eSecurity Planet

MAY 14, 2021

Dashlane and 1Password are two of our top picks for password managers in 2021. They offer many similar features, including password generation, automatic form-filling, password analysis, and dark web monitoring. Both tools make it easy for users to create and store passwords and share them safely with other users.

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Daniel Miessler

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The initial blog was on August 25th, saying there was a breach, but it wasn’t so bad because they had no access to customer data or password vaults: Two weeks ago, we detected some unusual activity within portions of the LastPass development environment. And specifically, asking me whether I used LastPass or any other password manager.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As if password authentication’s coffin needed any more nails, researchers in the UK have discovered yet another way to hammer one in. For example, when typing a password, people will regularly hide their screen but will do little to obfuscate their keyboard’s sound.

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The Hacker News

MARCH 6, 2023

The massive breach at LastPass was the result of one of its engineers failing to update Plex on their home computer, in what's a sobering reminder of the dangers of failing to keep software up-to-date.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As if password authentication’s coffin needed any more nails, researchers in the UK have discovered yet another way to hammer one in. For example, when typing a password, people will regularly hide their screen but will do little to obfuscate their keyboard’s sound.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2019

If you bank online and choose weak or re-used passwords, there’s a decent chance your account could be pilfered by cyberthieves — even if your bank offers multi-factor authentication as part of its login process. Crooks are constantly probing bank Web sites for customer accounts protected by weak or recycled passwords.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Don’t be afraid of social engineering attacks this Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In the spirit of this year’s theme, we created a parody of the Monster Mash to share social engineering prevention tips far and wide. Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager In 2022, threat actors leaked more than 721 million passwords.

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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. The problem with passwords. Shoring up your passwords.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 20, 2023

What Are Social Engineering Scams? Thanks, Your CEO This common scenario is just one example of the many ways scammers may attempt to trick you through social engineering scams. Read on to learn how to recognize social engineering attacks, their consequences, and tactics to avoid falling for them. Hi, Please, can you help me?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Threat actors hacked the home computer of a DevOp engineer, they installed a keylogger as part of a sophisticated cyber attack. Password management software firm LastPass disclosed a “second attack,” a threat actor used data stolen from the August security breach and combined it with information available from a third-party data breach.

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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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Identity IQ

MAY 15, 2021

Passwords are your first line of defense for protecting your digital identity. As important as they are, however, about 52 percent of people still use the same passwords across multiple accounts and 24 percent use a variation of common passwords that are easy to hack. Hackers employ different strategies to steal your passwords.

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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. LastPass disclosed that criminal hackers had compromised encrypted copies of some password vaults, as well as other personal information.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

"Based on FIDO standards, passkeys are a replacement for passwords that provide faster, easier, and more secure sign-ins to websites and apps across a user’s devices. Unlike passwords, passkeys are always strong and phishing resistant. The FIDO Alliance asserts that passkeys are a replacement for passwords.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Last week I wrote a couple of different pieces on passwords, firstly about why we're going to be stuck with them for a long time yet and then secondly, about how we all bear some responsibility for making good password choices. This week, I wanted to focus on going beyond passwords and talk about 2FA.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2022

"If your website authentication form prevents users from pasting in their password, or from using their password manager you need to fix it immediately. You are enabling and encouraging users to create and use poor passwords.". . Do a search for the top 200 most common passwords in your favorite search engine.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2022

Data included email and IP addresses, usernames and unsalted MD5 password hashes. He gained access to all users’ data – email, username, password…He promised the data would be erased and he would help us secure the site after the payment. This one falls under the familiar banner of “password reuse is bad”.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Our documentary, “ The Life and Death of Passwords ,” explores with industry experts the history of passwords, why passwords have become less effective over time, and how trust is established in a passwordless future. Tell me a little bit about the problems with passwords and how passwordless solves for them.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Our documentary, “ The Life and Death of Passwords ,” explores with industry experts the history of passwords, why passwords have become less effective over time, and how trust is established in a passwordless future. Spacebar changes the whole paradigm because instead of writing a password, you can write a passphrase.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

No matter how many letters, numbers, or special characters you give them and no matter how many times you change them, passwords are still @N0T_FUN! Using strong passwords and a password manager 2. Past When the use of passwords began, they were a “good enough” method to control user access to digital systems.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. Social engineering scams leverage psychological manipulation to deceive individuals and exploit the victims’ trust. This was a 3% increase compared to the previous year.

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Google Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Posted by Arvind Kumar Sugumar, Software Engineer, Android Team With the proliferation of digital services in our lives, it’s more important than ever to make sure our online information remains safe and secure. The prompt can also take you to your Password Manager page , where you can do a comprehensive review of your saved passwords.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

A fake login site will ask for username and password, but then also ask the victim to enter their 2FA code on the phishing site. The other approach is to talk to customer support with no action taken beforehand, and “simply” social engineer their way into full account control. However, even with 2FA enabled, things can go wrong.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2021

On a recent SecureWorld Sessions podcast episode, Social Engineering: Hacking Humans , host Bruce Sussman spoke with Christopher Hadnagy, an entrepreneur and author of five books about social engineering and hacking the human. 1 How do you define social engineering? 3 What is a solution to virtual social engineering schemes?

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Today’s columnist, Marcus Kaber of Specops Software, writes that as much as the tech companies are pushing biometrics options like facial recognition, most enterprises still run on legacy passwords. Enterprise security and IT are mostly well aware of these many password-driven risks. Industry must double down on password protection.

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Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Utilize a Password Manager As humans we like things that are easy to remember, and that doesn’t change when it comes to passwords. However, easy to remember and reused passwords are weak passwords that can easily be cracked and leveraged across accounts. Our speakers are all trained and certified Social Engineers.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

If there ever was such a thing as a cybersecurity silver bullet it would do one thing really well: eliminate passwords. Threat actors have proven to be endlessly clever at abusing and misusing passwords. So what’s stopping us from getting rid of passwords altogether? Passwords may have been very effective securing Roman roads.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2024

According to the password management software firm, the employee was contacted outside of the business hours. In a fraudulent scheme, criminals used deepfake technology to impersonate LastPass ‘s CEO, targeting an employee of the company.

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Adam Shostack

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Chris Eng said “ Someone should set up a GoFundMe to send whoever wrote the hit piece on password managers to a threat modeling class. There was a set of flaws where master passwords were accessible in memory, and thus an attacker with a debugger could get your master password and decrypt all your passwords.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

The vast majority of cyberattacks rely on social engineering – the deception and manipulation of victims to coerce them into either opening malware or voluntarily providing sensitive information. Meanwhile, a quarter report that they’ve used generic passwords like “password” and “ABC123.”All

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2024

March Madness is a prime opportunity for cybercriminals to deploy phishing lures, malicious apps, and social engineering tactics," warns Krishna Vishnubhotla, VP of Product Strategy at mobile security firm Zimperium. The emotional investment and spike in online activity create a perfect storm that organizations need to protect against."

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2023

The security breach suffered by LastPass was caused by the failure to update Plex on the home computer of one of its engineers. LastPass revealed that the home computer of one of its DevOp engineers was hacked as part of a sophisticated cyberattack.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2023

According to Shadow, no passwords or sensitive banking data have been compromised. Shadow says the incident happened at the end of September, and was the result of a social engineering attack on a Shadow employee. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The same thing happened with LastPass, a company that offers password managing services. From a technical point of view, the cyber crooks used the stolen source code and other tech details got from a keylogger malware planted on the device of a DevOps Engineer to launch a digital attack for the second time at the end of last year.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In a recent malvertising campaign, we observed a malicious Google ad for KeePass, the open-source password manager which was extremely deceiving. Malicious ad for KeePass The malicious advert shows up when you perform a Google search for 'keepass', the popular open-source password manager.

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