U.S. Authorities Shut Down Slilpp—Largest Marketplace for Stolen Logins

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) Thursday said it disrupted and took down the infrastructure of an underground marketplace known as “Slilpp” that specialized in trading stolen login credentials as …

Using Breached Password Detection Services to Prevent Cyberattack

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Bolstering password policies in your organization is an important part of a robust cybersecurity strategy. Cybercriminals are using compromised accounts as one of their favorite tactics to infiltrate business-critical environments; …

Beef Supplier JBS Paid Hackers $11 Million Ransom After Cyberattack

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Meat processing company JBS on Wednesday confirmed it paid extortionists $11 million in bitcoins to regain access to its systems following a destructive ransomware attack late last month. “In consultation …

Update Your Windows Computers to Patch 6 New In-the-Wind Zero-Day Bugs

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Microsoft on Tuesday released another round of security updates for Windows operating systems and other supported software, squashing 50 vulnerabilities, including 6 zero-days that are said to be under active attack. The …

Feds Secretly Ran a Fake Encrypted Chat App and Busted Over 800 Criminals

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In an unprecedented sting operation, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat service called ANoM for nearly three years to intercept …

Top 10 Privacy and Security Features Apple Announced at WWDC 2021

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Apple on Monday announced a number of privacy and security-centric features to its upcoming versions of iOS and macOS at its all-online Worldwide Developers Conference. Here is a quick look at some of the big-ticket changes …

Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised VPN Password

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The ransomware cartel that masterminded the Colonial Pipeline attack early last month crippled the pipeline operator’s network using a compromised virtual private network (VPN) account password, the latest investigation into the incident …