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Cyber gang steals 1.2 billion Web credentials
A Russia-based cyber criminal group has managed to accumulate 1.2 billion unique online login credentials by compromising databases of over hundreds of thousands websites and …
Thousands of Mozilla developers’ emails, passwords exposed
Email addresses and encrypted passwords of tens of thousands of Mozilla developers were accidentally exposed and might have been harvested by malicious individuals, Stormy …
Selectively re-using bad passwords is not a bad idea, researchers say
For all the repeated advice to use different, complex password for each online account, users are still opting for easy-to-guess, short ones and use them repeatedly across …
Critical vulnerabilities in web-based password managers found
A group of researchers from University of California, Berkeley, have analyzed five popular web-based password managers and have discovered – and then responsibly …
The building blocks of a successful authentication infrastructure
In this interview, Josh Alexander, CEO of Toopher, discusses how an increasingly mobile workforce shapes the way an organization deals with authentication issues, provides …
PayPal 2FA flow partially mitigated, accounts are safe
In the wake of the revelation of a flaw that allows attackers to bypass PayPal’s two-factor authentication feature, the e-payment giant has made it temporarily …
Critical flaw exposes admin passwords of nearly 32,000 servers
Over 30,000 servers with Supermicro baseboard management controllers (BMCs) on their motherboards are offering up administrator passwords to anyone who knowns where to look, …
Payment card breach at US restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s
Asian-themed US restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro has apparently suffered a breach that resulted in the theft of customers’ payment card data. The extent …
1Password 4 for Android released
AgileBits has released 1Password 4 for Android, a pixel-to-bit reinvention of its industry-commanding password manager and secure wallet for Android phones and tablets. As a …
Ineffective password security practices plague organizations
Just over 13 percent of IT security professionals admit to being able to access previous employers’ systems using their old credentials, according to Lieberman Software. …
Reactions to the eBay breach
A database containing eBay customers’ name, encrypted password, email address, physical address, phone number and date of birth was compromised. Here are some of the …
Passwords remain a problem for everyone
Passwords remain a problem even for tech-conscious consumers. In an F-Secure poll, 43% of respondents report using the same password for more than one important account …
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