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Russia’s SVR spy agency scanned for Microsoft Exchange Server bug, UK and US say
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After pulling off a sweeping breach of U.S. government networks last year, Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency has been scanning the internet for a vulnerability in Microsoft software previously exploited by Chinese spies, British and American security agencies said Friday.
It’s the third time in a month that U.S. security agencies have published information on hacking techniques allegedly used by the SVR, the Russian spy agency accused of exploiting software made by SolarWinds and other vendors to breach at least nine U.S. federal agencies. The discovery underscores how a bug in widely used technology can be valuable to spy agencies around the world, which bank on the possibility that some of the organizations they target fail to promptly update their software.
U.S. and U.K. cyber, law enforcement and intelligence agencies issued a joint advisory Friday offering detailed information on how to defend against the activities
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Pop quiz: What has been the most popular and therefore least secure password every year since 2013? If you answered “password,” you’d be close. “Qwerty” is another contender for the dubious distinction, but the champion is the most basic, obvious password imaginable: “123456.”
Yes, tons of people still use “123456” as a password, according to NordPass s 200 most common passwords of the year for 2020, which is based on analysis of passwords exposed by data breaches. The six-digit sequence has also ranked high on other lists over the years; SplashData, which has come up with lists using similar methodology, found 123456 in second place in 2011 and 2012; it then jumped up to number one where it stayed every year right through 2019.