The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2022

For this study, a data breach was defined as an intruder copying or leaking user data such as names, surnames, email addresses, passwords, etc. The scale is so massive that it makes up 15 percent of all breached users globally since 2004 (the year data breaches became widespread). Essential security tool.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2023

Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to quash at least 74 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and software. Two of those flaws are already being actively attacked, including an especially severe weakness in Microsoft Outlook that can be exploited without any user interaction.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

But new research suggests that while they have improved the quality of their products and services, these nitwits still fail spectacularly at hiding their illegal activities. ” Exactly what that “new work” might entail, Saim Raza wouldn’t say. ” A number of questions, indeed. . Image: DomainTools.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

Ne’er-do-wells leaked personal data — including phone numbers — for some 553 million Facebook users this week. Meanwhile, if you’re a Facebook product user and want to learn if your data was leaked, there are easy ways to find out. billion active monthly users. According to a Jan.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A vulnerability in Synology DiskStation Manager ( DSM ) could be exploited to decipher an administrator’s password. Team82 discovered the use of a weak random number generator in Synology’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) Linux-based operating system running on the NAS products. Do not use them for anything related to security.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2022

ConnectWise , which offers a self-hosted, remote desktop software application that is widely used by Managed Service Providers (MSPs), is warning about an unusually sophisticated phishing attack that can let attackers take remote control over user systems when recipients click the included link.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 5, 2021

Phishers targeting Microsoft Office 365 users increasingly are turning to specialized links that take users to their organization’s own email login page. Also, the apps will persist in a user’s Office 365 account indefinitely until removed, and will survive even after an account password reset.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

An attacker can trigger the flaws to escalate privileges in the product and obtain sensitive user data, including password hashes and API tokens. An attacker can trigger the flaw to read and modify page data, including plain-text passwords from login forms. ” reads the post published by Outpost24.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Public Wi-Fi users are prime targets for MITM attacks because the information they send is often not encrypted, meaning it’s easy for hackers to access your data. Once they’re in, they can grab your emails, usernames, passwords, and more. They might even lock you out of your own accounts by resetting your passwords.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Navigating the Digital Landscape: Insights from the 2024 Thales Digital Trust Index madhav Thu, 02/08/2024 - 05:04 In today's rapidly evolving digital world, the balance between a seamless online experience and robust data security is more critical than ever. This is indicative of a broader problem in the digital workplace ecosystem.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

In January 2023, the Faceless service website said it was willing to pay for information about previously undocumented security vulnerabilities in IoT devices. Notices posted for Faceless users, advertising an email flooding service and soliciting zero-day vulnerabilities in Internet of Things devices. Image: Darkbeast/Ke-la.com.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2019

Imperva , a leading provider of Internet firewall services that help Web sites block malicious cyberattacks, alerted customers on Tuesday that a recent data breach exposed email addresses, scrambled passwords, API keys and SSL certificates for a subset of its firewall users. Redwood Shores, Calif.-based

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Microsoft today issued software updates to fix at least five dozen security holes in Windows and supported software, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited. Also, Adobe , Google Chrome and Apple iOS users may have their own zero-day patching to do. This vulnerability is fixed in iOS 16.6.1

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

To boost productivity, they must leverage cloud infrastructure and participate in agile software development. But this also opens up a sprawling array of fresh security gaps that threat actors are proactively probing and exploiting. And it doesn’t take enterprise-grade security systems to accomplish this.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

The National Safety Council leaked thousands of emails and passwords of their members, including companies such as NASA and Tesla. The National Safety Council has leaked nearly 10,000 emails and passwords of their members, exposing 2000 companies, including governmental organizations and big corporations.

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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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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While this week was a little light on vulnerability news, it’s still been significant, with Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday happening as well as updates for major products, like Zoom. Your IT teams should regularly check your vendors’ security bulletins for any vulnerability news or updates.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has started a campaign to increase awareness of these risks to U.S. Implementing a culture of security and empowering employees to report suspicion of abnormal activity on information systems is key to stopping these threats early. businesses called #ShieldsUp.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2019

Google this week made it easier for Android users to enable strong 2-factor authentication (2FA) when logging into Google’s various services. and higher can now be used as Security Keys , an additional authentication layer that helps thwart phishing sites and password theft. a one-time token, key fob or mobile device).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

On Christmas Eve, Resecurity’s HUNTER unit spotted the author of perspective password stealer Meduza has released a new version (2.2). Under Christmas tree you can find great gifts such as significant improvements of user interface (panel), modal windows on loading and expansion of data collection objects.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 24, 2024

Data Security Trends: 2024 Report Analysis madhav Mon, 03/25/2024 - 05:08 Amid ongoing economic uncertainty and a progressively complex threat landscape, businesses are trying to navigate increasingly stringent regulatory requirements while bolstering their security posture. Next came Post Quantum Cryptography with 45%.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2023

Zoho is warning its customers of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-47523, affecting multiple ManageEngine products. Zoho is urging its customers to address a critical SQL Injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-47523, that affects multiple ManageEngine products. ” reads the advisory published by Zoho.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 11, 2024

This past week, both JetBrains TeamCity and Atlassian Confluence products have run into more hiccups as their string of vulnerabilities continues. JetBrains and Atlassian users should pay special attention since vulnerabilities continue cropping up in the same products. and iPadOS 17.4. The fix: Deploy iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

million Zacks Investment Research users was leaked on a cybercrime forum. A database containing personal information of 8,929,503 Zacks Investment Research users emerged on a popular hacking forum on June 10, 2023. At the time, the company added that it had no evidence that financial data has been exposed due to the security incident.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Software giant Citrix Systems recently forced a password reset for many users of its Sharefile content collaboration service, warning it would be doing this on a regular basis in response to password-guessing attacks that target people who re-use passwords across multiple Web sites. periodically). .”

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 5, 2023

On May 31, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed order against home security camera company Ring LLC (“Ring”) for unfair and deceptive acts or practices in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. The FTC’s proposed order would require Ring to (1) pay $5.8 The FTC’s proposed order would require Ring to (1) pay $5.8

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

31, 2023 — Ivanti , the tech company that elevates and secures Everywhere Work, today announced the results of its Executive Security Spotlight report as part of Ivanti’s Cybersecurity Status Report Series. 77% use easy-to-remember password hacks, including birthdates or pet names. Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 2, 2021

Countless Western Digital customers saw their MyBook Live network storage drives remotely wiped in the past month thanks to a bug in a product line the company stopped supporting in 2015, as well as a previously unknown zero-day flaw. “So some users might not decide to migrate to OS 5.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

The request includes parameters for a username (user=messagebus) and an empty field for the password ( passwd= ). The bad news is that owners of the device models have to replace them because the vendor will not release security updates for these NASs because they have reached the end of life (EOL).

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Online advertising firm Sizmek Inc. [ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. The seller included several screen shots of the ad company’s user panel.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

March 8, 2024 150,000 Fortinet Secure Web Gateways Remain Exposed Type of vulnerability: Arbitrary code execution (ACE). The fix: Fortinet advised users to disable SSL VPN until their FortiOS and FortiProxy deployments can be upgraded. can allow remote and unauthorized users to compromise the network.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2022

GitHub provided additional details into the theft of its integration OAuth tokens that occurred in April, with nearly 100,000 NPM users’ credentials. GitHub provided additional details about the incident that suffered in April, the attackers were able to steal nearly 100K NPM users’ credentials.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The disclosure comes almost a year after Citrix acknowledged that digital intruders had broken in by probing its employee accounts for weak passwords. It is perhaps best known for selling virtual private networking (VPN) software that lets users remotely access networks and computers over an encrypted connection. 13, 2018 and Mar.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2013, Yahoo suffered one of the worst data breaches in history, exposing over 3 billion user accounts. Yahoo initially reported that 1 billion users had been affected, but the number turned out to be much higher. While no plaintext passwords or financial data was stolen, the hack did expose answers to security questions.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 4, 2023

In a brief blog post entitled “The beginning of the end of the password,” Google group product manager Christiaan Brand and senior product manager Sriram Karra called passkeys “the easiest and most secure way to sign into apps and websites and a major step toward a ‘passwordless future.'”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2021

of Zyxel USG devices contains an undocumented account (zyfwp) with an unchangeable password. The password for this account can be found in cleartext in the firmware.” Impacted devices include Unified Security Gateway (USG), ATP, USG FLEX and VPN firewalls products. “Firmware version 4.60 Patch1 in Dec.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 31, 2023

John the Ripper is a popular password cracking tool that can be used to perform brute-force attacks using different encryption technologies and helpful wordlists. It’s often what pen-testers and ethical hackers use to find the true passwords behind hashes. For our example, we won’t need a powerful machine. Or at least a good GPU.

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