Tag: credential theft
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Cisco Talos Blog: Malicious QR codes
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/malicious_qr_codes/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Malicious QR codes Feedly Summary: QR codes are disproportionately effective at bypassing most anti-spam filters, as most filters are not designed to recognize that a QR code is present in an image and decode the QR code. According to Talos’ data, roughly 60% of all email containing…
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Hacker News: Will passkeys ever replace passwords? Can they? Here’s why they should
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/17/passkeys_passwords/ Source: Hacker News Title: Will passkeys ever replace passwords? Can they? Here’s why they should Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the concept of passkeys as an alternative to traditional passwords, emphasizing their potential to enhance security against phishing attacks while addressing implementation challenges and user…
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Cisco Talos Blog: New PXA Stealer targets government and education sectors for sensitive information
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/new-pxa-stealer/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: New PXA Stealer targets government and education sectors for sensitive information Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered a new information stealing campaign operated by a Vietnamese-speaking threat actor targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a threat…
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The Register: Gang gobbles 15K credentials from cloud and email providers’ garbage Git configs
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/emeraldwhale_credential_theft/ Source: The Register Title: Gang gobbles 15K credentials from cloud and email providers’ garbage Git configs Feedly Summary: Emeraldwhale gang looked sharp – until it made a common S3 bucket mistake A criminal operation dubbed Emeraldwhale has been discovered after it dumped more than 15,000 credentials belonging to cloud service and email…
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The Register: Windows Themes zero-day bug exposes users to NTLM credential theft
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/zeroday_windows_themes/ Source: The Register Title: Windows Themes zero-day bug exposes users to NTLM credential theft Feedly Summary: Plus a free micropatch until Redmond fixes the flaw There’s a Windows Themes spoofing zero-day bug on the loose that allows attackers to steal people’s NTLM credentials.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses…
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The Register: Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/russia_wrangles_rdp_files_in/ Source: The Register Title: Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive Feedly Summary: The prolific Midnight Blizzard crew cast a much wider net in search of scrummy intel Microsoft says a mass phishing campaign by Russia’s foreign intelligence services (SVR) is now in its second week, and…