Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

We've also added 244M passwords we've never seen before to Pwned Passwords and updated the counts against another 199M that were already in there. The file in the image above contained over 36 million rows of data consisting of website URLs and the email addresses and passwords entered into them.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The FIDO Alliance found in a survey that as consumers become more familiar with passkeys, they are adopting the technology as a more secure alternative to passwords to authenticate their identities online. The post Best of 2024: FIDO: Consumers are Adopting Passkeys for Authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2025

In this scam, dubbed “ ClickFix ,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. Executing this series of keypresses prompts Windows to download password-stealing malware.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

IT threat evolution in Q3 2024 IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statistics IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Quarterly figures In Q3 2024: Kaspersky solutions successfully blocked more than 652 million cyberattacks originating from various online resources. 2 China 0.95 3 Libya 0.68 4 South Korea 0.66

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Russia-linked group Storm-2372 used the device code phishing technique since Aug 2024 to steal login tokens from governments, NGOs, and industries. “The actor can also use these phished authentication tokens to gain access to other services where the user has permissions, such as email or cloud storage, without needing a password.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Google Password Manager is a free password management service built into Chrome and Google apps. Learn how it works and how secure it is in this detailed review.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Discover the top free password managers for securely storing and managing your passwords. Learn about their features, benefits and choose the best one for your needs.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2025

Regions and industries of incident response requests In 2024, we saw the share of incident response requests rise in most of the regions, with the majority of investigations conducted in the CIS (50.6%), the Middle East (15.7%) and Europe (10.8%). They are commonly used during post-exploitation for password extraction and lateral movement.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

22, 2024, CyberNewswire — INE Security offers essential advice to protect digital assets and enhance security. According to the Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report , 68% of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error. Cary, NC, Oct. INE Security emphasizes the importance of regular training forall employees.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2025

This domain was featured in a writeup from February 2024 by the security firm Lookout , which found it was one of dozens being used by a prolific and audacious voice phishing group it dubbed “ Crypto Chameleon.” “Yeah, that’s definitely not me trying to reset my password.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2025

Fortinet addressed a critical vulnerability in its FortiSwitch devices that can be exploited to change administrator passwords remotely. Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-48887 (CVSS score 9.8), in its FortiSwitch devices. ” reads the advisory. . Upgrade to 7.6.1

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 31, 2024

It may sound weird when I say that I would like to remember 2024 as the year of the biggest breaches. Huge increase in numbers As we reported in July , the number of data breach victims went up 1,170% in Q2 2024, compared to Q2 2023 (from 81,958,874 victims to 1,041,312,601). Remember these headlines?

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 1, 2024

If you’re curious about how to create a secure password, read our in-depth guide covering password security and best practices.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2025

Bad bots comprised 37% of internet traffic in 2024, up from 32% the year prior. This is where a bot takes a password and email address that has been stolen and leaked online, and then tries those credentials across a myriad of services in the hope that its owner will have reused the password elsewhere. Protect your PC.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 11, 2024

Find the best open-source password managers to keep your sensitive information secure and easily accessible. Explore top options for protecting your passwords.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 2, 2024

The vulnerability (CVE-2024-33530) allows unauthorized individuals to gain the meeting password, potentially bypassing security... The post CVE-2024-33530: Jitsi Meet Flaw Leaks Meeting Passwords, Exposing Calls to Intruders appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The July 2024 ransomware attack that hit the City of Columbus, Ohio, exposed the personal and financial data of 500,000 individuals. On July 18, 2024, the City of Columbus, Ohio, suffered a cyber attack that impacted the City’s services. A judge issued a temporary restraining order to block his access to it.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As of September 5, 2024, the Internet Archive held more than 42.1 31M records breached The breach exposed user records including email addresses, screen names and bcrypt password hashes. ” New breach: Internet Archive had 31M records breached last month including email address, screen name and bcrypt password hash.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

IT threat evolution in Q3 2024 IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statistics IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Mobile statistics Targeted attacks New APT threat actor targets Russian government entities In May 2024, we discovered a new APT targeting Russian government organizations.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 23, 2024

Bitwarden’s affordability and extensive MFA options give it the slight edge over Dashlane’s uber-polished password management experience. Read more below.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Nord Security fans will be happy to know that NordPass meets expectations as a high-quality password manager in its suite of security apps. Read more below.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

Key findings Phishing Banks were the most popular lure in 2024, accounting for 42.58% of financial phishing attempts. Amazon Online Shopping was mimicked by 33.19% of all phishing and scam pages targeting online store users in 2024. Cryptocurrency phishing saw an 83.37% year-over-year increase in 2024, with 10.7

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Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Keepers extensive authentication options and generous discounts make it an alluring password manager to try this year. Read more about it in our full review.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Securden Password Vault’s reporting and auditing features make it a good option for IT supervisors tasked to secure and manage multiple accounts and passwords.

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Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Bitwarden’s excellent free version makes it one of the best free password managers available. To learn more, read our full Bitwarden review.

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Password Management Passwords 152

Tech Republic Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Discover the top open-source password managers for Windows. Learn about the features and benefits of each to determine which one is the best fit for your needs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Hackers are exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-8956 and CVE-2024-8957, in PTZOptics cameras. Threat actors are attempting to exploit two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-8956 and CVE-2024-8957 , in PTZOptics pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) live streaming cameras, GretNoise researchers warn.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 10, 2024

Explore the top open-source password managers available for Mac users. Find the best one that suits your needs and secure your online accounts effectively.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

LastPass’ recent data breaches make it hard to recommend as a viable password manager in 2024. Learn more in our full review below.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

While LogMeOnce comes with a lot of the features we want in a password manager, it’s held back by an unpolished user interface and a half-baked mobile application.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The bot allowed the attackers to use the phished username, password and one-time code to log in as that employee at the real employer website. In January 2024, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that Urban had been arrested in Florida in connection with multiple SIM-swapping attacks.

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 10, 2025

This led to an analysis of the software and how it stored encrypted passwords, giving the red team the ability to recover the stored passwords and use them to access other systems. TL;DR an attacker with access to a Web Help Desk backup file may be able to recover some of the encrypted passwords stored within it.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

divya Fri, 10/11/2024 - 08:54 As user expectations for secure and seamless access continue to grow, the 2024 Thales Consumer Digital Trust Index (DTI) research revealed that 65% of users feel frustrated with frequent password resets. Passwordless Authentication without Secrets! Improving Shared Device Management with Badge Inc.’s

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Those are the seven threats ENISA enumerates in its latest Threat Landscape 2024 report. Now in its 12th edition, the 2024 report is based on the analysis of more than 11,000 incidents. It’s been a busy few weeks for the Data Protection Commission, which fined Meta €91 million for storing millions of user passwords in plaintext.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2025

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Cisco Smart Licensing Utility vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20439 , to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2024-20440 (CVSS score: 9.8) The vulnerability is due to excessive verbosity in a debug log file. reads the advisory.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 25, 2024

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty estimated the attack compromised the data of a third of US individuals when he testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2024 in Washington, DC. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. He wasn’t exaggerating.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Additionally, the threat actor with… pic.twitter.com/tqsyb8plPG — HackManac (@H4ckManac) February 28, 2024 When Jason found his email address and other info in this corpus, he had the same question so many others do when their data turns up in a place they've never heard of before - how?

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