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TaoBao Account Hijack – Daily Security Byte EP. 211

February 4, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

TaoBao, China’s Ebay, suffered a major account hijack where attackers accessed over 20M user accounts. However, the attack wasn’t the fault of the e-commerce site itself. Watch today’s video to learn how this happened, why it should concern everyone in the world, and what you can do about it.

(Episode Runtime: 2:47)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVFmSIz4ITQ

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Over 20M TaoBao accounts hijacked in China – The Stack

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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Filed Under: Security Bytes Tagged With: Hacking, Infosec news, network compromise, password manager, password security, passwords, Security breach, Software vulnerabilities, strong password, TaoBao

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  1. Ed says

    February 4, 2016 at 8:50 am

    Which password manager would you recommend?

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    • Corey Nachreiner says

      February 4, 2016 at 8:56 am

      Ed,

      Good questions, but one I can only give you a personal opinion on. Since my company doesn’t really play in that space, I haven’t done as much hands on comparison of password managers as I have, say, network security gear. However, I have used a few myself. My preference is 1password, but it could just be due to familiarity. One of my main requirements is that I’m a cross-platform kinda guy. I use OS X, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android regularly. Other than Linux, 1password was one of the early ones that supported multiple platforms well, and wasn’t overly annoying in how it operates…. so that’s my personal preference… but again.. I haven’t really tried others or compared in quite awhile. (PS… it also does have a web interface that can allow Linux usage, but not very seamlessly)

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  2. CS-Cart.com says

    March 4, 2016 at 4:15 am

    Many thanks for the suggestions, I will try to take advantage of it.

    Reply

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