Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Of those malicious apps, 5,200 could subvert one of the strongest security practices available today, called multifactor authentication, by prying into basic text messages sent to a device. They dont crack into password managers or spy on passwords entered for separate apps.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. 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.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. ” WHOLESALE PASSWORD THEFT. State and local government competitive bidding portals.

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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. ” Device code phishing attacks exploit authentication flows to steal tokens, granting attackers access to accounts and data. ” continues the report.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 27, 2025

Health insurance information: Details about primary, secondary, or other health plans/policies, insurance companies, member/group ID numbers, and Medicaid-Medicare-government payor ID numbers. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA).

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

USDoD claimed they grabbed the data by using passwords stolen from a Turkish airline employee who had third-party access to Airbus’ systems. By stealing these tokens, attackers can often reuse them in their own web browser, and bypass any authentication normally required for that account. government inboxes.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2022

KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal information on their targets.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2025

The government says transnational organized crime groups that purchased these services primarily used them to run business email compromise (BEC) schemes, wherein the cybercrime actors tricked victim companies into making payments to a third party. “Presumably, these buyers also include Dutch nationals. .

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Krebs on Security

JULY 12, 2024

AT&T also acknowledged the customer records were exposed in a cloud database that was protected only by a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed). For its part, Snowflake says it now requires all new customers to use multi-factor authentication. In a regulatory filing with the U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2025

Breaking the Barriers to a Password-Free Life in Enterprise: Meet SafeNet eToken Fusion NFC PIV security key madhav Thu, 03/13/2025 - 06:46 As large organizations increasingly shift towards passwordless solutions, the benefits are clear: enhanced user experience, improved security, and significant cost savings.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2019

Enable two-factor authentication for all important accounts whenever possible. Don't reuse passwords for anything important -- ­and get a password manager to remember them all. The best way for you to protect yourself is to change that incentive, which means agitating for government oversight of this space.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 15, 2022

On March 15, 2022, a government flash bulletin was published describing how state-sponsored cyber actors were able to use the PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527) in addition to bypassing Duo 2FA to compromise an unpatched Windows machine and gain administrative privileges. This activity was documented as early as May, 2021.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A ransomware attack against the City of Columbus, Ohio—which drew public scrutiny following the city government’s attempt to silence a researcher who told the public about the attack—has received a little more detail from an unexpected source: The Attorney General for the state of Maine. Change your password.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released NIST Special Publication 800-63B Digital Identity Guidelines to help organizations properly comprehend and address risk as it relates to password management on the part of end users.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2025

Treasury Department breach as a warning: “A single leaked API key from BeyondTrust allowed attackers to infiltrate government systems. “This requires a comprehensive approach that includes automated discovery, detection, remediation, and stronger secrets governance across all enterprise platforms.”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

But KrebsOnSecurity recently discovered that this is not the case with all federal government sites built to help you manage your identity online. After verifying my email address, I was asked to pick a strong password and select a form of multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This enormous injection of used passwords has puffed up the world’s largest publicly available password database by 38%, according to Hunt. HIBP) allows users to type in an email address, phone number or password and find out how many times they’ve been involved in a data breach. Have I Been Pwned?’. Have I Been Pwned?’

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 1, 2022

While verification and authentication are terms that are often used interchangeably, they are in fact two separate operations. Digital verification and authentication play a critical role in preventing fraud and cyberattacks. Government organizations, on the other hand, will employ much more extensive verification methods.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This attack underscores a critical lesson for businesses: even the most vital institutions, such as a city government, are vulnerable to cyberthreats. With cyberthreats getting more advanced , businesses and local governments alike must work together to share resources, insights, and best practices to improve cybersecurity across the board.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

"Based on FIDO standards, passkeys are a replacement for passwords that provide faster, easier, and more secure sign-ins to websites and apps across a user’s devices. Unlike passwords, passkeys are always strong and phishing resistant. The FIDO Alliance asserts that passkeys are a replacement for passwords.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

New estimates are that 30% of the SolarWinds victims didn’t use SolarWinds: Many of the attacks gained initial footholds by password spraying to compromise individual email accounts at targeted organizations. On attribution: Earlier this month, the US government has stated the attack is “likely Russian in origin.”

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning organizations about Ghost (Cring) ransomware, a sophisticated cyber threat that has been compromising critical infrastructure, businesses, and government entities worldwide. Require 16+ character unique passwords stored in an enterprise password manager.

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Digital Shadows

MARCH 17, 2025

For businesses, this means their compromised access can be resold multiple times, leaving them vulnerable to repeated attacks from different threat actors if passwords arent changed promptly. This plaintext file often contains usernames and passwords, giving attackers immediate access to credentialsno advanced tools or expertise needed.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Korab filed a vulnerability report with Lumen demonstrating how a simple spoofed email could be used to disrupt Internet service for banks, telecommunications firms and even government entities. While it’s nice that Lumen is no longer the weakest link in the IRR chain, the remaining authentication mechanisms aren’t great.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The government says Urban went by the aliases “ Sosa ” and “ King Bob ,” among others. The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. According to an Aug.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

government is sounding the alarm on a growing cybersecurity risk for critical infrastructureinternet-exposed Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs). Without strong authentication, authorization, and encryption, APIs can become additional entry points for attackers." This underscores the urgent need to secure these systems.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Enterprises must secure AI agents, adopt proactive data governance, and deploy AI-based security platforms. Simic Bojan Simic , CEO, HYPR The era of passwords will further decline as credential misuse rises, with AI both aiding and challenging security efforts. This frees teams for strategic efforts like risk management.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Not one of them involves passwords. Multi-factor authentication If changing passwords is like the eating your veggies of the security world, multi-factor authentication (MFA) is more like eating fresh fruits. And since MFA already requires an established password, you're already halfway there. And guess what?

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Attackers now impersonate executives, government officials, and even family members to gain trust and manipulate victims. Misinformation and market manipulation : Deepfake videos of CEOs or government officials making false statements can manipulate stock prices or incite public panic.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In a stark warning to organizations and everyday users alike, cybersecurity experts and government agencies have sounded the alarm over a new breed of Gmail-targeted phishing attacks. These steps are critical to safeguard individual accounts and protect the broader network infrastructure from cascading breaches.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off with the forums’ user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords. On Tuesday, someone dumped thousands of usernames, email addresses and obfuscated passwords on the dark web apparently pilfered from Mazafaka (a.k.a. ” On Feb.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many large companies had uploaded huge volumes of sensitive customer data to Snowflake accounts that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication required). government agencies and first responders. CRACKDOWN ON HARM GROUPS?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 7, 2024

What changed, and what is NIST's updated password guidance and the role of password strength in 2024?” One area where best practices have evolved significantly over the past twenty years is password security best practices. What are the key takeaways from NIST's updated password guidance?”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

So, what’s a bit of increased risk where usernames and passwords are concerned? That’s when attackers sneak under the rug to pick those things up, pilfering passwords, hijacking accounts (cloud and otherwise), escalating privileges, and more – all from a few stolen credentials. A lot, it turns out.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows. In total, there are 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords. This is when treating the password as case sensitive but the email address as not case sensitive. There are 21,222,975 unique passwords. It'll be 99.x%

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 19, 2025

Governments did better Government services saw the most notable improvement, rising from 37% trust in 2024 to 42% in 2025, driven by enhanced regulatory frameworks like the EUs Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and improved transparency in data handling. where government trust lagged at 29%. 72% in 2024).

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

The service requires applicants to supply a great deal more information than typically requested for online verification schemes, such as scans of their driver’s license or other government-issued ID, copies of utility or insurance bills, and details about their mobile phone service. government websites. After confirmation, ID.me

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