Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Experts found a new version of the Cerberus Android banking trojan that can steal one-time codes generated by the Google Authenticator app and bypass 2FA. Now the authors implemented the ability to steal 2FA code from the Google Authenticator app abusing the Accessibility Privileges. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2020

Any Indian DigiLocker Account Could’ve Been Accessed Without Password. DigiLocker provides an account in cloud to every Aadhaar holder to access authentic documents/certificates such as driving license, vehicle registration, academic mark sheet in digital format from the original issuers of these certificates.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2020

The company has over 4200 employees and accounts for over 90 million active users every month. ZDNet confirmed the authenticity of the leaked data. Tokopedia is currently investigating the security breach, it notified the users asking them to reset their account passwords. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The popular hacker group OurMine has hacked the official Twitter account of the FC Barcelona, along with the accounts of Olympics and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The popular hacker group has hacked the official Twitter account of the FC Barcelona, along with the accounts of and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

WhatsApp recently implemented Face ID and Touch ID authentication for Apple iOS app, but unfortunately, it can be easily bypassed. Earlier February, WhatsApp introduced Face ID and Touch ID authentication for its iOS app to allow users to lock the application using the Face ID facial recognition and Touch ID fingerprint systems.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As a tradeoff for enjoying our digital lives, we’ve learned to live with password overload and even tolerate two-factor authentication. I had a chance to discuss this seminal transition with George Avetisov, co-founder and chief executive officer of HYPR , a Manhattan-based supplier of advanced authentication technologies.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

The details of around four million users are now being shared for free on underground hacking forums, according to ZDNet that has obtained samples from different sources, exposed records include usernames, email addresses, and hashed account passwords (bcrypt hashing algorithm). ” reported ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Slickwraps has disclosed a data breach that impacted over 850,000 user accounts, data were accidentally exposed due to security vulnerabilities. Lynx0x00’s Medium and Twitter accounts have mysteriously vanished but, fortunately, the Internet never truly forgets. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2019

Threat actors targeted Office 365 and G Suite cloud accounts using the IMAP protocol to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Over the past months, threat actors have targeted Office 365 and G Suite cloud accounts using the IMAP protocol to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who’ve had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

The authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed, an attacker could impersonate any other citizen. The nightmare comes true, the authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed and a flaw could allow an attacker to allow identity spoofing and changing the date of birth. tax service).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

Bad news for users of the Microsoft Outlook email service, hackers have compromised the Microsoft Support Agent to access their email accounts. Earlier this year, hackers breached Microsoft’s customer support portal and gained access to some email accounts registered with the Microsoft’s Outlook service. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Cybercriminals offered for sale private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook accounts claiming of being in possession of data from 120 million accounts. Crooks are offering for sale Criminals are selling the private messages of 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts for 10 cents per account. ” states the BBC.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft revealed that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking. Microsoft discovered that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking because of using of compromised passwords. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

A new flaw was discovered in a WordPress plugin, this time experts found a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons to create admin accounts. Security experts from WordFence have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons that was actively exploited by hackers in the wild to create user accounts with admin permissions.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2019

Security researchers at Check Point have discovered several flaws in the popular game Fortnite that could be exploited to takeover gamers’account. One of the flaws is an OAuth account takeover vulnerability that could have allowed a remote attacker to takeover gamer accounts tricking players into clicking a specially crafted link.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Twitter announced that its users can protect their accounts with 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) even if they don’t have a phone number. Twitter is going to allow its users to protect their accounts with 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) even if they don’t have a phone number. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 25, 2022

Word is spreading of a compromise claimed to have accessed around 69 million user accounts. Back in 2014, “tens of millions” of Neopets accounts were said to have been traded on underground forums. In 2020, there were claims of ways to potentially gain access to user accounts. Neopets also addressed this.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following D-Link router vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog : CVE-2014-100005 Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in D-Link DIR-600 router (rev.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites (Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis) available for sale on the dark web. The Register revealed in exclusive that some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are available for sale on the dark web. “I need the money. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 26, 2021

This strain of malware dates back as far as 2014 and it became a gateway into infected machines for other strains of malware ranging from banking trojans to credential stealers to ransomware. Change your email account password. Turn on 2 factor authentication wherever available. Keep operating systems and software patched.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 18, 2019

I highlighted 3 really important attributes at the time of launch: There is no authentication. In the end, the path forward was clear - the API would need to be authenticated. The New Model: Authenticated Requests I held back on this for a long time because adding auth to the API adds a barrier to entry. There is no cost.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2018

Hundreds of Instagram accounts were hijacked in what appears to be the result of a coordinated attack, all the accounts share common signs of compromise. Alleged attackers have hijacked Instagram accounts and modified personal information making impossible to restore the accounts. Russian domain. Russian domain.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

million user accounts worldwide were using ‘123456’ as password, while 7.7 Another good practice is the set up of multi-factor authentication wherever possible. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2018

Thousands of account credentials associated with the popular file storage service Mega have been published online, The former NSA hacker Patrick Wardle, co-founder at Digita Security , discovered in June a text file containing over 15,500 usernames, passwords, and files names. ” read the post published by ZDNet.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Over 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked in a new data breach that the gaming firm suffered on September 20. More than 500,000 Activision accounts may have compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by the gaming firm on September 20, reported the eSports site Dexerto. ” reads the post published by Dexerto.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

A study released by the Government Accountability Office earlier this year showed that the State Department has deployed two-factor authentication to only 11% of the devices used by staff. Two-factor authentication is a legal requirement and also considered a bare minimum protocol for cybersecurity protection.

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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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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2020

A flaw in Cisco Webex Meetings client for Windows could allow local authenticated attackers to gain access to sensitive information. A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Meetings client for Windows, tracked as CVE-2020-3347 , could be exploited by local authenticated attackers to gain access to sensitive information. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 26, 2022

These communications on the backend of username and password login processes ensure users get authenticated by the overarching identity manager and authorized to use the given web service(s). Context: Authentication vs. Authorization. Service providers are the organizations and web services offered to users through a valid request.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. That same email address also is tied to two forum accounts for a user with the handle “ O.R.Z.” account on Carder[.]su

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Over 90 percent of the users identified by Google were targeted via “credential phishing emails” that attempt to trick victims into providing their password or other account credentials to hijack their Google account. It doesn’t mean that hackers successfully compromised their Google accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Elie

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This post looks at two-factor authentication adoption in the wild, highlights the disparity of support between the various categories of websites, and illuminates how fragmented the two factor ecosystem is in terms of standard adoption. How prevalent is 2FA authentication? reuse of passwords found in data breaches and phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. The malicious updates employed in the Zerologon attacks are able to bypass the user account control (UAC) security feature in Windows and abuse the Windows Script Host tool (wscript.exe) to execute malicious scripts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2020

name, mailing address, email address, and phone number) Loyalty Account Information (e.g., account number and points balance, but not passwords) Additional Personal Details (e.g., name, mailing address, email address, and phone number) Loyalty Account Information (e.g., stay/room preferences and language preference). .”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

UberEats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014. Exposed records include information such as login credentials, full name, contact number, trip details, bank card details, account creation date. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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NetSpi Technical

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This should be interesting to penetration testers, red teamers, and DBAs looking for legitimate authentication work arounds. You can execute commands and code on the host operating system in the context of the SQL Server service account using a variety of techniques like xp_cmdshell, custom CLRs, agent jobs, etc.

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