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Sony Protects 93,000 Users From Password Attacks

Sony locked out users when hackers tried applying user names and passwords stolen from elsewhere

13 years ago

WikiLeaks Threatens To Sue Over Guardian Leaks

WikiLeaks is preparing to bite the hand that feeds it publicity, for disclosing the password to its leaked cables

13 years ago

Mobile Phones – The Weakest Link In The Chain

Letting workers bring their own devices to the office allows malware to outpace the security measures available, says Eric Doyle

13 years ago

Brits Fail Mobile Password Protection Test

The majority of Brits are failing to protect a device that contains lots of valuable data - their mobile phone

13 years ago

Sleeping Macs Leak Passwords Through FireWire

Researchers using a FireWire device managed to obtain passwords saved on a Lion-based Mac in sleep mode

13 years ago

Dropbox And Microsoft Snags Raise Cloud Questions

Microsoft and Dropbox problems revive questions and doubts about embracing the cloud for varied IT needs

13 years ago

Security: Passwords Are Still the Problem

Despite an endless series of breaches, the problems with passwords are really very basic, says Fahmida Y Rashid

13 years ago

AWS Adds CloudFront Secure Access Management

Amazon updates its cloud security with Identity and Access Management (IAM) for AWS CloudFront

14 years ago

Mudlark: Data Is Your Property

The London Chromaroma game has been criticised for demanding passwords. Mudlark's Toby Barnes jumps to its defence

14 years ago

Security Cracks Open When The World’s Your Oyster

A new game that requires players to give up their Oyster Card passwords is presenting a new challenge for security…

14 years ago

Researchers Crack iPhone Password Protection

German researchers have discovered a way of stealing passwords from any device running Apple iOS

14 years ago

Firewall Father Wants WikiLeaks Prosecuted

Cyber-threats should be taken seriously, and complex passwords should be dumped, says the father of the firewall, Bill Cheswick of…

14 years ago

One-Time Password Security For Facebook

Facebook users skittish about using their real password on public computers can now get a one-time password sent to their…

14 years ago

Germany To Fine Users For Unsecured WLANs

In a effort to clamp down on illegal filesharing, Internet users in Germany are facing financial penalties if they do…

15 years ago

Facebook Hacker Jailed Amid Rape Claims

The case of a woman misusing Faceboook to back up rape charges should prompt people to protect their passwords, say…

15 years ago

Good IT Security Relies On Remedial Services

The value of conventional password policies is doubtful; users will always be the weakest link in IT security, says PJ…

15 years ago

Reports Emerge Of Google Password Attack

The New York Times is reporting the attack on Google in December hit the company's password system

15 years ago