Credential Stuffing List Containing 111 Million Records Found Online

A security researcher discovered an online credential stuffing list containing 111 million records that attackers could abuse to prey upon unsuspecting users. Troy Hunt, an Australian web security expert and creator of the second version of Pwned Passw… Continue reading Credential Stuffing List Containing 111 Million Records Found Online

Could this be the end of password re-use?

It’s password security’s Achilles heel: too many people make life easy for cybercriminals by re-using the same ones over and over. But what if there were a way for websites to compare notes on whether a password (or similar password) has been set by a … Continue reading Could this be the end of password re-use?

Key Takeaways: Using a Blacklist of Stolen Passwords [Webinar]

More than 90 billion passwords are being used across the web today, and it’s expected to be nearer 300 billion by 2020. With that in mind, the topics of password best practices and the threats around stolen credentials, remain top challenges for … Continue reading Key Takeaways: Using a Blacklist of Stolen Passwords [Webinar]

Old SSH Vulnerability at Center of Credential-Stuffing Attacks

Akamai warns that attackers are compromising IOT devices and using them as proxies to test stolen credentials against web-based applications. Continue reading Old SSH Vulnerability at Center of Credential-Stuffing Attacks