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A Russian hacker gave away millions of email credentials for social media votes

May 5, 2016/in Computer Security

Tens of millions of stolen credentials for Gmail, Microsoft and Yahoo email accounts are being shared online by a young Russian hacker known as “the Collector” as part of a supposed larger trove of 1.17 billion records.

That’s according to Hold Security, which says it has looked at more than 272 million unique credentials so far, including 42.5 million it had never seen before. A majority of the accounts reportedly were stolen from users of Mail.ru, Russia’s most popular email service, but credentials for other services apparently were also included.

Hold discovered the breach when its researchers came across the hacker bragging in an online forum. Though the hacker initially asked Hold for 50 rubles for the initial 10GB stash — that’s equivalent to about 75 cents — he eventually turned it over to them in exchange for likes and votes for him on social media.

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A new approach to detecting compromised credentials in real-time

April 15, 2016/in Computer Security

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Last year the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a statement to notify financial institutions about the growing trend of cyber attacks designed to steal online credentials. While this is certainly a big issue for banks and credit unions, concern about stolen credentials extends far beyond the financial services industry. Basically any organization with valuable data is at risk of an attack initiated with seemingly legitimate credentials.

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Smart refrigerator hack exposes Gmail login credentials

August 30, 2015/in Computer Security

A team of hackers recently discovered a man-in-the-middle vulnerability in a Samsung smart refrigerator that can be exploited to steal Gmail users’ login credentials, The Register reported this week.

Hackers from security company Pen Test Partners discovered the flaw while participating in an Internet of Things (IoT) hacking challenge at the Def Con security conference earlier this month. The smart refrigerator, Samsung model RF28HMELBSR, is designed to integrate the user’s Gmail Calendar with its display. Samsung implemented SSL to secure the Gmail integration, but the hackers found that the device does not validate SSL certificates, opening the opportunity for hackers to access the network and monitor activity for the user name and password used to link the refrigerator to Gmail.

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Is your iCloud password at risk? Serious iOS bug lets hackers create fake login screens to steal Apple credentials

June 12, 2015/in Computer Security

Following the mass iCloud hack last year, in which nude photos of celebrities were leaked online, Apple promised to make security a priority. But a researcher has not only discovered a bug in the Mail client on iOS that leaves users vulnerable to hackers …
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