Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2020

Someone had registered a new Netflix account with my email / password associated with my BeerAdvocate account. This email address & password combination has existed only in two places: my memory and beeradvocate's database. Not even a password manager.

Passwords 338

Passwords Accountability Password Management Backups 338

Spinone

JANUARY 21, 2015

Here is the annual list of the 25 most frequently passwords found on the Internet appearing to be the Worst Passwords, that will expose anybody to being hacked or having their identities stolen. SplashData has released its annual list of the most common passwords compiled from more than 3.3

Passwords 40

Passwords Password Management Backups Hacking 40

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2019

The hacker accessed user data, email addresses, and a 2007 backup database containing hashed passwords managed by the platform. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Pierluigi Paganini.

Accountability 107

Accountability Data breaches Passwords Advertising 107

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

DigitalOcean severs ties with Mailchimp after that incident , which briefly prevented the hosting firm from communicating with its customers or processing password reset requests. Federal Trade Commission was already investigating a 2014 breach at Uber, another security breach affected 57 million Uber account holders and drivers.

Cryptocurrency 294

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 294

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

The hacker accessed user data, email addresses, and a 2007 backup database containing hashed passwords managed by the platform. “A hacker broke into a few of Reddit’s systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses and a 2007 database backup containing old salted and hashed passwords.

Data breaches 79

Data breaches Backups Passwords Authentication 79

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site. Backup files for Lion Air and parent airlines exposed and exchanged on forums. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Adware 80

Adware Advertising Password Management Hacking 80

Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

. “Common password advice is to use a long and unique password for each website you have an account with. It’s challenging to remember a strong and unique password for each website without either using a password manager or using a trivially discovered theme. ” reads the advisory published by GitHub.

Data breaches 70

Data breaches Passwords Authentication Advertising 70