Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It's just another day on the internet when the news is full of headlines about accounts being hacked. This is when hackers try usernames and password combos leaked in data breaches at other companies, hoping that some users might have reused usernames and passwords across services.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 8, 2021

The most extensive data leak collection to date, dubbed ‘RockYou2021’, was dumped on popular hacking forums earlier this month. billion password entries, presumably obtained from previous data leaks and breaches. Cybercriminals can use the database to conduct password-spraying or brute force attacks. “Its 3.2

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

An internet outage impacted Orange Spain after a hacker gained access to the company’s RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing. The hacker, who uses the moniker ‘Snow’, gained access to the RIPE account of Orange Spain and misconfigured the BGP routing causing an internet outage.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021. Every year, the first Thursday in May serves as a reminder for us to take control of our personal password strategies. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Working with law enforcement partners in France, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Romania and the United Kingdom, the DOJ said it was able to seize more than 50 Internet servers tied to the malware network, and nearly $9 million in ill-gotten cryptocurrency from QakBot’s cybercriminal overlords.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

As the dust settles following the recently disclosed hack of NewsCorp , important lessons are emerging for the cybersecurity and journalism communities. China has enclosed its national internet servers within what is colloquially called ‘the Great Firewall.’ Password leaks are commonplace.

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PerezBox Security

DECEMBER 28, 2023

On December 2nd, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that an Iran-linked hacking group had been targeting US critical infrastructure, specifically US Water Facilities. Two harsh realities made this hack possible.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2022

In a survey conducted by broadband service provider Konnect, over 4 million people were found hacking neighbors’ Wi-Fi, if there was a down or to avoid paying a fat subscription fee. Technically, using an internet connection of a neighbor without permission is called ‘Piggybacking’ and is usually done to avoid subscription fees.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. But both SMS and app-based codes can be undermined by phishing attacks that simply request this information in addition to the user’s password.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2023

A researcher published a PoC tool to retrieve the master password from KeePass by exploiting the CVE-2023-32784 vulnerability. X Master Password Dumper that allows retrieving the master password for KeePass. ” KeePass is a free and open-source software used to securely manage passwords. x versions. x versions.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Everything connected to the internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. Use Strong Passwords & Two-Factor Authentication. With the multitude of online shops now asking you to create an account for placing an order or creating a wishlist, it might seem very convenient to reuse passwords. Good Practices for Passwords.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. The web shell gives the attackers administrative access to the victim’s computer servers.

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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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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

They are well-disguised, hard to detect in regular use, and are a favorite hacking tool for cybercriminals who want to automate the theft of online funds for themselves. What are Android banking trojans? The introduction screen when opening “RecoverFiles” and the follow-on permissions it asks from users.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

An annual report released by NordPass states that online users are repeatedly committing the same mistake by using their own name as a password, which could put their online identity at a major risk in coming years. The post Cyber Threat by using own name as Password appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

[This is Part III in a series on research conducted for a recent Hulu documentary on the 2015 hack of marital infidelity website AshleyMadison.com.] com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. Abusewith[.]us

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

“The attack can be performed without user interaction if the management interface of the device has been configured to be internet facing. An attacker can trigger the flaw by supplying carefully crafted username and/or password as base64 encoded strings inside the fields aa and ab of the login page. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

Researchers at AT&T Alien Labs have spotted a malware called Xwo that is actively scanning the Internet for exposed web services and default passwords. Experts at AT&T Alien Labs discovered a new piece of malware called Xwo that is actively scanning the Internet for exposed web services and default passwords.

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SecureList

AUGUST 14, 2023

Another tactic, popular with scammers big and small, phishers included, is hacking websites and placing malicious content on those, rather than registering new domains. Besides tucking a phishing page inside the website they hack, scammers can steal all of the data on the server and completely disrupt the site’s operation.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2023

Industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty disclosed technical details of five vulnerabilities that be exploited to hack some Netgear router models. “Team82 disclosed five vulnerabilities in NETGEAR’s Nighthawk RAX30 routers as part of its research and participation in last December’s Pwn2Own Toronto hacking competition.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) disclosed a data breach, its websites SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com were hacked last month. The SFO ITT urges anyone who even visited either website using the Internet Explorer web browser to change the device’s password. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

They aim to exploit modular, internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS), targeting software components like human machine interfaces (HMIs). The threat actors were observed using methods such as exploiting virtual network computing (VNC) remote access software and default passwords. ” concludes the advisory.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. Default passwords are bad, and you should be using strong, unique passwords.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2023

Experts warn of a severe privilege escalation, tracked as CVE-2023-30799 , in MikroTik RouterOS that can be exploited to hack vulnerable devices. The Mikrotik RouterOS operating system does not support brute force protection and the default “admin” user password was an empty string until October 2021.

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Webroot

MARCH 9, 2021

Pretending to be someone else, these hackers manipulate their victims into opening doors to systems or unwittingly sharing passwords or banking details. Once the criminal redirects internet traffic to malicious websites or takes control of servers, the damage is inevitable. The post Who’s Hacking You?

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Kilmer said Faceless has emerged as one of the underground’s most reliable malware-based proxy services, mainly because its proxy network has traditionally included a great many compromised “Internet of Things” devices — such as media sharing servers — that are seldom included on malware or spam block lists.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

million Pluto TV user accounts on a hacking forum for free, he claims they were stolen by ShinyHunters threat actor. million Pluto TV user records, he also added that the service was hacked by ShinyHunters. The dump includes PLUTO TV’s display name, email address, bcrypt hashed password, birthday, device platform, and IP address.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

A cyber survey conducted by the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed that ‘123456’ is still the most hacked password. million user accounts worldwide were using ‘123456’ as password, while 7.7 The NCSC discovered that 23.2 million users were using ‘123456789’.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2020

ZDNet reported in exclusive that a list of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. ZDNet has reported in exclusive that a list of plaintext usernames and passwords for 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers, along with IP addresses, has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Another year is ending and this is the right time to discover which are the worst passwords of 2019 by analyzing data leaked in various data breaches. Independent anonymous researchers, compiled and shared with security firm NordPass a list of 200 most popular passwords that were leaked in data breaches during 2019. Use 2FA if you can.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2024

A critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the Tinyproxy service potentially impacted 50,000 Internet-Exposing hosts. The vulnerability impacts over 90,000 hosts that expose a Tinyproxy service on the internet. and Tinyproxy 1.10.0. The issue is tracked as CVE-2023-49606 and received a CVSS score of 9.8.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2022

Upon compromising the IP camera, an attacker can also use the hacked device to access internal networks posing a risk to the infrastructure that use the devices. No username or password needed nor any actions need to be initiated by the camera owner. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Hikvision). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

. “Interestingly, due to a simple mistake in their attack chain, the attackers behind the phishing campaign exposed the credentials they had stolen to the public Internet, across dozens of drop-zone servers used by the attackers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing). ” reads the post published by Check Point.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Your IP address represents your digital identity online, hacking it not only allows attackers to access your device or your accounts, but it may cause even bigger damage. Your IP or Internet Protocol address is your digital identity on the internet. Cybercriminals are interested in hacking your IP address for various reasons.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2023

The file contained PostgreSQL and Redis databases credentials, including host, port, username, and password. Given that the databases are connected to the internet, it makes it easier for attackers to access them. Among the leaked data, researchers found Amazon Web Services (AWS) Bucket credentials – key ID and secret.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the Elasticsearch instance, researchers stumbled upon 16 indices named “hacked[_id]” that are likely Indicators of Compromise (IoC). IP addresses are used to ensure that internet communications are sent and received by the intended device. IoCs are pieces of evidence or data that suggest a security incident or breach has occurred.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

” Upon compromising the IP camera, an attacker can also use the hacked device to access internal networks posing a risk to the infrastructure that use the devices. No username or password needed nor any actions need to be initiated by the camera owner. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IoT). Pierluigi Paganini.

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