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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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 Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Most password protection methods use some form of encryption, but is there a clear choice between software and hardware encryption when it comes to protecting your personal or business files from theft, loss, or hacking? The post How Secure is the “Password Protection” on Your Files and Drives?

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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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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Ireland’s privacy watchdog Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91M ($101M) after the discovery in 2019 that Meta had stored 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords in plaintext. Most of these passwords belonged to Facebook Lite users, but it affected other Facebook and Instagram users as well.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 26, 2021

Can you think of an online service that doesn’t require a password? Everything on the internet requires a password. However, constantly creating and remembering new and ever more complex passwords is no small task. Taking steps to make passwords easier to remember can also make them easier for hackers to guess.

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SecureList

JUNE 18, 2024

A side effect is that passwords that were impossible to guess just a few years ago can be cracked by hackers within mere seconds in 2024. For example, the RTX 4090 GPU is capable of guessing an eight-character password consisting of same-case English letters and digits, or 36 combinable characters, within just 17 seconds.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2023

To all those who are concerned about Netflix’s decision to ban password sharing in almost 100 countries, here’s a solution that appears to work for now. ’ Moving forward, the popular OTT platform will no longer tolerate password sharing as it significantly impacts its revenue.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 29, 2024

Microsoft is reporting that a Russian intelligence agency—the same one responsible for SolarWinds—accessed the email system of the company’s executives.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

We’ll also take a closer look at the data broker that got hacked — a background check company founded by an actor and retired sheriff’s deputy from Florida. The data exposed included email addresses, hashed passwords, first and last names, and phone numbers. In 2019, malicious hackers stole data on more than 1.5

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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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Graham Cluley

MARCH 20, 2024

Are you using the same passwords in multiple places online? Well, stop. Stop right now. And make sure that you've told your friends and family to stop being reckless too. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 17, 2021

Media has been trying its best to create awareness among online users about the need to go for passwords that are difficult to guess or hack. Despite that, most users are seen indulging in a pursuit of using the same password on multiple platforms and that too which is easy to guess for hackers through password spray cyber attacks.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2021

When normal computer users fall into the nasty habit of recycling passwords, the result is most often some type of financial loss. Our passwords can say a lot about us, and much of what they have to say is unflattering. Interestingly, one of the more common connections involves re-using or recycling passwords across multiple accounts.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 11, 2023

Password managers aren't foolproof, but they do help mitigate risks from weak credentials and password reuse. Following best practices can contribute to a company's defenses.

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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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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

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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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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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It's just another day on the internet when the news is full of headlines about accounts being hacked. This is when hackers try usernames and password combos leaked in data breaches at other companies, hoping that some users might have reused usernames and passwords across services.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Storing your passwords in cleartext is a bad idea because if your server gets hacked, all your user passwords are immediately visible to the attacker. To protect a database of passwords in the event of a breach, businesses often employ one-way encryption using hashing to make passwords harder to use.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2024

In our digitally connected world, passwords are the gateway to protecting our online lives—from email and social media accounts to banking and private data. Yet, many of us still use alarmingly weak passwords or reuse the same ones across multiple sites, putting our digital identities at severe risk.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 22, 2020

It's a list of easy-to-guess passwords for IoT devices on the Internet as recently as last October and November. The hacker than tried using (1) factory-set default usernames and passwords, or (2) custom, but easy-to-guess password combinations.

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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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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2022

men have been charged with hacking into the Ring home security cameras of a dozen random people and then “swatting” them — falsely reporting a violent incident at the target’s address to trick local police into responding with force. conspired to hack into Yahoo email accounts belonging to victims in the United States.

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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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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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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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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. OGUsers was hacked at least twice previously, in May 2019 and again in March 2020. called Disco Payments. ”

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Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Are you ready to dive into the world of Instagram password cracking using Insta-Breaker ? This guide is tailored specifically for hackers, cybersecurity professionals, and curious enthusiasts who want to understand how tools like Insta-Breaker work for ethical hacking and security testing. >Brute Force attack using password list. >Simple

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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. Similar databases – large combinations of email and password pairs – have been leaked in the past. billion records.

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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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Troy Hunt

JUNE 1, 2020

I've now seen several versions of the same set of email addresses and passwords albeit with different attribution up the top of the file. They're simple passwords most likely cracked from other breaches. It's difficult to imagine someone creating an MPD account with that password. Not convinced? So where could they be from?

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Schneier on Security

JULY 2, 2021

The second is from the NSA, CISA, FBI, and the UK’s NCSC, which wrote that the GRU is continuing to conduct brute-force password guessing attacks around the world, and is in some cases successful. The actor used this information in some cases to launch highly-targeted attacks as part of their broader campaign.

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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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