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07-13-2012, 08:54 AM
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Yahoo has suffered a hacker attack that affected almost 500,000 accounts exposing no-encrypted password
No system is safe on the Internet and if you don't believe, ask Yahoo, whose security has been breached today exposing more than 450,000 users login details (passwords, emails and usernames primarily). Fortunately, the more recent account activity seems to be from 2006 so the leaked info may be obsolete or from non-active yet accounts.
According to RT:
The security details of almost half a million internet users have been compromised, after hackers posted what appear to be login credentials to online accounts. Yahoo has confirmed the security breach.
The material was posted by a hacking collective known as D33Ds Company, according to Ars Technica. The group said in a statement at the bottom of the data that they used a technique known as a union-based SQL injection, which preys on poorly-secured web applications.
The hackers claim the information was gathered from a service on the Yahoo network.
The subdomain may to belong to Yahoo Voices, a contribution service which allows user-generated content to be published online, according to security firm Trusted Sec.
The method attacks sites that do not properly examine text which is entered into search boxes and other input fields. Hackers then inject database commands which trick servers into sharing large amounts of sensitive information.
Experts say the passwords were not encrypted – making them vulnerable for any hacker to immediately gain access to online accounts.
Members of D33Ds say they intend the hack to be used as a “wake-up call.
The latest entries in the information appear to be from accounts created in 2006, which may imply the data is old, or no longer in use.
NEWS SOURCE: Hackers security Yahoo users (via) RT (http://www.rt.com/news/hackers-security-yahoo-users-033/)
Our thanks to 'Kaos2K' for this news item!
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Yahoo has suffered a hacker attack that affected almost 500,000 accounts exposing no-encrypted password
No system is safe on the Internet and if you don't believe, ask Yahoo, whose security has been breached today exposing more than 450,000 users login details (passwords, emails and usernames primarily). Fortunately, the more recent account activity seems to be from 2006 so the leaked info may be obsolete or from non-active yet accounts.
According to RT:
The security details of almost half a million internet users have been compromised, after hackers posted what appear to be login credentials to online accounts. Yahoo has confirmed the security breach.
The material was posted by a hacking collective known as D33Ds Company, according to Ars Technica. The group said in a statement at the bottom of the data that they used a technique known as a union-based SQL injection, which preys on poorly-secured web applications.
The hackers claim the information was gathered from a service on the Yahoo network.
The subdomain may to belong to Yahoo Voices, a contribution service which allows user-generated content to be published online, according to security firm Trusted Sec.
The method attacks sites that do not properly examine text which is entered into search boxes and other input fields. Hackers then inject database commands which trick servers into sharing large amounts of sensitive information.
Experts say the passwords were not encrypted – making them vulnerable for any hacker to immediately gain access to online accounts.
Members of D33Ds say they intend the hack to be used as a “wake-up call.
The latest entries in the information appear to be from accounts created in 2006, which may imply the data is old, or no longer in use.
NEWS SOURCE: Hackers security Yahoo users (via) RT (http://www.rt.com/news/hackers-security-yahoo-users-033/)
Our thanks to 'Kaos2K' for this news item!