Security News

State Farm Investigates Credential-Stuffing Attack
2019-08-08 18:03

Not Yet Clear How Many Customers May Have Been AffectedInsurer State Farm has been hit by a credential-stuffing attack designed to gain access to U.S. customers' online accounts, a company...

Baldr Credential-Stealing Malware Targets Gamers
2019-08-08 16:33

Cybercriminals Look to Steal IDs and Payment InformationSince it was first spotted in January, the Baldr credential stealer has spread from Russian underground forums throughout the global gaming...

Smominru Cryptominer Scrapes Credentials for Half-Million Machines
2019-08-07 14:51

The adversaries have retooled with EternalBlue and credential theft to add a new "access mining" revenue stream.

Cybercrooks attempted credential-stuffing banks 3.5 BEEELLION times in the last 18 months alone
2019-07-31 18:12

All going just as you'd expect, reckons Akamai Content delivery network Akamai Technologies reckons that despite the time and effort spent convincing people not to fall for phishing and other...

Gamers Are Easy Prey for Credential Thieves
2019-07-26 18:37

Gamers are easy pickings for credential crooks, thanks to lax security hygiene and poor gaming company practices.

40% of enterprises experienced Office 365 credential theft, report finds
2019-07-22 16:00

While 80% of organizations use more than the default security provided by Office 365, additional measures are needed to secure enterprise email.

Widely Used Kiosks Compromised by Hardcoded Credentials
2019-07-11 13:30

Hardcoded Credentials in Kiosk Software Allowed Remote Attackers to Compromise API read more

Scary Granny zombie game slurps credentials, spawns phishing attack
2019-07-02 11:12

Halloween came a little early for some Android users this year after a horror-themed computer game was found stealing their account credentials and displaying potentially malicious ads.

Hardcoded Credentials Expose SICK Controllers to Remote Attacks
2019-07-01 19:28

A researcher has discovered that remote hackers could reconfigure or disrupt MSC800 modular system controllers from Germany-based sensor maker SICK due to the existence of hardcoded credentials. read more

HID Global adds the HID Credential Management Service to its cloud-based identity solutions
2019-06-19 01:30

HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, announced it has added the HID Credential Management Service to its growing offering of cloud-based identity solutions. The service...