Password

Report: Password Controls Actually Increase Crackability

Security firm finds that common password control methods mean half of all passwords now only follow a dozen common patterns

10 years ago

Insecure Passwords Or Insecure People?

Richard Walters, GM & VP of Identity and Access Management at Intermedia, discusses the best way to manage passwords

10 years ago

LinkedIn Settles Password Theft Lawsuit

LinkedIn pays nearly £1m to settle legal fight after security breach compromised 6.5 million user passwords

10 years ago

US Military Develops Invisible Biometric ‘Passwords’

The end of traditional biometric and password security? US Military signs deal for new ID verification system

10 years ago

‘Skeleton Key’ Malware Discovered By Dell Researchers

Brand new "Skeleton Key" malware can bypass the authentication on Active Directory systems

10 years ago

Will Your Colleagues Screw Up Your Company’s Network This Christmas?

BalaBit survey reveals security shortcuts taken by 'privileged users' during the festive season

10 years ago

Mastercard – We’re Killing Off The Password

Payments company says the end is nigh for password authentication thanks to updated 3DS 2.0 protocol

10 years ago

Forgetting Passwords Is Now The Most Annoying Habit For Brits

More than one in three of us have admit to being locked out of accounts due to not remembering the…

10 years ago

Google Denies Hack After 5 Million Gmail Password Leak

The account details of 5 million Gmail users have been 'dumped' online, but Google denies it was hacked

10 years ago

Verizon Touts QR Code Login As Password Replacement

The end of passwords and usernames for authentication? Quite possibly, at least according to Verizon

10 years ago

Twitter ‘Accidentally Changes Users’ Passwords’

Emails were sent out mistakenly telling Twitter users to change their passwords

11 years ago

Microsoft Turns On Multifactor Authentication For Office 365

To minimise the risk of breaches, Microsoft turns on multifactor authentication for the user base of Office 365

11 years ago

Yahoo Mail Passwords Breached In ‘Co-ordinated Attack’

Yahoo admits its Yahoo Mail service was breached by a co-ordinated attack using passwords gathered from elsewhere

11 years ago

Don’t Blame Users For Poor Passwords

'123456' may be a crap password, but Sean Michael Kerner says the blame lies with the security systems that allow…

11 years ago

‘123456’ Beats ‘Password’ As Most-Used Password

In this year's list of the Internet's most popular passwords, "123456" has displaced the previous leader "password"

11 years ago

JPMorgan Warns 465,000 Of Data Breach

Banking giant JPMorgan says a lot of its UCard customers could have had their details taken

11 years ago

How An Adobe Flaw Let Anonymous Into The FBI

Adobe users' passwords were stolen and the FBI got hit. Sean Michael Kerner smells password reuse

11 years ago

Snowden’s Wake-Up Call On Password Management

To avoid what Edward Snowden did to the NSA, adopt Wayne Rash's password management tips

11 years ago

Password Reuse Risk After LivingSocial Breach

Security experts are warning users about the dangers of password reuse after the LivingSocial database breach

12 years ago

Password Security Remains Consumer Bugbear

A survey has found ongoing consumer unhappiness, distrust and impatience with online passwords

12 years ago

Evernote Resets All Passwords Following A Security Breach

50 million accounts need new passwords, but Evernote says no content had been compromised

12 years ago

Weak Passwords To Be Major Security Risk In 2013

Two security firms predict that targeted attacks and weak passwords will be the security issues to watch in 2013

12 years ago

Tesco Password Security Fixed – But XSS Flaw Remains

No more plain text passwords? Every little security fix helps!

12 years ago

LinkedIn Apologises For Password Breach

Social network LinkedIn has provided more information on a security breach that affected roughly 6.5 million user passwords

12 years ago

Dating Website eHarmony Confirms Password Breach

Following hot on the heels of the LinkedIn password breach is the confirmation that eHarmony's customer passwords have also been…

12 years ago

LinkedIn: Keep Calm And Keep Connecting

LinkedIn may be a boring place with no secrets, but those passwords are important, says Peter Judge

12 years ago

Microsoft Pushes Quick Fix For Hotmail Password Reset Issue

Vulnerability allowed hackers to reset account passwords and lock the owner out using a Firefox add-on

13 years ago

Swedish App Cracks iPhone Passcode In Minutes

A new app is able to crack the password protection of Apple iPhones and Android devices within minutes

13 years ago

Google Has Been Testing A Secure QR Code Log-In Process

Google has completed a test that allowed smartphone users to log into their Google accounts by scanning a Quick Response…

13 years ago

IBM’s Top 5 Innovations Will Change Your Life Within 5 Years

The 2011 predictions cover green power, mind-reading machines, desirable junk mail, DNA passwords, and digital profusion

13 years ago