passwords

LastPass Users Warned their Master Passwords are Compromised

Many LastPass users report that their master passwords have been compromised after receiving email warnings that someone tried to use… Read More

2 years ago

RedLine malware shows why passwords shouldn't be saved in browsers

A new report by AhnLab ASEC warns that the convenience of using the auto-login feature on web browsers is becoming… Read More

2 years ago

UK's National Crime Agency shares 585 million passwords with Have I Been Pwned

The NCA now becomes the second law enforcement agency to officially supply HIBP with hacked passwords after the US Federal… Read More

2 years ago

New UK IoT law means huge fines and a ban on default passwords

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill requires manufacturers and sellers of IoT devices to meet new cybersecurity standards… Read More

2 years ago

Many users are sharing passwords with someone outside their household

According to a survey by The Harris Poll, 68% of Americans admitted to using the same password on multiple accounts… Read More

2 years ago

Popular 'coa' NPM library hijacked to steal user passwords

The 'coa' library, short for Command-Option-Argument, receives about 9 million weekly downloads on npm, and is used by almost 5… Read More

3 years ago

War-Driving – Still an Easy Bet for Household Wi-Fi Attacks

A researcher from CyberArk demonstrated how a cheap device can be exploited to break into over 70% of Wi-Fi networks… Read More

3 years ago

These phishing emails use QR codes to bypass defences and steal Microsoft 365 usernames and passwords

Attackers are looking for sneaky new ways to dupe victims into clicking links to phishing websites designed to look like… Read More

3 years ago

This monster of a phishing campaign is after your passwords

Microsoft has detailed an unusual phishing campaign aimed at stealing passwords that uses the ZooToday phishing kit built using pieces… Read More

3 years ago

Mozilla: Superman, Batman, Spider-Man dominate list of passwords leaked in breaches

Superhero-based passwords are increasingly showing up in datasets of breached information, according to a new blog post from Mozilla. Mozilla… Read More

3 years ago

Exchange/Outlook Autodiscover Bug Spills $100K+ Email Passwords

Guardicore security researcher Amit Serper has discovered a severe design bug in MIcrosoft Exchange’s autodiscover – a protocol that lets… Read More

3 years ago

AMD CPU driver bug can break KASLR, expose passwords

Tracked as CVE-2021-26333 and discovered by Kyriakos Economou, co-founder of security firm ZeroPeril, the vulnerability resides in the driver for… Read More

3 years ago

Microsoft to let users completely remove account passwords and go passwordless

In the coming weeks, Microsoft said that users would be able to remove the password from their consumer account and… Read More

3 years ago

Pantagrule – Large Hashcat Rulesets Generated From Real-World Compromised Passwords

gargantuan hashcat rulesets generated from compromised passwords Project maintenance warning: This project is deemed completed. No pull requests or changes… Read More

3 years ago

GitHub deprecates account passwords for authenticating Git operations

This change in the authentication process was first announced last year, in July, when GitHub said that authenticated Git operations… Read More

3 years ago

CredPhish – A PowerShell Script Designed To Invoke Legitimate Credential Prompts And Exfiltrate Passwords Over DNS

CredPhish is a PowerShell script designed to invoke credential prompts and exfiltrate passwords. It relies on CredentialPicker to collect user… Read More

3 years ago