credential theft

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• Apple
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• hacking
• iCloud
• multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• Northern District of Georgia
• Social engineering
• social media
• stolen credentials

Zero lessons learned: Convicted scammer allegedly ran another athlete-focused phishing scam from federal prison

Cyber Scoop March 16, 2026

Zero lessons learned: Convicted scammer allegedly ran another athlete-focused...

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• access management
• AI
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• identity
• incident response
• initial access
• misconfiguration
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• Research
• Salesloft
• Salesloft Drift
• Social engineering
• stolen credentials
• Technology
• Threats
• Unit 42

Unit 42: Nearly two-thirds of breaches now start with identity abuse

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Unit 42: Nearly two-thirds of breaches now start with...

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• apt
• authentication
• China
• credential theft
• cyber espionage
• cybercrime
• data breaches
• espionage
• hacking
• Lotus Blossom
• Notepad++
• Rapid7
• Research
• Threats
• update

China-based espionage group compromised Notepad++ for six months

Cyber Scoop February 2, 2026

China-based espionage group compromised Notepad++ for six months |...

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4 min read

• account takeover (ATO) attacks
• Australia
• business email compromise
• business email compromise (BEC)
• Canada
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Europol
• France
• germany
• Microsoft
• phishing
• RedVDS
• Research
• The Netherlands
• United Kingdom (U.K.)
• virtual machines

Microsoft seizes RedVDS infrastructure, disrupts fast-growing cybercrime marketplace

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Microsoft seizes RedVDS infrastructure, disrupts fast-growing cybercrime marketplace |...

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6 min read

• breach
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Data theft
• infostealers
• Insights
• Malware
• password manager
• passwords
• Research
• stolen credentials

The ‘16 billion password breach’ story is a farce

Cyber Scoop June 24, 2025

The ‘16 billion password breach’ story is a farce...

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4 min read

• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Data theft
• Education
• extortion
• ransomware
• stolen credentials
• Threats

PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats

Cyber Scoop May 7, 2025

PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats | CyberScoop...

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3 min read

• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• exploit
• IBM
• IBM X-Force
• Research
• stolen credentials
• Threats
• vulnerabilities

Attackers stick with effective intrusion points, valid credentials and exploits

Cyber Scoop April 22, 2025

Attackers stick with effective intrusion points, valid credentials and...

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• Cisco
• Cisco Talos
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• identity
• identity authentication
• ransomware
• Research
• Threats

Identity lapses ensnared organizations at scale in 2024

Cyber Scoop April 1, 2025

Identity lapses ensnared organizations at scale in 2024 |...

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3 min read

• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• Flashpoint
• identity
• identity theft
• information-stealing malware
• infostealers
• Malware
• ransomware
• Research
• stolen credentials

Infostealers fueled cyberattacks and snagged 2.1B credentials last year

Cyber Scoop March 18, 2025

Infostealers fueled cyberattacks and snagged 2.1B credentials last year...

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• credential theft
• cybercrime
• GitHub
• Research
• sysdig
• Threats

Hackers find 15,000 credentials by scanning for git configuration

Cyber Scoop October 30, 2024

Hackers find 15,000 credentials by scanning for git configuration...

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