Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2025

The two infostealers allowed operators to harvest usernames, passwords, contact info, and crypto-wallets from victims, the threat actors sold this data to criminals for financial theft and hacking. Use a password manager : Simplifies managing strong, unique passwords across accounts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

Noah Urban, a 20-year-old from Palm Coast, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud, and identity theft in two federal cases, one in Florida and another in California. Prosecutors revealed that Urban and co-conspirators stole victims’ personal info and used SIM swapping to reset crypto account passwords and drain funds.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2023

According to the team, information about products, reports, emails, and user IDs was stored that way. Meanwhile, user passwords were stored in the MD5 hash format. Criminals use consumers’ leaked personally identifiable information (PII) for financial gain and identity theft. The leaked data is sensitive.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“Participating in the auction, you have the opportunity to buy more than 6.5TB of databases, internal logins and passwords of employees, a full dump of servers with emergency services applications of the city, access from city video cameras.” A judge issued a temporary restraining order to block his access to it.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2019

Foxit Software, the company behind the Foxit PDF reader app, disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ information, including passwords. Foxit Software, the PDF software provider behind the Foxit PDF reader app disclosed a security breach that took place recently exposing customers’ information.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2025

PSEA is updating policies, boosting security, and enhancing monitoring to prevent breaches and strengthen data protection. The company started notifying potentially impacted individuals. ” continues the notification.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

More than 22,000 users of Blink Mobility should take the necessary steps to protect themselves against the risk of identity theft. The exposed information could enable malicious actors to carry out identity theft, phishing attacks, unauthorized access to users’ accounts, and other nefarious actions. “In

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Script code snippet – Credit OALABS The attackers hope that the victim will save the password when asked by the browser, so that it will be stolen by StealC running. This can lead to identity theft, financial losses, and other serious consequences for the victim. Always verify the authenticity of received communications.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

“This is not even Information Security 101, this is Information Security 1, which is to implement access control,” Weaver said. In July, identity theft protection service LifeLock corrected an information disclosure flaw that exposed the email address of millions of subscribers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

Passwords are not included in the archive. He claims the data was obtained by exploiting the LinkedIn API to harvest information that people upload to the site.” The threat actor that is offering for sale the data shared a sample of 1M records as proof of the authenticity of the archive. ” reported RestorePrivacy.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

A man from New York has pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of computer intrusion causing damage. The maximum term and fine for one count of aggravated identity theft is 2 years and $250,000. The first thing to keep in mind is that every password you use should be unique.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The company responded to the incident by shutting down its platform, locking out the attacker, and securing the compromised server. The incident response included enhanced security, a hard reset on customer accounts, and the update of internal passwords and network keys.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Storing personal information in logs should be avoided, as it elevates their sensitivity level. User security log. Source: Cybernews The information exposed in this data leak could have been exploited for fraud, identity theft, phishing attempts, or as a source of data for meticulously targeted cyberattacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

The discovered directory included multiple database backups, each holding a significant amount of sensitive information about the company’s users and partners. The leak poses a variety of risks, expanding from identity theft to takeover and cashing-out accounts of traders. Cybernews contacted the company with our findings.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2020

. “The server was live at the time of our investigation, leaking Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data from people accessing private accounts on Le Figaro’s news website, and in some cases, their login credentials.” ” Experts pointed out that exposed data could lead to identity theft and multiple fraud scheme.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

This kind of attacks is very efficient due to the bad habit of users of reusing the same password over multiple services. The database is 72 GB in size, it includes 380+ million records containing email addresses and login credentials (usernames and passwords), and whether the credentials could successfully login to a Spotify account.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Leak data could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities, such as phishing/spear-phishing attacks, identity theft, and scams. Using a strong and unique password for each web service, a password manager could help you. Be vigilant on potential phishing messages that ask you to provide information.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As AI becomes more sophisticated, criminals are finding ways to exploit it, particularly in the area of identity theft and misinformation. Polish your password practices Using weak or repetitive passwords makes it easier for hackers to break into your accounts. One of the biggest concerns today is the rise of deepfakes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 30, 2023

The potential leak of financial details could lead to serious concerns, as often threat actors use the data to launch identity theft and other kind of social engineering attacks on the impacted customers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

Brute-forcing the passwords of LinkedIn profiles and email addresses. The leaked files appear to only contain LinkedIn profile information – we did not find any deeply sensitive data like credit card details or legal documents in the sample posted by the threat actor. Change the password of your LinkedIn and email accounts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2023

“ Credential stuffing is a type of attack in which hackers use automation and lists of compromised usernames and passwords to defeat authentication and authorization mechanisms, with the end goal of account takeover (ATO) and/or data exfiltration.” ” said Gal.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Online surveys designed to steal personal information. Unsuspecting online shoppers could also fall victim of identity theft of phishing attack aimed at stealing their payment card data. Do not click on links or provide personal or financial information to an unsolicited email. Use safe passwords or pass phrases.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

The dataset is extremely dangerous as threat actors could leverage the aggregated data for a wide range of attacks, including identity theft, sophisticated phishing schemes, targeted cyberattacks, and unauthorized access to personal and sensitive accounts,” the researchers said.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

.” According to the company, attackers accessed personal details of the users, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and also encrypted passwords. In response to the incident, the bidding portal has forced a password reset for all users’ accounts, both bidder and auctioneer ones. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

. “CMG is not aware of any cases of identity theft, fraud, or financial losses to individuals stemming from this incident.” “CMG takes the protection of personal information seriously and is committed to answering any questions that your office may have.” ” continues the notification.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2024

By safeguarding our information from cyber threats, we can all help keep the digital world we live in more secure. Password best practices One of the best ways to keep your personal data out of the hands of hackers is also one of the simplest. Create strong passwords. Here are some tips for creating unbreakable passwords.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2024

. “ In response to the incident, the County took immediate steps to secure its information. The county deployed an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tool across all servers and endpoints, enforced password changes for all users, and blocked traffic to and from identified malicious IP addresses.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Most organizations use databases to store sensitive information. This includes passwords, usernames, document scans, health records, bank account and credit card details, as well as other essential data, all easily searchable and conveniently stored in one place. Can’t come up with a strong password? What were we looking at?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Leaked sample data includes financial documents, invoices, hashed account passwords, passport scans, and more. The popular cyber security expert Kevin Beaumont first noticed that the company office in Germany had a vulnerable Citrix Gateway exposed online. The Medusa group has now published the stolen data on its Tor leak site.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The bad actors attributed to Chinese-speaking cybercriminals are leveraging a package tracking text scam sent via iMessage to collect personal (PII) and payment information from the victims with the goal of identity theft and credit card fraud.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By neglecting to set a password, a BMW dealer in India has jeopardized the entire network of car dealerships in the country and put its clients at risk. This could encompass customer information, sales records, and financial data.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. Apple has also promised that passwords will be a thing of the past, and passkeys will become available for iOS 16. Dashlane last month integrated passkeys into its cross-platform password manager.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) suffered a data breach that exposed the names, email addresses, passwords, and birth dates for thousands of police officers and applicants. The officers’ union, the Los Angeles Police Protective League, defined the incident as a serious security issue. ” reported the media.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Here are some examples of how potential attackers can use the data found in the unsecured Amazon S3 bucket against the owners of the exposed email addresses: Spamming 350 million email IDs Carrying out phishing attacks Brute-forcing the passwords of the email accounts. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

Passwords no longer meet the demands of today’s identity and access requirements. Passwords no longer meet the demands of today’s identity and access requirements. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed to improve security without hindering user convenience.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

comprised millions of confidential records including names, passwords, email addresses, passport numbers, national IDs, credit cards, financial transactions and more. Were such detailed personally identifiable information (PII) to fall in the wrong hands, it could have been used in the execution of a wide range of cyber threats.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

An attacker could use these URLs to access a user’s profile on the dating site without the knowledge of the password. Leaked data could expose users to several malicious activities, including scams, identity theft, blackmail and extortion, and of course attack takeover.

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