Password security – Page 4

Robinhood Breached – Talk of the Security Bulletins

Robinhood disclosed a security breach affecting approximately 7 million customers, roughly a third of its user base, that resulted in unauthorized access of personal information by an unidentified threat actor. The…

PravinKarthik November 9, 2021

Security

ProofPoint Phishes O365 & Google Accounts

Phishers are impersonating ProofPoint,in an attempt to make off with victims’ Microsoft Office 365 and Google email credentials.One such campaign lobbed at communications company, with nearly a thousand employees targeted…

PravinKarthik November 6, 2021

New Windows Privilege Escalation Zero Day Haunts

A new Windows zero-day elevation of privilege vulnerability emerged with a public proof of concept (PoC) exploit that grants SYSTEM privileges under certain conditions. The only safe point as of…

PravinKarthik October 29, 2021

Iran Sprays Passwords in US & Isreal

Researchers at Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Microsoft Digital Security Unit (DSU) uncovered a malicious activity cluster, tracked as DEV-0343, that is targeting the Office 365 tenants of US and…

PravinKarthik October 12, 2021

Google Plays 2FA With 150 Million Users

Google’s goal of organizing all of the world’s information has, for better or worse, meant that it also possesses the data of millions of people around the world. That makes…

PravinKarthik October 7, 2021

Super Heroes Can’t Save from Password Breach

Infinite occurrences in breach datasets, superhero passwords aren’t a strong account protection method, even when the real identities of superheroes are used instead. Data from breach notification website haveibeenpwned.com reveals…

PravinKarthik October 6, 2021

NetGear Seventh Inferno Flaw

Details emerging about a recent critical vulnerability in Netgear smart switches that could be leveraged by an attacker to potentially execute malicious code and take control of vulnerable devices. The…

PravinKarthik September 18, 2021

Microsoft Goes Passwordless

Microsoft has decided it's time to stop asking us to remember complex and unique passwords in order to access our apps and services. Starting today, no longer need a password…

PravinKarthik September 15, 2021