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Google Stored G Suite Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005

Threatpost

Google said it had stored G Suite enterprise users' passwords in plain text since 2005 marking a giant security faux pas.

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Google Has Stored Some Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005

WIRED Threat Level

On the heels of embarrassing disclosures from Facebook and Twitter, Google reveals its own password bugsā€”one of which lasted 14 years.

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MY TAKE: Log4jā€™s big lesson ā€“ legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

Log4j is the latest, greatest vulnerability to demonstrate just how tenuous the security of modern networks has become. By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. Related: The exposures created by API profileration.

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FFIEC Final Authentication Guidance

Data Breach Today

The Final FFIEC Guidance has been issued and its main intent is to reinforce the 2005 Guidance's risk management framework and update the Agencies' expectations regarding customer authentication, layered security, or other controls in the increasingly hostile online environment.

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April 2021 Security Patch Day fixes a critical flaw in SAP Commerce

Security Affairs

April 2021 Security Patch Day includes 14 new security notes and 5 updates to previously released notes, one of them fixes a critical issue in SAP Commerce. SAP Security Note #3040210 , tagged with a CVSS score of 9.9 SAP Security Note #3040210 , tagged with a CVSS score of 9.9

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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

Stanx said he was a longtime member of several major forums, including the Russian hacker forum Antichat (since 2005), and the Russian crime forum Exploit (since April 2013). In an early post to Antichat in January 2005, Stanx disclosed that he is from Omsk , a large city in the Siberian region of Russia. ” the post enthuses.

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Threat actors exploit discontinues Boa web servers to target critical infrastructure

Security Affairs

Microsoft experts believe that threat actors behind a malicious campaign aimed at Indian critical infrastructure earlier this year have exploited security flaws in a now-discontinued web server called Boa. The experts pointed out that Boa has been discontinued since 2005. ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

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