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Ubiquiti breach, and other IoT security problems

January 12, 2021 admin 0 Comments 2fa, chastity belt, IoT, IoT security, passwords, traffic lights, ubiquiti

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:01:11 +0000

Ubiquiti informed its customers about unauthorized access to its online customer portal. Here’s what you need to know.

Categories: IoT

Tags: 2fa chastity belt IoT IoT security passwords traffic lights ubiquiti

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Get a head start on defending against tax scams

December 8, 2020 admin 2fa, HMRC, Money Laundering, phish, phishing, Social engineering, Tax, tax fraud, wire fraud

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 18:01:04 +0000

We look at a major tax scam bust in the US, and think about ways to keep tax details safe for the next tax season.

Categories: Social engineering

Tags: 2fa HMRC money laundering phish phishing tax tax fraud wire fraud

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Spotify resets some user logins after hacker database found floating online

November 25, 2020 admin 2fa, credential stuffing, database, Elasticsearch, mfa, PII, reports, Spotify

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:24:39 +0000

The 380 million record database. didn’t belong to Spotify itself, but instead to fraudsters who’d uploaded it.

Categories: Reports

Tags: 2fa credential stuffing database Elasticsearch mfa PII Spotify

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Kaspersky Security

How to protect your Battle.net account from hackers and scammers

October 30, 2020 admin 2fa, Battle.net, blizzard, gamers, games, passwords, settings, Tips, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:42:54 +0000

A complete guide to security and privacy settings for your Battle.net account.

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Scammers are spoofing bank phone numbers to rob victims

October 28, 2020 admin 2fa, caller ID, cold callers, fake banksites, phishing, phone scammers, robocalls, Social engineering, spoofed, spoofing, traced act

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:06:18 +0000

Phone scammers are using spoofed caller ID numbers to convince their victims they are employees of your bank. Don’t fall for their tricks.

Categories:

Social engineering

Tags: 2fa caller id cold callers fake banksites phishing phone scammers robocalls spoofed spoofing traced act

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Brute force attacks increase due to more open RDP ports

October 20, 2020 admin 2fa, Attacks, brute force, compromised, credential stuffing, Exploits and vulnerabilities, hybrid brute force attack, open ports, rainbow table, ransomware, RDP, reverse brute force attack, web threats, wfh

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000

More open ports are inviting attackers to try and gain entry by using brute force attacks. Why is this happening and what can we do?

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Tags: 2fa attacks brute force compromised credential stuffing hybrid brute force attack open ports rainbow table ransomware rdp reverse brute force attack WFH

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Kaspersky Security

How identification, authentication, and authorization differ

September 21, 2020 admin 2fa, authentication, authorization, identification, Kaspersky Password Manager, passwords, privacy, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:59:28 +0000

We use raccoons to explain how identification, authorization, and authentication differ, and why 2FA is necessary.

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Report: Pandemic caused significant shift in buyer appetite in the dark web

September 15, 2020 admin 2fa, Airbnb, cash app, covid-19, cybercrime, dark web, dark web market price index 2020: covid-19 edition, Disney, Facebook, fitbit, haveibeenpwned, headspace, instacart, masterclass, NETFLIX, onlyfans, pandemic, password manager, Paypal, peloton, sim jacking, SIM swapping, Simon Migliano, Spotify, Top10VPN, Verizon, wowcher, youtube premium

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:29:40 +0000

The pandemic has had a ripple effect on all facets of life—even the criminal. A new report looks at how the dark web has changed post COVID.

Categories:

Cybercrime

Tags: 2fa airbnb Cash App covid-19 Dark Web Dark Web Market Price Index 2020: Covid-19 Edition Disney+facebook Fitbit haveibeenpwned Headspace Instacart MasterClass netflix OnlyFans pandemic password manager PayPal Peloton SIM jacking SIM swapping Simon Migliano Spotify Top10VPN Verizon Wowcher YouTube Premium

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