passwords
Easy-to-remember, difficult-to-crack passwords via visual cues
A group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science believe they might have solved the problem of choosing and, above all, remembering …
Energy-efficient bcrypt cracking
Bcrypt is a password hashing scheme based on the Blowfish block cipher. It was designed to be resistant to brute force attacks and to remain secure despite of hardware …
The iCloud keychain and iOS 7 data protection
When Apple announced iOS 7, iCloud Keychain was one of its key features. It is no doubt great for usability, but what about security? What kind of access does Apple have to …
1Password 4.1 for Mac adds new password updating, better search
Popular password manager 1Password for Mac reached version 4.1 that comes with some long-requested features, the most notable being a new Login (password) updating process. If …
Spoofed MasterCard warning delivers malware
A worrisome email notifying users that their MasterCard debit card has been blocked just when most of them are trying to do their holiday shopping has been landing in inboxes …
Hackers’ server with over 2 million stolen passwords found
Every now and then, security researchers come across a server used by hackers to store stolen account credentials. The latest instance of this has been flagged by Daniel …
Passwords aren’t going away any time soon
Despite nearly weekly revelations of new password database breaches, a survey by Authentify suggests that passwords will remain the primary protection for online accounts. Of …
F-Secure launches KEY, a secure password manager
F-Secure Key safely stores your passwords, user names and other credentials so that you can access them wherever you are through one master password. Your personal data is …
GitHub accounts hacked in ongoing brute force attack
GitHub users should consider changing their account password to a more complex one and setting up 2-factor authentication in order to protect themselves from automated brute …
Compromised Adobe accounts include military and government users
The Adobe hack is truly gargantuan, what with all the stolen source code of a number of extremely popular software and the exfiltrated database containing user email …
MacRumors forums hacked, 860k user passwords compromised
The popular user forum MacRumors has suffered a breach and is advising the entirety of its 860,000-strong user base to change their passwords as soon as possible. The hack was …
Adobe’s poor password security forces Facebook to block accounts
The recent Guinness-world-record-sized breach at Adobe is poised to cause many problems for the users whose login information was compromised. It wouldn’t be that great …