Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

By 2013, new LastPass customers were given 5,000 iterations by default. Still, Palant and others impacted by the 2022 breach at LastPass say their account security settings were never forcibly upgraded. Palant said that for many older LastPass users, the initial default setting for iterations was anywhere from “1” to “500.”

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022, KrebsOnSecurity documented the plight of several readers who had their accounts at big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian hijacked after identity thieves simply re-registered the accounts using a different email address.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click “yes” to a Google prompt on his mobile device.

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