Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

We've also added 244M passwords we've never seen before to Pwned Passwords and updated the counts against another 199M that were already in there. The file in the image above contained over 36 million rows of data consisting of website URLs and the email addresses and passwords entered into them.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. Image: Amitai Cohen twitter.com/amitaico.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2021

One financial startup that’s targeting the gig worker market is offering up to $500 to anyone willing to hand over the payroll account username and password given to them by their employer, plus a regular payment for each month afterwards in which those credentials still work. This ad, from workplaceunited[.]com, Click to enlarge.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 28, 2020

Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. “2FA has proven to be a powerful tool in securing communications channels.

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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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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As small businesses increasingly depend on digital technologies to operate and grow, the risks associated with cyber threats also escalate. Tip 2: Implementing Strong Password Policies Weak passwords can be easily compromised, giving attackers access to sensitive systems and data. Cary, NC, Oct.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Allow me to be controversial for a moment: arbitrary password restrictions on banks such as short max lengths and disallowed characters don't matter. Also, allow me to argue with myself for a moment: banks shouldn't have these restrictions in place anyway. 6 characters. for my *online banking*.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Their ransom notes share stylistic similarities with SenSayQ ransomware, and their TOR websites use similar technologies. According to The Guardian , which first reported the incident,hackers may have accessed company customers emails along with usernames, passwords and personal details of top accountancy firms blue-chip clients.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

“This is the most significant technological and financial operation ever led by the Department of Justice against a botnet,” said Martin Estrada , the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, at a press conference this morning in Los Angeles. ” The DOJ said it also recovered more than 6.5

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2022

Passwords have become ubiquitous with digital. The humble password is nothing more than a digital key that opens a door. And they use passwords to open a device, a system, an account, a file and so on. Which begs the question: why do people create their own passwords? Hackers don’t need to hack in, they just log in.

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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. For organizations that have made that jump, sticking with a simple username and password to protect a globally accessible email server is far from good enough.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Linus Larsson , the journalist who broke the story, says the hacked material was uploaded to a public server during the second half of September, and it is not known how many people may have gained access to it. ” It remains unclear whether the stolen RDP credentials were a factor in this incident.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

Barely a day goes by without news of an elite hacking team creating a more stealth exploit– malware , elaborate spear-phishing attacks, trojans, and a killer array of ransomware that can take factories and other organizations offline, or even hobble entire cities. Cyberattacks are constantly getting more sophisticated.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2025

prosecutors allege Tyler Robert Buchanan and co-conspirators hacked into dozens of companies in the United States and abroad, and that he personally controlled more than $26 million stolen from victims. FBI investigators said the Scottish police told them the address was leased to Buchanan from January 26, 2022 to November 7, 2022.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

“No passwords” , “no bank cards” , “no content of communications (emails, SMS, voice messages, etc.)” The company said that passwords and bank card details were not compromised, it also pointed out that its customers’ communications were not exposed. .

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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. dubbed the “China Initiative Conference.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2025

Over 40,000 internet-exposed security cameras worldwide are vulnerable to remote hacking, posing serious privacy and security risks. Bitsight warns that over 40,000 security cameras worldwide are exposed to remote hacking due to unsecured HTTP or RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) access.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2025

A sophisticated supply chain hack targeting Oracle Cloud has exfiltrated a staggering 6 million records. The initial access was gained by hacking the login endpoint (login.(region-name).oraclecloud.com), Immediate mitigation measures include: Resetting passwords, particularly for privileged LDAP accounts. region-name).oraclecloud.com),

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Many facilities have not separated operational technology (the bits that control the switches and levers) from safety systems that might detect and alert on intrusions or potentially dangerous changes. “There’s no business case for hacking these types of systems. Information sharing is broken.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

But not long after KrebsOnSecurity reported in April that Shefel/Rescator also was behind the theft of Social Security and tax information from a majority of South Carolina residents in 2012, Mr. Shefel began contacting this author with the pretense of setting the record straight on his alleged criminal hacking activities. Image: U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

Sensitive data and trading activity of over 300K traders leaked online by international fintech firm Direct Trading Technologies. Direct Trading Technologies, an international fintech company, jeopardized over 300K traders by leaking their sensitive data and trading activity, thereby putting them at risk of an account takeover.

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Adam Shostack

MARCH 26, 2025

Every year, thousands of hackers converge in Las Vegas for a joyous, crazy exploration of the edges of technology otherwise fondly called Hacker Summer Camp. They include many communities with different perspectives, all with a core commitment to hacking and exploration. Were hackers.

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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

MAY 29, 2025

government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc. , vulnerability scanning and password brute force attacks) was being bounced through U.S.-based Image: Shutterstock, ArtHead. based cloud providers. My reporting showed how deeply Stark had penetrated U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

“The NKTsKI recommends that all organizations change passwords and keys for accessing their systems operated in LANIT data processing centers as soon as possible. LANIT Group (Laboratory of New Information Technologies) is one of Russia’s largest IT service and software providers. In May 2024, U.S. ” said U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Rather than using advanced hacking techniques, they exploited systems with default credentials to compromise target networks. Attackers also used it for code debugging assistance. “The tasks the CyberAv3ngers asked our models in some cases focused on asking for default username and password combinations for various PLCs.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2025

“The cyber threat actor Silent Ransom Group (SRG), also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, and UNC3753, is targeting law firms using information technology (IT) themed social engineering calls, and callback phishing emails, to gain remote access to systems or devices and steal sensitive data to extort the victims.”

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The details of the Krispy Kreme hack are still emerging, but the companys Form 8-K filing brought the incident to light, offering a rare glimpse into the challenges businesses face when their systems are compromised. The Krispy Kreme hack is a sobering reminder that no industry is immune to cyber threats.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

For us in cyber, how do we navigate these new digital threats especially when we layer in the rise of AI and deepfake technologies, and the stakes grow even higher? Deepfake Technology Amplifying Risks: The evolution and democratisation of deepfake technology have blurred the line between reality and fabrication.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Storm-2372s targets during this time have included government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), information technology (IT) services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, higher education, and energy/oil and gas in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East.”

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2024

In our digitally connected world, passwords are the gateway to protecting our online lives—from email and social media accounts to banking and private data. Yet, many of us still use alarmingly weak passwords or reuse the same ones across multiple sites, putting our digital identities at severe risk.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Problems arise for businesses when they base their access management programs entirely around passwords, however. Such programs overlook the burden that passwords can cause to users as well as to IT and security teams. Passwords: An unsustainable business cost. Users have too many passwords to remember on their own.

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