• Stovetop@lemmy.mlEnglish
    791·
    1 year ago

    One of the admin accounts appears to have been compromised. The owner/other admins appear to be aware now because that account had its admin access revoked and offending posts are being removed.

    Definitely opens up a big question about the security of Lemmy instances that I am sure will be discussed over the next few days.

      • Stovetop@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        More time will definitely be needed. I’m glad they caught it and acted quickly enough to prevent more vandalism from occurring, but until we know how the account was compromised and what else they may have gotten in the process, it’s still a situation to keep an eye on.

    • eerongal@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      Definitely opens up a big question about the security of Lemmy instances that I am sure will be discussed over the next few days.

      They added 2FA login to lemmy in one of the newer updates. Probably pretty pertinent for any admins to use it…

      • ebits21@lemmy.caEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        It’s buggy and missing some key checks to make sure it’s working when you set it up.

        Real risk of locking yourself out of your account.

          • ebits21@lemmy.caEnglish
            7·
            1 year ago

            Mostly a risk on initial setup.

            I’ve been waiting a bit for it to stabilize and just using huge random passwords

            • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
              5·
              1 year ago

              If you’re using a password manager you’d be doing this for every site and without even having to think about it. Bitwarden is a great choice.

              • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
                5·
                1 year ago

                I like KeePass. Bitwarden currently has an nginx exposure in the Dockerfile published in their git repo (may have been fixed since a couple of days ago). That said, I used Bitwarden for many years and switched out of an abundance of paranoia, and am definitively not recommending against it. Just basically use one of the following:

                • Bitwarden
                • KeePass
                • 1password

                And stay far the fuck away from LastPass

                • delollipop@beehaw.orgEnglish
                  2·
                  1 year ago

                  my uni is currently still recommending lastpass as of now, tho I’ve heard they might be looking for alternatives …

                  • Boeman@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    3·
                    1 year ago

                    LastPass has had a few security incidents lately. I do not trust them at all.

                  • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    Let your classmates know that last pass has semi permanently damaged their trustworthiness by trying to hide a security breach, and then downplaying the severity of the breach, and that your University’s security recommendations are intrinsically suspect as a result

                • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  I don’t know that 1password should be on that list. The first two are free and open source. The last one is paid and proprietary.

                  Don’t put your credentials in the hand of a company that requires you to trust them to not fuck up. Everyone thought LastPass was great until they weren’t

              • ebits21@lemmy.caEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                Oh I do. Used Bitwarden for many years.

                I actually use keepass for totp codes too.

      • bdonvrAEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Also I believe this was achieved through cookie stealing, which 2FA would not have helped

      • bdonvrAEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Too bad it doesn’t work with several 2FA apps and right now…