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Internet Archive data breach impacted 31M users

Security Affairs

The Internet Archive disclosed a data breach, the security incident impacted more than 31 million users of its “The Wayback Machine.” As of September 5, 2024, the Internet Archive held more than 42.1 Internet Archive hacked. million print materials, 13 million videos, 1.2 54% were already in @haveibeenpwned.

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Internet Archive was breached twice in a month

Security Affairs

The Internet Archive was breached again, attackers hacked its Zendesk email support platform through stolen GitLab authentication tokens. The Internet Archive was breached via Zendesk, with users receiving warnings about stolen GitLab tokens due to improper token rotation after repeated alerts.

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MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years

Krebs on Security

The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name. Caturegli said the domains all resolve to Internet addresses at Microsoft. ” from Moscow.

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Hi, robot: Half of all internet traffic now automated

Malwarebytes

If you sometimes feel that the internet isn’t the same vibrant place it used to be, you’re not alone. Bad bots comprised 37% of internet traffic in 2024, up from 32% the year prior. Good bots accounted for just 14% of the internet’s traffic. Bad bots do all kinds of unpleasant things.

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5 Key Findings From the 2023 FBI Internet Crime Report

The losses companies suffered in 2023 ransomware attacks increased by 74% compared to those of the previous year, according to new data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The true figure is likely to be even higher, though, as many identity theft and phishing attacks go unreported.

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Internet Archive attackers email support users: “Your data is now in the hands of some random guy”

Malwarebytes

Those who hacked the Internet Archive haven’t gone away. Users of the Internet Archive who have submitted helpdesk tickets are reporting replies to the tickets from the hackers themselves. Internet Archive, most known for its Wayback Machine, is a digital library that allows users to look at website snapshots from the past.

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MY TAKE: Securing the Internet of Everything: why self-healing devices are the next frontier

The Last Watchdog

Were just getting started down the road to the Internet of Everything (IoE.) Perimeter-focused defenses must be retired and the focus must shift to where the action is — at the furthest edges of the internet, where billions of IoT sensors and controls are proliferating — with scan oversight.

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