Tag: password
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Denmark Data Breach Involving 8.8 Million Records Linked to ‘123456’ Password
A significant data breach in Denmark has exposed approximately 8.8 million personal records, linked to inadequate account security at Pays ApS, a small IT company located in Odense, Funen. An investigation by Politiken revealed that at least three accounts within the company, including an administrator account, utilized the password >>123456.<< The compromised data included Danish…
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Denmark Data Breach Involving 8.8 Million Records Linked to ‘123456’ Password
A significant data breach in Denmark has exposed approximately 8.8 million personal records, linked to inadequate account security at Pays ApS, a small IT company located in Odense, Funen. An investigation by Politiken revealed that at least three accounts within the company, including an administrator account, utilized the password >>123456.<< The compromised data included Danish…
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Denmark Data Breach Involving 8.8 Million Records Linked to ‘123456’ Password
A significant data breach in Denmark has exposed approximately 8.8 million personal records, linked to inadequate account security at Pays ApS, a small IT company located in Odense, Funen. An investigation by Politiken revealed that at least three accounts within the company, including an administrator account, utilized the password >>123456.<< The compromised data included Danish…
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‘You have a meeting’: the calendar phishing scam growing exponentially
Appointment or renewal reminder appears in victims’ calendar to lure them into logging in to fake Google, Microsoft or PayPal pageYou’re preparing for the week ahead and take a look at your Google calendar. There’s an entry for a meeting that you must have completely forgotten. The note that pops up when you click on…
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Asos says hacker accessed customers’ names, contact details and search histories
Millions of users’ personal data is said to have been compromised but not card details or passwords <ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/08/oil-prices-rise-shipping-attacks-rate-rise-uk-housing-market-bank-england-latest-live-updates”>Business live live updates</li></ul>Asos hackers gained access to millions of customers’ recent search histories as well as names, addresses and phone numbers, the online fashion retailer has revealed.Terms typed in by customers such as “glamorous wide fit”…
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Asos customers’ names, search histories and contact details accessed in hack, says retailer
Hackers gained access to millions of users’ personal data, but not card details or passwords, Asos says<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/08/oil-prices-rise-shipping-attacks-rate-rise-uk-housing-market-bank-england-latest-live-updates”>Business live live updates</li></ul>Asos hackers gained access to millions of customers’ recent search histories as well as names, addresses and phone numbers, the online fashion retailer has revealed.Terms typed in by customers such as “glamorous wide fit” and…
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Admin-Zugriff ohne Passwort – Forscher gelangt über Sicherheitslücke an Solaranlagen
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/sungrow-cloud-schwachstelle-adminrechte-ohne-passwort-a-b42ec82940731b22c6024c58d57e9b29/
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Asos says customer data accessed by hacker posing as trusted contact
Customers are told payment details and passwords were not compromised when employee account was breached<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/08/oil-prices-rise-shipping-attacks-rate-rise-uk-housing-market-bank-england-latest-live-updates”>Business live live updates</li></ul>Hackers gained access to Asos customer names and contact details by impersonating a “trusted contact” to gain access to one of its employee’s accounts, the retailer has said.Thousands of users of the online fashion seller’s app <a…
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GitHub adds AI to catch passwords before a code push
GitHub has announced an AI detector, developed with Microsoft Applied Sciences, to help prevent developers from uploading passwords and other credentials to code repositories. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/08/github-push-protection-modernbert/
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GitHub adds AI to catch passwords before a code push
GitHub has announced an AI detector, developed with Microsoft Applied Sciences, to help prevent developers from uploading passwords and other credentials to code repositories. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/08/github-push-protection-modernbert/
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Malicious npm Packages Steal Browser Passwords, Discord Tokens and Crypto Wallets.
MALFEX, a persistent npm supply-chain campaign distributing Windows malware through eight malicious packages. Linked to an apparent single operator active since August 2023, the campaign delivers Overlord RAT, the movinlike information stealer, and a separate downloader concealed inside an ASCII-art utility. The largest contributor, function-flag, accounted for 37,419 downloads and has contained malicious code since…
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The people who know passkeys best are still typing passwords
Yubico and Okta asked 1,890 technology and security professionals across nine countries how they sign in to work accounts. The most common answer was a username and password, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/08/passkey-adoption-typing-passwords/
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FBI Warns FortiBleed Remains Active After Amassing 86,644 Fortinet Device Credentials
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Secret Service (USSS) on Tuesday warned that the FortiBleed credential harvesting campaign remains an active threat aimed at internet-facing Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and secure socket layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) gateways.”The campaign exploits reused or leaked credentials and legacy SHA-256 password storage, enabling threat First seen…
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Half of Cybersecurity Pros Still Rely on Passwords Despite Security Concerns
A Yubico survey identified a significant gap between awareness and adoption of secure methods of authentication in enterprises First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cybersecurity-pros-rely-passwords/
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100+ Ukrainian Websites Hacked to Install Lunex Stealer with ClickFix Lure
Over 100 hacked Ukrainian websites used fake Cloudflare checks to install Lunex Stealer and steal browser passwords, tokens and cryptocurrency wallets. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ukrainian-websites-hacked-lunex-stealer-clickfix/
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32 Monate Haft: Ehemaliger IT-Techniker hackt System seines Arbeitsgebers
Tags: passwordPer Fernzugriff hat er Passwörter von Admin-Konten geändert und Hunderte Rechner gesperrt – und damit versucht, rund 750.000 Dollar zu erpressen. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/32-monate-haft-ehemaliger-it-techniker-hackt-system-seines-arbeitsgebers-2610-213794.html
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Fake ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini Ads Use Browserthe-Browser Phishing to Steal Accounts
A human-operated phishing platform impersonating AI advertising products to steal credentials and manipulate multifactor authentication workflows. The operation targets advertising professionals through convincing account-connection pages, with researchers observing hundreds of victim submissions and continued activity during their investigation. Rather than presenting an obvious password request, the attackers sell a plausible business workflow: campaign optimization, spending…
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Asos warns customer data may be compromised after ‘unauthorised’ app access
Shares in fashion company fall 11% after its app systems are accessed by ‘unidentified third party'<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/06/euro-france-central-bank-interest-rates-bonds-latest-live-updates”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>Asos is investigating unauthorised access to its app system after shoppers received a notification claiming hackers had “fully compromised” its data.The online fashion retailer said basic personal information including name and contact details might have been…
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Asos customers receive ‘hack’ message threatening to leak personal data
Shares in fashion company fall 11% after its app systems are accessed by ‘unidentified third party'<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/06/euro-france-central-bank-interest-rates-bonds-latest-live-updates”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>Asos is investigating unauthorised access to its app system after shoppers received a notification claiming hackers had “fully compromised” its data.The online fashion retailer said basic personal information including name and contact details might have been…
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Fake brand discounts on social media prey on shoppers’ fear of missing out
Cybercriminals are using fake discounts posted on Facebook and TikTok to lure shoppers to phishing sites that steal their payment card details and one-time passwords, Group-IB … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/milk-dragon-phishing-fake-discounts/
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Fake Zoom installer hides macOS backdoor CloudSyncD
Jamf Threat Labs details CloudSyncD, a fake macOS Zoom installer that hides a phished password using invisible zero-width Unicode characters. Jamf Threat Labs found CloudSyncD while doing routine scanning on VirusTotal, buried inside a disguised Zoom client. They first spotted it on September 15, clearly still under construction, and within two days watched it move…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: AI agents are users too, and they need governing like it
For more than two decades, Cybersecurity Awareness Month has centered on people: the employee who might click a malicious link, reuse a password or approve a suspicious login. This October, as the campaign runs under the banner “Don’t Make It Easy for Them”, identity specialists say the conversation must widen to include a fast-growing population…
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Authentication Bypass Successfully Impersonated 95 Users Without Passwords or MFA
A critical authentication bypass that enabled the impersonation of 95 employee accounts, including privileged users, without passwords, multi-factor authentication (MFA), or valid Microsoft Entra ID tokens. The issue stemmed from two flaws in the application’s custom session-cookie implementation: a predictable hard-coded signing secret and the use of public database identifiers as authenticated session payloads. Although…
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New Infostealer Can Steal Passwords, Cards, Cookies and Wi-Fi Keys From Windows PCs
A Python-based infostealer builder that enables threat actors to generate customized Windows payloads capable of stealing browser credentials, payment-card data, session cookies, Discord tokens, Wi-Fi passwords and extensive system information. Rather than functioning as a single-use stealer, the package includes a builder interface and an embedded payload, providing a model consistent with Malware-as-a-Service operations. Operators…
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New CloudSyncD macOS Backdoor Uses Fake Zoom Installer to Steal Passwords
CloudSyncD macOS backdoor uses a fake Zoom installer to steal Mac passwords, bypass Gatekeeper and connect infected devices to remote C2 servers. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cloudsyncd-macos-backdoor-fake-zoom-installer-passwords/
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CloudSyncD MacOS Backdoor Hides Behind Fake Zoom Installer
CloudSyncD uses a fake Zoom installer to phish Mac passwords and launch a two-stage backdoor First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cloudsyncd-macos-backdoor-fake/
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CloudSyncD Uses Invisible Unicode to Hide Phished Mac Passwords in Plain Sight
A new macOS backdoor, tracked as CloudSyncD, that masquerades as a Zoom installer and uses invisible Unicode characters to conceal a victim’s phished password inside a seemingly harmless configuration file. The malware was found during routine VirusTotal monitoring embedded in a fake Zoom client distributed as a disk image named “Zoom.” Its visual layout imitates…
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RedFlick Uses Scheduled Tasks and Password-Protected Archives to Deploy CosmicPulse Backdoor
Russian state-linked threat actor Star Blizzard has expanded its cyberespionage operations in 2026 with a phishing and malware-delivery technique tracked by Microsoft as RedFlick. Microsoft Threat Intelligence reported that the group, which CISA attributes to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 18, conducted at least 13 phishing campaigns between January and August 2026. The activity…
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LastPass Has ‘Cleared A Lot Of Hurdles,’ Strong AI Growth Ahead: CEO Karim Toubba
LastPass is seeing numerous signs of increasing momentum”, suggesting that it has taken the right steps in the wake of a pair of security incidents in 2022″, and is positioned to build on its expansion beyond password management as customers and partners embrace AI, LastPass CEO Karim Toubba tells CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump…
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Hackers Target 5,700 Microsoft 365 Accounts Using Forgotten Service Accounts With No MFA
Threat actors have targeted more than 5,700 Microsoft 365 accounts across 28 tenants in a password-spraying campaign that successfully breached seven forgotten service accounts lacking MFA. The activity, tracked by Proofpoint as UNK_CondorFiltration, focused heavily on Chilean retail and financial organizations and abused the TeamFiltration offensive framework. The framework, initially created for legitimate Microsoft 365…