GitHub, world’s leading software development platform, forced password reset for some users after the discovery of a problem that caused internal logs to record passwords in plain text. GitHub urged some users to reset their passwords after a problem caused internal logs to record passwords in plain text. Some users published on Twitter the communication […]
QRLJacking is an attack technique devised by a cyber security researcher to Hijack bypass QR Code Based Quick Login System. Many desktop applications such as Line, WeChat, and WhatsApp allow users to authenticate themself with the Secure Quick Response Login method that relies on QR-code. The QR-code-based authentication system allows users to quickly access a website […]
A number of users are experiencing problems during logging into GoToMyPC because Citrix reset account passwords after hackers reportedly attacked it. It’s official, the GoToMyPC service operated by Citrix is the last victim of the hackers. GoToMyPC is remote desktop software that allows users to access and control their computers remotely by using a simple web browser. […]
An attacker who manages to get access to a user’s configuration file for SAP Download Manager might be able to obtain the stored proxy password. Are you a SAP user? Do you use the SAP Download Manager that allows downloading of software packages and support notes? You urgently need to update it in order to fix […]
A group of researchers discovered that roughly 1,000 brain wallets have been drained by cyber criminals that have stolen $103,000 The term brainwallet refers to the concept of storing Bitcoins in one’s own mind by memorization of a passphrase. The phrase is converted into a 256-bit private key with a hashing or key derivation algorithm (example: SHA256). That […]
A team of researchers from Indiana University discovered a number of XARA vulnerabilities in both Appleâs OS X and iOS that allows Apple Keychain crack. A team of researchers from Indiana University (Luyi Xing, Xialong Bai, XiaoFeng Wang, and Kai Chen lead by Tongxin Li, of Peking University, and Xiaojing Liao, of Georgia Institute of […]
A security expert discovered that United Airlines accounts could be locked-out by running a brute-force attack. The effects on a large scale could be serious. According to WorldMate security officer Yosi Dahan, a threat actor could easily lock-out United Airlines users from their accounts. Dahan explained that reported the security issue in March under the United Airlines bug bounty […]
SAP Security experts discovered a number of unpatched vulnerabilities and weaknesses in Oracle PeopleSoft that could be exploited to obtain admin passwords. The SAP security experts, Alexander Polyakov and Alexey Tyurin, revealed that Oracle PeopleSoft contains unpatched vulnerabilities and weaknesses that could be exploited by attackers to obtain admin passwords. The impact of such vulnerabilities […]
Mozilla Security Team announced a new accidental disclosure of email addresses and encrypted passwords of about 97,000 Bugzilla users. On Wednesday, officials at Bugzilla, the bug-tracking system managed by Mozilla, confirmed that email addresses and encrypted passwords belonging to 97,000 of their users had been disclosed. Bugzilla is a bug-tracking software system widely used by […]
Mozilla Security Team announced the accidental disclosure of MDN email addresses of about 76,000 users and encrypted passwords of about 4,000 users. Bad news for tens of thousands of Mozilla developers, their email addresses and encrypted passwords were accidentally exposed. The news was reported in blog post published on the official Mozilla Security Blog, the risk is […]