eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2021

1Password and LastPass are probably at the top of your list for password managers , but which one is the best for you? They both do a great job of protecting your employees’ passwords and preventing unauthorized users from gaining access to your business systems. Choosing the right password manager.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has issued a statement that its servers were infiltrated in January this year leading to a data breach. The post Zoho Vulnerability leads to data breach at International Committee of the Red Cross appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 2, 2024

After weeks of denial, AT&T has finally acknowledged a massive data breach impacting 73 million current and former customer accounts. The telecom giant had initially claimed that a large trove of personal data leaked on the Dark Web did not originate from their systems.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2024

.” The data came to light a few weeks ago when it was put up for sale on an online cybercrime forum, but the seller, a hacker calling themselves “MajorNelson”, claimed it had been stolen from AT&T three years prior. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 26, 2022

There is no evidence that this incident involved any access to customer data or encrypted password vaults. LastPass offers a password manager which is reportedly used by more than 33 million people and 100,000 businesses around the world. It also generates strong passwords. Stolen passwords.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 25, 2025

There are no changes to the way the company stores, manages, or protects customer data. 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. What is happening?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Data breaches can be devastating for organizations, these are 3 of the worst incidents that could have been prevented. Data breaches can be devastating for organizations and even entire countries. Eliminating the risk of a data breach is nearly impossible, but some things can be done to reduce it significantly.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

As per the response given by 1371 consumers who were questioned about their experience, it is estimated that half of the population have or might have experienced data theft that was stolen, or compromised in a data breach or misused last year.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Earlier this month, UMass Memorial Health alerted patients who were affected by the hospital data breach. In a notice to affected patients, the hospital disclosed that an unauthorized person accessed employee emails between June 2020 and January 2021 but was unable to say the level to which the emails were viewed.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2024

The Enforcement Bureau reported to the FCC that: “After gaining access to customer information during one of the three breaches, the threat actors completed an undisclosed number of unauthorized port-outs.” Every breach is different, so check with the vendor to find out what’s happened and follow any specific advice they offer.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2022

This is according to Verizon’s latest 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ). In the report’s findings, stolen credentials and exploited vulnerabilities are the top reasons for web breaches. This year, these were the top reasons for web breaches. Brute force remained near the top of the list, as well.

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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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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2022

So many people use the same combination of username and password for every account. You see, these days, many data breaches could be traced back to people using the same password across multiple accounts. All it takes is a cracker to find this password, and now every account you have is compromised.

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

Without proper password integrity, personal information and business data may be at risk. The average cost of a data breach in 2021 rose to over 4 million dollars , increasing 10% from 2020. LastPass is the most trusted name in secure password management.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

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. The list of passwords was compiled with the support of independent researchers specializing in data breach analysis.,

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2021

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. If it says a password you use has breached, you know to never use it again. For starters, change your password. ‘Have I Been Pwned?’. Have I Been Pwned?’

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Keeper is the leading provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security and encryption software covering enterprise password management, role-based access control, event tracking, dark web monitoring, secure file storage, secrets management and encrypted messaging. Keeper is SOC-2, FIPS 140-2 and ISO 27001 Certified.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2023

Norton LifeLock has issued an official update that hackers targeted its servers, leading to a data breach of over 6000 premium customers. The attack reportedly took place when the hacker gained access to the password manager accounts and used their usernames and password logins to siphon data.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

If data is involved, threat actors want to get their hands on it and exploit it. Some notable cyber incidents in the past half-decade include: McDonald's (2021): The fast-food giant suffered a data breach that exposed customer and employee information in South Korea and Taiwan. Subway U.K. 2020): The sandwich chain's U.K.

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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. A cybercriminal starts selling account data scraped from 400 million Twitter users , including email addresses and in many cases phone numbers.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 5, 2022

While cycling passwords or single-use passwords is very valuable with highly privileged accounts, the value of constantly cycling a standard user password is much less if a complex password is used initially. . ? . Use complex passwords with at least eight characters.? . ? .

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 5, 2022

Our passwords are the gatekeepers to our digital lives, from online banking and shopping accounts to social media platforms, a significant portion of our online accessibility is determined by the strength (and memorability) of our passwords.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

The three-year-old high-severity flaw is a deserialization of untrusted data in Plex Media Server on Windows, a remote, authenticated attacker can trigger it to execute arbitrary Python code. CISAgov added #CVE -2020-5741 & CVE-2021-39144 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2021

What these names have in common is that they have all experienced at least one breach in 2013—the year when threat actors started targeting organizations across industries to either steal data for profit or leak them to “teach companies a lesson about cybersecurity.” Do they even know they have been breached?

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

The social media platform, however, is of a different opinion on the matter: “Our teams have investigated a set of alleged LinkedIn data that has been posted for sale. Read more about the April 2021 LinkedIn scrape: Scraped data of 500 million LinkedIn users being sold online.

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Responsible Cyber

MARCH 2, 2025

But while managing these subscriptions can feel like a mundane task, theres a hidden layer that many overlook: the critical role subscription management plays in cybersecurity. Poorly managed subscriptions can open the door to cyber threats, data breaches, and financial risks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And studies have revealed that the newly developed file-encrypting malware is using an Open-source password management library for encryption and is having capabilities of remaining anonymous, ex-filtrate data, and having abilities to give control to remote servers. The third is something astonishing to read!

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2022

It’s a bit like the difference between using an online, cloud based password manager run by a third-party company, or running a totally local password manager operated by you and you alone. For example, demanding ransom with the threat of leaking data could be considered a double threat extortion.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 8, 2022

According to the latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 61% of all breaches were a result of stolen credentials. Founded by the IDSA and National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) in 2021, Identity Management Day , is an annual reminder about the dangers of casually or improperly securing and managing digital identities.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

From 2019 to 2021, the healthcare industry saw an increase in breaches and leaks of more than 50% , according to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Report by the Herjavec Group. Since the beginning of the pandemic, cyberattacks targeting healthcare have increased dramatically. The consequences of these attacks can be severe.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 20, 2021

According to BlueVoyant’s Cybersecurity in Higher Education 2021 report , ransomware attacks on colleges increased twofold between 2019 and 2020. This data breach of personal information was due to a vulnerability in Accellion’s system, a third-party vendor that handles secure file transfers. Improve Your Password Security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

A report reveals various cyber-attacks that often target small businesses, such as malware, phishing, data breaches, and ransomware attacks. In addition, few companies can provide access to password management software or VPNs to protect their internet connection and credentials and maintain security on rogue Wi-Fi networks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

.” The attackers remained inside the Red Cross’s infrastructure for 70 days before being detected, attackers first compromised the servers of the organization on November 9, 2021. ” reported the ICRC.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 24, 2023

If you need help creating a solid password, consider investing in a password manager. Keep on Top of Data Breaches. If a company’s data breach impacted you , contact them to see how they protect you as a client. Protect Against Email Spam and Computer Viruses. Obtain an IP PIN.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 4, 2023

. “Passkeys are a safer, faster, easier replacement for your password,” Microsoft corporate vice president of product management Alex Simons wrote at the time. As Apple software engineering manager Ricky Mondello put it earlier today, “Step 1: Build everyone’s confidence in passkeys.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

From direct assaults on passwords via brute force attacks and password spraying to email phishing, ransomware and social engineering campaigns that act as precursors to credential stuffing attacks, adversaries are well aware that the path of least resistance almost always involves the compromising of a password.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybersecurity Ventures estimates that a ransomware attack targets a business every 14 seconds , and that number will fall to 11 seconds by 2021. Finally, using a password manager for logins will reduce the likelihood of passwords being stored in vulnerable formats. Cultivate good “cyber hygiene” habits among employees.

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