Security News

Forecasting credential stuffing threats
2018-10-16 14:20

From password vaults to two-factor authentication, Andy Ellis of Akamai explains defensive tactics against password stuffing.

ThreatList: Credential Theft Spikes by Triple Digits in U.S.
2018-10-11 20:19

Meanwhile, the LokiPWS (a.k.a. Lokibot) malware family distribution is surging.

MikroTik routers with default credentials can be easily compromised
2018-10-08 10:23

If you own a MikroTik router and you haven’t updated its RouterOS in the last month, you should do so now: Tenable Research has released details about four vulnerabilities they found in the OS,...

Vulnerabilities in PureVPN Client Leak User Credentials
2018-09-28 17:54

The PureVPN client for Windows is impacted by two vulnerabilities that result in user credential leak, a Trustwave security researcher has discovered. read more

ISACA introduces new credential to build and recognize auditors’ cybersecurity knowledge
2018-09-28 05:00

Auditors are being required to audit cybersecurity processes, policies and tools to provide assurance that their enterprise has appropriate controls in place. To help them acquire and prove these...

AdGuard adblocker resets passwords after credential-stuffing attack
2018-09-25 11:15

AdGuard has taken the decision to reset all user accounts after suffering a credential-stuffing and brute-force password attack.

Credential Stuffing Attacks Are Reaching DDoS Proportions
2018-09-24 10:12

Credential stuffing is a growing threat. It is not new, but for many companies it is treated as annoying background noise that can be absorbed by bandwidth, handled by access controls, and...

Some credential-stuffing botnets don't care about being noticed any more
2018-09-24 10:03

They just take a battering ram to the gates The bots spewing out malicious login attempts by the bucketload appear to have cranked it up a notch.…

How credential stuffing contributed to 8.3B malicious botnet logins in early 2018
2018-09-19 15:20

Malicious login attempts from bots increased by by almost 2 billion from April to May 2018. Here's who is at risk.

Phished credentials caused twice as many breaches than malware in the past year
2018-09-13 05:45

Personal device use for remote work poses the biggest security risk to organisations safeguarding their increasingly mobile and cloud-based IT environment, according to a new survey of 100...