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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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Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

Krebs on Security

The researchers concluded that for many people involved, cybercrime amounts to little more than a boring office job sustaining the infrastructure on which these global markets rely, work that is little different in character from the activity of legitimate system administrators. ” BORING THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users

KnowBe4

Blog post with links: [link] Warren Buffet just commented on AI too, he likens AI to the atomic bomb in that "we won't be able to un-invent it" Link at Fortune Magazine: [link] WIRED Magazine published: "These ChatGPT Rivals Are Designed to Play With Your Emotions." Are your users' passwords…P@ssw0rd?