Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Microsoft warns that threat actors are using OAuth applications cryptocurrency mining campaigns and phishing attacks. Threat actors are using OAuth applications such as an automation tool in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and other financially motivated attacks. ” states Microsoft.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints. Technological tactics.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Ransomware. See the Top Rootkit Scanners.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The government alleges the men used malware-laced phishing emails and “supply chain” attacks to steal data from companies and their customers. But in the days that followed, several antivirus products began flagging it for bundling at least two trojan horse programs designed to steal passwords from various online gaming platforms.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

One of the threat types that surfaced and thrived since the introduction of cryptocurrency, cryptojackers are mining malware that hijacks and consumes a target’s device resources for the former’s gain and without the latter’s knowledge or consent. Password and info stealers. Ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 18, 2018

No one liked the use case where you typed in a password from a hardware dongle into your mobile application. LaSala: When mobile fraud first started, hackers tried to steal as many usernames and passwords as they could. LW: It’s the actual banking app, wrapped up with a crypto mining functionality on it? LW: Such as?

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . . ” The agencies provide technical details about the attack technique used by cybercriminals. .”

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

“ Malware then guesses routers’ passwords , which new research from Avast shows are often weak. In some cases the router is reconfigured to use rogue DNS servers, which redirect victims to phishing pages that closely look like real online banking sites. ” reads a blog post published by Avast. concludes Avast.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

The attack chain starts with phishing email using as an attachment the Excel document that downloads the DoublePulsar backdoor used to deliver the EternalBlue exploit. Experts reported that the Beapy malware also uses the popular post-exploitation tool Mimikatz to steal passwords from Windows systems.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

million customers impacted. million customers impacted.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. I advise anyone who is using an old NR [Near Reality] password for anything remotely important should change it ASAP.” In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. pleaded guilty to running LeakedSource[.]com

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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

These Trojans have the ability to steal your web browser history and inputs even as they use your computing power to mine cryptocurrencies—this type of Trojans are very recent and run covertly in the background; the only thing you will note is your computer lagging. What does a master password do?

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 | July 5th, 2023 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains A year-long phishing campaign has been uncovered that impersonates 100+ popular clothing, footwear, and apparel brands using at least 10 fake domains impersonating each brand.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Anti- phishing , anti-fraud and anti-spam features. Email phishing filter. Password manager. Detection Using Machine Learning and Data Mining. Though free alternatives are better than ever, premium AV software means more features like advanced password management, VPN access, and configuration functionality.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

As I started delving back through my own writing over the years, the picture became much clearer and it really crystallised just this week after I inadvertently landed on a nasty phishing site. In the end I broke it down into 3 Ps: padlocks, phishing and privacy. Here's the value proposition of a VPN in the modern era: 1.

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Brandeis Records Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Also, as I’ve suggested , fact denial and fake news—land mines under the librarian’s definition of info literacy—should be serious concerns for the RIM and IG professional communities as well, given our core principles of integrity and transparency. Should it exclude avoiding rogue apps, weak passwords, and phishing attempts?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked. ” SEPTEMBER. ” SEPTEMBER.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 7, 2018

Last year, I wrote a long piece on certs and phishing which I'll come back to and talk about more a little later on. Amusingly, this sort of thing hasn't stopped sellers of commercial Comodo certificates berating Let's Encrypt for issuing them to phishing sites , but you don't have to look far to understand why they're upset.).

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Instead of arguing about MFA strength, VPN vendor, or nation-state treat actors, let’s finish our conversation about using dedicated administrator accounts and unique passwords. Meanwhile QR-code phishing arose as a popular form of attack. As we shift to hybrid workloads, identity is becoming more complex.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

From bank transfer cons to CEO fraud to elaborate phishing and spear phishing campaigns, cyber criminals have been quick to use deception as a major means of infiltrating networks and systems, and for remaining undetected while inside. Text files containing false passwords are crafted and planted along attackers’ potential routes.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 20, 2020

Given the scope of the hack, it is unlikely the accounts were compromised via typical credentials phishing. Twitter was caught storing plaintext passwords in logfiles two years ago. A major portion of password attacks over the last few years have involved attacks against APIs. Karthik Krishnan, CEO, Concentric.ai

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In this case, that secret is her password and, well, just read it: My staff log onto my computer on my desk with my login everyday. To be fair to Nadine, she's certainly not the only one handing her password out to other people. In fact I often forget my password and have to ask my staff what it is. No one else has access.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Phishing attacks: Deceptive techniques, such as fraudulent emails or websites, trick individuals into revealing sensitive information like credit card and payment information, passwords, or login credentials. Cryptojacking : Unauthorized use of a computer’s processing power to mine cryptocurrencies.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Tulsa Tech hit by security incident (unknown) Indonesian and Malaysian restaurants hacked by DESORDEN (425,644) Samsung says customer data stolen in security incident (unknown) Yandex Taxi systems breached in bizarre cyber attack that caused massive traffic jam (unknown) Criminal hackers breached Overby-Seawell Company (unknown) Orange Cyberdefense (..)

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 15, 2019

” David said Truglia initially explained his wealth by saying he’d made the money by mining cryptocurrencies , but that Truglia later would admit he stole the funds. However, many online services let customers reset their password merely by using their mobile phones. “Gradually, I got to know Nick.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 29, 2019

Australian education provider TAFE NSW hit by phishing scam (30). Air New Zealand warns Airpoints members after employee falls for phishing email (100,000). Florida’s NCH Healthcare System is investigating the damage of phishing scam (unknown). French police ‘neutralize’ Monero mining virus as it spreads worldwide (850,000).

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Gary McGraw is a good friend of mine and I've talked to him about software security for almost two decades now. You need user education; you need to make sure that you recognize phishing and all that sort of stuff. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? It's worth everyone understanding its role.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Gary McGraw is a good friend of mine and I've talked to him about software security for almost two decades now. You need user education; you need to make sure that you recognize phishing and all that sort of stuff. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? It's worth everyone understanding its role.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Gary McGraw is a good friend of mine and I've talked to him about software security for almost two decades now. You need user education; you need to make sure that you recognize phishing and all that sort of stuff. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? It's worth everyone understanding its role.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 4, 2023

They do like crypto mining and containers and stuff. So seems relatively benign, but one thing a lot of people don't realize is that they have a detection for crypto mining and they'll just destroy the system. But one thing this group does with their core team TNT, by the way, is they actually still have some Cloud credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Vamosi: malware that typically gets deposited on your computer from say a phishing attack or a malicious website is sometimes just a shell. So perhaps Bitcoin mining Well, cryptocurrency mining was in their mind. Léveillé: So in the case of Kobalos, there was a password that was required to authenticate.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

As long as humans are well……human, phishing attacks will lead to ransomware infecting more and more networks, and businesses, municipalities and other organizations will continue to pay whatever they must in order to regain control of their data and systems. Ransomware will continue to thrive. The cloud will leak.

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Adam Levin

MAY 13, 2019

Because email isn’t deleted from most servers by default, this target-rich digital information environment is often accessible to anyone with a login and password–something that is regularly served up to hackers by the billio ns.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 22, 2023

VAMOSI: Let’s start with the definition of the dark web as opposed to the web we use everyday, either password-protected or open. You need some form of authentication to access it that might be through a login and password or through a paywall or other sorts of authentication methods. That is your private emails.

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