Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2020

million people: At this point, we believe that the following information may have been involved, although not all of this information was present for every guest involved: Contact Details (e.g., name, mailing address, email address, and phone number) Loyalty Account Information (e.g., linked airline loyalty programs and numbers).

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 15, 2020

This is interesting : Toward the end of the second incident that Volexity worked involving Dark Halo, the actor was observed accessing the e-mail account of a user via OWA. The logs from the Duo authentication server further showed that no attempts had been made to log into the account in question.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2020

Whoever compromised the shop siphoned data on millions of card accounts that were acquired over four years through various illicit means from legitimate, hacked businesses around the globe — but mostly from U.S. Although Visa cards made up more than half of accounts put up for sale (12.1 Source: NYU.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Actually, I'll rephrase that: because he was a normal guy; he's not normal anymore because yesterday I carved out some time to give him an early Christmas present: Today I spent an hour getting a mate into @1Password. Not upset, that was still a great value Christmas present, but this is, well, literally twice as great value!

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Malwarebytes

JULY 25, 2024

If you are affected by this faulty update, you will be presented with a screen similar to this one when you boot the system. How to get the recovery key On another device, you can log in at [link] with your Microsoft account ID that you use on the currently affected system. Windows will also show a recovery ID to identify your key.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

Cybercriminals exploit compromised accounts for EDR-as-a-Service (Emergency Data Requests – EDR), targeting major platforms According to a detailed analysis conducted by Meridian Group, an increasingly complex and structured phenomenon, commonly referred to as EDR-as-a-Service, is taking hold in the cybersecurity landscape.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

It's those credentials that are then sold in the stealer logs and later used to access the victim's accounts, which is the second exploitation. Another path had "ve", so it was off to Caracas and the Venezuelan victim's account was confirmed. You get the idea.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

The other feature scans all iMessage images sent or received by child accounts — that is, accounts designated as owned by a minor — for sexually explicit material, and if the child is young enough, notifies the parent when these images are sent or received.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2025

The domain registrar NameCheap found that less than a month before the phishing spree, the account that registered those domains logged in from an Internet address in the U.K. Internet address was used to operate a Discord account that specified a cryptocurrency wallet when asking another user to send funds. ” U.S.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 13, 2021

These connection attempts were detailed and extensive, often including lengthy conversations prior to presenting the next stage in the attack chain. Of note, TA453 also targeted the personal email accounts of at least one of their targets. The compromised site was configured to capture a variety of credentials.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Authors/Presenters: Vladyslav Zubkov, Martin Str Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON , and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – Exploiting Bluetooth From Your Car To The Bank Account appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 1, 2025

You may also like to read: Instagram Hacked: Top 5 Ways to Protect Your Account Ways to Secure Your Twitter Account Set a Strong Password - Setting a strong password is the very first step to secure your Twitter account. It enables us to make our accounts more secure. Be cautious with public Wi-Fi.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2020

On the plus side, months of quarantine have massively decreased demand for account information that thieves buy and use to create physical counterfeit credit cards. Alforov said the median price for card-present data has dropped precipitously over the past few months.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 23, 2020

On Friday, April 17, Mitch received a call from what he thought was his financial institution, warning him that fraud had been detected on his account. So while still on the phone with the caller, he quickly logged into his account and saw that there were indeed multiple unauthorized transactions going back several weeks.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 16, 2024

Multiple security missteps were present in the course of this campaign, including the following: Exposing environment variables, using long-lived credentials, and absence A large-scale extortion campaign has compromised various organizations by taking advantage of publicly accessible environment variable files (.env)

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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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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Instead, they present a modern wrapper on a classic form of theft: Phishing. With vigilance, safe behavior, and some extra support, you can avoid Android phishing apps and protect your accounts from cybercriminals. There never was a problem with a users account, and there never was a real request for information from the company.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Impacts vary depending on users’ browsers, cookies, and third-party account activity. “Earlier this year, we revisited this review of online technologies on the Patient Portal, this time examining the use of these technologies during the period from January 2015 to present. added Atrium Health.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 12, 2025

Michelle Eggers and David Bryan Presenting their talk. This year at SHARE, NetSPI presented two notable talks. Titled, Mainframe Blackbox Network Pentesting , the presentation explored various vulnerabilities encountered during past mainframe penetration tests. Philip Young (right) presenting his talk with Chad Rikansrud (left).

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The interplay of domestic and international regulations presents significant challenges for organizations, demanding significant investments in technology, personnel, and processes. This challenge is especially prevalent for UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which account for 99.9% of the UK's business population, 5.5

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2020

Traditional payment cards encode cardholder account data in plain text on a magnetic stripe, which can be read and recorded by skimming devices or malicious software surreptitiously installed in payment terminals. Newer, chip-based cards employ a technology known as EMV that encrypts the account data stored in the chip.

Banking 363

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Schneier on Security

JULY 14, 2022

Instead, the hack analyzes subtle features of a potential target’s browser activity to determine whether they are logged into an account for an array of services, from YouTube and Dropbox to Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and more. Plus the attacks work against every major browser, including the anonymity-focused Tor Browser. […].

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Identity security vendors have focused narrowly on securing corporate accounts, leaving organizations vulnerable to cybercriminals exploiting the broader identity exposures of employees, consumers, and suppliers. .

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2025

Holistic Identity: The New Cyber Battleground Organizations have traditionally focused on securing individual account credentials, but SpyClouds research indicates that cybercriminals have expanded their tactics beyond conventional account takeover. ” Additional Report Findings: 17.3

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 6, 2024

Men report facing more pressure than women—and more threats of retaliation—to grant access to their locations and online accounts when in a committed relationship, according to a new analysis of data released this summer by Malwarebytes. That rate was 12% for women.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

But you probably didn’t know that these fraudsters also can use caller ID spoofing to trick your bank into giving up information about recent transactions on your account — data that can then be abused to make their phone scams more believable and expose you to additional forms of identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The idea is that even if the user’s password gets stolen, the attacker still can’t access the user’s account without that second factor — i.e. without access to the victim’s mobile device or phone number. The OTP interception service featured earlier this year — Otp[.]agency

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2024

.” The mass-extortion of Incognito Market users comes just days after a large number of users reported they were no longer able to withdraw funds from their buyer or seller accounts. Creating a new account on Incognito Market presents one with an ad for 5 grams of heroin selling for $450.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2025

The fact that the affected subdomain was captured on the Wayback Machine in February 2025 further points to the longstanding vulnerability present in legacy Oracle systems. Immediate mitigation measures include: Resetting passwords, particularly for privileged LDAP accounts. Rotating tenant-level credentials.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 15, 2025

NHIcon 2025 is co-presented by Aembit and Veza , alongside industry partners Identity Defined Security Alliance and Cloud Security Alliance. Silver Spring, MD, Jan. 28 and headlined by industry luminary Kevin Mandia.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The disclosure comes almost a year after Citrix acknowledged that digital intruders had broken in by probing its employee accounts for weak passwords. Resecurity also presented evidence that it notified Citrix of the breach as early as Dec. 28, 2018, a claim Citrix initially denied but later acknowledged.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 26, 2022

For those unfamiliar with it, Google Voice is a phone service that offers a free phone number to anyone who has both set up a Google account in the United States and supplied and confirmed ownership of another phone number to which the Google Voice number can forward. What if you already were scammed?

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SecureList

JANUARY 30, 2025

The threat actor then exploits this data to hijack personal messaging accounts, impersonate account owners to request money transfers from the victims’ contacts, and compromise accounts with other services. Tria Stealer exfiltrates the data by sending it to various Telegram bots using the Telegram API for communication.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented in 2019 revealed that deepfakes generated by AI could deceive humans up to 60% of the time. For example, these campaigns leverage fake social media accounts to post questions and comments about divisive internal issues in the U.S.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Patch management issues The vulnerability patching process typically takes time for a variety of reasons: from actual patch release all the way to identifying vulnerable assets and “properly” patching them, considering any pre-existing asset inventory and whether the accountable personnel will learn about the vulnerability in time.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Organizations should enforce least privilege access and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on all accounts that have it available. Implementing Privileged Access Management (PAM) allows organizations to monitor and secure their most sensitive, critical accounts."

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 2, 2023

“May the present year’s curses end as it ends, and may the upcoming year’s blessings begin as it begins.”. Having stated that publicly I am now accountable!). This ancient aphorism from the Talmud is one of my favorite pieces of advice regarding the start of a new year.

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