Password-Guessing Was Used to Hack Gentoo Linux Github Account

Maintainers of the Gentoo Linux distribution have now revealed the impact and "root cause" of the attack that saw unknown hackers taking control of its GitHub account last week and modifying the content of its repositories and pages. The hackers not only managed to change the content in compromis...

Password-Guessing Was Used to Hack Gentoo Linux Github Account

Maintainers of the Gentoo Linux distribution have now revealed the impact and "root cause" of the attack that saw unknown hackers taking control of its GitHub account last week and modifying the content of its repositories and pages. The hackers not only managed to change the content in compromis...

TFA Basic plugins - Less critical - Insecure Randomness - SA-CONTRIB-2018-044

The TFA Basic module enables you to use Two Factor Authentication via a variety of plugins including TOTP and one-time codes delivered via email or sms. The module doesn't use a strong source of randomness, creating weak and predictable one-time login codes that are then delivered using SMS. This...

NetScaler Gateway : Radius Authentication Fails Intermittently Despite RADIUS Server Accept

NetScaler Gateway Authentication Scenario 1: Gateway Page would present the authentication to be done in 2 factor. First the user enters the LDAP username and password. Now there would be 2 options either user can do the touch authentication present in the MFA Application or else can wait for the...

DNA Testing Service MyHeritage Leaks User Data of 92 Million Customers

Account data tied to 92 million users of the genealogy and DNA testing service MyHeritage were found on a third-party “private” server in a breach that exposed usernames and passwords of customers. The breach is the largest since last year’s Equifax leak of 147.9 million pieces of private data...

Researcher Finds Credentials for 92 Million Users of DNA Testing Firm MyHeritage

MyHeritage, an Israeli-based genealogy and DNA testing company, disclosed today that a security researcher found on the Internet a file containing the email addresses and hashed passwords of more than 92 million of its users. MyHeritage says it has no reason to believe other user data was...

MyHeritage Says Over 92 Million User Accounts Have Been Compromised

MyHeritage, the Israel-based DNA testing service designed to investigate family history, has disclosed that the company website was breached last year by unknown attackers, who stole login credentials of its more than 92 million customers. The company learned about the breach on June 4, 2018, aft...

Two major Canadian banks blackmailed after alleged data breach

While the US was celebrating Memorial Day on Monday, Canada was dealing with an unusual data breach affecting two popular financial institutions: Simplii Financial and Bank of Montreal BMO. The CBC broke the story and updated it throughout the day to mention that some 90,000 customers were possib...

Researcher shows how hackers can bypass Two-factor authentication

By Uzair Amir A majority of users and companies are moving to Two-factor This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Researcher shows how hackers can bypass Two-factor authentication...

Ubiquiti Inc.: Two Factor Authentication Bypass

The researcher found a method to brute-force the 2FA code request in the www.ubnt.com login page. This method still requires the username/password from the account...

Bitso: Injecting html codes

Hi, I observed that I could inject some html codes in this page https://bitso.com/authenticate?redirect=/merchantinfo. To reproduced: Login to your account that has two factor authentication set up After you login you will be redirected to a page which you will enter the authentication code Open ...

JVN#27137002: IIJ SmartKey App for Android vulnerable to authentication bypass

IIJ SmartKey App for Android provided by Internet Initiative Japan Inc. is an application that enables two-step authentication two-factor authentication for a website from an Android device. IIJ SmartKey App for Android contains an authentication bypass vulnerability CWE-287. Impact An attacker m...

Real-Time Two-Factor Phishing Tool: ReelPhish

2FA adds an extra layer of authentication on top of the typical username and password. Two common 2FA implementations are one-time passwords and push notifications. One-time passwords are generated by a secondary device, such as a hard token, and tied to a specific user. These passwords typically...

Twitter security snafu: change your passwords

If you're logging into Twitter after having been AWOL for a day or two, you'll likely be seeing one of these pop-ups talking about account security: Click to enlarge Don't panic, it's nothing that can't be fixed. The message reads as follows: Keeping your account secure When you set a password fo...

Change Your Twitter Password Immediately, Bug Exposes Passwords in Plaintext

Twitter is urging all of its 330 million users to change their passwords after a software glitch unintentionally exposed its users' passwords by storing them in readable text on its internal computer system. The social media network disclosed the issue in an official blog post and a series of...

Twitter to All Users: Change Your Password Now!

Twitter just asked all 300+ million users to reset their passwords, citing the exposure of user passwords via a bug that stored passwords in plain text -- without protecting them with any sort of encryption technology that would mask a Twitter user's true password. The social media giant says it...

Boutique Shops Offering Rewards Points Pop Up on the Dark Web

Cybercriminal interest in stolen data is not solely limited to financial or personally identifiable information. The exploitation of rewards-points programs, especially those associated with travel, is also on the radar screen for the bad guys. To cater to this interest, a series of boutique stor...

Google Redesigns Gmail – Here's a List of Amazing New Features

Google has finally been rolling out its new massively redesigned Gmail for desktop and mobile to 1.4 billion of users worldwide, which might be the most significant single upgrade in Gmail's history. This huge revamped version of the email service now offers plenty of new features such as...

HackerOne: Team object in GraphQL disclosed total number of whitelisted hackers

Summary: Hi team. Whitelistedhackers i think your setup - Two-factor authentication and IP whitelisting are available to further restrict access to accounts. Description: Again, because of the link error, I can see the number, but I can't see these links. Analogue 310946 Steps To Reproduce 1...

Securing financial data of the future: behavioral biometrics explained

Some of us would be pretty excited about a brave, new passwordless world. Gone would be the days of having to write down 27 passwords and post them beside monitor screens. Or having to yell them out loud to a colleague on the other side of the room. For banks and other financial institutions, a...