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Google Has Stored Some Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005

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

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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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Canon publicly confirms August ransomware attack and data breach

Security Affairs

The hackers accessed company file servers that contained information about current and former employees from 2005 to 2020 and their beneficiaries and dependents. The investigation conducted by Canon found evidence of unauthorized accesses on its network between July 20 and August 6. ” reads the statement.

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Experts devised a new attack to bypass Microsoft PatchGuard

Security Affairs

The feature was first introduced in 2005 with the x64 editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. Kento published technical details of its attack in a blog post and also released proof-of-concept (PoC) code for his attack.

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Popular Webkinz World online children’s game hacked, 23M credentials leaked

Security Affairs

” Webkinz were originally released by the Canadian toy company Ganz on April 29, 2005. Webkinz are stuffed animals that have a playable online counterpart, www.webkinz.com, in “Webkinz World.”

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Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure manager ADIF infected with ransomware

Security Affairs

It was formed in 2005 in response to European Union requirements to separate the natural monopoly of infrastructure management from the competitive operations of running train services. The company has over 13,000 employees for a revenue of around $8 Billion.

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10KBLAZE exploits could affect 9 out of 10 SAP installs of more than 50k customers

Security Affairs

The good news is that most recent versions of SAP software are configured by default to drop unauthorized connections, Since 2005, SAP is providing instructions on how to configure an ACL for the Message Server. Experts pointed out that the problem could impact many SAP products, including S/4HANA and NetWeaver Application Server (AS).

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