2012, Accountability and Password Management

Microsoft fixes two SharePoint zero-days under attack, but one is still unresolved - how to patch

Zero Day

JULY 23, 2025

Active since 2012, Linen Typhoon specializes in stealing intellectual property, mainly targeting government, defense, strategic planning, and human rights organizations. The group typically relies on exploiting security vulnerabilities to launch its attacks.

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Dashlane 2024

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other password managers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.

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Dashlane Review 2021: Pricing & Features

eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other password managers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.

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Police forces pipe 225 million pwned passwords into ‘Have I Been Pwned?’

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So, if HIBP says your email address was involved in the great big LinkedIn breach of 2012, the Canva breach of 2019, or any other notable episode of credential theft, you know to change your passwords on those systems, and not use them anywhere else. If it says a password you use has breached, you know to never use it again.

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Dashlane vs. LastPass: Business Password Manager Comparison

eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

Dashlane and LastPass are two of the biggest names in password management software. They both provide businesses secure vaults for sensitive information, including passwords, credit card details, and personal identification numbers. It has long been regarded as a top password manager for both personal and professional use.

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New Version of Meduza Stealer Released in Dark Web

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

One of the key significant improvements are support of more software clients (including browser-based cryptocurrency wallets), upgraded credit card (CC) grabber, and additional advanced mechanisms for password storage dump on various platforms to extract credentials and tokens.

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GAO report reveals new Pentagon weapon systems vulnerable to hack

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

According to a new report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) almost any new weapon systems in the arsenal of the Pentagon is vulnerable to hack. ” In one case the GAO testers were able to guess an administrator password in only 9 seconds. ” reads the report published by the GAO.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. Two meaningful steps every person can take, right now, is to begin routinely using a password manager and encrypted browsers.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. Wait, what?

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. Wait, what?

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CISSPs from Around the Globe: An Interview with James Wright

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I also discovered several security vulnerabilities in LastPass Password Manager. I discovered a handful of security vulnerabilities that allowed an attacker with physical access to the iOS device to gain unauthorized access to a victim’s account even if they had logged out of LastPass. What is it about the job that you love?

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Why (almost) everything we told you about passwords was wrong

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I am not a heavy re-user, nothing crazy, I use a password manager to handle most of my credentials but I still reuse the odd password from time to time. As computer and internet use exploded over the past forty years, the number of passwords each of us must remember has climbed precipitously. passwords each.

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The Year Targeted Phishing Went Mainstream

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2018

Also, most of the passwords referenced in the sextortion campaign appear to have been slurped from data breaches that are now several years old. For example, many readers reported that the password they received was the one compromised in LinkedIn’s massive 2012 data breach. – Don’t re-use passwords.

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Facebook passwords stored in plain text, hundreds of millions users affected

Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2019

According to the popular investigator Brian Krebs that is investigating the incident, hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees. Avoid reusing passwords across different services. Password manager apps can help.

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Cyber Security Informer

Microsoft fixes two SharePoint zero-days under attack, but one is still unresolved - how to patch

Dashlane 2024

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Dashlane Review 2021: Pricing & Features

Police forces pipe 225 million pwned passwords into ‘Have I Been Pwned?’

Dashlane vs. LastPass: Business Password Manager Comparison

New Version of Meduza Stealer Released in Dark Web

GAO report reveals new Pentagon weapon systems vulnerable to hack

MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

CISSPs from Around the Globe: An Interview with James Wright

Why (almost) everything we told you about passwords was wrong

The Year Targeted Phishing Went Mainstream

Facebook passwords stored in plain text, hundreds of millions users affected

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