SolarWinds hackers also used brute force password techniques to breach victims
While the majority of victims of the SolarWinds supply chain attack were breached through the compromised Orion update, some had their perimeters breached via brute force password techniques. According to a recently updated advisory from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the SolarWinds attackers didn’t always rely on the poisoned Orion update as the initial access vector. “CISA …
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Password stealing and banking trojans have doubled in recent years
Trojans that steal passwords and banking information from their victims have been constantly on the rise for the past two years. According to fresh figures from AT&T’s Alien Labs Open Threat Exchange, the number of threats increased between Q3 2019 and Q3 2020 by 130 percent. A year before that – Q3 2018 to Q3 2019, the number of threats …
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DDoS and password login attacks surged during pandemic
It’s well-documented that cyberattacks against both businesses and consumers increased substantially as the result of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, fresh figures from F5 Labs have revealed a little more about the methods and priorities of cybercriminals. An analysis of data gathered by the firm’s Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) shows there has been a “significant spike” in DDoS and password …
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Picking the best password manager: 5 tips
An important part of maintaining online security is to create unique passwords for all of your online accounts. That way, even if one password is compromised, the scope of the damage a bad actor can do is limited. To keep track of all those passwords, you need a password manager. The best password manager can help you organize all your …
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