Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2019

The ne’er-do-well who set up the account below has been paying $550 a month for a Land Lordz “basic plan” subscription at landlordz[.]site site that helps him manage more than 500 scam properties and interactions with up to 100 (soon-to-be-scammed) “guests” looking to book the fake listings.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2021

The researchers noticed that the “Send to Kindle” feature allows Kindle users to send e-books to their devices as email attachments, a behavior that could be potentially exploited for malicious purposes, for example sending a malicious e-book to potential victims. To my pleasant surprise, the e-book appeared on the device!

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Facebook Is an Open Book. Once the number has been transferred, the criminal has control of any accounts that are identified by caller ID (including many financial institutions) as well as any accounts protected by two-factor authentication. Monitor your accounts. What You Can Do. Manage the damage.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

When we sign up for an online account or request resetting a password, we usually receive a new password via e-mail. However, if an attacker is able to intercept and read this e-mail she or he will be able to compromise our account. Multi-factor authentication, or MFA, methods belong to this category.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The activity significantly disrupted IHG's booking channels and other applications. Booking system. The unavailability of the online booking system must be a major pain for IHG. directly to make, amend or cancel a booking. In addition, experts from outside of IHG are being brought in to help with the investigation.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

The Pokemon Company announced it had reset the passwords for some accounts after it had detected hacking attempts, Techcrunch first reported. Then, they enter those accounts for the purpose of abusing permissions, siphoning out data, or both. of the the targeted accounts were compromised. The account system was not compromised.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

KrebsOnSecurity last month interviewed a victim who recently saw more than three million dollars worth of cryptocurrency siphoned from his account. Still, Palant and others impacted by the 2022 breach at LastPass say their account security settings were never forcibly upgraded. “LastPass in my book is one step above snake-oil.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

We all authenticate ourselves multiple times in a day, whether online shopping, logging into our bank account or booking flights. And with authentication, we confirm our digital identities so often that it doesn’t seem like a security action; instead, it seems like a step in the process of gaining access to services/resources.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. That same email address also is tied to two forum accounts for a user with the handle “ O.R.Z.” account on Carder[.]su

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

Use a password manager to make and store good passwords that are different for every account/device. Most peoples’ highest risk systems are their primary email account and their mobile phone account. Next come your social media accounts, and then any accounts that control IoT systems in your house.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

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. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2019

Take authentication, for example. Threat actors are taking great advantage of the lag in upgrading authentication. Tel Aviv-based security vendor Silverfort is playing in this space, and has found good success pioneering a new approach for securing authentication in the perimeterless world.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

These include a new Dark Web Insights tool that provides a breakdown of compromised passwords, a standalone authenticator app for enabling account multi-factor authentication (MFA), and a low-cost starter plan for small businesses. Breached employee credentials on dark web pose significant threat to businesses.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2021

1998 was the same year that researchers at AT&T Labs were issued a patent (filed in 1995) for what became known in our industry as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Steve and team were clearly on the right track when they dreamed up out-of-band authentication and deserve some credit and recognition for the foresight. East Coast.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The database included the personally identifiable information of Blink Mobility customers and administrators, including: Phone number Email address Encrypted password Registration date Device info and device token Details on subscription and rented vehicles (license plate, VIN, booking start and end location, etc.)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Why and how to protect ourselves Once the credentials are stolen, hackers can use them to access various online accounts, including banking, e-mail, and social media accounts. Enable 2FA Authentication: This measure adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second factor of authentication in addition to the password.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

We’ll start analog with a brainstorm of your basic personal information and the usernames/emails you use most, and then leverage some free tools to build a more comprehensive list of lesser-used accounts you might have abandoned or forgotten. RESTRICT: Next, you’ll tackle the shortlist of accounts and services you use actively or rely on.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2022

Jeff Bezos solved data sprawl for selling books and gave us Amazon. Krishnan gave me the example of a technology company that was concerned about employees flouting a company ban on the use of personal email accounts to share proprietary documents. For a full drill down of our discussion, please give the accompanying podcast a listen.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 20, 2021

While some of the data collected by vaccinators, may be, in theory, protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and/or other healthcare-data privacy laws, many sites collecting data are likely not regulated as such.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. bank accounts. This post is an attempt to remedy that omission. The domain wmpay.ru

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The goal is to write down all of the accounts/addresses/phone numbers that come to mind, as these are some of the top things that attackers will try to gather in their search. Your email address(es): This is the other main way to look up contacts on social media, and for most people it’s also the strongest common link between accounts.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 19, 2021

The project is a major re-architecture and redesign of the Duo multi-factor authentication experience. For example, mobile applications such as Yelp requested your Gmail address book to encourage more signups by emailing your contact list on your behalf. However, it was not explicitly designed to support/enable authentication.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Your Web browser knows how to find a Web site name like example.com thanks to the global Domain Name System (DNS), which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly Web site names (example.com) into numeric Internet address that are easier for computers to manage. domaincontrol.com and ns18.domaincontrol.com).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2021

According to a report published by researchers at PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. In a report published on the 16 th of March by PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 11, 2022

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt that MercadoLibre’s data related hackers accessed to 300,000 users in the incident and the stolen information includes user account names, passwords, investment details, account information, and card info. Whereas, Vodafone is still investigating the cyber attack claims and internal data theft.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They might even lock you out of your own accounts by resetting your passwords. Avoid entering any data if you see a warning message about a site’s authenticity. Hackers use intercepted data to hijack your current session on a website, giving them access to your private accounts and information.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2019

The company will pay for vulnerabilities affecting the profile, booking and partner portal sections. “Only interact with your own accounts or provided test accounts for security research purposes.” ” continues the announcement. ” continues the announcement. ” Skyscanner added.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

If you have a bunch of passwords and manually checking them all would be painful, give this a go: If you use 1Password account you now have a brand new Watchtower integrated with @haveibeenpwned API. Take logging onto a mobile app with @1Password on iOS: tap the email field, choose the account, Face ID, login button, job done!

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In a recent blog Microsoft announced that as of September 15, 2021 you can completely remove the password from your Microsoft account and use the Microsoft Authenticator app, Windows Hello, a security key, or a verification code sent to your phone or email to sign in to Microsoft apps and services. A long time coming.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2021

The IT giant reported that at least one China linked APT group, tracked as HAFNIUM , chained these vulnerabilities to access on-premises Exchange servers to access email accounts, and install backdoors to maintain access to victim environments. reads the advisory published by Microsoft. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

IHG’s booking sites and apps were unavailable for several days as a result. Once they were in that employee’s account, they accessed Outlook emails, Teams chats, and server directories before locating the password to IHG’s internal password vault - “Qwerty1234” - which was apparently available to more than 200,000 employees.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

Elsewhere, leaks in which passwords may feature prominently can run the full range of “secure password” to “plaintext data and viewable by anyone” When passwords are exposed, it potentially provides inroads into multiple accounts owned by the victim. How many of the online accounts you use share the same password?

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 28, 2025

Account takeover of a third-party service provider may put millions of airline users worldwide at risk. Summary Salt Labs has identified an account takeover vulnerability in a popular online top-tier travel service for hotel and car rentals. It provides online hotel and car rental booking solutions.

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DoublePulsar

JANUARY 3, 2024

The threat actor accessed Orange’s RIPE account. RIPE look after internet IP addresses, basically the phone book of the internet. The threat actor posted themselves logged in to account adminripe-ipnt@orange.es: The threat actor actually posted this screenshot themselves on social media to Orange, earlier today, while goading them.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Microsoft closed the book on the SolarWinds investigation. The findings offer lessons for all companies on the benefits of the zero trust model, she added, saying that a transition from implicit trust to explicit verification requires “protecting identities, especially privileged user accounts.” Microsoft).

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Zigrin Security

JULY 19, 2023

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the importance of web application penetration testing, focusing primarily on uncovering authentication bypass vulnerabilities with an example vulnerability that Dawid found in Cerebrate using the /open prefix. !

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