CVE-2021-28492

Unisys Stealth (core) is affected: versions 5.x before 5.0.048.0, 5.1.x before 5.1.017.0, and 6.x before 6.0.037.0 store passwords in a recoverable format. The provided documents do not detail exploit paths or mitigations.

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:2355-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Beating security fatigue with Troy Hunt, Chloé Messdaghi, and Tanya Janca: Lock and Code S02E06

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs. In addition, we speak to Point3 Security chief strategist Chloé Messdaghi, HaveIBeenPwned founder Troy Hunt, and We Hack Purple founder and CEO Tanya Janca about security fatigue. Security fatigue is...

How to Vaccinate Against the Poor Password Policy Pandemic

Data breaches remain a constant threat, and no industry or organization is immune from the risks. From Fortune 500 companies to startups, password-related breaches continue to spread seemingly unchecked. As a result of the volume of data breaches and cybersecurity incidents, hackers now have acce...

Weak password vulnerability in H3C ER6300 routers

ER6300 is a high-performance full gigabit router for Internet cafes from H3C. A weak password vulnerability exists in the H3C ER6300 router, which can be exploited by an attacker to log in to the router's backend to obtain sensitive information...

Why Cached Credentials Can Cause Account Lockouts and How to Stop it

When a user account becomes locked out, the cause is often attributed to a user who has simply entered an old or incorrect password too many times. However, this is far from being the only thing that can cause an account to become locked. Another common cause, for example, is an application or...

PT-2021-9728

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform versions 6.10.00 through 6.11.00 Description The issue is related to the implementation of the SHA-256 hashing algorithm in the FactoryTalk Services Platform, which prevents user passwords from...

CVE-2021-28374

The Debian courier-authlib package before 0.71.1-2 for Courier Authentication Library creates a /run/courier/authdaemon directory with weak permissions, allowing an attacker to read user information. This may include a cleartext password in some configurations. In general, it includes the user's...

Fixing the Weakest Link — The Passwords — in Cybersecurity Today

Password security has long been an issue for businesses and their cybersecurity standards. Account passwords are often the weakest link in the overall security posture for many organizations. Many companies have used Microsoft's default password policies for decades. While these can be customized...

Fixing the Weakest Link — The Passwords — in Cybersecurity Today

Password security has long been an issue for businesses and their cybersecurity standards. Account passwords are often the weakest link in the overall security posture for many organizations. Many companies have used Microsoft's default password policies for decades. While these can be customized...

Weak Password Vulnerability in Flying FishStar Next-Generation Firewall Security Gateway

Chengdu Flying Fish Star Technology Co., Ltd. is a value-added service that serves enterprise, business and home users with intelligent and easy-to-use network communication management devices and innovative technologies. A weak password vulnerability exists in the security gateway of Flyingfish...

The Top Free Tools for Sysadmins in 2021

It's no secret that sysadmins have plenty on their plates. Managing, troubleshooting, and updating software or hardware is a tedious task. Additionally, admins must grapple with complex webs of permissions and security. This can quickly become overwhelming without the right tools. If you're a...

Compromise of U.S. Water Treatment Facility

Summary On February 5, 2021, unidentified cyber actors obtained unauthorized access to the supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA system at a U.S. drinking water treatment facility. The unidentified actors used the SCADA system’s software to increase the amount of sodium hydroxide, also...

CVE-2020-10375

CVE-2020-10375 affects New Media Smarty before 9.10. The issue is that passwords are stored in an obfuscated format that can be easily reversed, with the obfuscated values located in the file data.mdb (second column). This is explicitly noted as unrelated to the popular Smarty template engine pro...

Chrome wants to make your passwords stronger

A common sentiment, shared by many people down the years, is that storing passwords in browsers is a bad idea. Malware, for example, would specifically target password storage in browsers and plunder everything in sight. Password managers weren’t exactly flying off the shelves back in 2007, your...

Default credentials

The default setting of MISP 2.4.136 did not enable the requirements aka requirepasswordconfirmation to provide the previous password when changing a password...

CVE-2020-23522

Pixelimity 1.0 has cross-site request forgery via the admin/setting.php data Password parameter...

How Does Your AD Password Policy Compare to NIST's Password Recommendations?

End-user passwords are one of the weakest components of your overall security protocols. Most users tend to reuse passwords across work and personal accounts. They may also choose relatively weak passwords that satisfy company password policies but can be easily guessed or brute-forced. Your user...

CVE-2020-28052

CVE-2020-28052 — BC Java OpenBSDBCrypt.password check issue : In Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC Java versions 1.65 and 1.66, the OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword method can compare data incorrectly during password verification, causing some incorrect passwords to be treated as a match for different, p...

Default credentials

The official sonarqube docker images before alpine Alpine specific contain a blank password for a root user. System using the sonarqube docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password...