Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

It's the old "data is the new oil" analogy that recognises how valuable our info is, and as such, there's a market for it. As I said, our IT department recently notified me that some of my data was leaked and a pre-emptive password reset was enforced as they didn't know what was leaked. 

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

According to the market share website statista.com , booking.com is by far the Internet’s busiest travel service, with nearly 550 million visits in September. Booking.com said it now requires 2FA , which forces partners to provide a one-time passcode from a mobile authentication app (Pulse) in addition to a username and password.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Facebook told KrebsOnSecurity it seized hundreds of accounts — mainly on Instagram — that have been stolen from legitimate users through a variety of intimidation and harassment tactics, including hacking, coercion, extortion, sextortion , SIM swapping , and swatting. THE MIDDLEMEN. WHAT YOU CAN DO.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

I've been giving a bunch of thought to passwords lately. Some won't let you paste a password. I particularly focused on how today's thinking is at odds with many of the traditional views of how passwords should be handled. Now, here's my great insight from all of this: Every single minimum password length is an even number!

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week’s epic hack against Twitter. ” Twice in the past year, the OGUsers forum was hacked , and both times its database of usernames, email addresses and private messages was leaked online.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

USDoD claimed they grabbed the data by using passwords stolen from a Turkish airline employee who had third-party access to Airbus’ systems. In this scenario, the attacker temporarily assumes the identity and online privileges assigned to a hacked employee, and the onus is on the employer to tell the difference. Microsoft Corp.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

In June, KrebsOnSecurity was contacted by a cybersecurity researcher who discovered that a group of scammers was sharing highly detailed personal and financial records on Americans via a free web-based email service that allows anyone who knows an account’s username to view all email sent to that account — without the need of a password.

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. in 2019 , according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2023

To all those who are concerned about Netflix’s decision to ban password sharing in almost 100 countries, here’s a solution that appears to work for now. ’ Moving forward, the popular OTT platform will no longer tolerate password sharing as it significantly impacts its revenue.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 1, 2021

The hack gave the attackers access to the computer networks of some 18,000 of SolarWinds’s customers, including US government agencies such as the Homeland Security Department and State Department, American nuclear research labs, government contractors, IT companies and nongovernmental agencies around the world.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

A hacking gang known as Scattered Spiders soundly defeated the cybersecurity defenses of MGM and Caesars casinos. Scattered spiders In early September, Scattered Spiders infiltrated MGM and Caesars using a variety of relatively common hacking techniques. Reduce the amount of time a temporary password can be used.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2025

The new ransomware group Arkana Security claims to have hacked US telecom provider WOW!, is known for offering high-speed internet and competitive pricing in markets where it competes with larger providers. Compromised data includes usernames, passwords, security details, emails, and Firebase integration data. million accounts.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

These messages frequently warn recipients about a problem with their accounts, like a password that needs to be updated, a policy change that requires a login, or a delayed package that has to be approved. In reality, those usernames and passwords are delivered directly to cybercriminals on the other side of the website.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Android operating system is the most familiar operating system in the market. You may also like to read: How Hackers Spy On Hacked Phone? How To Detect and Secure Yourself Hacker's Most Preferred Hacking Techniques These techniques can be described as the most liked techniques of users to hack Android devices.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2020

The hacker claims to have hacked the company in March 2020, it has stolen just a small part of the company database. The hacker has shared 15 million user records calling for action in cracking the passwords that are hashed using the SHA2-384 hashing algorithm. This is the adv published by the hacker on the Empire Darkweb Market.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The MyEstatePoint Property Search app leaked data on nearly half a million of its users, exposing their names and plain-text passwords, the Cybernews research team has found. The app, developed by NJ Technologies, an India-based software developer, has over half a million downloads on the Google Play store and mainly serves the Indian market.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2019

They obtained the data by hacking any one of the hundreds of companies you entrust with the data­ -- and you have no visibility into those companies' security practices, and no recourse when they lose your data. Don't reuse passwords for anything important -- ­and get a password manager to remember them all.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

Asian media firm E27 has been hacked by a hacking group identifying themselves as “Korean Hackers” and “Team Johnwick”that asked for a “donation” to provide information on the vulnerabilities they have exploited in the attack. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, E27). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 23, 2021

Its spyware is also said to be equipped with a keylogger, which means every keystroke made on an infected device — including passwords, search queries and messages sent via encrypted messaging apps — can be tracked and monitored.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

LastPass is password management software that’s been popular among business and personal users since it was initially released in 2008. Like other password managers, LastPass provides a secure vault for your login credentials, personal documents, and other sensitive information. LastPass disadvantages: history of hacking.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

‘Hotarus Corp’ Ransomware operators hacked Ecuador’s largest private bank, Banco Pichincha, and the country’s Ministry of Finance. ?A “We know that there was unauthorized access to the systems of a provider that provides marketing services for the Pichincha Miles program. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

From Brian Krebs : A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. The arrest coincided with a seizure of the NetWire sales website by the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

And in March 2023, Faceless started marketing a service for looking up Social Security Numbers (SSNs) that claims to provide access to “the largest SSN database on the market with a very high hit rate.” The password chosen by this user was “ 1232.” relied on the passwords asus666 and 01091987h.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

In a recent posting to a Russian-language cybercrime forum, an individual who’s been known to sell access to hacked online accounts kicked off an auction for “the admin panel of a big American ad platform.” The company is listed by market analysis firm Datanyze.com as the world third-largest ad server network. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2025

. “MTN Group would like to inform stakeholders that it has experienced a cybersecurity incident that resulted in unauthorised access to personal information of some MTN customers in certain markets. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, MTN Group)

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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. Key Features.

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The proxy server allows attackers to access the traffic and capture the target’s password and the session cookie. “The revamped phishing kit is still operating under the PaaS model, with marketing and communications observed on ICQ, Telegram, and Mail.ru. ” reads the report published by Trustwave. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2024

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) orders smart device manufacturers to ban default passwords starting from April 29, 2024. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging manufacturers of smart devices to comply with new legislation that bans default passwords. ” reads the announcement published by NCSC.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

A federal court has ruled that violating a website's tems of service is not "hacking" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The plaintiffs wanted to investigate possible racial discrimination in online job markets by creating accounts for fake employers and job seekers.

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

The Telegram black market: what’s on offer After reviewing phishers’ Telegram channels that we detected, we broke down the services they promoted into paid and free. We filled in the login and password fields in the screenshot below. An OTP (one-time password) bot is another service available by subscription.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The data in this story come from a trusted source in the security industry who has visibility into a network of hacked machines that fraudsters in just about every corner of the Internet are using to anonymize their malicious Web traffic. ” On top of that, it’s also difficult to know how much activity you’re not seeing.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Justice Department this week indicted seven Chinese nationals for a decade-long hacking spree that targeted more than 100 high-tech and online gaming companies. Security firm FireEye dubbed that hacking blitz “one of the broadest campaigns by a Chinese cyber espionage actor we have observed in recent years.” Image: FBI.

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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. So, what’s the best way to keep your Wi-Fi router safe and well protected from neighbor hacks. Change the default router password.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

, the UK’s leading consumer awareness and review site, say that smart devices could be exposed to over 12,000 hacking and unknown scanning attacks in a single week. The BBC has highlighted three new rules under this bill: Easy-to-guess default passwords preloaded on devices are banned. Firms that don’t comply will face huge fines.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

If you’re looking for a password manager for your business, Bitwarden and LastPass might be on your list of potential solutions. Both vendors will help you and your employees store access credentials, improve password health, and share sensitive information securely. PBKDF2 SHA-256 encryption for master passwords.

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