Category: credentials

LastPass patched a bug that could have exposed your passwords

Post author By Randall
Post date September 16, 2019
Categories In bug, chrome, credentials, flaw, gear, Google, Internet, lastpass, leaked, malicious, Mobile, opera, password manager, patch, project zero, Security, Tech, update, vulnerability

[ad_1] Security researcher Tavis Ormandy, of Google’s Project Zero, notified LastPass of the bug. The flaw could have allowed hackers on malicious sites to access users’ credentials entered on the previous site. Fortunately, there’s no reason to believe the bug was exploited, and while it only impacted Chrome and Opera browsers, LastPass patched all browser […]

Samsung leak exposed source code, passwords and employee data

Post author By Randall
Post date May 8, 2019
Categories In aws, Bixby, business, credentials, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, gitlab, Home, Internet, keys, leak, Mobile, personal computing, personalcomputing, public, Samsung, Security, smartthings, source code, Tech

[ad_1] The exposed files contained source code for projects like Samsung’s SmartThings platform and Bixby services. They also contained credentials that provided access to the Amazon Web Service account that was being used, as well as several employees’ GitLab tokens, which provided further access. A Samsung spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company “quickly revoked” all […]