Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

At Malwarebytes we’ve been telling people for years not to reuse passwords, and that a password manager is a secure way of remembering all the passwords you need for your online accounts. But we also know that a password manager can be overwhelming, especially when you’re just getting started.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Bitwarden open-source password management service has introduced a new inline auto-fill menu that addresses the risk of user credentials being stolen through malicious form fields. [.]

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The consequences of last year's LastPass breach continue to be felt, with the latest insult to users coming in the form of a highly convincing phishing email. Although the " unauthorized party" that compromised LastPass users' data was able to steal password vaults, it's likely that they are having a hard time cracking them open.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 20, 2022

A poor password at the highest levels of an organisation can cost a company millions in losses. Recent findings show that half of IT leaders store passwords in shared documents. On top of that, it seems that folks at executive level are not picking good passwords either. Are CEOs naming their passwords after themselves?

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 2, 2023

With phishing-based credentials theft on the rise, 1Password CPO Steve Won explains why the endgame is to 'eliminate’ passwords entirely. The post 1Password is looking to a password-free future. Here’s why appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

Credential stuffing is the automated injection of stolen username and password pairs in to website login forms, in order to fraudulently gain access to user accounts. Using a forum or social media account to send phishing messages or spam. Start using a password manager. No more passwords. What can users do?

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2022

Even though World Password Day is over, it's never too late to remind your end-users that weak, unimaginative, and easy-to-guess passwords—like "123456," "qwerty," and, well… "password"—are poor options for securing accounts and devices. Improving password best practices matters.

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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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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2023

A particularly nasty slice of phishing, scamming, and social engineering is responsible for DoorDash drivers losing a group total of around $950k. How to avoid phishing Block known bad websites. Malwarebytes DNS filtering blocks malicious websites used for phishing attacks, as well as websites used to spread or control malware.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

World Password Day is today, reminding us of the value of solid passwords, and good password practices generally. You can’t go wrong shoring up a leaky password line of defence though, so without further ado: let’s get right to it. The problem with passwords. Shoring up your passwords.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team posted an article stating that they have been tracking a widespread credential phishing campaign using open redirector links. By modifying the URL value to a malicious site, an attacker may successfully launch a phishing scam and steal user credentials. Credential phishing.

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Identity IQ

MAY 15, 2021

Passwords are your first line of defense for protecting your digital identity. As important as they are, however, about 52 percent of people still use the same passwords across multiple accounts and 24 percent use a variation of common passwords that are easy to hack. Hackers employ different strategies to steal your passwords.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2023

The clickable link leads to an imitation EE site which asks for the visitor’s email address and password. Subsequent pages ask for the kind of details typically covered by any phishing scam, such as name, date of birth, and email address. And follow the tips below on how to avoid phishing attacks. Use a password manager.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 30, 2021

Click Studios, the Australian software firm which confirmed a supply chain attack affecting its Passwordstate password management application, has warned customers of an ongoing phishing attack by an unknown threat actor. "We

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 20, 2020

LogMeIn is the parent company of LastPass, so attackers may also be attempting to access the password managers of compromised users, says Abnormal Security.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

A spear-phishing attack this week hooked a customer service employee at GoDaddy.com , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. 49 (that domain is hobbled here because it is currently flagged as hosting a phishing site). It was starting to look like someone had gotten phished.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2021

Phishing scammers love well known brand names, because people trust them, and their email designs are easy to rip off. Earlier this year, DocuSign specifically warned about phishing campaigns using its brand. We’ve included some examples of DocuSign phishing campaigns below. Real DocuSign emails used for phishing.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Group-IB cybersecurity researchers recently identified several Russian-speaking cybercrime groups offering infostealing malware-as-a-service (MaaS), resulting in the theft of more than 50 million passwords thus far. ” Also read: Complete Guide to Phishing Attacks: What Are the Different Types and Defenses? Last month, the U.S.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 28, 2021

Click Studios, the software company behind the Passwordstate enterprise password manager, is warning customers of ongoing phishing attacks targeting them with updated Moserpass malware. [.].

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Armorblox discovered a new phishing campaign aimed at American Express customers. Armorblox researchers uncovered a new phishing campaign that is targeting American Express customers. The page was crafted to request the victims to enter their user ID and password. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I have an embarrassing confession to make: I reuse passwords. I am not a heavy re-user, nothing crazy, I use a password manager to handle most of my credentials but I still reuse the odd password from time to time. It seems obvious and important therefore to tell users not to reuse passwords.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This week: a China-linked cyber espionage campaign targets critical entities in Australia and the South China Sea, password manager LastPass gets hacked (again), and more. . The post The Week in Cybersecurity: Cyber espionage operation fueled for months by targeted phishing attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

An annual report released by NordPass states that online users are repeatedly committing the same mistake by using their own name as a password, which could put their online identity at a major risk in coming years. The post Cyber Threat by using own name as Password appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

In our most recent Remote Sessions webcast, Roger Grimes, computer security expert and Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, gave a deep dive on phishing and how to properly mitigate and prevent phishing attacks. What is phishing? Also known as spamming, phishing is typically done through email, SMS, and phone attacks.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

However, research indicates that phishing attacks are the most common threat — by far. Microsoft’s “ Security Intelligence Report, Volume 24 ” shows a 250% increase in the number of phishing emails and attacks since 2018. To avoid becoming a victim, it’s critical to prevent phishing attacks. Pick a Strong Password Manager.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

The Dutch police announced that they arrested two Dutch citizens, aged 24 and 15, for developing and selling phishing panels. For cybercriminals that lacked the technical knowledge or means, the Fraud Family also offered to host the phishing sites and backend panels. 2FA bypass.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Anti-phishing tools. Enhanced phishing protection, by way of Smartscreen, is the name of the game, and Microsoft is all too happy to explain the changes. Smartscreen is a Windows feature which helps ward off bogus sites phishing for personal data and payment information.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 24, 2022

In an email sent to its users, Plex has revealed that a cybercriminal accessed some customer data, including emails and encrypted passwords. We immediately began an investigation and it does appear that a third-party was able to access a limited subset of data that includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords. What to do.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 25, 2024

Vans says there’s no evidence suggesting any actual impact on any individual consumer whose personal data were part of the affected data set, but it does warn about phishing and fraud attempts which could lead to identity theft. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2021

A common sentiment, shared by many people down the years, is that storing passwords in browsers is a bad idea. Malware, for example, would specifically target password storage in browsers and plunder everything in sight. Password managers weren’t exactly flying off the shelves back in 2007, your only real options were home grown.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2024

” and: “No payment information or passwords were involved.” Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you. Take your time.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But conventional protection solutions, like password security, fall short when it comes to efficacy. We have a lot of thoughts on passkeys – some of which we’ve shared in other posts in this passkey blog series – and today we’re going to explore how passkeys stack up against passwords from the perspective of cloud platforms.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

Every business needs a secure way to collect, manage, and authenticate passwords. Storing passwords in the browser and sending one-time access codes by SMS or authenticator apps can be bypassed by phishing. Unfortunately, no method is foolproof. To read this article in full, please click here

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2024

Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password.

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Pen Test Partners

DECEMBER 11, 2023

TL;DR Adversary in the Middle and email phishing attacks are re-purposed to steal MFA tokens from target users. The most common toolkit used for AiTM phishing is Evilginx, and version 3.0 of this tool offers Improved TLS certificate management, iFrame embedding and URL redirection through JavaScript.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2018

Google has not had any of its 85,000+ employees successfully phished on their work-related accounts since early 2017, when it began requiring all employees to use physical Security Keys in place of passwords and one-time codes, the company told KrebsOnSecurity. A YubiKey Security Key made by Yubico. a mobile device). a mobile device).

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 18, 2024

Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password.

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