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It’s a Holiday Security Breach Blowout

SiteLock

The next notification I received was for an earlier intrusion, the 2013 compromise of 2.4 Next, use robust authentication practices. Use strong, non-dictionary passwords for sites and services, use a password manager to store them, and never reuse passwords across sites.

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350 million decrypted email addresses left exposed on an unsecured server

Security Affairs

Example of leaked email addresses: Besides the CSV files, the bucket also contained voice recordings of several sales pitches to digital marketers about RepWatch, which appears to be a long-defunct domain reputation management tool and may or – considering when the files were uploaded – may not be related to the CSV files stored in the bucket.

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The Challenges Facing the Passwordless Future

eSecurity Planet

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. Microsoft is already providing passwordless features to Azure Active Directory, and for Google, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has become mandatory. See the Top Password Managers.

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IndieFlix streaming service leaves thousands of confidential agreements, filmmaker SSNs, videos exposed on public server

Security Affairs

The motion picture acquisition agreements, tax ID requests, and contract addendum scans all date between 2013 and 2016. Storing anything on a publicly accessible server without any kind of authentication process in place is dangerous, which is a lesson many organizations still tend to learn the hard way. Disclosure.