Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

On Thursday, Matrix.org warned users of the security breach, a hacker gained unauthorized access to the production databases, including unencrypted message data, access tokens, and also password hashes. As a precaution, if you’re a matrix.org user you should change your password now.”

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 12, 2025

While it doesnt have quite as many extras as NordVPN, some highlights include its reasonable pricing and features like DNS leak protection and ad blocking. It offers basic VPN functionality along with advanced features like data breach scanning and password manager integrations. 5 Features: 3.6/5 5 Customer support: 3.9/5

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 1, 2018

There's a verification process where control of the domain needs to be demonstrated (email to a WHOIS address, DNS entry or a file or meta tag on the site), after which all aliases on the domain and the breaches they've appeared in is returned. At the time of writing, over 110k domain searches have been performed and verified.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2023

However, searching passive DNS records at DomainTools.com for thedomainsvault[.]com In January 2019, Houzz acknowledged that a data breach exposed account information on an undisclosed number of customers, including user IDs, one-way encrypted passwords, IP addresses, city and ZIP codes, as well as Facebook information.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

DNS encryption. DNS encryption plugs a gap that makes it easy to track the websites you visit. The domain name system (DNS) is a distributed address book that lists domain names and their corresponding IP addresses. Passwords are a great idea in theory that fail horribly in practice. It’s ascendancy seems assured.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

. “On March 16th I have found an unprotected and thus publicly available Elasticsearch instance which appeared to be managed by a UK-based security company, according to the SSL certificate and reverse DNS records.” “Our hope is to minimize harm to end users whose data.” Adobe, Last. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2024

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

SQL injection occurs when attackers identify and insert or inject malicious SQL queries into unsecure input fields like username and password fields or search bars. Access websites and applications: Login fields like user and password can be bypassed with a SQL query such as OR 1=1 — in the username and password fields.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2022

The Russian government fears the consequence of data breaches suffered by its organizations or possible interference by third-party nation state actors that could exploit the ongoing attacks to carry out covet cyber attacks.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. A review of passive DNS records from DomainTools indicates that in 2013 pictrace[.]com I advise anyone who is using an old NR [Near Reality] password for anything remotely important should change it ASAP.”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Here’s what happened: The school did not have proper website security in place and consequently was the target of a data breach that shut down its website. In 2015, the education sector was among the top three sectors breached , behind healthcare and retail. Hacking Your College Campus. Expelling Malware from School.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. SALOMON As an affiliate of Spamdot, Salomon used the email address ad1@safe-mail.net , and the password 19871987gr. I can not provide DNS for u, only domains.

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Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 262

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

XKCD forum data breach impacted 562,000 subscribers. Some Zyxel devices can be hacked via DNS requests. Over 600k GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456. One million cracked Poshmark accounts being sold online. USBAnywhere BMC flaws expose Supermicro servers to hack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

From hardware or software issues and hidden backdoor programs to vulnerable process controls, weak passwords, and other human errors, many problems can put your transactions at risk and leave the door open to cybercriminals. Did you know that human error is the main culprit of 95% of data breaches ? Use a Secure Sockets Layer.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The communications are not encrypted, however the WiFi password is sent encrypted during set up (albeit trivial to decrypt).” The experts demonstrated the remote management of the Twinkly lights carrying out the DNS rebinding attack technique. SecurityAffairs – SDUSD , data breach). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users. AeroGrow suffered a payment card data breach. million for the settlement of data breach. WPA3 attacks allow hackers to hack Wi-Fi password. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you!

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Year after year, the Verizon Data Breach Report highlights the fact that compromised credentials contribute to the majority of breaches — and MFA remains the strongest mechanism to deter the use of stolen passwords. Passwordless removes the password from the authentication and relies on asymmetric keys to verify the user.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

. “On March 16th I have found an unprotected and thus publicly available Elasticsearch instance which appeared to be managed by a UK-based security company, according to the SSL certificate and reverse DNS records.” ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. Adobe, Last.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Blue Cross of Idaho data breach, 5,600 customers affected. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Facebook admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users passwords in plaintext. Locked Shields 2019 – Chapeau, France wins Cyber Defence Exercise. Cisco addresses a critical bug in ASR 9000 series Routers.

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Computers and Electronics Advertising Data breaches Spyware 94

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

DNS filtering. The next technology you need to prevent cyberattacks is a DNS filter. But first, a little bit about what DNS (domain name system) is. Every time a customer types in your web address, their computer makes a request to a DNS server. The DNS server, in turn, tells the computer where to go.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

For consumers, being alert to suspicious emails, using secure passwords, and frequently backing up data is crucial. Combine antivirus tools with DNS protection, endpoint monitoring, and user training for comprehensive protection.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Hackers defaced Linux.org with DNS hijack. Which are the worst passwords for 2018? A new Mac malware combines a backdoor and a crypto-miner. Duke-Cohan sentenced to three years in prison due to false bomb threats and DDoS. Expert devised a new WiFi hack that works on WPA/WPA2. WordPress version 5.0.1 addressed several vulnerabilities.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Changing all administrative and local passwords three times to fortify security. Restoring all infected endpoints from secure backups, eliminating the use of local administrator accounts, and implementing application and DNS filtering to control software usage and web access.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format. A simple human error can lead to devastating attacks, from data exfiltration to ransomware,” Sasnauskas said. Original post at [link].

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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

We are all weary of the endless cycle of hacks and data breaches and we’re increasingly blaming businesses that have been compromised rather than the hackers themselves. It should include an inventory of who can access registrar accounts, implementation of two-factor authentication, and password hygiene checks.

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Hacking Retail Cyber Insurance Authentication 130

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 12, 2021

The problem occurred because the Microsoft workers modified the privacy settings of the Azure system failing to protect it with passwords or MFA. Microsoft did not pay any penalties in this case as they proved the database contained no personal information and the problem was fixed once detected. MARRIOTT DATA BREACH.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The experts pointed out that even setting the username and password would not enough to protect the devices because the credentials would be shared across a large fleet of clients. Configuring and enabling VNC for full remote control, leaking remote desktop credentials, and manipulating DNS results are some of the scenarios to be aware of.”

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 15, 2023

We can't touch DNS. " Thing is, "control" is a bit of a nuanced term; there are many people in roles where they don't have access to any of the above means of verification but they're legitimately responsible for infosec and responding to precisely the sorts of notifications HIBP sends out after a breach.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. A DSW data breach also exposes transaction information from 1.4

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Hacking Banking 135

Webroot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

While you probably already have some combination of security tools in place, such as endpoint protection, DNS or web filtering, etc., the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report states that phishing and social engineering are still the primary tactics used in successful cybersecurity breaches.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

. · GitHub started warning users when adopting compromised credentials. · Hacking WiFi Password in a few steps using a new attack on WPA/WPA2. · Ramnit is back and contributes in creating a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black botnet. · Snapchat source Code leaked after an iOS update exposed it. · BIND DNS software includes (..)

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Advertising DNS Firmware Surveillance 66

Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

Hundreds of millions of user passwords left exposed to Facebook employees: News recently broke that Facebook left the passwords of between 200 million and 600 million users unencrypted and available to the company’s 20,000 employees going back as far as 2012. .”

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Hacking Data privacy Artificial Intelligence System Administration 100

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

While SurfShark is headquartered in the Netherlands, a Nine Eyes member (potentially required to pass personal data to the government), it has a strict no-logging privacy policy for customers. DNS leak protection: ExpressVPN has secure DNS servers that your device uses when ExpressVPN is enabled.

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VPN Password Management Internet Internet 57

eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

A cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) shields cloud workloads from a range of threats like malware, ransomware, DDoS attacks, cloud misconfigurations, insider threats, and data breaches. Data is collected in near real time, which allows GuardDuty to detect threats quickly.

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