PasswordWrench

04/14/2023

02/28/2023

shocked
/end sarcasm.... One password to access everything = so convenient = so unsafe :/

LastPass revealed more information on a "coordinated second attack," where a threat actor accessed and stole data from the Amazon AWS cloud storage servers for over two months.

06/02/2022

$1.4M from ONE breach..." ....preliminary evidence indicates someone gained access through an agency email account."

Cybersecurity experts said they're noticing a spike in data breaches, even just in the last year. This comes as the city of Portland reports a fraudulent transaction of about $1. 4 millionbecause of a breach. Staff with the city declined an interview, so KATU reached out to surrounding agencies to s...

04/02/2022

https://hothardware.com/news/blackguard-stealer-grabs-data-from-chrome-and-cryptowallets

Recently, malware-as-a-service has exploded in underground markets, leading to the rise of info-stealer malware like BlackGuard.

09/05/2021

05/26/2021

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/24/1025195/colonial-pipeline-ransomware-bitdefender

On January 11, antivirus company Bitdefender said it was “happy to announce” a startling breakthrough. It had found a flaw in the ransomware that a gang known as DarkSide was using to freeze computer networks of dozens of businesses in the US and Europe. Companies facing demands from DarkSide co...

04/21/2021

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/logins-for-13-million-windows-rdp-servers-collected-from-hacker-market/

​The login names and passwords for 1.3 million current and historically compromised Windows Remote Desktop servers have been leaked by UAS, the largest hacker marketplace for stolen RDP credentials.

04/19/2021

https://securityintelligence.com/articles/why-business-password-management-struggles/

Business password management needs to pick up where human fallibility lets off. Learn how employers can support good password hygiene at work and home.

12/04/2020

cheers!