passwords

Password strength meters work, but only when users are choosing or changing passwords for “important” accounts, a group of researchers has found. They also …

Internet registrar Name.com has suffered a breach and has been informing users about it via email, requesting them to change their passwords. “Name.com recently …

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 …

Identity Guard warns consumers to be aware of the increased risk of identity theft and provides tips on how they can help protect themselves from becoming a victim. In a …

Britain is a sitting duck for cybercrime because employees couldn’t care less about the security of their workplace systems, according to research by Swivel Secure. …

UK adults are risking their online security by using identical or easy to remember passwords on the websites they visit, new Ofcom research reveals. More than half (55%) of …

A new study by the Ponemon Institute takes a deep dive into consumer perceptions around how organizations are securing their access, and what they would consider to be the …

Cloud-based password unlocking service Password-Find introduced a new decrypting algorithm that unlocks half of Microsoft Office 2007/2010 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint …

A group of researchers from University of California, Berkeley, claims to have achieved 99 percent accuracy when using brainwave signals instead of passwords for user …

US-CERT has issued an alert regarding the ongoing massive brute-force attacks against WordPress sites, warning users and administrators to keep their installation always …

WordPress users can finally secure their account(s) with two step authentication. The optional feature has been rolled out on Friday and is accessible to all users. To set it …

Security professionals have embraced BYOD and they’re taking “anytime, anywhere” access to some pretty interesting locations according a new survey by Ping …