Tag: #OnlineSecurity
Conventional Phishing attacks involved tricking potential victims to enter their respective usernames and passwords on fake websites which resembled the genuine websites. Once the login credentials were captured, they were used to steal business as well as personal data. A new trend that has emerged is to trick users into downloading malware that once downloaded […]
On Sunday, popular Password Manager Dashlane reported a massive brute-force attack also known as credential stuffing. In the latter, user accounts are fed with as many username and password combinations as needed with the objective that one will be the correct one. The good news is that the company’s internal systems were not affected. However […]
In 2025, researchers uncovered a massive pool of exposed login data. Billions of usernames and passwords were found circulating online, collected over time from breaches and malware. It wasn’t one incident. It was years of compromised data coming together in one place. At the same time, phishing has become harder to spot. Emails sound natural. […]