Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

Personal information of hundreds of British and EU politicians is available on dark web marketplaces. 40% of 2,280 official government email addresses from the British, European, and French Parliaments were exposed, including passwords, birth dates, and other details. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2024

Threat actors leaked the largest password compilation ever, known as RockYou2024, on a popular hacking forum. The Cybernews researchers reported that threat actors leaked the largest password compilation ever, known as RockYou2024, on a popular hacking forum. billion passwords from various internet data leaks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Rhadamanthys information stealer has been upgraded with advanced features, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for optical character recognition (OCR). Pierluigi Paganini Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zimbra)

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

In January 2019, dozens of media outlets raised the alarm about a new “megabreach” involving the release of some 773 million stolen usernames and passwords that was breathlessly labeled “the largest collection of stolen data in history.” By far the most important passwords are those protecting our email inbox(es).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Microsoft warns Chinese threat actors are using the Quad7 botnet to carry out password-spray attacks and steal credentials. Chinese threat actors use the Quad7 botnet in password-spray attacks to steal credentials, Microsoft warns. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Spotify is informing users that their personal information might have been accidentally shared with some of its business partners. Spotify is informing users that their personal information might have been inadvertently shared with some of its business partners for several months. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Threat actors spread Atomic Stealer (AMOS) macOS information stealer via a bogus web browser update as part of the ClearFake campaign. Atomic Stealer (AMOS) macOS information stealer is now being delivered via a fake browser update chain tracked as ClearFake, Malwarebytes researchers warn.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 8, 2024

On a popular hacking form, a user has leaked a file that contains 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext passwords. The list appears to be a compilation of passwords that were obtained during several old and more recent data breaches. To cybercriminals the list has some value because it contains real-world passwords.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 2, 2021

The first is from Microsoft, which wrote : As part of our investigation into this ongoing activity, we also detected information-stealing malware on a machine belonging to one of our customer support agents with access to basic account information for a small number of our customers. News article.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked. In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off with the forums’ user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords. ” On Feb.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2024

The Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords in response to hacking attempts against some of its users. The Pokemon Company announced it had reset the passwords for some accounts after it had detected hacking attempts, Techcrunch first reported. The company was likely the target of credential stuffing attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2024

Google addressed a Chrome’s Password Manager bug that caused user credentials to disappear temporarily for more than 18 hours. Google has addressed a bug in Chrome’s Password Manager that caused user credentials to disappear temporarily. Users can save passwords, however it was not visible to them.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Until biometrics or a quantum solution change our everyday approach to encryption, passwords remain our first line of defense against data breaches, hackers, and thieves. Proper password hygiene doesn’t require a degree in rocket science. 1) Create sufficiently-complex passwords. But simpler passwords are much easier to hack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2024

update that addressed two vulnerabilities that exposed passwords and audio snippets to attackers. The vulnerability CVE-2024-44204 is a logic issue that could potentially enable VoiceOver to read aloud users’ saved passwords. Apple released iOS 18.0.1 Apple released iOS 18.0.1 and iPadOS 18.0.1

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The Department of Justice charged a British national for hacking into the systems of five U.S. The Department of Justice charged the British national Robert Westbrook (39) for hacking into the systems of five U.S. From January 2019 to May 2020, the man carried out a hack-to-trade scheme, earning over $3 million in profits.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

DarkBeam, a digital risk protection firm, left an Elasticsearch and Kibana interface unprotected, exposing records with user emails and passwords from previously reported and non-reported data breaches. DarkBeam has apparently been collecting information to alert its customers in case of a data breach. billion records.

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Hacker's King

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

In today's hyper-connected world, the internet has transformed the way we communicate, shop, and share information. In this article, we explore how easy it can be to extract information, such as the credentials for your online accounts, using just your email address.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The MyEstatePoint Property Search app leaked data on nearly half a million of its users, exposing their names and plain-text passwords, the Cybernews research team has found. Scammers can use email addresses and plain text passwords for various attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €91 million for storing the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plaintext. In 2019, Meta disclosed that it had inadvertently stored some users’ passwords in plaintext on its internal systems, without encrypting them. ” reported Meta. ” reported Meta.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2024

Case in point: a colossal password compilation dubbed "RockYou2024" has emerged, containing nearly 10 billion unique passwords. The name "RockYou2024" pays homage to the infamous RockYou data breach of 2009, which exposed 32 million passwords due to insecure storage practices.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 2, 2020

For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers — a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts — has been hacked. An offer by the apparent hackers of OGUsers, offering to remove account information from the eventual database leak in exchange for payment.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 1, 2022

LastPass, a password management service offering company, has disclosed that it has suffered a data breach in an attack that might be linked to the August data leak where hackers stole vital information from the servers of the said company.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

The site says it sells “cracked” accounts, or those that used passwords which could be easily guessed or enumerated by automated tools. That’s probably because so few customers supply their real contact information when they sign up.

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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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Identity IQ

JULY 8, 2024

RockYou2024: Nearly 10 Billion Passwords Exposed in Data Leak IdentityIQ In a cybersecurity incident that has sent shockwaves through the online community, nearly 10 billion unique passwords have been exposed in the “RockYou2024” data breach. billion passwords. .” billion passwords. The additional 1.5

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Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2020

Data Viper , a security startup that provides access to some 15 billion usernames, passwords and other information exposed in more than 8,000 website breaches, has itself been hacked and its user database posted online. The apparent breach at St. An online post by the attackers who broke into Data Viper.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2024

Cisco warns customers of password-spraying attacks that have been targeting Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services of Cisco Secure Firewall devices. Cisco is warning customers of password-spraying attacks that have been targeting Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services configured on Cisco Secure Firewall devices. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Cybernews team discovered the Android app Barcode to Sheet leaking sensitive user information and enterprise data stored by app creators. According to the team, information about products, reports, emails, and user IDs was stored that way. Meanwhile, user passwords were stored in the MD5 hash format.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. But both SMS and app-based codes can be undermined by phishing attacks that simply request this information in addition to the user’s password.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Iran-linked Peach Sandstorm APT is behind password spray attacks against thousands of organizations globally between February and July 2023. Microsoft researchers observed a series of password spray attacks conducted by Iran nation-state actors as part of a campaign named Peach Sandstorm (aka Holmium , APT33 , Elfin , and Magic Hound ).

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2024

A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (Cisco SSM On-Prem) license servers allows threat actors to change any user’s password. The issue is due to an improper implementation in the password-change process. “This vulnerability is due to improper implementation of the password-change process. .

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

have reported that their devices have been hacked. Swenson reset the vacuum's password, only for it to begin zooming around and yelling the N-word repeatedly, all within earshot of one of his children. Later, he realized that despite the vile language, the hack could've been much worse.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

We celebrated World Password Day on May 6, 2021. Every year, the first Thursday in May serves as a reminder for us to take control of our personal password strategies. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives. Passwords are now an expected and typical part of our data-driven online lives.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The episode also covers a notable Okta vulnerability that allowed someone to login without […] The post Advanced Persistent Teenagers, Okta Bug Allowed Logins Without a Correct Password appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Multiple robot vacuum cleaners in the US were hacked to yell obscenities and insults through the onboard speakers. ABC news was able to confirm reports of this hack in robot vacuum cleaners of the type Ecovacs Deebot X2, which are manufactured in China. But that didn’t help for long.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 8, 2021

The most extensive data leak collection to date, dubbed ‘RockYou2021’, was dumped on popular hacking forums earlier this month. billion password entries, presumably obtained from previous data leaks and breaches. Cybercriminals can use the database to conduct password-spraying or brute force attacks. “Its 3.2

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2023

A researcher published a PoC tool to retrieve the master password from KeePass by exploiting the CVE-2023-32784 vulnerability. X Master Password Dumper that allows retrieving the master password for KeePass. ” KeePass is a free and open-source software used to securely manage passwords. x versions. x versions.

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