Take an Offensive Approach to Password Security by Continuously Monitoring for Breached Passwords

Passwords are at the core of securing access to an organization's data. However, they also come with security vulnerabilities that stem from their inconvenience. With a growing list of credentials to keep track of, the average end-user can default to shortcuts. Instead of creating a strong and...

Using Hacked LastPass Keys to Steal Cryptocurrency

Remember last November, when hackers broke into the network for LastPass--a password database--and stole password vaults with both encrypted and plaintext data for over 25 million users? Well, theyre now using that data break into crypto wallets and drain them: $35 million and counting, all going...

CVE-2023-37756

I-doit pro 25 and below and I-doit open 25 and below employ weak password requirements for Administrator account creation. Attackers are able to easily guess users' passwords via a bruteforce attack...

Watch out, this LastPass email with "Important information about your account" is a phish

The consequences of last year's LastPass breach continue to be felt, with the latest insult to users coming in the form of a highly convincing phishing email. Although the "unauthorized party" that compromised LastPass users' data was able to steal password vaults, it's likely that they are havin...

CVE-2023-4918

The CVE-2023-4918 entry concerns Keycloak (org.keycloak.userprofile) where password and password-confirm fields submitted during self-registration become regular user attributes. The described flaw allows any user with proper rights to read user attributes and retrieve passwords in clear text, po...

FreeWorld ransomware attacks MSSQL—get your databases off the internet

When we think of ransomware and brute force password guessing attacks, we normally think of RDP, but recent research from Securonix reminds us that anything secured with a password and exposed to the internet is of interest to cybercriminals. Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol has been a favouri...

Social Security Numbers leaked in ransomware attack on Ohio History Connection

The Ohio History Connection OHC has posted a breach notification in which it discloses that a ransomware attack successfully encrypted internal data servers. During the attack, the cybercriminals may have had access to names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers SSNs of current and former OHC...

PT-2023-5207 · Fortinet · Fortitester

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FortiTester versions 2.3.0 through 7.2.3 Description: A cleartext storage of sensitive information issue may allow an attacker with access to the database contents to retrieve the plaintext password of external servers configured in the devic...

CVE-2023-40291

Summary: CVE-2023-40291 affects Harman Infotainment (version 20190525031613) and enables root access via SSH over a USB-to-Ethernet dongle, using a password that is an internal project name. The vulnerability originates from weak access control for the USB/SSH interface, allowing physical access ...

Improper Session Management

gitlab is vulnerable to Improper Session Management. The vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to a user’s machine may brute force the user’s password via the change password function by stealing the session id from the physical compromise of the account and splitting the attack...

Input validation

Improper input validation of password parameter in PHP Jabbers Time Slots Booking Calendar v 3.3 results in insecure passwords...

CVE-2023-33561

Improper input validation of password parameter in PHP Jabbers Time Slots Booking Calendar v 3.3 results in insecure passwords...

PT-2023-24387 · Phpjabbers · Php Jabbers Time Slots Booking Calendar

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PHP Jabbers Time Slots Booking Calendar version 3.3 Description: The issue is related to improper input validation of the password parameter, which results in insecure passwords. Recommendations: For version 3.3, ensure proper input validatio...

CVE-2023-34433

PiiGAB M-Bus stores passwords using a weak hash algorithm (CVE-2023-34433). Affected product area: M-Bus SoftwarePack 900S. Root cause: password storage using an insufficient computational hash. Impact is substantial (confidentiality, integrity, and availability concerns) per documented CVSS vect...

Information disclosure

Plaintext storage of a password exists in CONPROSYS HMI System CHS versions prior to 3.5.3. Because account information of the database is saved in a local file in plaintext, a user who can access the PC where the affected product is installed can obtain the information. As a result, information ...

CVE-2023-33263

In WFTPD 3.25, usernames and password hashes are stored in an openly viewable wftpd.ini configuration file within the WFTPD directory. NOTE: this is a product from 2006...

CVE-2023-25072

Use of weak credentials exists in SkyBridge MB-A100/110 firmware Ver. 4.2.0 and earlier, which may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to decrypt password for the WebUI of the product...

A week in security (May 1 - 7)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How to protect your small business from social engineering Microsoft: You're already using the last version of Windows 10 Is it OK to train an AI on your images, without permission? Upcoming webinar: Is EDR or MDR better for your business? Google Authenticator WILL...

The one and only password tip you need

OK, its time for me to keep a promise. Back in October 2022, I wrote an article called Why almost everything we told you about passwords was wrong. The article summarizes how a lot of what youve been told about passwords over the years was either wrong change your passwords as often as your...

CVE-2023-28847 Nextcloud Server missing brute force protection for passwords of password protected share links

Nextcloud Server is the file server software for Nextcloud, a self-hosted productivity platform. In Nextcloud Server 24.0.0 prior to 24.0.11 and 25.0.0 prior to 25.0.5; as well as Nextcloud Server Enterprise 23.0.0 prior to 23.0.12.6, 24.0.0 prior to 24.0.11, and 25.0.0 prior to 25.0.5; an attack...