Attackers exploited Meta’s AI support chatbot to reset Instagram passwords and hijack accounts without accessing victims’ email inboxes. Attackers abused Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot to reset Instagram passwords and hijack accounts without accessing victims’ email inboxes. The issue affected several users, including high-profile accounts, before Instagram fixed the flaw. Security researcher Jane Wong and other…
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AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Can you enforce strong Active Directory password rules without frustrating users?
Strong Active Directory passwords don’t have to come at the expense of usability. Specops Software explains how passphrases, breached password protection, and self-service resets can improve security without frustrating users. […]
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Verizon DBIR: AI Helped Hackers Exploit Vulnerabilities in 31% of Recent Breaches
Verizon DBIR 2026 reveals software vulnerabilities overtook stolen passwords in cyberattacks, with AI helping hackers exploit flaws within hours.
Global Security News
Microsoft Edge to stop loading cleartext passwords in memory on startup
Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup. […]
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Researcher Shows Edge Browser Stores Saved Passwords in Plaintext
Cybersecurity expert Tom Rønning finds Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into computer memory as cleartext, making them easy for hackers to steal.
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Network Security
World Password Day 2026: Passwords Still Matter (Whether We Like It or Not)
World Password Day 2026: Passwords Still Matter (Whether We Like It or Not) Every year, World Password Day comes around and we all pretend we’ve moved beyond passwords. We haven’t. Passwords are still everywhere. Still fragile. Still one of the easiest ways into an environment. And despite all the talk about passkeys and passwordless futures,…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Endpoint, Global Security News, Risk Management
World Password Day 2026: Why Strong Passwords Alone Are No Longer Enough
Every year, World Password Day reminds individuals and organizations to create stronger passwords, avoid password reuse, and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). While these practices remain important, new research from Proton suggests that traditional password security advice is no longer enough to protect modern businesses from cyber threats. Key Takeaways Despite 92% of small businesses investing…
AI, Global Security News
Number Usage in Passwords: Take Two, (Thu, Apr 9th)
In a previous diary [1], we looked to see how numbers were used within passwords submitted to honeypots. One of the items of interest was how dates, and more specifically years, were represented within the data and how that changed over time. It is often seen that years and seasons are used in passwords, especially…
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Manufacturing and Healthcare Share Struggles with Passwords
Explore the critical password management challenges faced by manufacturing and healthcare sectors amid rising cyber threats and data breaches.
AI, Global Security News
New Npm ‘Ghost Campaign’ Uses Fake Install Logs to Hide Malware
Ghost npm campaign fakes install logs to steal sudo passwords and drop RATs that loot crypto and data
AI, Global Security News
Passwords, MFA, and why neither is enough
Passwords weren’t enough, so we added MFA. Now MFA isn’t enough either. In this Help Net Security video, Karlo Zatylny, CTO/CISO at Portnox, walks through why each layer of identity security has failed and what comes next. SMS codes can be intercepted through SIM swapping. Authenticator apps are vulnerable to replay attacks and push bombing.…
Global Security News, Network Security
Maintaining Security and Protecting Smart Home Devices from Hackers
Learn how to protect smart home devices from hackers. Strong passwords, updates and secure networks help keep cameras, sensors and data safe.
Global Security News, Network Security
Where Multi-Factor Authentication Stops and Credential Abuse Starts
Organizations typically roll out multi-factor authentication (MFA) and assume stolen passwords are no longer enough to access systems. In Windows environments, that assumption is often wrong. Attackers still compromise networks every day using valid credentials. The issue is not MFA itself, but coverage. Enforced through an identity provider (IdP) such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta,…
Global Security News
Apple Needs to Copy Samsung’s New Security Smartphone Screen ASAP
Our whole lives flash across our smartphone’s display—bank balances, passwords and much, much more. This new tech could keep us safer.
Global Security News, Network Security
Connected and Compromised: When IoT Devices Turn Into Threats
Reused passwords, a lack of network segmentation, and poor sanitization processes make the Internet of Things’ attack surfaces more dangerous.
AI, Global Security News
Design weaknesses in major password managers enable vault attacks, researchers say
Can cloud-based password managers that claim “zero-knowledge encryption” keep users’ passwords safe even if their encrypted-vault servers are compromised? Researchers at ETH Zurich and Università della Svizzera italiana set out to answer that question, and the answer is (unfortunately) no. Attack paths against encrypted vaults Cloud-based password managers store users’s passwords in a password vault,…
AI, Global Security News, Security
Password guessing without AI: How attackers build targeted wordlists
Attackers don’t need AI to crack passwords, they build targeted wordlists from an organization’s own public language. This article explains how tools like CeWL turn websites into high-success password guesses and why complexity rules alone fall short. […]
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Password guessing without AI: How attackers build targeted wordlists
Attackers don’t need AI to crack passwords, they build targeted wordlists from an organization’s own public language. This article explains how tools like CeWL turn websites into high-success password guesses and why complexity rules alone fall short. […]
AI, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, privacy, Russia
A breach, a burnout, and a bit of Fleetwood Mac
A critical infrastructure hack hits the headlines – involving default passwords, boasts on Telegram, and a finale that will make a few cyber-crooks wish the ground would swallow them whole. Meanwhile we dig into the bit we don’t talk about enough: the human cost of defending companies from hackers – stress, burnout, and how better…
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Strengthen your digital defenses on World Password Day
In today’s digital world, passwords have become a necessary part of life. But even though you use them for almost everything you do online, you probably don’t give them the thought they truly deserve. May 1, 2025, is World Password Day, a reminder that passwords are the unsung heroes of cybersecurity, the first line of…
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Strengthen your digital defenses on World Password Day
In today’s digital world, passwords have become a necessary part of life. But even though you use them for almost everything you do online, you probably don’t give them the thought they truly deserve. May 1, 2025, is World Password Day, a reminder that passwords are the unsung heroes of cybersecurity, the first line of…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, malware, Password, password protection, Risk Management, Threat Lab
Strengthen your digital defenses on World Password Day
In today’s digital world, passwords have become a necessary part of life. But even though you use them for almost everything you do online, you probably don’t give them the thought they truly deserve. May 1, 2025, is World Password Day, a reminder that passwords are the unsung heroes of cybersecurity, the first line of…