passwords

After successfully targeting Bell Canada and leaking customer information, hacker collective NullCrew has apparently breached mail servers belonging to Comcast, the largest …

Unknown attackers have attempted to access a number of Yahoo Mail accounts, the company warned on Thursday, and urged users to change their passwords even if they …

Former RSA chief scientist Ari Juels is working on an innovative approach at encryption that could make cyber crooks’ like a lot more difficult. This new encryption …

Consumers increasingly share their personal data, including payment information, with a growing number of e-retailers. The keys that protect their personal data are the …

SplashData has announced its annual list of the 25 most common passwords found on the Internet, and for the first time since the company began compiling its annual list, …

If you have followed last week’s hullabaloo about the Starbucks iOS app found storing passwords and location coordinates in clear text, and you have been worried about …

A security researcher has discovered that Starbuck’s iOS mobile application stores users’ usernames, email address and passwords in clear text, and has tried to …

In the first part of my article, I briefly revised attackers’ motivations to compromise your website. In this part, I will discuss how websites get hacked, how you can …

After a few days of speculations fuelled by a not clear enough explanation, the OpenSSL Foundation has confirmed that the late December defacement of its Openssl.org website …

As 2013 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on a year of change for password security and the implications for the year ahead. Large scale security breaches this year …

Netwrix announced the availability of Netwrix Password Manager as a completely free offering to businesses with up to 100 users. “According to Forrester research, …

Password-based authentication is widely used today, despite problems with security and usability. To control the negative effects of some of these problems, best practice …