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Sendgrid Under Siege from Hacked Accounts

Krebs on Security

Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. Image: Wikipedia.

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Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations

Krebs on Security

According to the market share website statista.com , booking.com is by far the Internet’s busiest travel service, with nearly 550 million visits in September. Booking.com did not respond to questions about that, and its current account security advice urges customers to enable 2FA.

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Report: Healthcare haunted by account security

SC Magazine

More than three-quarters of organizations in the sector had at least 500 accounts that expire, and even more than that had at least a thousand “ghost accounts” of former employees that were never closed. “When information that sensitive is open to every employee, or to too many accounts or too many users. .

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Fake Etsy invoice scam tricks sellers into sharing credit card information 

Malwarebytes

In this post, well walk you through exactly how this scam works, show you what to watch out for, and give you tips on keeping your Etsy account secure. Inside the PDF, theres often a clickable link urging you to confirm your identity or verify your account. This is a common scare tactics. com-etsy-verify[.]cfd cfd etsy-car[.]switchero[.]cfd

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Big name TikTok accounts hijacked after opening DM

Malwarebytes

High profile TikTok accounts, including CNN, Sony, and—er­—Paris Hilton have been targeted in a recent attack. CNN was the first account takeover that made the news, with Semafor reporting that the account was down for several days after the incident. The account is then taken over and the user loses access.

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Weekly Update 369

Troy Hunt

All that said, I don't know how we build systems that are resilient to a single person coming along and entering someone else's (probably) reused credentials into a normal browser session, at least not without introducing additional barriers to entry that will upset the marketing manager. Protect your identity now.

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Experian’s Credit Freeze Security is Still a Joke

Krebs on Security

who put a freeze on his credit files last year at Experian, Equifax and TransUnion after thieves tried to open multiple new payment accounts in his name using an address in Washington state that was tied to a vacant home for sale. “They’re allowing this huge security gap so they can make a profit. and $24.99 and $24.99