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24B Records Exposed in Massive Leak of Emails, Passwords, and Login Data

Cybernews researchers found an exposed database with 24 billion credential records, raising fresh risks from password reuse and credential stuffing.

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Can't make sense of Dashlane's vault theft notification? You're not alone.

There’s a lot that doesn’t add up in a security advisory password manager Dashlane published Monday, warning that attackers managed to obtain 20 encrypted user vaults.

“Starting on Sunday, May 31, 2026, an external party launched a brute force attack against certain Dashlane user accounts,” the company said. “The goal of the attack was to brute-force two-factor authentication (2FA) protections to allow the attacker to register new devices on existing user accounts.”

Hello, Dashlane, anybody home?

A Dashlane user who received such a 2FA request provided this screenshot of the notification, which arrived on Sunday.

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Microsoft Authenticator Flaw on Android, iOS Could Leak Login Codes for Millions

A vulnerability in Microsoft Authenticator for Android and iOS could expose login codes to malicious apps on the same device. Microsoft has released a patch.

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