Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

.” In a SIM-swapping attack, crooks transfer the target’s phone number to a device they control and intercept any text messages or phone calls sent to the victim — including one-time passcodes for authentication, or password reset links sent via SMS. A Scattered Spider phishing lure sent to Twilio employees.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been a couple of decades since data tapes delivered by trucks made encryption a standard enterprise cybersecurity practice. Yet even as technology has changed, sending and receiving data remains a major vulnerability, ensuring encryption’s place as a foundational security practice. What is Encryption?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 8, 2022

The average internet user has somewhere around 100 accounts, according to NordPass research, meaning they have to track 100 different passwords or risk using the same one over and over. Users can share password files securely with encrypted transmissions. Vault health reports Directory sync Secure password sharing.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Most security schemes facilitate the coercive processes of an attacker because they disclose metadata about the secret data, such as the name and size of encrypted files. This allows specific and enforceable demands to be made: “Give us the passwords for these three encrypted files with names A, B and C, or else…”.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2024

Case in point: a colossal password compilation dubbed "RockYou2024" has emerged, containing nearly 10 billion unique passwords. The name "RockYou2024" pays homage to the infamous RockYou data breach of 2009, which exposed 32 million passwords due to insecure storage practices.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2021

Trojan Shield operation: The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications. The FBI and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. Historically, October has always been an important month for the cybersecurity community and a month of major cybersecurity events. Use strong passwords. Resilient multi-factor authentication and strong passwords are critical.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 21, 2022

In October 2020, Formbook was rebranded as Xloader and some significant improvements were introduced, especially related to the command and control (C2) network encryption. Steal stored passwords. In this blog post, we perform a detailed analysis of Xloader’s C2 network encryption and communication protocol. Capture keystrokes.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 27, 2023

Improving your password habits: Do not use any combination of characters that is easy to guess. Avoid using the same password across multiple accounts as well as including any personal information. Recognisable keystroke patterns or short passwords should also be avoided. Don’t use repeated letters or numbers as a password.

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SecureList

MAY 28, 2025

The threat actors behind Zanubis continue to refine its code adding features, switching between encryption algorithms, shifting targets, and tweaking social engineering techniques to accelerate infection rates. Communication with the C2 API was encrypted with RC4 using a hardcoded key and Base64-encoded.

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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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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

.’ This firewall even goes as far as to block the latest versions of the encryption service TLS (v1.3) Internationally, there is no doubt that this predominantly serves to facilitate the detection and blocking of topics sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party, such as the events of June 4, 1989, in Tiananmen Square.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2025

Breaking the Barriers to a Password-Free Life in Enterprise: Meet SafeNet eToken Fusion NFC PIV security key madhav Thu, 03/13/2025 - 06:46 As large organizations increasingly shift towards passwordless solutions, the benefits are clear: enhanced user experience, improved security, and significant cost savings.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Dive into core cybersecurity concepts like encryption, secure password practices, endpoint protection, and incident response. Each piece of knowledge is a potential ticket into conversations, networking events, and job opportunities. Think of this like packing a snowball. You need it tight and solid before you roll it anywhere.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With the release of iOS 16 yesterday, and macOS Ventura next month, Apple fans will be able to use passkeys , its password replacement, for iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Apple's passkey works like a password in that it is built into entry boxes where you put your password. The word "passkey" is not unique to Apple, however.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Quantum computing advances are making traditional encryption obsolete, and adversaries are stockpiling data for future decryption. FIPS-203 enables legal PQC deployment, prompting CISOs to overhaul encryption strategies. Without action, quantum-enabled breaches threaten critical data, national security, and global stability.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

alerted customers to the incident, disabling security questions and forcing them to take a mulligan on their passwords—requiring a reset of passwords for all accounts. and action required in relation to your account password with our Callaway, Odyssey, Ogio, and/or Callaway Golf Preowned sites.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

Once these conditions are met, Duo Mobile will create end-to-end encrypted backups of all Duo accounts which are eligible for Instant Restore as a part of your Google backup. Restoring accounts Your old device is no longer needed to reactivate Duo Accounts, since the reactivation secrets are stored in the encrypted backup.

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SecureList

APRIL 8, 2025

The infection chain: from searching for office software to downloading an installer The downloaded archive contains another password-protected archive, installer.zip , and a Readme.txt file with the password. The installer files lack an archive password. This file contains the password for the RAR archive.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

The encrypted China Chopper variant, frequently used by the attackers, employed AES encryption to evade detection by Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). This encryption allowed the attackers to bypass automated detection mechanisms, making forensic analysis challenging. Two key evasion techniques hindered the investigation.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. Using hard-to-crack unique passwords to protect sensitive data and accounts, as well as enabling multi-factor authentication. Encrypting sensitive data wherever possible.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 25, 2018

In particular, Mozilla was instrumental in the birth of Let's Encrypt , the free and open certificate authority that's massively increased the adoption of HTTPS on the web. My relationship with 1Password stretches all the way back to 2011 when I came to the realisation that the only secure password is the one you can't remember.

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Anton on Security

JULY 7, 2022

for “ransomware” in the cloud] observed was where attackers were seen brute forcing SQL databases, cloning a database table into a new table , encrypting the data, and proceeding to drop the original table. ” [A.C.?—?cloud cloud ransomware isn’t really ‘a ware’, but a RansomOp where humans?—?not not malware?—?do

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Implement strong password policies and multi-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized access. Encrypt sensitive data and maintain regular, secure backups to ensure data integrity and availability, even in the event of system failures or cyber attacks. •Robust access control. Comprehensive monitoring. Backup strategies.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Passkeys are a replacement for passwords. Although they share four letters, passkeys are nothing like passwords. When a user wants to log in, the service sends the user some data to "sign", the user encryptes it with their private key and sends it back. They are faster to sign in with, easier to use, and much more secure.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The attacker frequently uses names that refer to important events such as the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. APP_DLL_URL URL used to download the encrypted payload. The library acts as a loader that retrieves an encrypted payload dropped by ModuleInstaller, decrypts it and loads it in memory.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2024

A threat actor is offering for sale customer data allegedly stolen from the Australia-based live events and ticketing company TEG. The company operates across multiple countries and sells over 30 million tickets annually for more than 30,000 events, including live sports, concerts, theatre, festivals, and exhibitions.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 5, 2025

It's not about brute-forcing passwords; it's about brute-forcing human weakness at exactly the right time. Staff stop caring about strong passwords, following device protocols, maintaining cloud security posture , or reporting suspicious behavior. And once the encryption starts, it's already too late to mount an organized defense.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Encryption and data backup. Data encryption is a protection strategy that renders data useless even when an intruder accesses it. Encrypting all your company’s sensitive data and private information ensures that it’s protected from data breaches. Use strong passwords. Passwords are your first line of defense.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

They generated a custom version of the ransomware, which used the aforementioned account credential to spread across the network and perform malicious activities, such as killing Windows Defender and erasing Windows Event Logs in order to encrypt the data and cover its tracks. In this article, we revisit the LockBit 3.0

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

“The company recently discovered that an unauthorized party had copied and encrypted information, and took steps towards removing it,” Marriott disclosed in a statement. The vulnerability that the hackers took advantage of had been in place and used for “unauthorized access,” according to the company statement, since 2014.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

To avoid detection of malicious functionalities, the authors encrypted all suspicious-looking strings with the Corrected Block TEA (XXTEA) cipher and then running Base64 encoding. “Interestingly, the password from the configuration file is stored encrypted. ” continues the analysis.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

” Attackers designed the Owowa module to inspect HTTP requests and responses by hooking the PreSendRequestContent event. . The username, password, user’s IP address and current timestamp are stored in a file at C:WindowsTempaf397ef28e484961ba48646a5d38cf54.db.ses. ” concludes the analysis.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 19, 2020

Being able to create complex passwords for employees to be able to access company data means less concern about being compromised by the login and password “login” and “password.”. If you’re seeing 19 employees connected from Omaha, NE and one connected from Moscow, it’s easier to spot a potential cyber event.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 26, 2018

Last week, a story was going around explaining how to brute-force an iOS password. If a full seven days (168 hours) elapse [sic] since the last time iOS saved one of these events, the Lightning port is entirely disabled," Thomas wrote in a blog post published in a customer-only portal, which Motherboard obtained.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Encryption. Therefore, businesses need encryption along the way. Encryption is merely changing the data to something that seems meaningless, like a code, which the system then decrypts on the other side. Password Protection & Authentication. Passwords are the baseline of cybersecurity.

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