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Threat Spotlight: Credential Theft vs. Admin Control—Two Devastating Paths to VPN Exploitation

Digital Shadows

Key Findings Even years after their disclosure, VPN-related vulnerabilities like CVE-2018-13379 and CVE-2022-40684 remain essential tools for attackers, driving large-scale campaigns of credential theft and administrative control. CVE-2018-13379: The Eternal Exploit What is CVE-2018-13379? Rated CVSS 9.8,

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Are Your Passwords in the Green?

Approachable Cyber Threats

Our 2022 update to our famous password table that’s been shared across the news, internet, social media, and organizations worldwide. Password Strength in 2022 It’s been two years since we first shared our (now famous) password table. Hackers solve this problem by cracking the passwords instead. Keep reading!

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Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

Krebs on Security

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. 15, 2022, LastPass said an investigation into the August breach determined the attacker did not access any customer data or password vaults.

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Pearson agreed to pay $1 million for 2018 Data Theft

CyberSecurity Insiders

Pearson, a London based e-textbook publishing firm that supplies software to Schools and Universities has been slapped with a fine of $1 million for misleading investors about a 2018 data breach that witnessed siphoning of millions of student records by hackers.

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Norway blames China-linked APT31 for 2018 government hack

Security Affairs

Norway police secret service states said that China-linked APT31 group was behind the 2018 cyberattack on the government’s IT network. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) said that the China-linked APT31 cyberespionage group was behind the attack that breached the government’s IT network in 2018. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SolarWinds Blames Intern for Weak Password That Led to Biggest Attack in 2020

The Hacker News

As cybersecurity researchers continue to piece together the sprawling SolarWinds supply chain attack, top executives of the Texas-based software services firm blamed an intern for a critical password lapse that went unnoticed for several years.

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Ghost Ransomware a Persistent Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure

SecureWorld News

The FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning organizations about Ghost (Cring) ransomware, a sophisticated cyber threat that has been compromising critical infrastructure, businesses, and government entities worldwide. Require 16+ character unique passwords stored in an enterprise password manager.