Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan was found guilty of obstructing a federal investigation in connection with the attempted cover-up of a 2016 hack at Uber, NIST and Microsoft say that mandatory password expiration is no longer needed but many organizations are still doing it, and how fake executive profiles are becoming a huge problem for […].

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

Booth babes and rampant sexism were more of a problem in infosec in the past. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. I know there was a period when several InfoSec people, myself included, said we will not be on panels unless there's diversity represented on said panel.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Strong passwords make all the difference in a hacker's ability to breach your device or network.unless the sticky note with your super-strength password is taped to your computer. We all need a strong password to prevent being hacked! Linux #infosec pic.twitter.com/lzUlaxOVNJ — Security_Nerd (@itssecuritynerd).

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Captivating stuff, apart from infosec, you really feel as though you’ve been taken on a journey with Troy through the years of living in paradise a.k.a. Troy Hunt takes us on his life journey, ups and downs, explaining how haveIbeenpwned came to be, raising awareness of the world’s poor password and online security habits.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

cybersecurity #infosec pic.twitter.com/ZvqtEUTBQn — CyberKnow (@Cyberknow20) September 9, 2023 The attack on Telegram does not appear to be politically motivated like other offensives conducted by the hacker group. Its these type of spiteful, vengeful attacks that put doubt on the state controlled narrative of the group.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

One year ago in February, the major eBay hack was in progress, eventually resulting in over 233 million passwords being stolen. 10 Million Passwords Leaked Online. Security consultant Mark Burnett leaked 10 million usernames and passwords online through his personal blog last week, in a very risky move.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2021

An alleged member of the @HotarusCorp leaked on a hacking forum a link to a file containing 6500 records (Email, Identity Card numbers, and passwords) that claims to Ministry of Finance. breach #infosec #deepwebnews @FinanzasEc @EcuCERT_EC pic.twitter.com/WTbXz8EYLx — Security Chronicle (@SecurChronicle) February 23, 2021.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

More at: [link] #cybersecurity #InfoSec #VulnerabilityManagement pic.twitter.com/hNwDHFaPtt — CISA Cyber (@CISACyber) March 10, 2023 “This issue allowed an attacker with access to the server administrator’s Plex account to upload a malicious file via the Camera Upload feature and have the media server execute it. .”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Everest ransomware operators claimed to have hacked South Africa state-owned company ESKOM Hld SOC Ltd. At the same time, the Everest Ransom gang posted a claim about the hack of the South African state-owned electricity company. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ESKOM). Is having some server issues. Price 200,000 $.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2020

This is the biggest leak of Telnet passwords even reported. According to ZDNet that first published the news, the list was leaked on a popular hacking forum by the operator of a DDoS booter service. The list includes the IP address, username and password for the Telnet service for each device. ” reported ZDNet.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 15, 2021

Over $600 million stolen in the largest DeFi cryptocurrency hack in history, attackers are getting around $10k for stolen network access credentials, and why your identity is trapped inside a social network and what this means for the next potential evolution of the Internet…the metaverse! ** Links mentioned on the show ** Apple to refuse […].

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2020

Records of 45 Million+ travelers to Thailand and Malaysia Leaked on #Darkweb (Blog Link) [link] #infosec #leaks #CyberSecurity pic.twitter.com/zHOujQ8CMm — Cyble (@AuCyble) July 12, 2020. SecurityAffairs – hacking, travelers). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2019

The end game for this particular hacking ring is to install crypto currency mining routines on compromised Linux servers. Xbash gets rolling by infecting one device, which then serves as the launch pad for deeper hacking forays limited only by the attacker’s initiative. Use a password manager. Everyone should be using one.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Can you get hacked if you hide your computer?". Here are two of our favorites by Infosec blogger John Oppdenaker on Twitter: My password was hacked. I was going to change my password to one of my favorite places in France, but is it Toulon (too long!)? How do I change my password?". Phishing season!

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 17, 2022

As a simple example, consider the idea of passwords. It was once the case that passwords were a cornerstone of the role of humans in cybersecurity. You would choose a password that only you knew, and without that password, no one could get access to your account. There is also the idea of password management software.

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The State of Security

MARCH 21, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of March 14, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Because modern seismic stations are now implemented as an Internet-of-Things (IoT) station – and just as insecure as any other IoT device – Samios and his colleagues were able to identify threats to the equipment that infosec pros typically find in common IoT gear, from smart doorbells to security cams.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

HideezKey- This is a deep-dive into a nice concept for a security token & password manager that turned into a horrible product due to lack of proper R&D and Threat Modeling. Passive Recon & OSINT: First of all (even without attempting to open the token) we can immediately notice our best-hardware-hacking-friend: the FCC ID.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2021

AddressIntel is actively tracking malicious #phishing #malware address [link] #Italy since 2021-01-25 #cybersecurity #infosec Follow trends and statistics on [link] — AddressIntel (@AddressIntel) January 25, 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Intel). ” read the advisory published by Italy’s CERT-AGID (Italian language).

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2020

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. 45% of breaches involved Hacking. Hacking, social, and malware have fallen the most. The top malware type is Password Dumper, because it really is about getting those creds.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

I mean, there are so many positive stories about people who are hacking for a living and doing good things because of it. Vamosi: Within InfoSec there's an informal use of AppSec as well. Welcome to the hacker mind that original podcast from for all secure it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2021

There are three main types of penetrations-black box, grey box, and white box which infosec institute defines. All of these are controlled by code and computers, and most importantly-can be hacked. If we do not secure these systems, our personal data can end up leaked, such as credit card numbers or addresses or passwords.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Perhaps we thought, who would want to hack a completely unknow person like me? The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency , lists the following 4 steps to protect yourself: Implement multi-factor authentication on your accounts and make it significantly less likely you’ll get hacked. Update your software.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2020

. “The IDRM Linux virtual appliance was analysed and it was found to contain four vulnerabilities, three critical risk and one high risk: Authentication Bypass Command Injection Insecure Default Password Arbitrary File Download. The latest version Agile InfoSec has access to is 2.0.3, ” the expert wrote on GitHub.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

infosec #CVE pic.twitter.com/IqmtfZ8WER — TeamAres (@TeamAresSec) July 7, 2020. ” Threat actors exploited the CVE-2020-5902 flaw to obtain passwords, create web shells, and infect systems with various malware. SecurityAffairs – hacking, BIG-IP). Pierluigi Paganini.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. To help fill a critical shortage of infosec experts that is only getting worse. West Point teaching its cadets to hack? FRANK: Like a password policy problem.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. To help fill a critical shortage of infosec experts that is only getting worse. West Point teaching its cadets to hack? FRANK: Like a password policy problem.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. To help fill a critical shortage of infosec experts that is only getting worse. West Point teaching its cadets to hack? FRANK: Like a password policy problem.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Obviously, the work I've been doing with Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) has given me a heap of insight into this specific area of infosec over the last 4 years and the folks from DC felt my views on things might be helpful. That was all great and I was happy to share my thoughts from the other side of the world.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In this episode of the podcast #162: according to the non profit that oversees it, the first disruptive hack of the U.S. In this episode of the podcast #162: according to the non profit that oversees it, the first disruptive hack of the U.S. grid happened in March of this year. Also: Rachel Stockton of the firm LastPass* joins.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Which brings us back to Aadhaar and some rather unpleasant headlines of late, particularly the likes of The World's Largest Biometric ID System Keeps Getting Hacked. They claim that they're hack-proof. But claiming the service is "hack-proof", that's something I definitely have an issue with. Can you prove otherwise?

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

House Oversight and Homeland Security committees last week, SolarWinds’s former and current CEOs blamed an intern for creating a weak FTP server password and leaking it on GitHub – an act which may or may not have contributed to a supply chain hack that impacted users of the tech firm’s Orion IT performance monitoring platform.

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Jane Frankland

JUNE 20, 2023

In this blog, and ahead of my talk at Infosec this week , I’m delving into this, and giving you tips for recognising its signs and preventing it as a leader. This increases the likelihood of making mistakes, such as clicking on phishing links, sharing data in insecure ways, using weak passwords, or not spotting cyber threat patterns.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2021

Leaked data includes names, e-mails, mobile numbers, encrypted passwords, user wallet details, order details, bank details, KYC details (PAN number, passport numbers) and deposit history. Story – [link] #InfoSec pic.twitter.com/1xFOtLcd8F — Rajshekhar Rajaharia (@rajaharia) January 21, 2021. You leaked my own data too.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We see this playout frequently when major systems are hacked and compromised and when payment systems fail because of the absence of an organizing function. Developers want to go incredibly fast and infosec wants to be secure even if it slows down development. If you are hacked or crash, you perish in the new world. fastsecure.

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Pentester Academy

APRIL 5, 2023

Challenge Link: [link] User Information Use the following credentials to access LimeSurvey’s admin panel: Username: admin Password: password Tools The best tools for this lab are: cURL Netcat Nmap Python Zip A web browser Step 1: Open the lab link to access the Kali GUI instance. Step 2: Check open ports on the provided machine.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

If supermarkets can apply this type of thinking and control, how does this align with infosec & cybersecurity? This is why we have so many different usernames and passwords for all sorts of businesses and services. The post If Infosec Was a Supermarket Business appeared first on Security Boulevard. Download it on Github.

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