SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Strengthening identity security Enforce phishing-resistant MFA for all privileged accounts. Use Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions. Require 16+ character unique passwords stored in an enterprise password manager. Regularly audit and remove unused credentials and accounts.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this week’s post, we take a look at “in-the-wild” phishing attacks and talk about how to protect against a phishing attack and how to counter them. Phishing Attack Examples. Here are two examples of phishing attacks that were carried out. Data URI and phishing page. Using strong, non-dictionary passwords.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2024

The name "RockYou2024" pays homage to the infamous RockYou data breach of 2009, which exposed 32 million passwords due to insecure storage practices. A secure password manager can store MFA codes and autofill them, providing a seamless and secure experience. Ensure that new passwords are strong and unique.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2022

Calendar to spam in 2009. Calendar app spam leads to phishing pages. According to Bleeping Computer, it’s been abused to send phishing missives. The phish routine ends with that time honoured process of redirecting the phished individual to a real website afterwards.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

An example of leaked passwords included in the RockYou2021 compilation: With a collection that exceeds its 12-year-old namesake by more than 262 times, this leak is comparable to the Compilation of Many Breaches (COMB) , the largest data breach compilation ever. Watch out for incoming spam emails, unsolicited texts, and phishing messages.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The attack chain starts with COVID19-themed spear-phishing messages that contain either a malicious Word attachment or a link to one hosted on company servers. . The experts discovered the custom backdoor while investigating an incident, it was used by attackers for lateral movements and data exfiltration.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 29, 2023

During the attack, the cybercriminals may have had access to names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers (SSNs) of current and former OHC employees (from 2009 to 2023). Choose a strong password that you don't use for anything else. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you. Watch out for fake vendors.

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