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Google Glitch Left Passwords Unprotected for 14 Years

Adam Levin

Google announced a glitch that stored unencrypted passwords belonging to several business customers, a situation that had been exploitable since 2005. This issue has been fixed and, again, we have seen no evidence of improper access to or misuse of the affected passwords.

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Ghost Blogging Platform Hacked To Mine Cryptocurrency

Adam Levin

Hackers successfully breached the servers of a popular blogging platform and used them to mine cryptocurrency. Ghost, a Singapore-based blogging platform with 2,000,000 installations and 750,000 active users, announced that hackers had breached their systems. .

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Kaseya Left Customer Portal Vulnerable to 2015 Flaw in its Own Software

Krebs on Security

The attackers exploited a vulnerability in software from Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. In a July 4 blog post , DIVD’s Victor Gevers wrote that Kaseya was “very cooperative,” and “asked the right questions.”

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

. “Snatch threat actors have been observed purchasing previously stolen data from other ransomware variants in an attempt to further exploit victims into paying a ransom to avoid having their data released on Snatch’s extortion blog,” the FBI/CISA alert reads. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

was used to register at least six domains, including a Russian business registered in Khoroshev’s name called tkaner.com , which is a blog about clothing and fabrics. used the password 225948. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. According to DomainTools.com , the address sitedev5@yandex.ru

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Critical flaw in VMware Cloud Director allows hackers to take over company infrastructure

Security Affairs

In a blog post the researchers explained that a single simple form submission can be manipulated to gain control of any Virtual Machine (VM) within VMware Cloud Director. Modify the system database to steal foreign virtual machines (VM) assigned to different organizations within Cloud Director. x before 10.0.0.2, x before 9.7.0.5,

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Understanding Brute Force Attacks: The Persistent Threat in Cybersecurity

Webroot

A brute force attack is a cyber attack where the attacker attempts to gain unauthorized access to a system or data by systematically trying every possible combination of passwords or keys. There are many already leaked password lists that are commonly used, and they grow after every breach. What is a Brute Force Attack?