154 Million voter records exposed, WordPress 4.5.3 fixes bug and Carbonite reset password after cyber-attack.
Security folks are always busy trying to protect our information from malicious users or criminal actors out there. Here's what's going for the last couple of days. Carbonite online backup service resets all users passwords after cyber attack. The company said the attacking third-party didn't compromise any user accounts, mainly because its IT staff caught the attack in its early stages. To make sure nothing was stolen from people's backups, Carbonite has initiated a service-wide password reset. Brute-force attacks and account hijacking to become more popular. Such types of attacks are known as ATO or Identity Testing Attacks, and according to security firm ThreatMatrix, they are becoming extremely popular. Source: Softpedia.com WordPress 4.5.3 fixes bug that allowed password change via stolen cookies. The WordPress.org team announced a new version of the WordPress CMS one that includes fixes for eight security bugs and 17 maintenance issues. The