Study claims hackers grab almost 250,000 valid log-in names and passwords for Google accounts every week; here's what you can do
A new case study by Google and UC Berkeley has revealed how hijackers take control of email and other accounts of users. From March 2016 to March 2017, they analyzed several black markets to see how hijackers steal passwords and other sensitive data. The company further highlights that with the help of the findings they were able to secure 67 million Google accounts before they were abused. The research tracked various black markets that traded third-party password breaches, as well as 25,000 blackhat tools used for phishing and keylogging. The sources involved in the research revealed that 788,000 credentials stolen via keyloggers, 12 million credentials stolen via phishing, and 3.3 billion credentials exposed by third-party breaches. The company posted in its official blog, "In the case of third-party data breaches, 12% of the exposed records included a Gmail address serving as a username and a password; of those passwords, 7% were valid due to reuse. When it comes to ph...