Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete the login process. And it was fairly successful, according to Alex Holden , founder of Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm Hold Security. million Italians. For example, on Oct.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

In January 2019, dozens of media outlets raised the alarm about a new “megabreach” involving the release of some 773 million stolen usernames and passwords that was breathlessly labeled “the largest collection of stolen data in history.” By far the most important passwords are those protecting our email inbox(es).

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 21, 2023

Secure remote access protects remote business communications that are otherwise susceptible to network and remote protocol exploits. Remote access plays an important role for businesses with remote workforces, geographically disparate branch offices, and limited technical resources.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2024

Threat actors accessed more than 19,000 online accounts on a California state platform for welfare programs. Officials reported that the security breach occurred on February 9, when someone logged into some BenefitsCal users’ accounts. Threat actors exploited reused passwords obtained from third-party websites.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Company's Source Code, Proprietary Data Stolen in August Breach Password manager LastPass says the attackers behind the August security incident had access to its systems for four days.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Company's Source Code, Proprietary Data Stolen in August Breach Password manager LastPass says the attackers behind the August security incident had access to its systems for four days.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2022

Apple , Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. “I worry about forgotten password recovery for cloud accounts.” Image: Blog.google.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Remote access security is critical for protecting increasingly distributed work environments, ensuring that only authorized users can access your valuable information regardless of their location. We’ll cover a range of best practices for remote access security, from the simple and the practical to the more advanced.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2024

A flaw in Microsoft Outlook can be exploited to access NTLM v2 hashed passwords by tricking users into opening a specially crafted file. It is an improvement over the original NTLM protocol and is designed to address some of its security vulnerabilities. with the release of Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2023.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

However, healthcare data ranks at the top of the list for needing improvements in security and privacy protections. Healthcare data security and privacy is a problem that continues to grow. The vast majority of breaches are the result of poorly managed access controls. Dealing with policy-based access.

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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 all-in-one real estate app MyEstatePoint Property Search left a publicly accessible MongoDB server containing the sensitive details of its app users.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire , a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. Constella also shows the email address zankomario@gmail.com used the password “dugidox2407.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Rarely do cybercriminal gangs that deploy ransomware gain the initial access to the target themselves. More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network.

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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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Troy Hunt

MARCH 10, 2021

Pwned Passwords is a repository of 613M passwords exposed in previous data breaches, which makes them very poor choices for future use. They're totally free and they have a really cool anonymity API that ensures no useful information about the password being searched for is ever exposed.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2023

A researcher published a PoC tool to retrieve the master password from KeePass by exploiting the CVE-2023-32784 vulnerability. Security researcher Vdohney released a PoC tool called KeePass 2.X X Master Password Dumper that allows retrieving the master password for KeePass. x versions. “In KeePass 2.x x versions.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 6, 2024

But researchers at Leviathan Security say they’ve discovered it’s possible to abuse an obscure feature built into the DHCP protocol so that other users on the local network are forced to connect to a rogue DHCP server. VPNs work by creating a virtual network interface that serves as an encrypted tunnel for communications.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2021

As digital transformation kicks into high gear, it’s certainly not getting any easier to operate IT systems securely, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses. Just as quickly, other lax security practices became the order of the day. Related: Business-logic attacks target commercial websites.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 8, 2022

The average internet user has somewhere around 100 accounts, according to NordPass research, meaning they have to track 100 different passwords or risk using the same one over and over. Users can share password files securely with encrypted transmissions. Vault health reports Directory sync Secure password sharing.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2022

The streaming media platform Plex is urging its users to reset passwords after threat actors gained access to its database. The company disclosed a data breach after threat actors have access to a limited subset of data stored in a compromised database. Exposed data includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2020

Late last year saw the re-emergence of a nasty phishing tactic that allows the attacker to gain full access to a user’s data stored in the cloud without actually stealing the account password. The phishing lure starts with a link that leads to the real login page for a cloud email and/or file storage service. Image: Phishlabs.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Oldsmar Used Windows 7, Shared TeamViewer Password, Didn't Have a Firewall The Florida city that experienced a breach of its water treatment system used now-unsupported Windows 7 machines, shared the same password for remote access and had no firewall.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Initial access brokers (IABs) play an increasingly central role in this cyber underworld. They search for weak points and perform the challenging, technically demanding work of breaking past an organization’s security, then offer access to the victim to the highest bidder. IABs can gain this access through many different means.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Russian internet and search company Yandex discloses a data breach, a system administrator was selling access to thousands of user mailboxes. Russian search engine and internet provider Yandex discloses a data breach, the company revealed that one of its system administrators was caught selling access to 4,887 user email accounts.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Remote desktop software company AnyDesk announced on Friday that threat actors had access to its production systems. The security breach was discovered as a result of a security audit, the company immediately notified relevant authorities. AnyDesk pointed out that this security breach is not related to ransomware.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Oldsmar Used Windows 7, Shared TeamViewer Password, Didn't Have a Firewall The Florida city that experienced a breach of its water treatment system used now-unsupported Windows 7 machines, shared the same password for remote access and had no firewall.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The Impacts of Both Incidents Appear to Be Limited Dell and Dunkin Donuts have both initiated password resets after experiencing separate security incidents aimed at gaining access to customer accounts. The impacts of the attacks, however, appear to be limited.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2024

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.” Then, they enter those accounts to abuse permissions, siphoning out data, or both.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2023

Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, warns that hackers breached Norton Password Manager accounts. Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, informed its customers that threat actors have breached Norton Password Manager accounts in credential-stuffing attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2020

ZDNet reported in exclusive that a list of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. ZDNet has reported in exclusive that a list of plaintext usernames and passwords for 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers, along with IP addresses, has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 26, 2022

Security Experts Continue to Recommend Password Managers As Security Best Practice Password manager stalwart LastPass acknowledged Thursday that a threat actor gained unauthorized access to its source code and proprietary technical information.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2022

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw (CVE-2021-20038) in SonicWall’s Secure Mobile Access (SMA) gateways addressed in December. Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-20038 , in SonicWall’s Secure Mobile Access (SMA) gateways addressed by the vendor in December.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions madhav Wed, 10/18/2023 - 05:25 This month is Cyber Security Awareness Month , highlighting how far security education needs to go in order to enable a secure interconnected world. How do passkeys differ from passwords?

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PerezBox

DECEMBER 28, 2023

On December 2nd, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that an Iran-linked hacking group had been targeting US critical infrastructure, specifically US Water Facilities. First, system misconfigurations allowed systems to be publicly accessible via the internet vs. limiting its access to their intranet.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 11, 2019

Politicians' All-Star Password Picks: '123' and 'ILoveYou' German officials say the suspect behind the mega-leak of politicians' and celebrities' personal details exploited their weak passwords to access email, social media and cloud service accounts. What can the security industry do to help address the password problem?

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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. Don’t save passwords in browser. Read next: Best Password Management Software & Tools.

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