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Australian social news platform leaks 80,000 user records

Security Affairs

Fortunately, the files stored in the exposed Snewpit bucket don’t contain any deeply sensitive information like personal document scans, passwords, or social security numbers. Immediately change your email password and consider using a password manager. What’s the impact of the leak? What happened to the data?

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350 million decrypted email addresses left exposed on an unsecured server

Security Affairs

Here are some examples of how potential attackers can use the data found in the unsecured Amazon S3 bucket against the owners of the exposed email addresses: Spamming 350 million email IDs Carrying out phishing attacks Brute-forcing the passwords of the email accounts. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days.

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It’s a Holiday Security Breach Blowout

SiteLock

If you’re not familiar, the federal organization is the Office of Personnel Management, and OPM announced it was compromised in June of 2015, with the attackers possibly having access as early as March 2014. Thankfully, this had no significant security impact for me. Three breach notices in one week could have been an upsetting event.

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3 crucial security steps people should do, but don't

Malwarebytes

Just 15 percent of people use a password manager. Just 35 percent of people have unique passwords for most or all of their accounts. Creating strong, unique passwords is simple enough, as any person can throw a cat at a keyboard and likely fulfill the password requirements for most online accounts.

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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. By 2015, Microsoft joined, and in 2020, Apple followed. Apple has also promised that passwords will be a thing of the past, and passkeys will become available for iOS 16. 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

While IndieFlix believes that the bucket has been publicly accessible since May 2015, the company has not found any suspicious activity or unauthorized access attempts to any of its accounts during the period. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Disclosure. Pierluigi Paganini.