Topic: account takeovers
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Account Compromises Soared 389% in 2025: Report
Account compromise incidents surged by 389% in 2025, with credential theft becoming the primary attack method, representing 75% of all malicious activity. The rise is driven by sophisticated Phishing-as-a-Service kits, which accounted for 63% of compromises and are designed to bypass defenses lik...
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Google Ads Passkeys: New Guide for Secure Sign-In
Google has released a guide for using passkeys to sign into Google Ads accounts, offering a more secure, password-free authentication method to combat account breaches and phishing. The guide details mandatory passkey use for high-sensitivity operations like modifying user permissions and linking...
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Entra ID Account Takeover Attacks: Researchers Issue Urgent Warning
Security experts warn of a surge in account takeover attacks targeting Microsoft Entra ID, using the TeamFiltration framework to brute-force corporate accounts, linked to the threat group UNK_SneakyStrike. Attackers have compromised over 80,000 user accounts across 100 organizations, weaponizing ...
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Your Android TV Box Could Be a Botnet
Popular Android TV streaming devices like Superbox secretly incorporate users' home networks into botnets, enabling cybercrime activities without their knowledge. These devices require users to install unofficial app stores and connect to suspicious services, such as Tencent QQ and Grass IO, whic...
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7 Top UK Influencer Marketing Campaigns to Inspire You
Influencer marketing effectively blends authenticity with promotion, with 32% of Gen Z users choosing platforms based on influencer presence, highlighting their impact in the UK market. UK campaigns showcase diverse influencer strategies, including affiliate programs, account takeovers, and co-cr...
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Darktrace: 32 Million Phishing Emails Targeted Identities in 2025
Identity-based cyber attacks surged in 2025, with 32 million high-confidence phishing emails detected, marking a shift from breaching defenses to credential theft as the primary threat. Identity compromise has overtaken vulnerability exploitation as the main attack entry point, with adversaries u...
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