Another month another password disclosure breach

Published: 2012-11-15
Last Updated: 2012-11-15 04:03:00 UTC
by Jim Clausing (Version: 1)
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Adobe has revealed that apparently a password database from connectusers.com was compromised via a SQL injection attack.[1]   Ars Technica reports that the passwords were hashed using MD5 (not clear whether they were salted or not).[2]  Do we really need to remind you what constitutes a strong password and not to reuse them?

Some previous password diaries that might be of interest:

Potential leak of 6.5+ million LinkedIn password hashes

Critical Control 11: Account Monitoring and Control

Theoretical and Practical Password Entropy

An Impromptu Lesson on Passwords

Password Rules: Change them every 25 years (or when you know the target has been compromised)

References:

[1] https://blogs.adobe.com/adobeconnect/2012/11/connectusers-com-forum-outage-following-database-compromise.html

[2] http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/11/adobe-breach-reportedly-spills-easy-to-crack-password-hashes/

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Jim Clausing, GIAC GSE #26
jclausing --at-- isc [dot] sans (dot) edu

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