eSecurity Planet

JUNE 10, 2024

This lets threat actors change setups and access sensitive personal information of millions of Cox customers, such as MAC addresses and Wi-Fi passwords. The 8220 Gang, a China-based cryptojacking group, leveraged this vulnerability to take over unpatched servers for crypto-mining operations. With a CVSS score of 7.4,

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Schneier on Security

JULY 4, 2019

After I gave him the password to my iPhone, Moncivias spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram. Nothing on mine was spared. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

As much as I love this one friend of mine, nothing is private when we’re together. So, we can call this a Facebook privacy facepalm legacy attack. It’s a sad state of Facebook privacy news fatigue that the urge is so strong to create privacy fail sub-categories—but there you have it. You probably have a friend like this.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Before it was taken offline sometime in the past 12 hours, the database contained millions of records, including the username, password and private encryption key of each mSpy customer who logged in to the mSpy site or purchased an mSpy license over the past six months. ” Some of those “points of access” were mine.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 27, 2018

It began with a visit to the local Telstra store earlier this month to upgrade a couple of phone plans which resulted in me sitting alone by this screen whilst the Telstra staffer disappeared into the back room for a few minutes: Is it normal for @Telstra to display customer passwords on publicly facing terminals in their stores?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Privacy protections. Banking, privacy and identity protection. Privacy controls. 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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

“Using vished credentials, cybercriminals mined the victim company databases for their customers’ personal information to leverage in other attacks. Evaluate your settings: sites may change their options periodically, so review your security and privacy settings regularly to make sure that your choices are still appropriate.

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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

If your data and online privacy are important to you, and it should be whether you use the internet for social media, shopping, making money online, or learning, read this article with keen interest and apply the various “hacker-resistant” strategies discussed herein. What does a master password do? Yes, there are bad and good hackers.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Yet I also find myself constantly using VPNs for a variety of security and privacy related reasons and it got me thinking - why? In the end I broke it down into 3 Ps: padlocks, phishing and privacy. But as Scott said earlier on, having privacy on your traffic doesn't mean you're communicating with someone you actually want to.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 14, 2018

About six months ago, I got an email from a good friend of mine, who I’ll call Alex (not his real name). As attackers mine information about user appearance, likely passwords, and basic behaviors, more sophisticated behavioral analysis can help us determine whether a person, device, or system is what they claim to be.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2018

For years identity management has relied on three factors for authentication: What one knows (passwords). However, when analyzed by new algorithmic data mining methods, big data can reveal patterns, trends, and associations that can, among other things, relate to human behavior and interactions. What one has (tokens).

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I can't blame this on the teddy bears themselves, rather the fact that the MongoDB holding all the collected data was left publicly facing without a password. Yeah, me either, because most of mine are probably like yours: the simplest electrical devices in the house.

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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. Twitter acknowledges that it was relieved of phone numbers and email addresses for 5.4 million users.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 30, 2022

Four and a half years ago now, I rolled out version 2 of HIBP's Pwned Passwords that implemented a really cool k-anonymity model courtesy of the brains at Cloudflare. Actually, the multiple problems, the first of which is that it's just way too fast for storing user passwords in an online system. is the middle one.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 7, 2020

Yesterday, we looked back at cases related to passwords and Fifth Amendment protection, non-party discovery and mobile and messaging. Contesting the case, Six Flags argued it couldn’t be held liable unless the plaintiff demonstrated a tangible injury from the unauthorized collection, often a difficult task in privacy lawsuits.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2021

The 33-year-old Amazon Web Services (AWS) software engineer was also accused of stealing cloud computer power on Capital One’s account to “mine” cryptocurrency for her own benefit, a practice known as “cryptojacking.”. Password and token harvesting is one of the most common techniques in hacking.

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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. Remote access trojans (RATs): RATs can be used to remotely gain control of a machine, placing the user’s privacy and security at risk.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 17, 2024

Whether shopping online or saving valuable trade secrets to disk, we can thank cryptography for any semblance of privacy we may have. Cryptography is also used for common messaging applications like email and WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and maintain the privacy of users’ conversations.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 16, 2024

Hijacked compute: Repurposes expensive AI compute power for attackers’ needs, primarily cryptojacking, which mines for cryptocurrencies on stolen resources. Stolen credentials: Expose other resources to compromise through exposed passwords for OpenAI, Slack, Stripe, internal databases, AI databases, and more.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

The problem: The command line interface (CLI) for AWS and Google Cloud can allow attackers with CLI access to obtain passwords, user names, and other secrets used to access cloud repositories. However, most attackers observed exploiting the vulnerability hijacked the workload to mine for cryptocurrency. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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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. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? There's a real opportunity for vendors in that space to be like, "Okay, we're the ones that care about your security and privacy. Dennis Fischer: I think so too.

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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. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? There's a real opportunity for vendors in that space to be like, "Okay, we're the ones that care about your security and privacy. Dennis Fischer: I think so too.

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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. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? There's a real opportunity for vendors in that space to be like, "Okay, we're the ones that care about your security and privacy. Dennis Fischer: I think so too.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Of course, I do the update, but then later I have to go back to my privacy settings to see what Microsoft changed. Who else has access to something that's, that's not uncommon, interviewed that, for example, someone still had someone share Facebook passwords. Using that only show, they have power over someone. More than they should.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 29, 2019

Internet hosting provider Hostinger resets users’ passwords after security breach (14 million). French police ‘neutralize’ Monero mining virus as it spreads worldwide (850,000). Privacy breach at Massachusetts General Hospital’s neurology department (9,900). Malaysia-based Astro has breached customer data yet again (68,000).

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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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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Privacy is Personal The obvious place to start is to recognise that views regarding privacy are a very personal thing. And importantly, teaching them how to use secure passwords with @1Password ?? He won't be emotionally scarred, nor will he grow up feeling like his privacy has been violated.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

I've been involved with a bunch of really poorly implemented "Internet of Things" things in the past that presented serious privacy risks to those who used them. but the link to the privacy and security policies was dead. Wearco produces "mining consumables". mSpy leaked data. Wow - destroy them!

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 2, 2020

I hate to be vague (I'm usually super transparent on these things), but I'd also hate to disrespect the privacy of this organisation or land myself in hot water legally. We whittled the original 141 companies down to the 43 that were best aligned to the goals I outlined in the original blog post. Collectively, we agreed to put pens down.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

2019 is virtually over and a new year beckons with all the solemnity of the grim reaper for those who don’t have their eyes wide open to the persistent threats we collectively face in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity. . In the main, consumers and business leaders alike are more aware of cybersecurity and privacy than ever before.

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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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Troy Hunt

MARCH 3, 2021

"It is standard practice for passwords to be hashed. If the alleged breach has taken place as described, your passwords have not been revealed." If your password is "maga2020!" " This is misleading and ignores the simplicity of hash cracking. " (or similar), it has been revealed. Coincidence?

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

It didn't matter whether individual accounts had a complicated and hard-to-remember password, or two-factor authentication. If you are offered security and privacy options, it's because they decided you can have them. Your guess is as good as mine. It didn't matter whether the accounts were normally accessed via a Mac or a PC.

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