Application Security

Facebook says Millions of Instagram passwords stored in clear text

Facebook provided an update to a previously disclosed incident involving insecurely storing “tens of thousands” of Instagram users’ passwords on internal servers in clear text. Facebook now says that “millions” of Instagram accounts are now impacted.

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Xwo botnet scans for exposed web services and default passwords

A newly discovered botnet dubbed Xwo has been scanning the internet for exposed web services and default passwords. The malware was discovered by AT&T’s Alien Labs back in March and is related to malware families MongoLock and Xbash.

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