Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Also: Microsoft Will Bid VBScript Goodbye; Magecart's Novel Page-Not-Found Attack This week: Google began phasing out passwords, Microsoft to bid VBScript goodbye, payment card information exposed in Air Europa hack, Magecart attack uses sneaky 404 page tactic, U.S.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Windows Users Can Now Use Other Methods to Access Microsoft Products Microsoft has officially gone fully passwordless, allowing Windows users to replace their alphanumeric passwords with one of several substitute sign-in technologies to gain entry into a Microsoft product - a move received positively by industry insiders.

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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. In each case, the phishers manually would push a button that caused the phishing site to ask visitors for more information, such as the one-time password from their mobile app.

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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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Data Breach Today

JUNE 10, 2021

Facebook Passwords, Valid Cookies Some 26 million passwords were exposed in a 1.2 Data Includes 1.5M terabyte batch of data found by NordLocker, a security company. It's workaday botnet data but highlights a hostile malware landscape, particularly for people still inclined to download pirated software.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Vikas Malhotra of LastPass on Ways to Transition From Password to Passwordless Vikas Malhotra, country manager, LastPass, discusses establishing a password management program as the first line of defense in establishing user identity, followed by 2FA and MFA as the second step in the protection process.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 2, 2024

The UK is the first country to ban default passwords on IoT devices. On Monday, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to ban default guessable usernames and passwords from these IoT devices. Unique passwords installed by default are still permitted. This sort of thing benefits all of us everywhere.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ubiquiti , a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, network video recorders, security cameras and access control systems, is urging customers to change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication. Change your password. Click on ‘Security’ from the left-hand menu.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2024

Google addressed a Chrome’s Password Manager bug that caused user credentials to disappear temporarily for more than 18 hours. Google has addressed a bug in Chrome’s Password Manager that caused user credentials to disappear temporarily. Users can save passwords, however it was not visible to them.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Agency Says Hackers Can Use a Known Bug for Further Exploitation CISA is warning about a possible password leak that could affect vulnerable Fortinet VPNs and lead to further exploitation.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2024

Threat actors leaked the largest password compilation ever, known as RockYou2024, on a popular hacking forum. The Cybernews researchers reported that threat actors leaked the largest password compilation ever, known as RockYou2024, on a popular hacking forum. billion passwords from various internet data leaks. RockYou2021 had 8.4

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 11, 2021

Million Facebook Passwords Among Leaked Data; Raccoon Infostealer Suspected Some 26 million passwords were exposed in a 1.2 terabyte batch of data found by NordLocker, a security company. It's workaday botnet data, but it highlights a hostile malware landscape, particularly for people still inclined to download pirated software.

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WIRED Threat Level

JULY 29, 2024

Infostealer malware is swiping millions of passwords, cookies, and search histories. It’s a gold mine for hackers—and a disaster for anyone who becomes a target.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 29, 2024

Passwords are part of every organization’s security risk profile. Just one weak password with access to an organization’s critical systems can cause a breach, take down a network or worse. Whether we like it or not, passwords are here to stay as a form of authentication.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 27, 2022

FIDO Alliance Leader Andrew Shikiar on New Deal With Google, Apple and Microsoft Tired of keeping track of passwords?

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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. An ad for the OTP interception service/bot “SMSRanger.”

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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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Collaboration 2.0

AUGUST 26, 2024

It can be difficult to remember complex passwords across so many online services. A good password manager will do this for you. We tested the best password managers, which keep your credentials safe and simplify your login process.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 26, 2021

Malware Installed in Update Mechanism Enabled Data Exfiltration Attackers implanted malware into Click Studios' Passwordstate password manager update process, potentially exposing 29,000 users to exfiltration of passwords and other data, the company reports.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021. Every year, the first Thursday in May serves as a reminder for us to take control of our personal password strategies. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Poor Credential Hygiene Leaves Remote Services at Risk of Brute Force Attacks If remote access to corporate networks is only as secure as the weakest link, only some dreadfully weak passwords now stand between hackers and many organizations' most sensitive data, according to new research from Rapid7 into the two most widely used remote access protocols (..)

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KnowBe4

APRIL 26, 2024

May 2nd is World Password Day. Despite the computer industry telling us for decades that our passwords will soon be gone, we now have more than ever!

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 9, 2021

Pets, Sports Teams, Notable Dates and Family Member Names Predominate, Experts Warn Loving your pet and creating tough-to-crack passwords should remain two distinctly separate activities. Unfortunately, Britain's National Cyber Security Center reports that more than 1 in 6 Brits admit to using the name of a pet as their password.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

The Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords in response to hacking attempts against some of its users. The Pokemon Company announced it had reset the passwords for some accounts after it had detected hacking attempts, Techcrunch first reported. The company was likely the target of credential stuffing attacks.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2024

Is "RogerLovesTaco$24" a strong password? Everyone has a ton of passwords. They should be strong and unique for every site and service you use. Everyone knows this.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 28, 2024

Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 2, 2020

Researchers Call on Breached Companies to Revamp Notification Even after being notified that their personal data has been compromised in a breach, only about a third of users change their passwords - and most are not strong or unique, according to a study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, who call for changes in breach notification procedures. (..)

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 23, 2022

While Unencrypted Data Also Stolen, Experts Urge Continued Use of Password Managers The attack earlier this year that compromised systems and data at LastPass is more extensive than the password management software provider previously revealed.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2024

A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (Cisco SSM On-Prem) license servers allows threat actors to change any user’s password. The issue is due to an improper implementation in the password-change process. “This vulnerability is due to improper implementation of the password-change process. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

DarkBeam, a digital risk protection firm, left an Elasticsearch and Kibana interface unprotected, exposing records with user emails and passwords from previously reported and non-reported data breaches. Similar databases – large combinations of email and password pairs – have been leaked in the past. billion records.

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Dark Reading

MAY 18, 2023

A newly discovered bug in the open source password manager, if exploited, lets attackers retrieve a target's master password — and proof-of-concept code is available.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 6, 2020

Andrew Shikiar Describes Alliance's Latest Initiatives and How to Overcome Barriers Andrew Shikiar, executive director at the FIDO Alliance, offers an update on the group's efforts to reduce reliance on passwords and discusses how to overcome barriers.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 7, 2020

Ransomware Gangs Keep Pwning Poorly Secured Remote Desktop Protocol Endpoints In honor of World Password Day, here's a task for every organization that uses remote desktop protocol: Ensure that all of your organization's internet-facing RDP ports have a password - and that it's complex and unique.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This is not the first time Cisco products have had hard-coded passwords made public. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user. You’d think it would learn.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

Password Managers Remain Attractive Targets for Hackers Gen Digital, owner of the Norton LifeLock brand, is notifying more than 6,000 U.S. individuals that hackers might have the valid credentials for logging onto their Norton Password Manager after the company detected a credential stuffing attack in December.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 4, 2023

Amusing parody of password rules. BoingBoing : For example, at a certain level, your password must include today’s Wordle answer. And then there’s rule #27: “At least 50% of your password must be in the Wingdings font.”

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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. X Master Password Dumper that allows retrieving the master password for KeePass. ” KeePass is a free and open-source software used to securely manage passwords. x versions. x versions.

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