Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2024

A credential stuffing attack is a type of cyber attack where hackers use large sets of username and password combinations, typically obtained from previous data breaches, phishing campaigns, or info-stealer infections, to gain unauthorized access to user accounts on various online services. ” reads advisory. ” reads advisory.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Threat actors target GitHub users to steal credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes by impersonating the CircleCI DevOps platform. GitHub is warning of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting its users to steal credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes by impersonating the CircleCI DevOps platform.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

Good passwords are long, random, and unique to each account, which means it’s impossible for a human to manage them on their own. Pick either 1Password or LastPass , go through all your accounts, and for each one…reset the password to something created by (and stored in) your password manager. Automatic Logins Using Lastpass.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed to improve security without hindering user convenience. What is Strong Authentication? The IAM Security Boundary Strong authentication is a critical component of modern-day identity and access management.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The researchers identified around 15,000 actor accounts, most of which were created for this campaign. Once delivered on the targets’ systems, the malware was used to steal their credentials and browser cookies which allowed the attackers to hijack the victims’ accounts in pass-the-cookie attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2024

BingoMod is a new Android malware that can wipe devices after stealing money from the victims’ bank accounts. Researchers at Cleafy discovered a new Android malware, called ‘BingoMod,’ that can wipe devices after successfully stealing money from the victims’ bank accounts.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Okta , a company that provides identity tools like multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to thousands of businesses, has suffered a security breach involving a compromise of its customer support unit, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. He said that on Oct 2., 2 was not a result of a breach in its systems. But she said that by Oct.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2022

million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The bug exists due to the proccess of authorization used in the Android Client of Twitter, specifically in the procces of checking the duplication of a Twitter account.” Threat actor leaked data of 5.4

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

An internet outage impacted Orange Spain after a hacker gained access to the company’s RIPE account to misconfigure BGP routing. The hacker, who uses the moniker ‘Snow’, gained access to the RIPE account of Orange Spain and misconfigured the BGP routing causing an internet outage. I have fixed your RIPE admin account security.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2022

Researchers uncovered an ongoing operation, codenamed DUCKTAIL that targets Facebook Business and Ad Accounts. Researchers from WithSecure (formerly F-Secure Business) have discovered an ongoing operation, named DUCKTAIL, that targets individuals and organizations that operate on Facebook’s Business and Ads platform.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Customers can access a Salesforce Community website in two ways: Authenticated access (requiring login), and guest user access (no login required). This misconfigured Salesforce Community site from the state of Vermont was leaking pandemic assistance loan application data, including names, SSNs, email address and bank account information.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

A critical flaw in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress could allow unauthenticated users to take control of arbitrary accounts. The LiteSpeed Cache plugin is a popular caching plugin for WordPress that accounts for over 5 million active installations. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The chief information security officer for a large academic healthcare system affected by the breach told KrebsOnSecurity they participated in a call with the FBI and were told a third party partner managed to recover at least four terabytes of data that was exfiltrated from Change by the cybercriminal group. .”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Microsoft warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts. The vulnerability is a Microsoft Outlook spoofing vulnerability that can lead to an authentication bypass. ” reads trhe announcement published by DKWOC.

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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 The site looks exactly like the real Airbnb, includes pictures of the requested property, and steers visitors toward signing in or to creating a new account. co.uk , airbnb.pt-anuncio[.]com

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 4, 2023

The term Zero Trust refers to a concept, an approach to information security that dramatically deviates from the common approach of yesteryear; Zero Trust states that no request for service is trusted, even if it is issued by a device owned by the resource’s owner, and is made from an internal, private network belonging to the same party.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cloud account takeover scheme utilizing EvilProxy hit over 100 top-level executives of global organizations EvilProxy was observed sending 120,000 phishing emails to over a hundred organizations to steal Microsoft 365 accounts. Proofpoint noticed a worrisome surge of successful cloud account compromises in the past five months.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The fabricated LinkedIn identities — which pair AI-generated profile photos with text lifted from legitimate accounts — are creating major headaches for corporate HR departments and for those managing invite-only LinkedIn groups. Another “swarm” of LinkedIn bot accounts flagged by Taylor’s group.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

Threat actors breached the Dropbox Sign production environment and accessed customer email addresses and hashed passwords Cloud storage provider DropBox revealed that threat actors have breached the production infrastructure of the DropBox Sign eSignature service and gained access to customer information and authentication data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Threat actors stole funds from the accounts of more than 6,000 users of the crypto exchange Coinbase exploiting a flaw to bypass 2FA authentication. Threat actors have exploited a vulnerability in the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) system implemented by the crypto exchange Coinbase to steal funds from more than 6,000 users.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Phishing tool Rockstar 2FA targets Microsoft 365 credentials, it uses adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks to bypass multi-factor authentication. Rockstar 2FA targets Microsoft 365 accounts and bypasses multi-factor authentication with adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. ” concludes the report.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2024

“Depending on your environment, the attacks can cause accounts to be locked, resulting in Denial of Service (DoS)-like conditions.” Securing Default Remote Access VPN Profiles when the default remote access VPN connection profiles/tunnel groups DefaultRAGroup a nd DefaultWEBVPNGroup are not used.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

The attacks targeted IT service desk staff to trick them into resetting all multi-factor authentication (MFA) factors enrolled by highly privileged users. The attackers were spotted using anonymizing proxy services and an IP and device not previously associated with the user account to access the compromised account.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

On April 10, Sisense Chief Information Security Officer Sangram Dash told customers the company had been made aware of reports that “certain Sisense company information may have been made available on what we have been advised is a restricted access server (not generally available on the internet.)”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2024

This week, Sophos researchers warned that ransomware operators are exploiting the critical vulnerability CVE-2024-40711 in Veeam Backup & Replication to create rogue accounts and deploy malware. Attackers accessed targets via VPN gateways lacking multifactor authentication, some of which ran outdated software. concludes Sophos.

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

CISA revealed that threat actors breached an unnamed state government organization via an administrator account belonging to a former employee. The threat actor likely obtained the employee’s account credentials from a third-party data breach.

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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. The second most important thing to do is make sure you keep all your computers and devices updated with security fixes. Most peoples’ highest risk systems are their primary email account and their mobile phone account.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

CVE-2024-43093 CVE-2024-43047″ reads the security bulletin published by Google. Additionally, Expedition provides automation and best practice adoption to improve security posture and operational efficiency. The vulnerability is a privilege escalation issue in the Android Framework component. Versions up to 2.3.6 and unpatched 2.3.7

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2024

The other vulnerabilities impacting Network Attached Storage (NAS) discovered by WatchTowr code execution, buffer overflow, memory corruption, authentication bypass, and XSS issues impacting the security of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices across different deployment environments.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2024

According to researchers, the leak revealed an authentication server with login details and information on Liquipedia’s users along with authentication details for Liquipedia admins. A part of the exposed information was contained in a user collection weighing 77MB, containing data on nearly 119,000 users.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Microsoft revealed that the Chinese group Storm-0558 stole a signing key used to breach government email accounts from a Windows crash dump. The attackers forged authentication tokens to access user email using an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

It’s no secret that cyber security has become a leading priority for most organizations — especially those in industries that handle sensitive customer information. And as these businesses work towards building robust security strategies, it’s vital that they account for various threat vectors and vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2024

are vulnerable to XXE attacks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read server files with account data. Attackers can use malformed XML requests to access arbitrary server files containing account information. Attackers can use malformed XML requests to access arbitrary server files containing account information.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Sophos researchers warn that ransomware operators are exploiting the critical vulnerability CVE-2024-40711 in Veeam Backup & Replication to create rogue accounts and deploy malware. Attackers accessed targets via VPN gateways lacking multifactor authentication, some of which ran outdated software. ” concludes Sophos.

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