Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

. “They use lists of usernames and passwords gathered from the breaches you hear about nearly every day on the news. They’re also one of the main reasons you should be using a password manager to create unique and random strings for your passwords.”

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A similar tactic was used recently by actors looking to spread BazarBackdoor malware , but in this latest case, the purpose was to steal credit card information. One attack impersonated electronic retailer Best Buy’s Geek Squad division, even using similar HTML stylings as the actual company in order to feign authenticity.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

This bold about-face dumbfounded many longtime Norton users because antivirus firms had spent years broadly classifying all cryptomining programs as malware. DigitalOcean severs ties with Mailchimp after that incident , which briefly prevented the hosting firm from communicating with its customers or processing password reset requests.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The latter may be secured in a password manager, yet may also be stored in an open text file or cached in a browser, leaving them vulnerable to endpoint attacks. Passkeys are better than passwords Storage Passwords can be scraped from a text file or extracted from a browser cache.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A Harris poll reported that 59 percent of American users have birthdays or names in their passwords (information easily mined from social media accounts), two-thirds use the same password across multiple accounts, and 43 percent have shared a password with someone else. Do I Need a VPN At Home? Can I Install a VPN For Free?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Downloadable malware : When clicked, links in emails or extensions on websites immediately download malicious software onto a host machine. Sometimes this malware can laterally move through the network. Imagine you’re a retailer with 50 store locations.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Retail websites big and small can expect a lot of interest from shoppers looking for deals, and a lot of interest from cybercriminals looking to cash in on those shoppers, by stealing their credit card details with stealthy card skimmers.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Better network security monitors for authorized, but inappropriate activities or unusual behavior that may indicate compromise, malware activity, or insider threat. Application Access: A retail website can make more requests than human users on any resource. need to be managed both at the application level as well as the network level.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 3, 2024

For example, the largest file starts like this: That looks very much like the result of info stealer malware that has obtained credentials as they were entered into websites on compromised machines. But are (or were) the passwords correct?  It is strange that the Telekom password was already generated and should not be guessable. I

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2022

UEM is an attempt to bring together all of the different endpoint management and protection tools into one integrated console. As such, it encompasses areas such as antivirus , anti-spam, malware protection , ransomware protection , and mobile device protection. Gartner sees such consolidation as an overall trend. Key Differentiators.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

While direct customer facing businesses like restaurants and retailers have had to change their opening hours, adapt their business models or close their doors entirely, there are still millions of jobs that can be done at home, outside of the usual office working environment. Kaspersky detected 1.66 Noon.gen: APT groups. Online cinemas.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The vendor reports show that most attackers want credentials, most malware development is in credential-stealing software, and the market for stolen credentials is booming: Cisco: Found 54% of organizations experienced a cybersecurity incident; and of those incidents, 54% involved phishing and 37% involved credentials stuffing.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

And there are even more specialized products such as DDoS attacks, email databases, and malware. More retailers accept several forms of online payments. The malware installs itself in a system without its owners’ knowledge (or willingness) and then grants hackers almost full power over it. Use anti-malware software.

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