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The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), a non-profit that is dedicated to web application security, classifies credential stuffing as a subset of brute force attacks. However, in practice, the two types of cyber-attacks use very different me… Continue reading Credential Stuffing Attacks vs. Brute Force Attacks
Attackers are increasingly targeting insecure legacy protocols, like IMAP, to avoid running into multi-factor authentication in password-spraying campaigns. Continue reading Threatlist: IMAP-Based Attacks Compromising Accounts at ‘Unprecedented Scale’
They posed as military needing to offload cars before deployment, allegedly posting bogus ads on Craigslist, eBay, and AutoTrader. Continue reading Secret Service busts online car sales crime ring
Attackers have infected 20,000 WordPress sites by brute-forcing administrator usernames and passwords. Continue reading Massive botnet chews through 20,000 WordPress sites
Security researchers have uncovered a new botnet targeting Linux-based devices that’s more sophisticated than Mirai and most other IoT botnets observed so far. Researchers from antivirus vendor Avast have dubbed the new botnet Torii because its … Continue reading Sophisticated IoT Botnet Torii Uses 6 Persistence Methods
AdGuard has taken the decision to reset all user accounts after suffering a credential-stuffing and brute-force password attack. Continue reading AdGuard adblocker resets passwords after credential-stuffing attack
Stolen or brute-forced remote desktop protocol (RDP) credentials have played a central role in many data breaches over the years and cybercriminals have made a business out of selling them on the underground market. For as little as $3, hackers can bu… Continue reading Dark Market Shop Sells RDP Access to Airport System for $10
If you can’t find it on Google, you will definitely find it on the Dark Web.
Black markets on the Dark web are not known for just buying drugs, it is a massive hidden network where you can buy pretty much anything you can imagine—from pornography, wea… Continue reading Hacker Puts Airport’s Security System Access On Dark Web Sale For Just $10
Researcher Troy Hunt is credited for tipping image sharing site Imgur off to a 2014 breach of 1.7 million user accounts. Continue reading Imgur Confirms 2014 Breach of 1.7 Million User Accounts
A cyber attack has hit the email system of UK Houses of Parliament on Friday morning that breached at least 90 emails accounts protected by weak passwords belonging to MPs, lawmakers, and other parliamentary staff.
Meanwhile, as a precaution, the Secu… Continue reading UK Parliament Hit by Cyberattack, Up to 90 MPs’ E-mail Accounts Hacked