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Internet Archive Hit By "Catastrophic" Attack, 31 Million Passwords Stolen
A pro-Palestinian hacktivist has claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack on the Internet Archive, exposing the personal data of 31 million users.
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995 Crore Passwords Stolen In Biggest Data Breach Ever: Report
As per the researchers, the passwords have been leaked with the help of a mix of old and new data breaches.
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Apple ID Account Bug Locks Some Users Out of Accounts, Forces Password Reset
Apple ID password reset prompts are being presented to several users online, according to various reports by customers on social media platforms. The issue appears to be affecting users randomly, including one Gadgets 360 staff member. Apple's system status webpage does not currently indicate that there are any issues affecting any of its services.
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Google Responds to Detection of Session Token Malware Capable of Hijacking Accounts: Report
Malware creators are using a zero-day exploit to access users' Google accounts via malicious code used to exfiltrate sessions tokens, according to security researchers. The exploit also allows malicious users to regenerate an authentication cookie to log in to a user's account, even after a password change.
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Philippines Health Insurer's Data Hacked, Posted On Dark Web
Hackers have stolen the personal data of potentially millions of people from the Philippines's national health insurer, which has urged members to change their passwords after the "staggering" cyberattack.
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Criminals Use Apple's Recovery Key to Lock Users Out of Their Stolen iPhones: Report
Apple's recovery key functionality is allegedly helping thieves to lock users out of their lost or stolen iPhones. As per a new report, an iPhone user named Greg Frasca lost access to his iPhone 14 Pro and thieves used his passcode to change Frasca’s Apple ID password. They enabled the recovery key to permanently lock him out of his stolen phones
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Facebook Warns 1 Million Users About Usernames, Passwords Stolen via 400 Malicious Apps
Facebook on Friday warned 1 million users that their usernames and passwords may have been stolen by malicious apps on the Google Play store and Apple's App Store. Over 400 malicious apps on Android and iOS were users to target Internet users, according to Meta. Apple said 45 of the 400 problematic apps were on its App Store and have been removed, ...
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Kiwi Farms Hacked After Cloudflare, DDoS-Guard Drop Protection; Usernames Passwords Stolen
Kiwi Farms, the online forum used as a hub for organising harassment campaigns, particularly targeting women or people in the LGBTQ community, announced that it was affected by a data breach. In the blog post, the forum stated that it was hacked and users should assume that usernames and passwords were stolen.
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Stolen iPhone Handsets Being Used to Easily Access Users’ Bank Accounts. Brazilian Criminals Detail How
iPhone handsets that are stolen can be used by criminals to access the users’ bank accounts. Some thieves in Brazil explain how the process is much simpler than expected.
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Facebook Says Hackers 'Scraped' Data of 533 Million Users in 2019 Leak
Facebook said that hackers "scraped" personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists.
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Usernames, Passwords Of Over 9,000 Canada Government Accounts Stolen
Thousands of user accounts for online government services in Canada were recently hacked during cyber attacks, authorities said Saturday.
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Google Authenticator App Codes Can Be Stolen by Android Malware Cerberus: ThreatFabric
Cerberus a relatively new Android malware can now extract, one-time passwords (OTP) generated by Google's Google Authenticator. Cerberus is a critical risk for financials offering online banking services.
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Zynga Hack in September Exposed 173 Million User Accounts: Report
In September, Zynga suffered a major security breach involving around 173 million user accounts. Personal information such as usernames, passwords, and email addresses was stolen.
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Data Leak: Collection #2-5 Dump Leaks 2.2 Billion Usernames and Passwords
Carrying unimaginable 2.2 billion usernames and associated passwords, the new data dump is claimed to include 845GB of stolen data.
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Twitter Urges All Users to Change Passwords After Bug Left Them 'Unmasked'
Twitter disclosed the issue in a blog post and series of tweets on Thursday afternoon, saying it had resolved the problem.
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Internet Archive Hit By "Catastrophic" Attack, 31 Million Passwords Stolen
A pro-Palestinian hacktivist has claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack on the Internet Archive, exposing the personal data of 31 million users.
-
995 Crore Passwords Stolen In Biggest Data Breach Ever: Report
As per the researchers, the passwords have been leaked with the help of a mix of old and new data breaches.
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Apple ID Account Bug Locks Some Users Out of Accounts, Forces Password Reset
Apple ID password reset prompts are being presented to several users online, according to various reports by customers on social media platforms. The issue appears to be affecting users randomly, including one Gadgets 360 staff member. Apple's system status webpage does not currently indicate that there are any issues affecting any of its services.
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Google Responds to Detection of Session Token Malware Capable of Hijacking Accounts: Report
Malware creators are using a zero-day exploit to access users' Google accounts via malicious code used to exfiltrate sessions tokens, according to security researchers. The exploit also allows malicious users to regenerate an authentication cookie to log in to a user's account, even after a password change.
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Philippines Health Insurer's Data Hacked, Posted On Dark Web
Hackers have stolen the personal data of potentially millions of people from the Philippines's national health insurer, which has urged members to change their passwords after the "staggering" cyberattack.
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Criminals Use Apple's Recovery Key to Lock Users Out of Their Stolen iPhones: Report
Apple's recovery key functionality is allegedly helping thieves to lock users out of their lost or stolen iPhones. As per a new report, an iPhone user named Greg Frasca lost access to his iPhone 14 Pro and thieves used his passcode to change Frasca’s Apple ID password. They enabled the recovery key to permanently lock him out of his stolen phones
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Facebook Warns 1 Million Users About Usernames, Passwords Stolen via 400 Malicious Apps
Facebook on Friday warned 1 million users that their usernames and passwords may have been stolen by malicious apps on the Google Play store and Apple's App Store. Over 400 malicious apps on Android and iOS were users to target Internet users, according to Meta. Apple said 45 of the 400 problematic apps were on its App Store and have been removed, ...
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Kiwi Farms Hacked After Cloudflare, DDoS-Guard Drop Protection; Usernames Passwords Stolen
Kiwi Farms, the online forum used as a hub for organising harassment campaigns, particularly targeting women or people in the LGBTQ community, announced that it was affected by a data breach. In the blog post, the forum stated that it was hacked and users should assume that usernames and passwords were stolen.
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Stolen iPhone Handsets Being Used to Easily Access Users’ Bank Accounts. Brazilian Criminals Detail How
iPhone handsets that are stolen can be used by criminals to access the users’ bank accounts. Some thieves in Brazil explain how the process is much simpler than expected.
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Facebook Says Hackers 'Scraped' Data of 533 Million Users in 2019 Leak
Facebook said that hackers "scraped" personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists.
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Usernames, Passwords Of Over 9,000 Canada Government Accounts Stolen
Thousands of user accounts for online government services in Canada were recently hacked during cyber attacks, authorities said Saturday.
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Google Authenticator App Codes Can Be Stolen by Android Malware Cerberus: ThreatFabric
Cerberus a relatively new Android malware can now extract, one-time passwords (OTP) generated by Google's Google Authenticator. Cerberus is a critical risk for financials offering online banking services.
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Zynga Hack in September Exposed 173 Million User Accounts: Report
In September, Zynga suffered a major security breach involving around 173 million user accounts. Personal information such as usernames, passwords, and email addresses was stolen.
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Data Leak: Collection #2-5 Dump Leaks 2.2 Billion Usernames and Passwords
Carrying unimaginable 2.2 billion usernames and associated passwords, the new data dump is claimed to include 845GB of stolen data.
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Twitter Urges All Users to Change Passwords After Bug Left Them 'Unmasked'
Twitter disclosed the issue in a blog post and series of tweets on Thursday afternoon, saying it had resolved the problem.
