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A Dutch politician could be living his last days at large, as he is facing a sentence of up to three years in prison for a hacking scandal. According to information security specialists, the politician aspiring faces charges for having compromised hundreds of iCloud accounts. Mitchel Van der K, a marketing worker nominated for the […]
The main protection measure for files stored on a computer with Windows 10 operating system is the users’ password; however, data protection specialists mention that, in case the user considers that their information requires additional security layers, it is possible to add them using a very simple method. Although Microsoft does not have a password […]
Tide, an Australia-based non-profit organization has come up with a technique called ‘Splintering’ that claims to make usernames and passwords 14 million percent tougher to crack than the contemporary techniques. The technique involves breaking up encrypted usernames and passwords into tiny pieces and then storing them separately in a decentralized distributed network. The same technique […]
According to Microsoft, it witnesses around 300 million fake account sign-in attempts every day. Users can protect their account if they have enabled Multi-Factor Authentication for their accounts. Alex Weinert, who holds the position of Group Program Manager for Identity Security and Protection at Microsoft, says MFA quashes the chances of an account being compromised […]
Threat actors advertising a new Combolists-as-a-Service model to sell credentials on the underground hacking forums that enable account takeovers. Attackers employ several methods to gain access to the account that includes breached login credentials, phishing, malware, and bulk passwords. Pony or TrickBot are the commonly used malware variants used by attackers to harvest login credentials […]
The technology giant Microsoft plans to eliminate the so-called password expiration policy, by which the company requests Windows users to change their login keys periodically, reported vulnerability testing specialists. The company announced this proposal through a publication on its official blog; in the text, Microsoft mentions that its standard security settings will stop asking users […]
According to cyber forensics course experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), a security error in Facebook affected more users of Instagram than the social network had mentioned in the beginning. The social network updated a post on its blog (originally published last March 21) mentioning that, by mistake, it had been stored […]
We cannot stress enough on the fact that it is important to use passwords that aren’t easy to guess. Our online security lies in our hands. Keeping a simple and easy to guess password for your online accounts is akin to inviting trouble with arms wide open. A report by the UK’s National Cyber Security […]
Password plays a vital role in securing your account, a common password is easy to remember, but it will be easier for an attacker to guess the password. An analysis of most Hacked Passwords showing still people is using weak passwords. Based on the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre breach analysis, the password ‘123456’ has […]
Just a month ago, Facebook admitted it had mistakenly exposed hundreds of millions of passwords by storing them in plaintext where employees could access them. Facebook had announced back then that thousands of Instagram passwords were also leaked in the unencrypted storage blunder. Now, the company has quietly added a major update to that news: not […]
The company says it discovered the issue in January and there is no need to change passwords. The social media giant Facebook has revealed that its internal data storage systems saved user passwords in plain text that could be accessed by employees. The social media said an ongoing investigation so far has revealed no sign that employees abused or accessed […]
Facebook Stored their hundreds of millions of users password in plain text instead of masking it as a human-readable format. These millions of unencrypted plain text passwords are accessible by thousands of internal Facebook employees. But the further investigation conducted by Facebook reveals there is no indication that any of the Facebook employees are abused […]
Experts explain why this combination of characters has been linked to multiple incidents of data breach According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, a recent investigation revealed that the character combination ‘ji32k7au4a83’ is one of the most used passwords, but is also one of the most vulnerable. […]
A new collection of massive breached database freely distributed on hacker forums and torrents. The breached database contains a collection of 2.2 billion unique usernames and it’s passwords. The database named Collections #2 to #5 contains 845GB of stolen data and contains 25 billion records in total. The massive collection of the breached database was […]
The Best Way To Scan For Weak Ssh Passwords On Your Network Features ssh-auditor will automatically: Re-check all known hosts as new credentials are added. It will only check the new credentials. Queue a full credential scan on any new host discovered. Queue a full credential scan on any known host whose ssh version or […]
AutoRDPwn is a script created in Powershell and designed to automate the Shadow attack on Microsoft Windows computers. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to view his victim’s desktop without his consent, and even control it on request. For its correct operation, it is necessary to comply with the requirements described in the user guide. […]
Passwords like “admin” or “password” set by default will be illegal in 2020 The state of California has recently passed a law that establishes higher safety standards for any device connected to the network that is manufactured or sold in its territory. According to experts in digital forensics from the International Institute of Cyber Security, this new law requires that each device be assigned a unique password […]
Python script for trying default passwords for some TP-Link Hotspots Inspired by Usage usage: scan.py [-h] [-p] Python script for trying default passwords for some TP-Link Hotspots optional arguments: -h, –help show this help message and exit -p, –print-all print all found ssid’s FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY Config timeout stop sniffing after a given time […]
Red Login: SSH Brute-force Tools. Features: High speed and precision CLI ( Console based ) Run the arbitrary command after the attack is successful ( Default ‘Uname -a’ ) Telegram messanger support for sending reports via bot API Usage: Redlogin.exe (Optional) -telegram ==> List of targets ip list ==> List of usernames want to test ==> List of […]
While becoming “123456” as your phrase is quite bad, the other phrases found on a list of Top 100 Worst Passwords of 2017 are just as distressing and remorseful. The list was put together by SplashData, a corporation that provides several password management services such as TeamsID and Gpass. The business said it compiled the […]
Tools for generating usernames when penetration testing. Usernames are half the password brute force problem. This is useful for user account/password brute force guessing and username enumeration when usernames are based on the users’ names. By attempting a few weak passwords across a large set of user accounts, user account lockout thresholds can be avoided. […]