his mind” according to his erstwhile colleagues, creating a Twitter account to drop exploit code for a widely-used virtual private networking (VPN) appliance, and publishing bizarre selfie videos taunting security researchers and journalists. Wazawaka, a.k.a. Matveev, a.k.a. “Orange,” a.k.a.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Its a top-end, true all-in-one offering based on a new platform that combines antivirus, password manager, identity protection, VPN, backup, and parental controls. Close compromised accounts and open new ones with different account numbers, and new passwords and PINs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

The website was distributing a file named WSHSetup.exe, it is the downloader for both the CoronaVirus Ransomware and the Kpot password-stealer. Upon execution, the executable will attempt to download several files from a remote web site, at the time of the analysis, only a few of them were available.

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Webroot

MAY 31, 2024

It can infect your device through malicious downloads, phishing emails, or compromised websites, leading to potential loss of access to your computer, data, photos, and other valuable files. Regularly scan your devices for malware and avoid clicking on suspicious links or downloading unknown files.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2025

per user per month) Bitdefender : Better for startups with over 10 employees, identity protection needs, and built-in VPN (starts at $6.33 Its features include identity protection features, a VPN, and a password manager. Bitdefenders SMB security features include identity exposure protection, a VPN, and a password manager.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 27, 2024

The threat actor rebranded the new project ‘Poseidon’ and added a few new features such as looting VPN configurations. The stealer offers functionalities reminescent of Atomic Stealer including: file grabber, crypto wallet extractor, password manager (Bitwarden, KeePassXC) stealer, and browser data collector.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

No matter which of the many accounts post up these videos, they all typically link to the same download hosting site. The file offered up for download is SteamKeyGeneration.rar, weighing in at 4.19MB. YouTube pages containing the link offer the following instructions: “Download the ExLoader, open the RAR file, open the EXE file”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

Upon successful exploitation, the attackers try to download a malicious shell script, which contains further infection behaviors such as downloading and executing Mirai variants and brute-forcers.” “The attacks are still ongoing at the time of this writing. “The attacks are still ongoing at the time of this writing.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once they’re in, they can grab your emails, usernames, passwords, and more. They might even lock you out of your own accounts by resetting your passwords. Also, consider using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to encrypt your data and make it unreadable to hackers. Be aware of your surroundings and who might be watching you.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Make sure your smartphone, tablet and laptop are password-protected, particularly if you’re in the habit of carrying them around wherever you go. VPNs encrypt data , making it much harder to intercept when transmitted through a shared or suspect internet connection. Create long and strong passwords. Change passwords repeatedly.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

From March 18, 2024, to April 16, 2024, Duo Security and Cisco Talos observed large-scale brute-force attacks against a variety of targets, including VPN services, web application authentication interfaces and SSH services. Threat actors use these RESIPs to evade detection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Apps related to mobile security are senseless- There is a notion among smart phone users that their device doesn’t need an antivirus software as they are downloading content only from Google Playstore. For instance, the year 2020 revelation of Pegasus malware developed by the NSO Group of Israel.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

A virtual private network (VPN) is a great way to increase your online security. Bitdefender, an industry leader in cybersecurity, created this VPN service to protect your information from malicious actors, online ads, and hackers. Wait for Bitdefender VPN to download all the necessary files.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2020

Microsoft is sending notifications to dozens of hospitals about vulnerable VPN devices and gateways exposed online in their network. Microsoft is warning dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2022

py file downloads and executes a malicious script that searches for local passwords and uploads them using a discord web hook. Free-net-vpn and Free-net-vpn2 are malicious packages developed to target environment variables. Free-net-vpn and Free-net-vpn2 are malicious packages developed to target environment variables.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 10, 2025

Confusingly, even legitimate businesses now lean on outreach tactics that have long been favored by online scammers—asking people to scan QR codes, download mobile apps, and trade direct messages with, essentially, strangers. Only 20% of people use traditional security measures like antivirus, a VPN, and identity theft protection.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

By focusing on this context, we hope that you’ll come away with a stronger understanding about, for instance, why you should use a password manager rather than that you should use a password manager. Do use strong passwords. Do use a password manager to help keep track of the dozens of unique passwords you have.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Password best practices One of the best ways to keep your personal data out of the hands of hackers is also one of the simplest. Create strong passwords. Here are some tips for creating unbreakable passwords. Keep it complicated We juggle so many passwords, it’s tempting to use something easy to remember.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 8, 2025

You should always download apps from trusted sources like 'Play Store' for Android users. You should make a habit of using a VPN while on a public network. Always use strong passwords and biometrics to secure your Android devices. Uninstall any suspicious apps or recently downloaded apps.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

A virtual private network (VPN) is a must for any internet user connecting to business systems. Use this guide to learn how to get a VPN provider, set it up, and connect your devices for a more secure and safe connection. Use Like most software, VPN clients are system-specific — Apple versus Windows, iOS versus Android.

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