Tag Archive for: reuse

Skype hack gives Microsoft a black eye, shows why NOT to reuse passwords

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It’s said there is no rest for the wicked, and New Year’s Day had Skype social media managers scrambling to scrub evidence of being hacked off of its Skype blog, Twitter and Facebook accounts. That evidence was planted by the Syrian Electronic Army and accused Microsoft of spying for the “governments.” After the SEA’s attack, Skype sent out a pair of tweets to its 3 million Twitter followers, warning:…
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Hijacking Office 365 and other major services via cookie re-use flaw

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When is logging off the opposite of security? One example would be Office 365 since logging off blocks the authorized user, but not the attacker. Microsoft’s Office 365 isn’t the only offender as ethical hacking professor Sam Bowne pointed out after testing cookie-reuse on major websites.
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LinkedIn lawsuit, stealing your password via LinkedIn phishing, password reuse

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The fallout over the password breach continues for LinkedIn, which is facing a $ 5 million class-action lawsuit [PDF] after 6.5 million users had their passwords stolen. Read more

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