The same team of cybersecurity researchers who discovered several severe vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed as Dragonblood, in the newly launched WPA3 WiFi security standard few months ago has now uncovered two more flaws that could allow attackers to hack WiFi passwords.WPA, or WiFi Protected Access, is a WiFi security standard that has been designed to authenticate wireless … [Read more...] about Researchers Discover New Ways to Hack WPA3 Protected WiFi Passwords
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Slack Resets Passwords For Users Who Hadn’t Changed It Since 2015 Breach
If you use Slack, a popular cloud-based team collaboration server, and recently received an email from the company about a security incident, don't panic and read this article before taking any action.Slack has been sending a "password reset" notification email to all those users who had not yet changed passwords for their Slack accounts since 2015 when the company suffered a … [Read more...] about Slack Resets Passwords For Users Who Hadn’t Changed It Since 2015 Breach
Google Stored G Suite Users’ Passwords in Plain-Text for 14 Years
After Facebook and Twitter, Google becomes the latest technology giant to have accidentally stored its users' passwords unprotected in plaintext on its servers—meaning any Google employee who has access to the servers could have read them.In a blog post published Tuesday, Google revealed that its G Suite platform mistakenly stored unhashed passwords of some of its enterprise … [Read more...] about Google Stored G Suite Users’ Passwords in Plain-Text for 14 Years
Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users’ Passwords in Plaintext
Facebook late last month revealed that the social media company mistakenly stored passwords for "hundreds of millions" of Facebook users in plaintext, including "tens of thousands" passwords of its Instagram users as well.Now it appears that the incident is far worse than first reported. Facebook today quietly updated its March press release, adding that the actual number of … [Read more...] about Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users’ Passwords in Plaintext