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Password Managers Under Attack, Shady Reward Apps on Google Play, Meta Account Center 2FA Bypass

Security Boulevard

The attacks on password managers and their users continue as Bitwarden and 1Password users have reported seeing paid ads for phishing sites in Google search results for the official login page of the password management vendors.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Lots of accounts including Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mr Beast, and a ton more getting hacked for a bitcoin scheme. Carey (@marcusjcarey) January 29, 2019.

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OAuth: Your Guide to Industry Authorization and Authentication

eSecurity Planet

Nearly a decade ago, the cyber industry was toiling over how to enable access for users between applications and grant access to specific information about the user for authentication and authorization purposes. and authentication-focused OpenID Connect (OIDC). Also Read: Passwordless Authentication 101. Manages permissions.

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World Password Day and the importance of password integrity

Webroot

Passwords have become a common way to access and manage our digital lives. Think of all the accounts you have with different providers. Having a password allows you to securely access your information, pay bills or connect with friends and family on various platforms. However, having a password alone is not enough.

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CISA adds Plex Media Server bug, exploited in LastPass attack, to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Security Affairs

The three-year-old high-severity flaw is a deserialization of untrusted data in Plex Media Server on Windows, a remote, authenticated attacker can trigger it to execute arbitrary Python code. “This issue could not be exploited without first gaining access to the server’s Plex account.” in May 2020. . in May 2020.

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Generated Passwords, UX and Security Absolutism

Troy Hunt

The service was obviously rather popular because within days the tech (and mainstream) headlines were proclaiming that thousands of hacked Disney+ accounts were already for sale on hacking forums. This compromise would expose all their accounts to be exploited /for their services only/. Password manager? Password manager?

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SolarWinds blaming intern for leaked password is symptom of ‘security failures’

SC Magazine

House Oversight and Homeland Security committees last week, SolarWinds’s former and current CEOs blamed an intern for creating a weak FTP server password and leaking it on GitHub – an act which may or may not have contributed to a supply chain hack that impacted users of the tech firm’s Orion IT performance monitoring platform.

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