Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Unlike the four zero-days involved in the mass compromise of Exchange Server systems earlier this year, CVE-2021-42321 requires the attacker to be already authenticated to the target’s system. The flaws let an attacker view the RDP password for the vulnerable system.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. Apple has also promised that passwords will be a thing of the past, and passkeys will become available for iOS 16. Dashlane last month integrated passkeys into its cross-platform password manager.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 10, 2020

District Court for the Southern District of California allege Firsov was the administrator of deer.io, an online platform that hosted more than 24,000 shops for selling stolen and/or hacked usernames and passwords for a variety of top online destinations. An example seller’s panel at deer.io. Click image to enlarge.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows. In total, there are 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords. This is when treating the password as case sensitive but the email address as not case sensitive. There are 21,222,975 unique passwords. It'll be 99.x%

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Pen Test Partners

JULY 1, 2024

Versions before 4.4p1 are also vulnerable unless patches for CVE-2006- 5051 and CVE-2008-4109 have been applied. Use Strong Authentication: Enhance security by using key-based authentication and disabling password-based logins where possible.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers. The Zerologon vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1472 , is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon.

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NopSec

MAY 22, 2019

If you can’t apply the patch immediately, you can take the following steps: Disable RDP from outside of your network and limit it internally, if not required Block TCP port 3389 at the firewall Enable Network Level Authentication (NLA) However, NopSec strongly suggests you to apply patches immediately.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services. Unfortunately, users tend to leave these passwords unchanged.

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NopSec

MAY 31, 2023

A secondary mitigating factor is that many privileged accounts are members of the protected users security group, which has the benefit of disabling NTLM authentication for all member accounts. The ADManager Plus platform was found to be vulnerable to trivial remote command injection attacks, but only if you’re authenticated.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Out of Palo Alto, California, Cloudera started in 2008 by alumni of Google, Yahoo!, With the EDB PostgreSQL Advanced Server, clients gain features like password profiles, enhanced audit logging, and data redaction. Born from Google in 2008, the Google Cloud Platform is a leading cloud infrastructure provider. Microsoft Azure.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 4, 2021

Fortunately, there are various methods available to secure access to systems, including authentication methods, as well as controlling the information presented to a subject upon successful login. The account should have the strictest password policy in an organization. The Early Models. Access controls are not a new concept.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 10, 2022

These services require various information from the user, such as username, password and payment information, and retain details of our interactions with the service. Covering 14 years from Q3 2008 to Q2 2022, the figures show that in the last quarter the number of monthly active users dropped for the first time.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 27, 2021

This immutability can be assured by password protection and digital signing. The format’s popularity really took off when Adobe released it as an open standard in around 2008, which untethered it from the company’s Acrobat software. PDF security. Certified PDFs. If the document is changed the signature becomes invalid.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configure access controls with least privilege in mind, and use multifactor authentication.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2024

Researchers are also witnessing a rise in advertisements for phishing kits and exploit tools customized specifically for the Paris Olympics, as well as combo lists (a collection of compromised usernames and passwords used for automated brute-force attacks) comprised of French citizens.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Users can only boot and access an encrypted laptop or other endpoints after authentication , and MFA options include certificate-based smartcards and dynamic tokens. The full disk encryption solution supports multiple pre-boot authentication languages for global deployments. Key Features and Differentiators. ESET PROTECT.

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Cytelligence

JULY 30, 2020

Introduced in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Home Server, RDG addresses some of these concerns by enabling organizations to keep their RDP endpoint servers behind a firewall by exposing just the RDG server to the internet in order to forward the RDP connections. Implement account lock-out capabilities ; and .

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

By 2008, the USPS job exam preppers had shifted to advertising their schemes mostly online. Postal Service are breaking federal law,” the joint USPS-FTC statement said. In that 1998 case, the defendants behind the scheme were taking out classified ads in newspapers. Ditto for a case the FTC brought in 2005.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Organizations can help prevent their computers from becoming part of a botnet by installing anti-malware software, using firewalls , keeping software up-to-date, and forcing users to use strong passwords. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Examples of Botnet Malware Attacks.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 23, 2024

Illustration : Adobe’s bold move during the 2008 crisis exemplifies this benefit. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) To bolster security, organizations should implement multi-factor authentication (MFA), requiring users to provide multiple forms of identification before granting access.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

When you add this type of data to cloud storage, ensure your account is protected with more than just a password. You should also try to set up two-factor authentication for other accounts – such as your bank login, cryptocurrency platforms, and platforms where you have your personal information stored.

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

The module’s configuration includes OAuth tokens required for cloud storage authentication. In total, we found nine auxiliary modules performing different malicious activities such as file gathering, keylogging, taking screenshots, recording the microphone and stealing passwords.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2022

I knew very little about Windows authentication at the time, so when the other red teamer investigated the idea and told us it wasn’t possible, I left it at that. Traditionally this has involved various methods to retrieve plaintext passwords, hashes, or Kerberos keys/tickets. Luke Jennings ’ original 2008 paper on Incognito.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

The malware targets more than 70 web browser extensions for cryptocurrency theft and uses the same functionality to target two-factor authentication (2FA) applications. In addition, it collects Steam and Telegram credentials as well as data related to installed cryptocurrency wallets. Trojan.Mystic.KV 123:13219 185.252.179[.]18:13219

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In particular, the system.img file serves as the authentic payload archive used for initial Windows system infections. This information includes website login usernames and passwords, as well as personal autofill data such as name, address, phone number, company, and job title. This may be a bug; the authors probably meant 169.254.0.0/16

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Chinese APT groups used the PlugX RAT as early as 2008, but have modified the software into the ShadowPad RAT that exploits legitimate executables to launch the software and avoid detection. Use strong passwords. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA). Use web application firewalls to protect exposed web apps.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Born from two board members of AVG Technologies, Evolution Equity Partners started in 2008 to help US and European-based entrepreneurs in cybersecurity, enterprise software, and consumer-enterprise crossover segments. In 2008, the Washington, DC-based firm made a prudent decision by shifting its focus to cybersecurity. Sequoia Capital.

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Cisco Security

MAY 26, 2022

In 2005, I was lucky enough to become a Senior Editor at Tom’s Hardware Guide and attended Black Hat as accredited press from 2005 to 2008. were applied, as well as a standard WPA2 SSID for the devices that the device vendor had set up (we gave them the name of the SSID and Password). Network Visibility.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Wazawaka used multiple email addresses and nicknames on several Russian crime forums, but data collected by cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence show that Wazawaka’s alter egos always used one of three fairly unique passwords: 2k3x8x57 , 2k3X8X57 , and 00virtual. DomainTools.com [an advertiser on this site] reports mixfb@yandex.ru

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2020

These breaches left contact information, account passwords, credit card numbers, private photos, and more exposed. AWS has been criticized for its “any authenticated AWS users” access option and inconsistent access control list (ACL) and bucket policies. Since 2004, there have been 11,000 US data breaches. Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 2, 2021

Even the 2008 financial crisis was imbued with substantial safety nets for many of the organisations that needed to be bailed out. If you are using an online service for this purpose, then you must ensure that it is secured by at least two factor authentication (2FA). Are Cryptocurrencies a Bubble or a ‘Safe-haven’?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

The first computer password was created in 1961, when Fernando Corbató and his team at MIT created the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS). To ensure that users could access only their own files and programs, the team created a system of passwords that allowed users to log in and access their personal data.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For initial access, RansomHub affiliates often compromise internet-facing systems and user endpoints via phishing emails, password spraying, and exploiting high-risk remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities. Set policies to alert and prevent actions like copying sensitive files to external drives or cloud services.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. She connects him to any phone number he requests for free.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For initial access, RansomHub affiliates often compromise internet-facing systems and user endpoints via phishing emails, password spraying, and exploiting high-risk remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation vulnerabilities. Set policies to alert and prevent actions like copying sensitive files to external drives or cloud services.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Yet, devastating moments such as the 2008 U.S. User authentication with a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) approach is vulnerable to human errors and numerous types of cyber attacks. Blockchain Single Sign On for Leading Cloud Services Additional security is added by rethinking the username-and-password model of inputting credentials.

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