Submission + - Alleged massive account and password seizure by young pirates group
Rigodi writes: New York Times reported yesterday, August 5, 2014, a massive collection of stolen email passwords and website accounts accumulated by an alleged russian "crime ring". It is over a 1.2 billion accounts bundle, covering any size of originating websites, from huge companies such as Adobe (the famous) to small websites hacked here.
Attack scheme is told to be using essentially old and well known SQL injection tactic based on botnet armies to test any website robustness.
Information has been made public to coincide with an industry conference to raise debates about the classic security account & password system weaknesses and urge for the need to find a new way to protect user's authenticity.
What do Black Hat security conference participants have to say about that in Vegas?
Attack scheme is told to be using essentially old and well known SQL injection tactic based on botnet armies to test any website robustness.
Information has been made public to coincide with an industry conference to raise debates about the classic security account & password system weaknesses and urge for the need to find a new way to protect user's authenticity.
What do Black Hat security conference participants have to say about that in Vegas?
