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We Didn't Encrypt Your Password, We Hashed It. Here's What That Means:

Troy Hunt

The organisation involved may have contacted you and advised your password was exposed but fortunately, they encrypted it. Isn't the whole point of encryption that it protects data when exposed to unintended parties? But you should change it anyway.

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Glove Stealer bypasses Chrome’s App-Bound Encryption to steal cookies

Security Affairs

The Glove Stealer malware exploits a new technique to bypass Chrome’s App-Bound encryption and steal browser cookies. Glove Stealer is a.NET-based information stealer that targets browser extensions and locally installed software to steal sensitive data. Gen Digital observed phishing campaigns distributing the Glove Stealer.

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Ubiquiti: Change Your Password, Enable 2FA

Krebs on Security

Ubiquiti , a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, network video recorders, security cameras and access control systems, is urging customers to change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication. Change your password. In an email sent to customers today, Ubiquiti Inc. Enable 2FA.

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What Damage Can Happen If Data Leaks When Quantum Computing Breaks Today’s Encryption

Joseph Steinberg

At some point in the not-so-distant future, quantum computers are going to pose a major threat to today’s encryption mechanisms and encrypted data. To begin with, all of today’s encrypted communications could potentially be at risk of being leaked and abused.

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Codefinger ransomware gang uses compromised AWS keys to encrypt S3 bucket

Security Affairs

The ransomware group Codefinger is using compromised AWS keys to encrypt S3 bucket data using SSE-C, Halcyon researchers warn. The ransomware group Codefinger has been spotted using compromised AWS keys to encrypt data in S3 buckets. The ransomware group Codefinger utilizes an AES-256 encryption key they generate and store locally.

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Inside the DemandScience by Pure Incubation Data Breach

Troy Hunt

I am interested in finding how my information ended up in your database. As I said, our IT department recently notified me that some of my data was leaked and a pre-emptive password reset was enforced as they didn't know what was leaked.  So, he asked them: I seem to have found my email in your data breach.

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Bitdefender released a decryptor for the ShrinkLocker ransomware

Security Affairs

Bitdefender released a decryptor for the ShrinkLocker ransomware, which modifies BitLocker configurations to encrypt a system’s drives. Unlike modern ransomware it doesn’t rely on sophisticated encryption algorithms and modifies BitLocker configurations to encrypt a system’s drives.