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Euros-Driven Football Fever Nets Dumb Passwords

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

The top easy-to-crack, football-inspired password in a database of 1 billion unique, clear-text, breached passwords? You probably guessed it: “Football.” Continue reading Euros-Driven Football Fever Nets Dumb Passwords→

Posted in breach, Web Security

Malicious PDFs Flood the Web, Lead to Password-Snarfing

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

SolarMarker makers are using SEO poisoning, stuffing thousands of PDFs with tens of thousands of pages full of SEO keywords & links to redirect to the malware. Continue reading Malicious PDFs Flood the Web, Lead to Password-Snarfing→

Posted in malware, Web Security

Microsoft Teams: Very Bad Tabs Could Have Led to BEC

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

Attackers could have used the bug to get read/write privileges for a victim user’s email, Teams chats, OneDrive, Sharepoint and loads of other services. Continue reading Microsoft Teams: Very Bad Tabs Could Have Led to BEC→

Posted in vulnerabilities, Web Security

Volkswagen Vendor Exposed Data of 3.3m Drivers

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

Nearly all of the leaked data was for owners or wannabe owners of the automaker’s luxury brand of Audis, now at greater risk for phishing, ransomware or car theft. Continue reading Volkswagen Vendor Exposed Data of 3.3m Drivers→

Posted in breach, privacy, Web Security

REvil Hits US Nuclear Weapons Contractor: Report

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

“We hereby keep a right (sic) to forward all of the relevant documentation and data to military agencies of our choise (sic)” REvil reportedly wrote. Continue reading REvil Hits US Nuclear Weapons Contractor: Report→

Posted in breach, cloud security, critical infrastructure, Government, Web Security

Police Grab Slilpp, Biggest Stolen-Logins Market

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

There were more than 80 million login credentials for sale, used to inflict over $200 million in losses in the U.S. alone. Continue reading Police Grab Slilpp, Biggest Stolen-Logins Market→

Posted in Web Security

Microsoft: Big Cryptomining Attacks Hit Kubeflow

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

Misconfigured dashboards are yet again at the heart of a widespread, ongoing cryptocurrency campaign squeezing Monero and Ethereum from Kubernetes clusters. Continue reading Microsoft: Big Cryptomining Attacks Hit Kubeflow→

Posted in cloud security, Hacks, Web Security

Intel Plugs 29 Holes in CPUs, Bluetooth, Security

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

The higher-rated advisories focus on privilege-escalation bugs in CPU firmware: Tough to patch, hard to exploit, tempting to a savvy attacker. Continue reading Intel Plugs 29 Holes in CPUs, Bluetooth, Security→

Posted in vulnerabilities

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 6 In-The-Wild Exploits, 50 Flaws

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

Researchers discovered a highly targeted malware campaign launched in April, in which a new, unknown threat actor used two of the vulnerabilities that Microsoft said are under active attack. Continue reading Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 6 In-The-Wild Exploits, 50 Flaws→

Posted in Hacks, vulnerabilities, Web Security

‘An0m’ Encrypted-Chat Sting Leads to Arrest of 800

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Lisa Vaas

The FBI and Australian law enforcement set up the encrypted chat service and ran it for over 3 years, seizing weapons, drugs and over $48m in cash. Continue reading ‘An0m’ Encrypted-Chat Sting Leads to Arrest of 800→

Posted in Government

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