Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

According to cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 , Megatraffer has been active on more than a half-dozen crime forums from September 2009 to the present day. Constella found the password “featar24” also was used in conjunction with the email address spampage@yandex.ru , which is tied to yet another O.R.Z. WHO IS MEGATRAFFER?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

RockYou2021, the largest password compilation of all time has been leaked on a popular hacker forum, it contains 8.4 billion entries of passwords. . What seems to be the largest password collection of all time has been leaked on a popular hacker forum. The same user also claims that the compilation contains 82 billion passwords.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The tsunami of passwords that exist across every aspect of our digital life means that there’s a thriving underground industry of cyber-criminals trying to get at them. This time passwords were lightly protected by the 1970s-era DES algorithm. Taking a password dump from a server isn’t, of course, the only route to compromise.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

Those records indicate the user Kerens registered on Verified in March 2009 from an Internet address in Novosibirsk, a city in the southern Siberian region of Russia. frequently relied on the somewhat unique password, “ plk139t51z.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The JabberZeus crew’s name is derived from the malware they used, which was configured to send them a Jabber instant message each time a new victim entered a one-time password code into a phishing page mimicking their bank. In the chat below, “lucky12345” is the Zeus author Bogachev: tank: Are you there?

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com Page translation from Russian via Google Translate.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

That email address and nickname had been used since 2009 to register multiple identities on more than a half dozen cybercrime forums. by an individual who used the nickname (and sometimes password) — “ Metall2 ” — across multiple cybercrime forums. of GandCrab. Vpn-service[.]us

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2020

Domain experts called corp.com dangerous because years of testing showed whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows PCs at major companies around the globe. This week, Microsoft Corp.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Kislitsin is accused of hacking into the now-defunct social networking site Formspring in 2012, and conspiring with another Russian man convicted of stealing tens of millions of usernames and passwords from LinkedIn and Dropbox that same year. A 2009 census found that Russians make up about 24 percent of the population of Kazakhstan.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

The dump doesn’t include Weibo users’ passwords. Weibo is a popular Chinese micro-blogging ( weibo ) website, it was launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it claimed over 445 million monthly active users as of Q3 2018. . The huge amount of data is available for 0.177 Bitcoin, approximately USD 1032. Good night.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

From 2009 to the present, Aqua’s primary role in the conspiracy was recruiting and managing a continuous supply of unwitting or complicit accomplices to help Evil Corp. “ Dridex “) to steal banking credentials from employees at hundreds of small- to mid-sized companies in the United States and Europe. indep: Yeah.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other password managers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other password managers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

comprised millions of confidential records including names, passwords, email addresses, passport numbers, national IDs, credit cards, financial transactions and more. Despite containing very sensitive financial data, the server was left open without any password protection or encryption. Plain Text (base64) Passwords.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 26, 2023

Lookout, which established itself in business in 2009, offers Mobile Endpoint Security solutions with millions of users and hundreds of millions in funding. Although the financial terms are yet to be disclosed on an official note, unconfirmed sources state that the deal is to be valued at $224 million, all in cash.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 30, 2019

If years of warnings about changing passwords and news of mega breaches hasn’t been enough to change the average internet user’s behavior, perhaps a few minutes spent browsing Shodan might. The post Shodan: Cybersecurity Tool or Hacker’s Yellow Pages?

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

The leaked information included names, phone numbers, emails, private communication via SMS messages, passwords, and employees’ credentials. Founded in 2009, the company provides luggage and passenger transportation services on many popular hiking routes, including the famous Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage trail.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

An ad for war.md, circa 2009. Constella finds that the password most frequently used by the email address dfyz_bk@bk.ru was “ filecast ,” and that there are more than 90 email addresses associated with this password. Neculiti was the owner of war[.]md Cached copies of DonChicho’s vanity domain ( donchicho[.]ru

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

How Strong is Your Password? Millions of British people are using their pet's name as an online password, despite it being an easy target for hackers to work out, according to a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) survey. A favourite sports team accounted for 6% of passwords, while a favourite TV show accounted for 5%.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

The group has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. The body of the messages includes a password to use to see the password-protected document.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 17, 2022

Since 2009, Facebook has supported myOpenID , which allows users to login to Facebook with their Gmail credentials. The same reasoning that is true for using the same password for every site is true for using your Facebook credentials to login at other sites. Log in to one account and you are also practically logged in at the other.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The group (also known as Cicada, Stone Panda , MenuPass group, Bronze Riverside, and Cloud Hopper ) has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. .”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. “a password-protected RAR archive containing a LNK file.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It’s unknown how the attackers were able to obtain the credentials for that account, but it’s possible the credentials were saved in one of the infected system’s browser password managers.” Next, the attackers logged in to the web interface using a privileged root account. ” reads the report published by the experts.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In the milestone 350th episode of the Shared Security Podcast, the hosts reflect on 15 years of podcasting, and the podcast’s evolution from its beginnings in 2009. They discuss the impact of a current hurricane on Florida, offering advice on using iPhone and Android satellite communication features during emergencies.

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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). Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don't use for anything else.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2019

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. “One file contains a public SSL certificate and the payload of the file appears to be encoded with a password or key.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The.shtml file contained an iframe that loaded PHP from a legitimate site registered in 2009. Using strong, non-dictionary passwords. Never reusing those passwords. Using a password manager like LastPass , KeePass , etc. Gee, thanks, Kyle. Legitimate, but compromised. The iframe and file download.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Attackers also employed an encrypted Chrome password-stealer hosted on ZINC domain [link]. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

The group has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. ” continues the report.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 31, 2022

Calendar to spam in 2009. As Bleeping Computer notes, a password manager with login functionality will help as the mismatch in URLs means login details will stay safely tucked away from harm’s reach. These tactics have been around for many years. Witness 419 scammers misusing Google calendar invites in 2011 , or even using Yahoo!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Network Solutions is notifying affected customers via email and via its website, it also requiring all users to reset their account passwords. This isn’t the first incident suffered by Network Solutions, in 2009 hackers stole over 500,000 payment cards from the company.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

For Charlet, the 2009 Operation Aurora cyberattack on Google was a watershed moment for the company. Using strong passwords and a password manager. They are working from home, managing through the pandemic and looking for vaccination info. Criminals leverage all of it, exposing people to scams," he said. Updating software.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

For users familiar with password management and the value of complex passwords, this makes sense. Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel like a password manager. The longer and more complex the encrypted message is, the longer it’ll take to decrypt. Homomorphic Encryption.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Number of data leaks from medical organizations, 2009–2020. When registering for telehealth services, always use a strong password; however securely the service stores data, a simple password can allow an attacker to gain access to it. The HIPAA Journal , which is focused on leaks in the U.S. Source: HIPAA Journal.

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