Tag: Credentials

April 15, 2016

A new strain of Qbot, malicious software that steals user credentials and creates backdoors on targeted devices, has infected over 54,000 PCs in thousands of organisations across the world, BAE System experts have found. Following an attack on a public […]

March 14, 2016

Two-factor authentication with SMS is widely used by banking institutions. Of course, this measure works better than a mere password but it’s not unbreakable. Security specialists found out how it can be fooled 10 years ago, when this protection measure […]

January 12, 2016

The Credential Manager in Windows is a relatively unknown feature, even though a lot of people are using it without being aware of its existence. Windows stores credentials in special folders that they call “vaults” to help users login to […]

October 20, 2015

The Internal Revenue Service and private tax preparers say they are beefing up efforts to limit tax-related #identity theft for the 2016 filing season, testing more than 20 new safeguards to protect taxpayers’ sensitive information. The #irs, state tax authorities […]

October 14, 2015

Researchers at Trustwave spotted a zero-day #exploit in the Magmi plugin for the #magento e-commerce platform that can be used by an attacker to access #credentials and potentially gain complete control of the a user’s Magento database. The vulnerability exists […]

September 3, 2015

Organizations should be on the alert for adversaries attempting to breach their computer systems by using little or no malware in their attacks, warns Dell SecureWorks’ Counter Threat Unit (CTU) senior researcher Phil Burdette. According to Burdette, cyber criminals are […]

June 29, 2015

We have detected a phishing campaign targeting Android developers who are publishing their creations in Google Play, Android’s official app store. The form field in the email comes from “Play Developer Support”, with the subject “Update your Account Information”, as […]

June 25, 2015

Websense revealed a high degree of specialization among criminals attacking financial services, a huge investment in the lure attack phase and the specific and anomalous attacks pointed at global targets dealing in finance. By analyzing data on attack patterns unique […]

March 19, 2015

New research from SecureAuth shows that despite much debate, the password isn’t dead yet as two in five IT decision makers (ITDMs) admit that passwords are their only IT security measure. It is a worrying revelation, considering the prevalence of […]