Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

Elsewhere, leaks in which passwords may feature prominently can run the full range of “secure password” to “plaintext data and viewable by anyone” When passwords are exposed, it potentially provides inroads into multiple accounts owned by the victim. Shoring up your passwords.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

The SBU said they found on Sanix’s computer records showing he sold databases with “logins and passwords to e-mail boxes, PIN codes for bank cards, e-wallets of cryptocurrencies, PayPal accounts, and information about computers hacked for further use in botnets and for organizing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2022

World Password Day is celebrated in May every year and is being done since 2013 as a group of Cybersecurity Professionals declared the first Thursday of May every year as the day to celebrate as the security day of our online lives. percent of accounts from being compromised.

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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. While no plaintext passwords or financial data was stolen, the hack did expose answers to security questions. This allowed hackers to breach many user accounts. Organizations must have a robust password policy.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 9, 2018

One of the most alarming trends I've seen in the world of data breaches since starting Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) back in 2013 is the rapid rise of credential stuffing attacks. Go and get a password manager (I use 1Password ), generate random strings for passwords, job done. (Of

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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. While big tech phases in new authentication solutions, Dashlane — a password manager used by more than 20,000 companies and more than 15 million users — made a full switch. The Natural Log-in Evolution.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 15, 2022

In 2013, we had pretend hitmen threatening murder unless victims paid $25,000 to survive their non-existent wrath. FBI Chicago released several good pieces of advice in March, which take into account the social engineering side of things: Never post news of upcoming travel dates and locations online.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Privacy and Passwords: Two-step verification is done by default, but multi-factor authentication (MFA) is recommended. Ring started in 2013, offering video doorbells that let you see and talk to visitors from your phone. Enabling MFA in the Ring app is recommended for enhanced account protection. Who is Ring? What is SimpliSafe?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Example of leaked email addresses: Besides the CSV files, the bucket also contained voice recordings of several sales pitches to digital marketers about RepWatch, which appears to be a long-defunct domain reputation management tool and may or – considering when the files were uploaded – may not be related to the CSV files stored in the bucket.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

The motion picture acquisition agreements, tax ID requests, and contract addendum scans all date between 2013 and 2016. While IndieFlix believes that the bucket has been publicly accessible since May 2015, the company has not found any suspicious activity or unauthorized access attempts to any of its accounts during the period.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2021

What these names have in common is that they have all experienced at least one breach in 2013—the year when threat actors started targeting organizations across industries to either steal data for profit or leak them to “teach companies a lesson about cybersecurity.” For starters, change your password. The New York Times.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Meanwhile, the suspect server was connected to the CDOT domain with an administrator account and the internet. Additional security features include IP login restrictions, session timeouts, 2FA, and account lockouts for brute force attacks. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

organizations between January 2013 and July 2019. What’s more the FBI reports that Business Email Compromise (BEC) accounted for an estimated $26 billion in cybercrime-related losses over a three year period. Two meaningful steps every person can take, right now, is to begin routinely using a password manager and encrypted browsers.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Lots of accounts including Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mr Beast, and a ton more getting hacked for a bitcoin scheme. Enable 2FA and get a password manager.

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Spinone

JANUARY 21, 2015

Since we are left only a month and a half till the Valentine’s Day it’s rather obvious to claim that password “iloveyou” is one of the nine passwords from 2013-2014. According to the recent reports, the passwords evaluated for the 2014 list were mostly held by users of North America and Western Europe.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

It's the address on Aadhaar's Twitter account , it's the first result on a Google search and time and time again, it's promoted as the site people should go to before doing anything else Aadhaar related. This is poor form as it can break tools that encourage good security practices such as password managers. Blocking Paste.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

Vamosi: One sunny morning in 2013. In 2013, we only knew that someone calling themselves Dread Pirate Roberts was running the site. This can be from your personal checking account or business account. Don't use familiar passwords seriously. Actually, the real hero of this story wasn't within the FBI.

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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Yesterday, Yahoo disclosed that attackers broke into Yahoo in 2013 and stole details on a billion accounts. Yahoo says users should change their passwords and security questions and answers for any other accounts on which they used the same or similar information used for their Yahoo account. You move on.

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