There are more than 15 billion stolen account credentials being sold or even shared for free on the dark web, with individual entries selling for an average of $15.43, a new research report states. Roughly one-third of the credentials, or about 5 billion, are unique, according to Digital Shadows, whose researchers reached these totals following an analysis of two-and-a-half years of advertised account credentials found across nine active and defunct dark web marketplaces.
Cyber threats are evolving every day, keeping up with them is a full-time job. The WESTprotect Cyber News is your source for how these changes affect you in the real estate, title, mortgage, and settlement services industry. From cyber threats to new Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP’s) we’ve got you covered.
Once upon a time, our biggest Internet aggravation was a simple chain email. Remember those? Forward this email to 25 friends or you will get sick. Well, the world has certainly changed quickly, and now it feels like a full-time job to protect yourself and your clients.
University of California San Francisco ("UCSF") admitted having paid roughly $1.14 million to cybercriminals to recover data encrypted during a ransomware attack that took place in June. Threat actors launched malware that encrypted a limited number of servers within the School of Medicine, making them temporarily inaccessible.
Hundreds of popular websites now offer some form of multi-factor authentication (MFA), which can help users safeguard access to accounts when their password is breached or stolen. But people who don’t take advantage of these added safeguards may find it far more difficult to regain access when their account gets hacked, because increasingly thieves will enable multi-factor options and tie the account to a device they control. Here’s the story of one such incident.
Your router plays multiple roles in keeping your home or office network together. Not only does it connect all of your devices to the web, but it also acts as a gateway for the data that comes and goes from the rest of the internet. As a result, it’s the perfect target for malicious hackers that want to take down all of your devices. This is the reason why we strongly recommend doing as much as you can to secure your router.