Category: passwords

Red Team Hackers Crack 13,000 Department of Interior Passwords in 90 Minutes

January 12, 2023
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A government team of hackers tasked with testing the Department of the Interior’s cyber vulnerabilities cracked more than 16 percent of the department’s 85,000 passwords in 90 minutes, a new report reveals. An unclassified Jan. 3 report (pdf) from the Inspector General for Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations found that the department’s password protection and use…

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LastPass Confirm Hackers Stole Customer Passwords in Recent Admission

December 23, 2022
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The data breach which hit password manager LastPass this August was more serious than earlier perceived, and involved customer passwords being stolen, the company admitted in a latest update on the situation. In the August hack, the company claimed that a threat actor gained internal access to its systems for a period of four days,…

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Hackers Exploit TikTok ‘Invisible Body’ Challenge to Steal User Passwords, Credit Cards: Report

November 29, 2022
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A trending “invisible challenge” on TikTok is being used by hackers to steal users’ passwords, credit card data, and Discord accounts, according to a report. The TikTok challenge sees users film themselves naked while using the video-sharing site’s “Invisible Body” filter to blur out the body, making it appear invisible. The latest trend on TikTok, which is…

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Emerging Technologies That Are Disrupting Cybercrime

September 7, 2021
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By Aman Jain The struggle to fight against cybersecurity breaches is real. There has been a concerning increase in data breaches of late. Since the onset of the pandemic, the FBI reported a 300 percent rise in cybercrimes like spear-phishing. Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Spear-phishing is a cybercrime that steals sensitive financial information via email. It…

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