Latest Yahoo Data Breach Restates Need for Basic Security
News broke today of a large data breach against Yahoo Voices, resulting in more than 400,000 username/password combinations being posted in clear text. The compromise involved a basic SQL-injection attack against an exposed Yahoo server (dbb1.ac.bf1.yahoo.com). Similar to other recent events, the account data was reportedly stored in an unencrypted state. We see this type of attack Read more…