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Match.com InfoSec Fail – Daily Security Byte EP.69

April 17, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Match.com is inadvertently exposing its user’s passwords to snooping hackers. Learn what they did wrong, and how you can avoid it in today’s Daily Security Byte video.

 

(Episode Runtime: 2:26)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAfNx47AMo

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Reporter demonstrates clear text login for Match.com – Ars Technica
  • Twitter users tips Ars reporter to the issue – Twitter
  • Not sure how long the issue has gone on – Twitter
  • Netflix to default to HTTPS – Ars Technica

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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Filed Under: Security Bytes Tagged With: encryption, Hacking, HTTPS, Infosec news, man-in-the-middle attack, Match.com, MitM, netflix, online dating, passwords, public wifi, Software vulnerabilities, web application security

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