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An analysis finds that '123456' is by far the most-commonly re-occurring password on breached accounts
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BEC fraud losses almost doubled last year
On the good news front, the FBI notes the success of its newly-established team in recovering some of the funds lost in BEC scams
Over 23 million breached accounts used ‘123456’ as password
The notorious six-digit string continues to 'reign supreme' among the most-hacked passwords
WannaCryptor ‘accidental hero’ pleads guilty to malware charges
Marcus Hutchins, who is best known for his inadvertent role in blunting the WannaCryptor outbreak two years ago, may now face a stretch behind bars
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Microsoft has admitted that some users of its web-based email services such as Outlook.com have had their account information and, in some cases, even email contents exposed
Embracing creativity to improve cyber‑readiness
How approaching cybersecurity with creativity in mind can lead to better protection from digital threats
Bug in EA’s Origin client left gamers open to attacks
The gaming company has rolled out a fix for the remote code execution vulnerability, so make sure you run the platform's latest version
Your Android phone can now double as a security key
An extra layer of security never hurt anybody, and now you can turn your phone into a physical security key
Microsoft reveals breach affecting webmail users
Some users of Microsoft’s web-based email services such as Outlook.com had their account information exposed in an incident that, as it later emerged, also impacted email contents
Hackers crack university defenses in just two hours
More than 50 universities in the United Kingdom had their cyber-defenses tested by ethical hackers, and the 'grades' aren’t pretty
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET researchers publish their findings on a new malware variant that the OceanLotus group uses to target Mac users
WPA3 flaws may let attackers steal Wi‑Fi passwords
The new wireless security protocol contains multiple design flaws that hackers could exploit for attacks on Wi-Fi passwords
Credential‑stuffing attacks behind 30 billion login attempts in 2018
Streaming media feature among services that take the spotlight in a report on credential-stuffing attacks in 2018
OceanLotus: macOS malware update
Latest ESET research describes the inner workings of a recently found addition to OceanLotus’s toolset for targeting Mac users
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Two app developers stored more than half a billion records about Facebook users on unsecured cloud servers
540 million records on Facebook users exposed by third‑party apps
The databases, sitting unprotected on cloud servers, contained reams of information amassed by two apps integrated with the social network
NIST cybersecurity resources for smaller businesses
How can smaller businesses address their cybersecurity risks without the resources of large organizations?
Look who’s stalking
Aren’t we just making it too easy for online followers to become real-life trackers with the amount of open data we are posting online?
Cryptocurrency exchange loses millions in heist
Bithumb believes that, unlike in past incidents, this theft was the work of rogue insiders
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
World Backup Day reminds businesses that they need to have data backup and recovery plans in place should the unthinkable happen