passwords

Strong passwords don’t matter if employees don’t secure them

December 7, 2015

The line between personal and professional use of apps and devices continues to blur, and while employees claim to prioritize online security, data fro Ping Identity shows …

Abysmal security practices by toy maker VTech result in massive data breach

November 30, 2015

Hong Kong-based electronic toy maker VTech has suffered a massive breach. The target was the Learning Lodge app store, from which registered users can download games, music, …

Amazon resets customers’ potentially compromised passwords

November 25, 2015

Has Amazon suffered a breach? We won’t know for sure until the company offers more information.So far, we known only what users affected by the data theft/leak incident …

Unsafe password policies leave shoppers vulnerable

November 17, 2015

Dashlane examined password security policies on 25 of the most popular online retailers. They tested 22 criteria, and each criterion was given a +/- point value that enabled a …

Comcast resets passwords for 200,000 users after login credentials go on sale

November 10, 2015

Over the weekend, someone has been peddling a batch of 590,000 email address/password combinations allegedly belonging to Comcast customers. The price set for the lot was 3.23 …

Four ways organizations can prevent PII from becoming black market public record

November 5, 2015

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is worth 10 times more than credit card information on the black market, making it imperative to have strong policies and safeguards …

vBulletin, Foxit forums hacked, attacker exploited a zero-day flaw?

November 4, 2015

On Monday, a vBulletin support manager has announced on the company’s forums that they are forcing a password reset for all of its customers.“Very recently, our …

Open source KeeFarce tool loots encrypted passwords stored in KeePass

November 3, 2015

Denis Andzakovic, a hacker and researcher with New Zealand-based security consultancy Security-Assessment.com, has released the source code for KeeFarce, a tool that can …

Nearly 2,000 Vodafone UK customers’ accounts compromised, blocked

November 2, 2015

Customers of another UK telecom have had their information compromised by hackers, as Vodafone has explained that it was “subject to an attempt to access some customers’ …

Hackers put up for sale 13 million plaintext passwords stolen from 000webhost

October 29, 2015

000webhost, a popular free web hosting service, has suffered a data breach that resulted in the compromise of the name, email address and plaintext password of some 13 million …

Why everyone should care about two-factor authentication

October 20, 2015

In the age of BYOD, corporate employees and consumers alike have access to incredible computing power in the palms of their hands. With almost our entire digital lives …

LogMeIn to acquire LastPass for $125 million

October 9, 2015

LogMeIn has agreed to acquire LastPass, the popular single-sign-on (SSO) and password management service.Under the terms of the transaction, LogMeIn will pay $110 million in …