That headline sounds like very good news for the rest of us. Hacker trap: Fake OnlyFans tool backstabs cybercriminals, steals passwords – BleepingComputer Although it is not all good news – the threat actors that developed the fake hacking tool, which installs the Lumma stealer information-stealing malware. on the threat …
When someone writes code for you…
…do you get it checked? It may seem a strange thing to think about, surely the programmers know how to produce secure code? But recent research has shown that even the biggest organisations have coders who continuously leave valuable credentials embedded in their public facing apps. These transgressions often arise …
FBI Credential Stuffing warning
The reuse of password by users is still probably the most common cyber security mistake organisations and individuals make – making a credential stuffing attacks profitable for threat actors. Once a threat actor has gathered their lists of credentials then they – or rather their automated tools will attempt to …
How do threat actors get hold of your login credentials? They just ask you to send them over!
The US Government has issued a warning over the growth of text messages that are designed to manipulate you into giving away your secret information. US govt warns Americans of escalating SMS phishing attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) If it is happening in the US, why not extend the attacks to other English …
Brute force attacks on Window 11
Disabling risky services for any OS or software “out-of-the-box” is always a good idea. If you need it, then you or your system administrators can enable it. A brute force attack is where a threat actor – or normally a threat actor computer – will try a range of different …
