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Fortinet Urges FortiSwitch Upgrades to Patch Critical Admin Password Change Flaw – Go Health Pro

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Fortinet Urges FortiSwitch Upgrades to Patch Critical Admin Password Change Flaw – Go Health Pro

Apr 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting FortiSwitch that could permit an attacker to make unauthorized password changes. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-48887, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of a maximum of 10.0. “An unverified password change vulnerability [CWE-620] in FortiSwitch … Read more

Why you should be using a password manager – Go Health Pro

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Why you should be using a password manager – Go Health Pro

We get it – keeping track of all your passwords is a hassle. But if you’re still using the same password for multiple online accounts (or worse, storing them in a notes app), you’re leaving yourself wide open to security risks. That’s where password managers come in. Let’s break down why using a dedicated password … Read more

Passbolt raises $8M for its open source password manager for teams – Go Health Pro

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Passbolt raises M for its open source password manager for teams – Go Health Pro

Password managers have become commonplace at this point. But businesses often have different needs than consumers. Teams, after all, often have to share credentials to access resources, all while IT and security teams need ways to control who has access to them. Passbolt, which is announcing an $8 million seed round Thursday, aims to become … Read more

Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies – Go Health Pro

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Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies Stuart Schechter makes some good points on the history of bad password policies: Morris and Thompson’s work brought much-needed data to highlight a problem that lots of people suspected was bad, but that had not been studied scientifically. Their work was a big step forward, if … Read more

Apple Releases Critical iOS and iPadOS Updates to Fix VoiceOver Password Vulnerability – Go Health Pro

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Apple Releases Critical iOS and iPadOS Updates to Fix VoiceOver Password Vulnerability – Go Health Pro

Oct 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Mobile Security Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have allowed a user’s passwords to be read out aloud by its VoiceOver assistive technology. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44204, has been described as a logic problem in the new Passwords … Read more