Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report advises organizations to deploy multifactor authentication throughout all systems and discourage password reuse. The combination of prominent media-reported mega breaches and less famous identity thefts have promoted the industry to adopt passwordless authentication methods.

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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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Passwords Password Management Authentication Technology 125

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access the information, and the data was not encrypted. It was founded in 2013 and operates worldwide but mainly in Ukraine and Russia. The leaked data numbers in the millions and was accessible to anyone who possessed the link. The leak has since been secured. What’s Happening?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Screenshot from the latest forum discussion about RepWatch in 2013: The CSV files appear to have included the same set of 350 million unique emails, separated into three groups: hashed, hashed and salted, and unencrypted files. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days. Watch out for potential spam messages and phishing emails.

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Social Engineering Passwords Marketing Phishing 145

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

The motion picture acquisition agreements, tax ID requests, and contract addendum scans all date between 2013 and 2016. Acquiring someone’s social security number or employer identification number is one of the first steps toward committing identity theft. Disclosure.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 10, 2019

Back in 2013, I was beginning to get the sense that data breaches were becoming a big thing. Increasingly, I was writing about what I thought was a pretty fascinating segment of the infosec industry; password reuse across Gawker and Twitter resulting in a breach of the former sending Acai berry spam via the latter. It's alive! "Have

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Data breaches Passwords InfoSec Accountability 278

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The next notification I received was for an earlier intrusion, the 2013 compromise of 2.4 The wargaming site I patronize had its forums compromised and the notification on the site described the, granted, low-level information compromised, though further compromise through password reuse was discussed.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

Those risks include: Fraud, spam or virus attacks Falling prey to online scams, resulting in data or identity theft Potential for negative comments from employees about the organisation Legal consequences if employees use these sites to view or distribute objectionable, illicit or offensive material.

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Media Accountability Authentication Passwords 52

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

You are often required to provide your email address, date of birth, first and last name, and a password. This is valuable personal data that can be used for anything from targeted advertising to identity theft in extreme cases. Now think about the type of data you enter when you create a new account on a website.

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Backups Passwords Identity Theft Malware 98

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Lack of access to security features, such as passwords for admins, may result in a data breach where unauthorized persons within the organization may access sensitive data and leak it to malicious insiders. Yahoo also recorded a breach that affected 1 billion accounts in 2013, where names and passwords were stolen.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In April 2013, I received via U.S. When I first encountered now-31-year-old Sergei “Fly,” “Flycracker,” “MUXACC” Vovnenko in 2013, he was the administrator of the fraud forum “thecc[dot]bz,” an exclusive and closely guarded Russian language board dedicated to financial fraud and identity theft.

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Cybercrime Identity Theft Accountability Passwords 212

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2021

I’ve written this countless times: keep your antivirus updated, click judiciously, practice good password hygiene. I first encountered consumer VPNs back in 2013, when I interviewed the founders of Hotspot Shield and TunnelBear for this news story. Related: Privacy war: Apple vs. Facebook. percent ten years ago.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Disasters and attacks for web service providers can result in emails, passwords, and more being published and exposing account user information. In evaluating doxing risks, users with compromised credentials must act with haste to change any other accounts carrying the same username and password. Hopefully, no pwnage is found!

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The hospital group is now offering affected staffs and patients one year of identity theft recovery services. The National Security Agency is offering middle- and high school students in the United States the opportunity to learn cracking secured passwords. million from $94.4 million to $237 million over the next five years.

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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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