Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

After 1Password, BeyondTrust, and Cloudflare detected unauthorized log-in attempts to their in-house Okta administrator accounts, they reported the incidents to Okta who started an investigation. To gain access to that service account, the attacker compromised an Okta employee. Change your password. Take your time.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

The vulnerability allows a successful attacker to easily take over users’ accounts without any interaction. To remediate the problem, users of self-managed instances must upgrade to a patched version following the specified upgrade path. Another critical vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-5356 (CVSS score 9.6 before 16.7.2,

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, there is another, far easier way for criminals to get at LastPass users' passwords, without cracking them: They can simply ask. Armed with this data, attackers can send targeted phishing emails that attempt to steal the passwords needed to unlock the stolen password vaults. Use a password manager.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With stolen passwords, the impact is even broader; hackers could wire funds from a breached online banking account into their own, or masquerade as someone on social media to ask friends and family for money. Some info stealers dont even require an additional stepthey can take cryptocurrency directly from a victims online accounts.

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Webroot

JANUARY 4, 2023

If the beginning of the new year follows the trends of the last, there’s a good chance phishing will spike in the first four months of 2023. Identity protection: Dark web monitoring Credit monitoring (one bureau) Financial monitoring including account takeover alerts Identity monitoring with identity health status updates 24/7 U.S.-based

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

What are some personal cybersecurity concerns for 2023? Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have been predicted to soar in 2023 according to Forbes Advisor. This is how the scammers “fatten the pig” until the right time to “butcher it,” when they take all the money out of the account. The Internet of Things. What You Can Do.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

stole at least $800,000 from at least five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. According to an Aug.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2023

This could spell trouble, as hackers can easily hijack an account to publish scam related campaigns, hate speech, biased political statements and what not. LockBit Ransomware group took a claim of the incident on February 28th 2023 and is reportedly demanding $10 million to free up the data from malware. More details are awaited!

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023. Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. banks are stiffing account takeover victims.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A month ago, in November 2023, the company stated that the number of affected customers was limited to around 4 million, because banking information related to mortgage payments is hosted with a third-party provider, whose systems were believed not to be compromised. Change your password. Enable two-factor authentication.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 17, 2023

The 2023 Edition of the National Risk Register predicts that, in the next two years, there is a 5 to 25% chance that a devastating attack will target critical infrastructure and cause physical harm. This should include a secure password manager.

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Security Through Education

JULY 18, 2023

billion by 2023. Using a random password generator that has a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols, is a good form of a secure password. Many password managers include random password generators and can be used to keep track of these passwords. This resulted in a loss of $52 billion.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Source: Coveware We’ve seen a drop-off from the highs last year – fueled by Cl0p ransomware group making over $100 Million in a few months in late 2023. Akira: The Healthcare Menace The Akira ransomware group was first observed in March 2023 and immediately became one of the most formidable threats in the threat landscape.

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Google Security

MAY 5, 2023

Silvia Convento, Senior UX Researcher and Court Jacinic, Senior UX Content Designer In recognition of World Password Day 2023, Google announced its next step toward a passwordless future: passkeys. Figure 1: authentication success rate with passkey vs password.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2023

On October 25, 2023, Xfinity discovered suspicious activity and subsequently determined that between October 16 and 19 unauthorized access to its internal systems occured. On October 10, 2023, Citrix released security updates to address Citrix Bleed, but many organizations struggle to patch in a timely manner. Change your password.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 20, 2024

Keeper and Bitwarden are password manager products that help your business manage its application credentials across all platforms. Bitwarden is great for mid-sized businesses and teams that want to self-host a password manager. Keeper is a strong solution for both small businesses and large enterprises.

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SecureList

JUNE 25, 2024

It shows an 8% increase as compared to the 2023 findings, which points at an ongoing rise of attacker activity. The most notable development of unique files with names that mimic legitimate software used to deliver an attack saw Microsoft Excel move up the threat list from fourth to first place between 2023 and 2024.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 22, 2024

USDoD is also believed to be involved in a breach at TransUnion , the data of which was (partly) dumped in September, 2023. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else. We’ll keep you updated.

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Responsible Cyber

MARCH 2, 2025

Lets dive into why subscription management matters, how it intersects with cybersecurity, and how you can protect yourself or your business in this ever-evolving landscape. According to a 2023 report by Statista, the global subscription e-commerce market is projected to reach $1.5 Solution : Regularly audit your subscriptions.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 25, 2024

On December 13, 2023, Vans said it detected unauthorized activities on its IT systems, attributed to “external threat actors.” Vans notes that the payment method does not specify details like account number, just the method described as “credit card”, “Paypal”, or “bank account payment”, with no additional details attached.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2024

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) tracked 1,041,312,601 data breach victims in Q2 2024, an increase of 1,170% over Q2 2023 (81,958,874 victims). When we compare the number of data breach victims in the first half of 2024 (H1 2024) then we see an increase of 490 percent compared to the first half of 2023. Change your password.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 29, 2023

World Backup Day 2023: Five Essential Cyber Hygiene Tips madhav Thu, 03/30/2023 - 05:54 World Backup Day , celebrated each year on March 31st, is a day created to promote backing up data from your devices. Control Access Ensuring password security is one of the easiest steps you can take to protect your data, devices, and accounts.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2024

In November 2023, real estate services company Fidelity National Financial (FNF) got its systems knocked offline for a week after a cyberincident. But it could also be another reason: In December 2023, the gang’s infrastructure was taken down by law enforcement. Change your password. million potentially impacted consumers.

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Google Security

MAY 2, 2024

Sriram Karra and Christiaan Brand, Google product managers Last year, Google launched passkey support for Google Accounts. Today, we announced that passkeys have been used to authenticate users more than 1 billion times across over 400 million Google Accounts. This post will seek to clarify these topics. Flexible portability.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 4, 2024

billion in 2023. Once the conversation starts, the scammer will slowly move to the subject of interesting “investments” with the goal of cleaning out your accounts. Compromised account scams. Cybercriminals will send a warning to the target and claim that their account has been compromised. Typosquatting.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 27, 2024

Since then it has gone through several mergers and acquisitions According to the data breach notification, the breach occurred on May 29, 2023, but wasn’t discovered until July 30, 2024. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2024

Keeper and Dashlane are top password managers prioritizing multi-layered encryption systems for secure password sharing. Both password managers are suitable for small to large businesses. 5 Keeper, a low-cost password manager, highlights security with strong end-to-end encryption and authentication.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4 Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4 Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4

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Malwarebytes

JULY 12, 2024

Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 6, 2024

Allegedly the customer data includes: Names Email addresses Phone numbers Physical address Orders Loyalty and gas card numbers Sales history The data set allegedly also includes information about 358,000 employees and candidates—which is a lot more than are currently employed by Advance Auto Parts (69,000 in 2023). Change your password.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Safer Internet Day 2023: Empowering Kids and Families for a Safer Internet divya Tue, 02/07/2023 - 06:44 Save the date for Safer Internet Day 2023 , which will take place on Tuesday, 7 February 2023, the 20th edition of the campaign! Happy Safer Internet Day 2023!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

More at: [link] #cybersecurity #InfoSec #VulnerabilityManagement pic.twitter.com/hNwDHFaPtt — CISA Cyber (@CISACyber) March 10, 2023 “This issue allowed an attacker with access to the server administrator’s Plex account to upload a malicious file via the Camera Upload feature and have the media server execute it.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

According to the FIDO Alliance , it includes: “Allow users to automatically access their FIDO sign-in credentials (referred to by some as a ‘passkey’) on many of their devices, even new ones, without having to reenroll on every account.” Google Password Manager On Android, the Google Password Manager provides backup and syncs passkeys.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 3, 2024

Business bank Mercury also notified customers that the data stolen from Evolve Bank & Trust included some account numbers, deposit balances, business owner names, and emails associated with Mercury and other fintech accounts. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On or about February 23, 2023, Hankins & Sohn became aware of suspicious activity relating allegations by an unknown actor that data was stolen from our network. They sent the data, along with the nude photos, to family and friends through patients’ email accounts. Change your password. Enable two-factor authentication.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

Separately, Google released on online tool in 2023 where users can request that certain search results that contain their personal information be removed. It sounds like the big guns,” Honeywell said, “but I think it’s important that, as individuals, we do what we can to hold the companies that are creating this mess accountable.”

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Friday, Norton said that on May 9, 2023, it discovered an “external system breach.” Some people also had their financial account numbers, driver licenses or other government ID numbers, and digital signatures also taken. Change your password. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

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