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Breaking a Password Manager

Schneier on Security

Interesting story of breaking the security of the RoboForm password manager in order to recover a cryptocurrency wallet password. If you knew the date and time and other parameters, you could compute any password that would have been generated on a certain date and time in the past.

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Ukraine Nabs Suspect in 773M Password ?Megabreach?

Krebs on Security

In January 2019, dozens of media outlets raised the alarm about a new “megabreach” involving the release of some 773 million stolen usernames and passwords that was breathlessly labeled “the largest collection of stolen data in history.” By far the most important passwords are those protecting our email inbox(es).

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The Wages of Password Re-Use: Your Money or Your Life

Krebs on Security

When normal computer users fall into the nasty habit of recycling passwords, the result is most often some type of financial loss. Our passwords can say a lot about us, and much of what they have to say is unflattering. Interestingly, one of the more common connections involves re-using or recycling passwords across multiple accounts.

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LastPass: ‘Horse Gone Barn Bolted’ is Strong Password

Krebs on Security

The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early adopters whose password vaults were exposed in a 2022 breach at LastPass.

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An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

Krebs on Security

In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator , the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more than 100 million payment cards stolen from Target and Home Depot between 2013 and 2014. “Helkern was my friend, I [set up a] meeting with Golubov and him in 2013,” Shefel said.

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Soft-Launching and Open Sourcing the Have I Been Pwned Rebrand

Troy Hunt

And then, to compress 11 and a bit years into a single sentence: it immediately became unexpectedly popular , I added an API and a notification service , I said "pwned" before US Congress , I added Pwned Passwords , went through a failed M&A , hired a developer and basically, devoted my life to running this service.

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You only have nine months to ditch Exchange Server 2013

Malwarebytes

Microsoft has posted a reminder that Exchange Server 2013 reaches End of Support (EoS) on April 11, 2023. So there may have been some questions whether the EoS for Exchange Server 2013 would go forward as planned. For Exchange Server 2013 this means that Microsoft will no longer provide: Technical support for problems that may occur.

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