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Timeline of the latest LastPass data breaches

CSO Magazine

On November 30, 2022, password manager LastPass informed customers of a cybersecurity incident following unusual activity within a third-party cloud storage service. While LastPass claims that users’ passwords remain safely encrypted, it admitted that certain elements of customers’ information have been exposed.

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Hacked home computer of engineer led to second LastPass data breach

CSO Magazine

Password management company LastPass, which was hit by two data breaches last year , has revealed that data exfiltrated during the first intrusion, discovered in August, was used to target the personal home computer of one of its devops engineers and launch a second successful cyberatttack, detected in November.

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The password hall of shame (and 10 tips for better password security)

CSO Magazine

Pop quiz: What has been the most popular — and therefore least secure — password every year since 2013? If you answered “password,” you’d be close. Qwerty” is another contender for the dubious distinction, but the champion is the most basic, obvious password imaginable: “123456.”

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GoDaddy WordPress data breach: A timeline

CSO Magazine

GoDaddy WordPress data breach timeline. Using a compromised password, an unauthorized third party accessed the provisioning system in our legacy code base for Managed WordPress.” To read this article in full, please click here million active and inactive customers.

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PayPal sued for negligence in data breach that affected 35,000 users

CSO Magazine

A pending class action lawsuit accuses online payments giant PayPal of failing to adequately safeguard the personal information of its users, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft and related ills at the hands of the unidentified perpetrators of a data breach that occurred late last year.

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How corporate data and secrets leak from GitHub repositories

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He wanted to leak an SSH username and password into a GitHub repository and see if any attacker might find it. The biggest eye-opener for me was how quickly it was exploited," he tells CSO. Check out this checklist for minimizing damage from a data breach. | Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]

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Credential stuffing explained: How to prevent, detect, and defend against it

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Credential stuffing is the automated use of collected usernames and passwords to gain fraudulent access to user accounts. Billions of login credentials have landed in the hands of hackers over the past several years as a result of data breaches. Check out the password hall of shame (and 10 tips for better password security). |

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