Author Archives: Zack Whittaker

Google says some G Suite user passwords were stored in plaintext since 2005

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Google says a small number of its enterprise customers mistakenly had their passwords stored on its systems in plaintext. The search giant disclosed the exposure Tuesday but declined to say exactly how many enterprise customers were affected. “We recently notified a subset of our enterprise G Suite customers that some passwords were stored in our […] Continue reading Google says some G Suite user passwords were stored in plaintext since 2005→

Homeland Security warns of security flaws in enterprise VPN apps

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Several enterprise virtual private networking apps are vulnerable to a security bug that can allow an attacker to remotely break into a company’s internal network, according to a warning issued by Homeland Security’s cybersecurity division. An alert was published Friday by the government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency following a public disclosure by CERT/CC, the vulnerability […] Continue reading Homeland Security warns of security flaws in enterprise VPN apps→

Dozens of companies leaked sensitive data thanks to misconfigured Box accounts

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Security researchers have found dozens of companies inadvertently leaking sensitive corporate and customer data because staff are sharing public links to files in their Box enterprise storage accounts that can be easily discovered. The discoveries were made by Adversis, a cybersecurity firm, which found major tech companies and corporate giants had left data inadvertently exposed. […] Continue reading Dozens of companies leaked sensitive data thanks to misconfigured Box accounts→