Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Image: Amitai Cohen twitter.com/amitaico.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021. Every year, the first Thursday in May serves as a reminder for us to take control of our personal password strategies. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives. Password overhaul. Stolen passwords that can lead to data leaks.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 29, 2023

We provided similar support in 2021 with the Emotet botnet , although this time around with a grand total of 6.43M impacted email addresses. Further, the passwords from the malware will shortly be searchable in the Pwned Passwords service which can either be checked online or via the API.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2025

We caught up with The Manipulaters again in 2021, with a story that found the core employees had started a web coding company in Lahore called WeCodeSolutions — presumably as a way to account for their considerable Heartsender income. “Presumably, these buyers also include Dutch nationals. .

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

million customers, including website administrator passwords, sFTP credentials, and private SSL keys; -December 2022: Hackers gained access to and installed malware on GoDaddy’s cPanel hosting servers that “intermittently redirected random customer websites to malicious sites.”

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

He urges enterprises to implement Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions and multi-factor authentication (MFA) and to enforce robust password policies to reduce the risk of account compromise. Prioritize fixing vulnerabilities exploited by Ghost, such as ProxyShell (CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-34523, CVE-2021-31207).

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

14, 2021 Twitter post from Under the Breach’s Alon Gal , the 533 million Facebook accounts database was first put up for sale back in June 2020, offering Facebook profile data from 100 countries, including name, mobile number, gender, occupation, city, country, and marital status. . — rely on that number for password resets.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 15, 2022

On March 15, 2022, a government flash bulletin was published describing how state-sponsored cyber actors were able to use the PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527) in addition to bypassing Duo 2FA to compromise an unpatched Windows machine and gain administrative privileges. This activity was documented as early as May, 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2023

The IT world relies on digital authentication credentials, such as API keys, certificates, and tokens, to securely connect applications, services, and infrastructures. Related: The coming of agile cryptography These secrets work similarly to passwords, allowing systems to interact with one another.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 25, 2025

In 2023, not only did the company suffer a major data breach , it also placed some of the blame on the victims who, according to 23andMe, negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords. SCAN NOW If your data was exposed in the 23andMe breach, here is what you can do: Change your password. What is happening?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In March 2021, cybersecurity researcher Le Xuan Tuyen discovered a security bug in Microsoft Exchange Server. The vulnerability, dubbed ProxyToken, lets attackers bypass the authentication process to access victims’ emails and configure their mailboxes. User authentication should go beyond a simple username and password.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In reality, the fraudster initiates a transaction — such as the “forgot password” feature on the financial institution’s site — which is what generates the authentication passcode delivered to the member. To combat this scam Zelle introduced out-of-band authentication with transaction details.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Profile of participants and applications We collected the data from a sample of the application security assessment projects our team completed in 2021–2023. Broken Authentication 5. Broken Authentication 5. Mitigation: implement authentication and authorization controls according to the role-based access model.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

A researcher found a flaw in Windows OS, tracked as PetitPotam, that can be exploited to force remote Windows machines to share their password hashes. “PoC tool to coerce Windows hosts to authenticate to other machines via MS-EFSRPC EfsRpcOpenFileRaw function. link] — topotam (@topotam77) July 18, 2021.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Zoho urges customers to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus that is actively exploited in the wild. Zoho has released a security patch to address an authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40539, in its ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Problems arise for businesses when they base their access management programs entirely around passwords, however. Such programs overlook the burden that passwords can cause to users as well as to IT and security teams. Passwords: An unsustainable business cost. Users have too many passwords to remember on their own.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

Passwordless authentication as a default parameter can’t arrive too soon. That’s the upshot of a new report, The State of Passwordless Security 2021 , put out by HYPR , a New York City-based supplier of advanced authentication systems. Related: Top execs call for facial recognition to be regulated. Here are a few big takeaways.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The annual study on top-used passwords published by Nordpass revealed that we are still using weak credentials that expose us to serious risks. Nordpass has published its annual report, titled “Top 200 most common passwords,” on the use of passwords. The report shows that we are still using weak passwords.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts. Turner said he created the account at Experian in 2020 to place a security freeze on his credit file, and that he used a password manager to select and store a strong, unique password for his Experian account.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2023

Several domain names tied to Genesis Market , a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today. ” a cybercrime forum ad for Genesis enthused. Image: KrebsOnSecurity.

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

Passwords have become a common way to access and manage our digital lives. Having a password allows you to securely access your information, pay bills or connect with friends and family on various platforms. However, having a password alone is not enough. Your passwords also need to be managed and protected.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The threat actors attempted to exploit multiple vulnerabilities in DVRs, including CVE-2017-7921, CVE-2018-9995 , CVE-2020-25078, CVE-2021-33044 , and CVE-2021-36260. Attackers also attempted to exploit weak vendor-supplied passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 2, 2025

According to cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, the hack was made possible by a set of stolen credentials compromised in 2021. Additionally, all users should use strong, unique passwords and enable two-factor authentication whenever possible to enhance their online security.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Attempts to log in to my account directly at Experian.com also failed; the site said it didn’t recognize my username and/or password. ” Experian then asks for your full name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, email address and chosen password. So once again I sought to re-register as myself at Experian.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This enormous injection of used passwords has puffed up the world’s largest publicly available password database by 38%, according to Hunt. HIBP) allows users to type in an email address, phone number or password and find out how many times they’ve been involved in a data breach. Have I Been Pwned?’. Have I Been Pwned?’

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2022

First surfacing in December 2021 with an extortion demand on Brazil’s Ministry of Health, LAPSUS$ made headlines more recently for posting screenshots of internal tools tied to a number of major corporations, including NVIDIA, Samsung, and Vodafone. ” LAPSUS$ leader Oklaqq a.k.a.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

Passwords no longer meet the demands of today’s identity and access requirements. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed. Passwords no longer meet the demands of today’s identity and access requirements. What is Strong Authentication?

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many companies had uploaded sensitive customer records to accounts at the cloud data storage service Snowflake that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed). million customers.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off with the forums’ user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords. On Tuesday, someone dumped thousands of usernames, email addresses and obfuscated passwords on the dark web apparently pilfered from Mazafaka (a.k.a. ” On Feb.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In 2021, for example, hackers attempted to manipulate the chemical levels in a Florida water treatment plant by breaching remote access systems. Strong authentication: Each device, no matter how small, should have strong, unique authentication measures to prevent unauthorized access.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

During 2020 and 2021, more than 500 router vulnerabilities were found. The nvd.nist.gov website presents different figures, but they too show a significant increase in the number of router vulnerabilities found in 2020 and 2021. Distribution of router vulnerabilities by priority, 2021 ( download ).

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2022

Microsoft observed a large-scale phishing campaign that used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords, hijack a user’s sign-in session, and bypass the authentication process even when the victim has enabled the MFA. and certificate-based authentication. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 2, 2021

What is Modern Authentication and Its Role in Achieving Zero Trust Security? Thu, 12/02/2021 - 08:36. The evolving business and technology landscape and the need for secure, yet convenient, ways of logging into applications are driving the quest for more effective authentication. From static authentication….

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. That’s down from 53 percent that did so in 2018, Okta found.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

CVE-2023-20198 (Cisco IOS XE Web UI): This vulnerability allows unauthorized users to gain initial access and issue a command to create a local user and password combination, resulting in the ability to log in with standard user access. Malicious cyber actors began exploiting the vulnerability after it was publicly disclosed in December 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

CISA noted that Basic authentication is simple and pretty convenient but unsecured by design. Basic Auth exposes servers and other endpoints to MITM (Man In The Middle) and password spraying attacks. Basic Auth exposes servers and other endpoints to MITM (Man In The Middle) and password spraying attacks. Click Save.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

agency , a once popular online service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passcodes (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. KrebsOnSecurity profiled OTP Agency in a February 2021 story about arrests tied to another phishing-related service based in the U.K.

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