Passwords
NCSC is urging Premium League Football fans to change their passwords
The National Cyber Security Center, a cyber arm of UK GCHQ is urging all the football fans willing to view their favorite matches online to change their password of logins. So, all you fans of Football out there who are getting ready to watch their favourite games LIVE through Now TV, BT Sport, and other […]
Ukraine busts hacker behind 773 million password breach of Americans and Europeans
Ukraine has released an official statement yesterday saying that the law enforcement authorities have taken a person named Sanix into custody in association with a password breach related to over 773 million European and American populace. Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says that the hacker was convicted about a hack involving 1 million unique […]
Over 500,000 Zoom App user credentials available on the dark web
Zoom App has been in news from the past two weeks for having security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers. Now, the news is out that some hacking group/s have already exploited the flaws and have stolen over 500,000 user credentials only to sell them on the dark web for a penny each. […]
Microsoft research confirms that 44M users using same passwords
In an internal security review conducted by Microsoft, it was revealed that more than 44 million user accounts are using the same username and passwords that have been leaked through security breaches. Going deep into the details, a team of researchers from Microsoft’s Threat Research carried out a scan on the usernames and passwords being […]
Password troubles for 10M account users of Disney + or Disney Plus
Disney + also searched as Disney plus on Google search engine has refuted rumors that over 10million accounts of its users including passwords were leaked online. The American video-on-demand streaming service which made its debut on November 12th of 2019 said that leaked information on various hacking forums could be from past hacks made on […]
UK NCSC advises avoiding these passwords
The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) of the UK has advised online users to avoid the following list of passwords if they want to keep their online presence secure and safe from hackers. GCHQ’s cybersecurity wing states that if an online user happens to see the password, then he/she should change it on an immediate […]
Microsoft thinking to drop ‘One Password’ idea for all its web services
We all know that American Tech giant Microsoft (MS) has inducted a new login policy almost two years ago which urges its service users to use a single password across multiple service accounts. For instance, a single username and password being used on Skype can be used on other services owned by Microsoft like OneDrive, […]
XKCD data breach exposes passwords of more than 560,000 users
XKCD which is owned and run by American author Randall Munroe has is reported to have become a victim of a data breach leaking passwords, usernames and IP addresses of more than 560,000 users. High placed sources say that data access to hackers took place in July this year and the company discovered the breach […]
Keystrokes leading hackers to Passwords
Research conducted by Cybersecurity experts from Southern Methodist University in Texas has revealed that hacking techniques have become sophisticated to an extent that threat actors are sniffing out passwords of online service users just by accessing the sound of their keystrokes. In the latest cyber threat detected by the researchers, hackers are found using a […]
Hackers buy passwords of Deliveroo users and place fraudulent orders
Deliveroo, a London based online food delivery app is struggling to contain the number of fraudulent orders placed by hackers who purchased usernames and password credentials on the dark web for as low as £5 As each day is passing, Deliveroo account holders are sent scrambling to try to cancel the orders before the food […]
