passwords
Chrome extension protects your Google account from phishers
Google developers have created Password Alert, an open source Chrome extension that aims to prevent users from entering their Google password in a phishing site or, …
Why you should steer users towards less predictable passwords
As users are instructed to create ever more complex passwords, and developers are starting to use encryption methods more difficult to crack than standard hashing functions, …
Email delivery service SendGrid confirms data breach
Sendgrid, the email delivery and management service that counts among its clients companies like Pinterest, Airbnb and Uber, has admitted that they have been …
Making password databases impossible to steal
A new technology, called Blind Hashing, that prevents offline password attacks by making databases impossible to steal, has been introduced at RSA Conference 2015 by start-up …
Consumers think passwords are of no value to criminals
21 percent of respondents to a Kaspersky survey assume their passwords are of no value to criminals. Many often take the easy way out when creating and storing passwords. For …
Attackers can easily crack Belkin routers’ WPS PINs
A considerable number of routers manufactured by US-based Belkin use a flawed method for creating PINs for Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), making them easily discoverable by …
TV5Monde makes new security blunders in wake of hack
Last week’s hack attack against TV5Monde resulted in the compromise of its website, social media accounts, the outage of its email server, and a temporary program …
How to keep your Facebook account secure
When last November Facebook asked users to comment the proposed changes to the social network’s terms of use, data policy, and cookies policy, it also introduced Privacy …
Apple-themed “Your account has been limited” phishing emails doing rounds
Apple users are once again targeted with phishing emails, warns Bitdefender, and the latest variant of the scheme is impersonating Apple Support claiming that their account …
Behavioral biometrics: The password you can’t forget
This year’s Mobile World Congress featured more biometrics technology than ever before, with the launch of Google’s Android Pay and Samsung Pay both unveiling …
Twitch forces users to reset password in wake of breach
Twitch, the popular Amazon-owned game streaming service, has apparently suffered a breach that might have resulted in the compromise of users’ personal information and …
Many admit that passwords are their only IT security measure
New research from SecureAuth shows that despite much debate, the password isn’t dead yet as two in five IT decision makers (ITDMs) admit that passwords are their only IT …
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