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Smartphone users choose convenience over security
In a revealing survey of smartphone and tablet users, the majority polled admit to not password protecting their mobile devices despite keeping them logged in to sensitive …
Browser companies react to BEAST attack
As Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong have demonstrated on Friday, the SSL/TLS encryption used by the great majority of websites has been cracked. Their BEAST (Browser Exploit …
SplashID Enterprise: Centralized control of password administration
SplashData announced SplashID Enterprise 2.0, featuring updated Windows and Mac OS X clients, new mobile apps and a web-based application that enable enterprise users to …
KillSwitch technology catches brute-force attacks
Confident KillSwitch is an authentication technology that can identify and proactively defend against brute force attacks on account logins, password reset processes, …
Facebook releases official Security Guide
Tired of having to explain to friends and family about the dangers lurking on Facebook? The social network has released an official Guide to Facebook Security, so share the …
Cain & Abel 4.9.42 released
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted …
Citigroup suffers second data breach in four months
Less than four months after the breach that affected some 200,000 Citigroup customers comes the news that the personal data of 92,000 Citi Cards Japan users has been …
Facebook mobile users get password reset option
Facebook has announced it will be adding a very welcome security feature for the 250 million users accessing the social network through their mobile devices – the …
Protecting mobile phones? Most don’t bother
Although almost a quarter of consumers (22%) have lost a mobile phone in the past, and a further 12% have had a phone stolen, 67% don’t have passwords set up on their …
Free password reset self service solution for SMBs
Nervepoint Technologies announces the launch of Access Manager Self Service, a free Password Self Service solution for SMBs. With almost zero-configuration, the service …
Mac OS X Lion login password easily revealed
Mac OS X stores user login passwords in system memory even if the computer is locked or put into a sleep mode. The vulnerability is present in all modern versions of Mac OS X, …
Toshiba admits to hack, customer data loss
Toshiba has confirmed the claims of a hacker that managed to compromise one of its US sites and steal and publish part of a user database on pastebin.com. While the hacker …
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