Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Customers are often unaware which payment provider is used by their online shops, so a data breach notice may come as a surprise to many of the 1,693,000 affected people. Protecting yourself after a data breach There are some actions you can take if you are, or suspect you may have been, the victim of a data breach.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 10, 2024

AT&T Data Breach: How to Know If Your Information Has Been Exposed IdentityIQ More than 51 million people have had their personal information compromised in the recent AT&T data breach. The exposed data has been found on the dark web , a place where cybercriminals buy and sell leaked personal information.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

According to Mailchimp, the attackers used their access to Mailchimp employee accounts to steal data from 214 customers involved in cryptocurrency and finance. Plex announced its own data breach one day before LastPass disclosed its initial August intrusion. Tylerb was reputed to have fled the United Kingdom after that assault.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Passwords like "Ashtro1969", "Odette1978" and, perhaps unsurprisingly given the file I was looking at, "ilovechordie". Whilst many of the passwords I tested were terrible enough to have previously appeared in other data breaches and flowed through to Pwned Passwords , these three didn't exist there at all.

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Webroot

APRIL 4, 2025

Its something that can easily happen if your personal data falls into the hands of cybercriminals. In our interconnected world, data breaches and identity theft are a constant threat, making it more important than ever to guard your sensitive personal information. Thats where a password manager comes in.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 21, 2024

The cybercriminal acting under the name “Sp1d3r” gave away the first 1 million records that are part of the data set that they claimed to have stolen from Ticketmaster/Live Nation. The same data set was offered for sale in an almost identical post on another forum by someone using the handle “SpidermanData.”

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The operator of the service (Kayo) reached out to me earlier this week and advised they'd noticed a collection of files uploaded to the site which appeared to contain personal data from a breach. Concerned that the data may indicate a previously unknown breach, Kayo then sent me over a total of 755 files totaling 1.8GB.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

Credential stuffing is the automated injection of stolen username and password pairs in to website login forms, in order to fraudulently gain access to user accounts. Besides listening to us telling you that you should not reuse passwords across multiple platforms, there are some other thing you can do. Start using a password manager.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 25, 2018

Pretty much every day, I get a reminder from someone about how little people know about their exposure in data breaches. Frequently, it's some long-forgotten site they haven't even thought about in years and also frequently, the first people know of these incidents is via HIBP: large @ticketfly data breach.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2024

Meanwhile the company says it has made strong progress restoring services impacted by the event and is prioritizing the restoration of services that impact patient access to care or medication. Protecting yourself from a data breach There are some actions you can take if you are, or suspect you may have been, the victim of a data breach.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 9, 2024

An 8-K is a report of unscheduled material events or corporate changes at a company that could be of importance to the shareholders or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Protecting yourself after a data breach There are some actions you can take if you are, or suspect you may have been, the victim of a data breach.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2022

Even though World Password Day is over, it's never too late to remind your end-users that weak, unimaginative, and easy-to-guess passwords—like "123456," "qwerty," and, well… "password"—are poor options for securing accounts and devices. Improving password best practices matters.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2024

The infamous cybercrime syndicate ShinyHunters has struck again, this time claiming responsibility for an absolutely staggering data breach impacting live entertainment giants Ticketmaster and Live Nation. In the past, breaches have led to companies losing market share to key competitors.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2024

The name "RockYou2024" pays homage to the infamous RockYou data breach of 2009, which exposed 32 million passwords due to insecure storage practices. Credential stuffing attacks, in which bad actors try using a stolen password on other accounts, are a serious risk for those impacted by RockYou2024.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Password management products that are competitors of Enpass offer plenty of features, strong security, and support for multiple devices and browsers. Some of the most common password manager features include multi-factor authentication, browser autofill, secure sharing, and strong password generators.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In many cases, these were related to ransomware attacks, in which cybercriminals exfiltrated large amounts of data from organizations in order to later threaten to publish it unless a ransom or hush money was paid.“ What to do in the event of a data breach Check the vendor’s advice. Change your password.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Keeper is the leading provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security and encryption software covering enterprise password management, role-based access control, event tracking, dark web monitoring, secure file storage, secrets management and encrypted messaging. Keeper is SOC-2, FIPS 140-2 and ISO 27001 Certified.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Whether it was an accidental phishing link click, news that your password manager was breached, or a depressingly robotic text from your telecom company, compromised credentials and data leaks can quickly become a vector for larger attacks. From the OAIC Notifiable Data Breaches Report 2.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

There is little you can do in the event we experience widespread DDoS attacks, but one tip is to buy a good book series or a few board games since it might take a while to get the internet working again. Consider using a password manager. Or use a password manager.). Back Up Your Files.

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 29, 2024

TL;DR Strong passwords : Use a password manager. This makes it harder for unauthorised users to gain access even if they have your password. These systems store your passwords in a single encrypted vault. But protecting your password manager is a password… so what do you set your password manager password to?

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The way these compromise events unroll publicly can be hard to follow, and there may be further revelations about the Marriot breach, but regardless those details there are actions you can take to protect yourself, and they are no longer optional in the general and pervasive atmosphere of cyber insecurity out there.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The password management and security application 1Password announced it had detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance on September 29, but excluded that user data was exposed. The activity is linked to the recent attack on the Okta support case management system. ” states the incident report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A few simple changes to your devices and accounts can help discourage cyber criminals from trying to access your data. Prevent Data Breaches. Giants like Facebook and Target have suffered breaches and password leaks, so it’s safe to say data from at least one of your online accounts could have been leaked.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 29, 2024

Post by ShinyHunters to sell the Live Nation Ticketmaster data set “Live Nation / Ticketmaster Data includes 560 million customer full details (name, address, email, phone) Ticket sales, event information, order details CC detail – customer last 4 of card, expiration date Customer fraud details Much more Price is $500k USD.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Welcome to Internet Safety Month, a once-a-year event in which you, the public, are told that anywhere between three and 30 different best practices will simplify your approach to staying safe online. Do use a password manager to help keep track of the dozens of unique passwords you have.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

When you share your thoughts and life events on social media, it allows you to connect with family and friends. Some hackers even set up rogue hotspots with the sole intention of luring unsuspecting device users and stealing their valuable data. Data Breaches. The list goes on and on. This is a big one.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

In order to improve the security of its users, the popular software code hosting service GitHub is now alerting account holders whenever it detects that a password has been exposed by data breaches on other services. “Common password advice is to use a long and unique password for each website you have an account with.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Utilize a password manager to securely store and generate strong passwords. Maintain Regular Backups: Regularly back up your important data to an external hard drive or a cloud-based service. Consider or-ganizing or participating in cybersecurity workshops or events to raise awareness in your community.

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Google Security

MARCH 1, 2023

Chrome Enterprise Password Reuse detection helps enterprises avoid identity theft and employee and organizational data breaches by detecting when an employee enters their corporate credentials into any other website. IT teams can also set policies, manage extensions, and more. Install extensions.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 3, 2025

The SHIELD Act: Strengthening New Yorks Data Security The SHIELD Act , passed in 2019, builds on New Yorks earlier Information Security Breach and Notification Act (2005). It introduces more stringent requirements for protecting private information and expands the definition of a data breach. fingerprints, retina scans).

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach On Thursday 17 Jan, I loaded 773M records into Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) which I titled "Collection #1". It's a Very Deep Bottom Following the events above, I received dozens of messages (maybe even hundreds, I honestly lost track) about other collections of credentials.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Threat actors behind the campaign used a valid domain to send this malicious email, the domain used by the sender received a reputation score of trustworthy and global threat history of zero security events. The phishing email, marked by Google as safe, was delivered to more than 16,000 users’ addresses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This does not bode well for their longevity, as other industry data shows that 60% of small businesses that suffer a data breach will be out of business within six months. This isn’t just things like fire and floods, but catastrophic IT events such as data loss and cyberattacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

These platforms make it possible for security teams to analyze consolidated threat feeds from various external alerts and log events. It also helps organizations to organize and assess data for vulnerabilities and determine an appropriate response plan in the case of a data breach.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

According to the developers, the app is aimed at helping users “form a worldwide community of citizen journalists, reporting and discovering local news and events happening around them.”. Who had access to the data? Immediately change your email password and consider using a password manager.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. Organizations must practice incident response if they want to stop data breaches and cyberattacks.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 2, 2024

For customers with API access to Dropbox Sign, the company said new API keys will need to be generated and warned that certain functionality will be restricted while they deal with the breach. Dropbox says it has reported this event to data protection regulators and law enforcement. Change your password.

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