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

Security Affairs

US CISA added remote code execution vulnerability in Plex Media Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. 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. in May 2020. .

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The Dark Web Has Nothing on Data Brokers

Daniel Miessler

And the media doesn’t help either, not to mention InfoSec marketing departments. As far as they’re concerned, if you don’t say the name of your password manager 7 times before bed the Dark Web will haunt your closet. To regular folks with some basic computer skills, the Dark Web seems like Enemy #1.

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Relax. Internet password books are OK

Malwarebytes

Passwords are a hot topic on social media at the moment, due to the re-emergence of a discussion about good password management practices. There’s a wealth of password management options available, some more desirable than others. The primary recommendation online is usually a software-based management tool.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

????????Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. How to screen for natural infosec talent: Ask for a worst case scenario for any common situation.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing this as long as they keep letting me. Tank, seen here performing as a DJ in Ukraine in an undated photo from social media. KrebsOnSecurity turns 13 years old today. ” SEPTEMBER.

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World Password Day and the importance of password integrity

Webroot

While these options make it easier for us to recall our passwords, it also makes it far simpler for a cybercriminal to uncover them too. While avoiding duplication of passwords for multiple accounts and enabling two-way authentication can help, using a password manager is another way to help manage all of your account passwords seamlessly.

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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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