The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

In the not too distant future, each one of us will need to give pause, on a daily basis, to duly consider how we purchase and use Internet of Things devices and services. Only when we demand it, will the Internet of Things achieve a level of trust that makes it stable. This is coming. This time the stakes are too high. Talk more soon.

Internet 189

Internet Internet IoT Energy and Utilities 189

Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

Norse imploded rather suddenly in 2016 following a series of managerial missteps and funding debacles. By 2014 it was throwing lavish parties at top Internet security conferences. “Frigg not only shows background checks, but social profiles and a person’s entire internet footprint, too. Remember Norse Corp. ,

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Surveillance Computers and Electronics Internet Internet 327

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 15, 2021

A little bit of a change of pace this week with the video being solely on the events unfolding around removing content, people and even entire platforms from the internet. These are significant events in history, regardless of your political persuasion, and they're likely to have a very long-lasting impact on the way we communicate online.

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Password Management Internet Internet Accountability 269

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

In July 2018, email users around the world began complaining of receiving spam which began with a password the recipient used at some point in the past and threatened to release embarrassing videos of the recipient unless a bitcoin ransom was paid. EARLY WARNING SIGNS.

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DNS Internet Internet Computers and Electronics 269

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as usernames and passwords needed to remotely connect to the target’s network. But in February 2016, Babam joined Verified , another Russian-language crime forum. com (2017).

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Ransomware Passwords Accountability Cybercrime 348

Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

“On top of the password re-use, the data shows a great insight into her professional and personal Internet usage,” Holden wrote in a blog post on Witte’s arrest. “Many in the gang not only knew her gender but her name too,” Holden wrote. “Several group members had AllaWitte folders with data.

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Cybercrime Ransomware Passwords Banking 355

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows. In total, there are 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords. This is when treating the password as case sensitive but the email address as not case sensitive. There are 21,222,975 unique passwords. It'll be 99.x%

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Data breaches Passwords Password Management Accountability 280

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to the latest figures (PDF) released by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the reported losses from BEC scams continue to dwarf other cybercrime loss categories, increasing to $1.86 “You can provide us accounting data for the access to any company, for example, login and password to RDP, VPN, corporate email, etc.

Ransomware 363

Ransomware Social Engineering Cybercrime Scams 363

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

A historic records search at Domaintools on that tosaka1027@gmail.com address says it was used to register 24 Internet domain names , including at least seven that have been conclusively tied to the spread of powerful Android mobile malware. com 2016-02-18 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com and rurimeter[.]com com , buydudu[.]com

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Mobile Technology Manufacturing Malware 275

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2022

In this analysis we’ll take a closer look at the Internet connected infrastructure behind the U.S Election 2016 campaign in terms of malicious activity and offer practical and relevant including actionable threat intelligence on their whereabouts. Elections 2016 campaign: linuxkrnl[.]net. password-google[.]com.

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Accountability DNS Phishing Social Engineering 96

Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

In a typical PPI network, clients will submit their malware—a spambot or password-stealing Trojan, for example —to the service, which in turn charges per thousand successful installations, with the price depending on the requested geographic location of the desired victims. The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016.

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Passwords Malware Internet Internet 306

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2018

What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? no password). And because users are not required to set a secure password in the initial setup phase, it is likely that a large number of devices are accessible via these default credentials.

Computers and Electronics 234

Computers and Electronics IoT Passwords Internet 234

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2019

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS the most widely-used Internet protocols. The security researcher Gynvael Coldwind (@voltagex) discovered that the stored attributes can include user usernames and passwords. url metadata attribute. Pierluigi Paganini.

Passwords 111

Passwords Advertising Internet Internet 111

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The latest, major threats to Mac computers can steal passwords and credit card details with delicate precision, targeting victims across the internet based on their device, location, and operating system. But the variety of information that these pieces of malware can steal makes them particularly dangerous. They are wildly adaptable.

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Malware Software Passwords Cryptocurrency 121

Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. 2016 sales thread on Exploit. ru in 2008.

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Malware Cybercrime Software Accountability 304

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

Canadian media revealed that in November 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was a hit by a large-scale cyberattack. “Mail server, domain administrator and system administrator accounts were all affected, giving cyberespions access to the past and current passwords of more than 2,000 ICAO system users.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In customer guidance released Thursday, Microsoft said it is investigating two reported zero-day flaws affecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. ” These web-based backdoors offer attackers an easy-to-use, password-protected hacking tool that can be accessed over the Internet from any browser.

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Hacking Passwords Internet Internet 221

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Press is great for raising awareness of the project, but it has also quite literally DDoS'd the service with the Martin Lewis Money Show in the UK knocking it offline in 2016. 🤣", the internet quipped. Passwords This was never on the cards originally. So, in 2017, Pwned Passwords was born.

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Data breaches Passwords Internet Internet 363

Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

“The system calls on companies and entities in the energy and water sectors to immediately exchange passwords from the Internet to the control systems, reduce Internet connectivity and ensure that the most up-to-date version of controllers is installed.” .” reads the alert issued by the Israeli government.

Energy and Utilities 145

Energy and Utilities Government Cyber Attacks Architecture 145

Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2019

The software is broadly classified as malware by most antivirus companies, likely thanks to an advertised feature list that includes dumping the remote computer’s temporary memory; retrieving passwords from dozens of email programs; snarfing the target’s Wi-Fi credentials; and viewing the target’s Webcam.

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Advertising Antivirus Software Malware 244

Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

That Bankir account was registered from the Internet address 193.27.237.66 Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 found that Internet address also was used to register the account “Nordex” on the Russian hacking forum Exploit back in 2006. com account created from that same Internet address under the username “Polkas.”

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Marketing Cybercrime Accountability Hacking 295

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 11, 2022

There are no passwords in the database. Of those, 232 included an alias that indicated the customer had signed up at some AT&T property; 190 of the aliased email addresses were “ +att@”; 42 were “ +uverse@ ,” an oddly specific reference to a DirecTV/AT&T entity that included broadband Internet.

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Mobile Internet Internet Accountability 54

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I have an embarrassing confession to make: I reuse passwords. I am not a heavy re-user, nothing crazy, I use a password manager to handle most of my credentials but I still reuse the odd password from time to time. It seems obvious and important therefore to tell users not to reuse passwords.

Passwords 98

Passwords Password Management Accountability Internet 98

Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

A similar campaign in 2016 was used to spread malware to anyone who had the bad luck of typing Netflix.om Domain names are a sizable part of a company’s attackable surface, and companies or individuals who ignore their own presence on the internet, as well as how it’s represented, do so at their peril. and Citibank.om (.om

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Hacking Phishing Risk Accountability 237

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2018

No secret access or password was needed to view the documents. I quickly informed my contact at All American and asked them to let me know the moment they confirmed the data was removed from the Internet. In fact, the apparent ringleader of TDO reached out to KrebsOnSecurity in May 2016 with a remarkable offer.

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Data breaches Passwords Internet Internet 243

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Make sure your smartphone, tablet and laptop are password-protected, particularly if you’re in the habit of carrying them around wherever you go. If you have to connect to the internet using a public network, do so with a virtual private network. Create long and strong passwords. Change passwords repeatedly.

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Scams Retail Banking Passwords 243

Malwarebytes

MAY 7, 2021

a consumer watchdog in the UK, recently released its findings about routers issued by UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Based on its assessment, it reckons that at least two million Britons are at risk from routers that haven’t been updated since 2016. found: * Weak default passwords. Local network vulnerabilities.

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Risk Passwords Internet Internet 144

Penetration Testing

JANUARY 1, 2024

The Mirai botnet first emerged in 2016, a formidable threat in the digital landscape. It infiltrated the Internet of Things (IoT) by exploiting weak passwords and vulnerabilities in devices.

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Penetration Testing IoT Passwords Internet 96

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2016, for instance. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3

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Antivirus Marketing Identity Theft Social Engineering 223

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2019

Worse, the Internet, the rise of smartphones, and the culture of social media allow us to access these things from anywhere. Fortunately, there are options available to parents when it comes to controlling YouTube and Internet access. Don’t share passwords. Shockingly, 1 in 5 U.S. As a parent, that’s terrifying.

Internet 110

Internet Internet Media Accountability 110

Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

used the password 225948. NEROWOLFE A search on the ICQ number 669316 at Intel 471 shows that in April 2011, a user by the name NeroWolfe joined the Russian cybercrime forum Zloy using the email address d.horoshev@gmail.com , and from an Internet address in Voronezh, RU. In November 2016, an exploit[.]ru and admin@stairwell.ru

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Ransomware Cybercrime Accountability Malware 300

Duo's Security Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Our documentary, “ The Life and Death of Passwords ,” explores with industry experts the history of passwords, why passwords have become less effective over time, and how trust is established in a passwordless future. The problems with passwords Chrysta: Why was passwordless needed in the first place?

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Passwords Authentication DNS Technology 98

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

A historic records search at Domaintools on that tosaka1027@gmail.com address says it was used to register 24 Internet domain names , including at least seven that have been conclusively tied to the spread of powerful Android mobile malware. com 2016-02-18 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com and rurimeter[.]com com , buydudu[.]com

Mobile 186

Mobile Technology Manufacturing Software 186

The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

What this tells me is that the presidential candidates, at least, actually appear to be heeding lessons learned from the hacking John Podesta’s email account – and all of the havoc Russia was able to foment in our 2016 elections. Let’s not forget how Russia targeted elections in 39 states back in 2016. “We Talk more soon.

Cyber Risk 159

Cyber Risk DNS Phishing Backups 159

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In June 2016, Islam was sentenced to a year in prison for an impressive array of crimes, including stalking people online and posting their personal data on the Internet. Woody’s complaint states that Masters also was present during his 2018 home invasion, as was another core UGNazi member: Eric “CosmoTheGod” Taylor.

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Cryptocurrency Government Internet Internet 313

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked.

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Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 29, 2024

The data of a significant portion of the global internet-using population, just freely flowing backwards and forwards not just in the shady corners of "the dark web" but traded out there in the clear on mainstream websites.

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Data breaches Passwords Advertising Personal Security 312