The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The Starwood hack appears to come in second in scale only to the 2013 Yahoo breac h, which affected as many as 3 billion accounts, while a subsequent Yahoo breach also hit 500 million accounts. The breach is rightly attracting attention of regulators in Europe and the United States. Satya Gupta, CTO and Co-founder, Virsec: Gupta.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 7, 2023

Most big web platforms turned 2FA on around 2013 and the only people using it a decade later seem to be corporates and expert users. The whole reason 2FA is needed in the first place is that password credentials are incredibly prone to compromise. Will Twitter, or any other consumer social networking site adopt push?

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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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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management. Partnering with SentinelOne , N-able launched its endpoint detection and response (EDR) and password management solutions in 2019.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Since the earliest iterations of email spam and predatory pop-up advertisements, consumers have been bombarded with common-sense advice to keep their anti-virus software updated, use strong passwords and be very cautious about clicking on email attachments and webpage links. Add to that widespread warnings to use social media circumspectly.

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

Weak Passwords and Password Reuse One of the most common ways attackers get in is by exploiting weak passwords and password reuse. Weak passwords —like short, simple, or common ones—are easy to guess or crack using brute force attacks. Real-life examples show how effective social engineering can be.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2 2013: The End of the Silk Road Authorities were able to trace the pseudonym back to Ulbricht thanks to the efforts of an IRS investigator who was working with the DEA on the Silk Road case in mid-2013. The FBI shut down the Silk Road in October 2013. billion in value.

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SiteLock

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

To this day, the most infamous exploit kit is one called Angler, responsible for infecting over 90,000 websites between 2013 and 2016. Some use social engineering, deceiving people into clicking a link they shouldn’t, while others create malvertisements by planting a corrupted ad on a reputable website.

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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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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

How Phishing Works: Social Engineering The term “phishing” is broadly defined as sending an email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. All of them rely on social engineering, a term that describes methods of deception used to coerce a victim into giving up valuable information.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Absence of a Password Policy for Employees – About 81% of company data breaches happened due to poor passwords One of the main O365 security concerns is password carelessness. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 70% of workers reuse passwords. How to make passwords secure: 1.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Click ‘File’ then ‘Add Account’ Enter your email on Outlook 2016 and newer versions or fill in the form (name, email, password) for older versions. Enter your password and press Ok. This process is similar to creating your account. Use Search to find and open the Mail Setup window. The storage is unlimited.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab. Eugene Kaspersky | @e_kaspersky.

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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. Things become even worse when social engineering combines with publicly available data to make it even more convincing. Have a “password” that family members can use to confirm a loved one is really in trouble.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

The man created the malicious code, a remote access trojan (RAT), when he was 15 years old, and maintained its infrastructure from 2013 to 2019. Law enforcement speculates hackers using the hacking tool to steal personal details, passwords, private photographs, video footage, and data from tens of thousands of victims.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

We have previously seen DustSquad use third-party post-exploitation tools, such as the password dumping utility fgdump; but we have now observed new custom C modules, a first for DustSquad, and Delphi downloaders acting as post-exploitation facilitators, able to gather documents of interest for the actor. Final thoughts.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

The first computer password was created in 1961, when Fernando Corbató and his team at MIT created the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS). To ensure that users could access only their own files and programs, the team created a system of passwords that allowed users to log in and access their personal data.

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

That is why hackers use social engineering tricks to pressure victims into paying a ransom. This type of ransomware reached its peak popularity in the years 2013-2018. Don’t provide your passwords to unreliable sites. The data can be anything: photos, videos, documents, emails, presentations.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The document contained a list of pornographic sites, along with passwords for access to said sites and would then spread itself and its NSFW content by emailing the first 50 people in the victim’s contact list. Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Tony got into bitcoin back in 2013 and has been investing in it ever since. This process, he explained, essentially self-selects people who are more likely to be susceptible to their social engineering schemes. [It Tony agreed to speak about his harrowing experience on condition that his last name not be used.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 23, 2024

List of in-the-wild 0-days caught and reported by Kaspersky over the past 10 years Social activity What never ceases to impress us is how much effort Lazarus APT puts into their social engineering campaigns. Is that really all this game has to offer?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2024

APT42 focuses on highly targeted spear-phishing and social engineering techniques, its operations broadly fall into three categories, credential harvesting, surveillance operations, and malware deployment. APT42 uses social engineering tactics to trick targets into setting up video meetings, which then lead to phishing pages.

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