Exposed: Instagram, OKCupid, Mumsnet All Face Data Concerns
Three major websites are making data-breach news this week. Continue reading Exposed: Instagram, OKCupid, Mumsnet All Face Data Concerns
Category Archives: Credential stuffing
Clever Phishing Attack Enlists Google Translate to Spoof Login Page
A tricky two-stage phishing scam is targeting Facebook and Google credentials using a landing page that hides behind Google’s translate feature. Continue reading Clever Phishing Attack Enlists Google Translate to Spoof Login Page
Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices
Japan will hack citizens’ IoT devices to mop up cyber security before the Olympics. Don’t like the notion? Here’s how to lock ’em down! Continue reading Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices
Credential-stuffing attack prompts Dailymotion password reset
Dailymotion is resetting the account passwords of an unknown number of users after being hit by a “large-scale” credential stuffing attack. Continue reading Credential-stuffing attack prompts Dailymotion password reset
Dailymotion Fights Ongoing Credential-Stuffing Attack
The YouTube competitor said that it was hopeful that it’s containing the damage. Continue reading Dailymotion Fights Ongoing Credential-Stuffing Attack
How my Instagram account got hacked
After years of embarrassment, I’m finally ready to admit how and why my Instagram account got hacked. Continue reading How my Instagram account got hacked
Video-Sharing Platform Targeted by Credential Stuffing Attacks
Bad actors have targeted a video-sharing technology platform with credential stuffing attacks in order to hijack users’ accounts. On 25 January, Dailymotion published a statement on its website in which it announced that it had been the subject o… Continue reading Video-Sharing Platform Targeted by Credential Stuffing Attacks
The Lack of US Privacy Regulations, Nest Camera’s Hijacked – WB53
Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel! This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for January 28th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Where are the US federal privacy regulations and details on Nest camera’s being hi… Continue reading The Lack of US Privacy Regulations, Nest Camera’s Hijacked – WB53
Nearly 773 million email addresses leaked, spelling trouble for people who re-use passwords
The numbers just seem to keep getting bigger. Nearly 773 million email addresses and almost 22 million unique passwords were discovered on the cloud storage service MEGA, researcher Troy Hunt announced in a blog post Thursday. The 87-gigabyte database is spread across 12,000 files and appears to have originated from many different sources dating back to 2008, Hunt said. Some 140 million email addresses and 10 million passwords are new to Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned website, the free service that tracks whether user credentials have been made available in data dumps. Users can enter their email address in the Have I Been Pwned service to check if their information was included. The data, since removed, is known as Collection #1. “What I can say is that my own personal data is in there and it’s accurate; right email address and a password I used many years ago,” Hunt wrote. […]
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Reddit users locked out of accounts after ‘security concern’
A large number of Reddit users are being told that they will have to reset their passwords in order to regain access to their accounts following what the site is calling a “security concern.”
The lockout has occurred as Reddit’s security team investiga… Continue reading Reddit users locked out of accounts after ‘security concern’