passwords

Brits Believe Cyber-Attacks Are ‘Getting More Personal’

Get Safe Online report finds that despite fears over cybercrime, British consumers still lack valuable knowledge in staying safe online

9 years ago

LogMeIn Snaps Up Master Password Firm LastPass For £81m

LogMeIn buys Last Pass - four months after it suffered a major data breach

9 years ago

Android Phones Can Be Unlocked By Super Long Passwords

Researchers discover they can crack Android devices just by typing nonsense into password field

9 years ago

Dutch Bank Launches Voice-Activated Password System

ING Netherlands customers can now log in to their accounts simply by speaking

9 years ago

Have Password Management Services Been Hacked To Death?

The recent LastPass breach has dented users' confidence in password management firms

9 years ago

More Than Half Of Passwords ‘Can Be Cracked In 24 Hours’

Trustwave Global Security Report shows shocking state of password security around the world

9 years ago

Security System Cons Hackers By Dishing Out Fake Passwords

The ErsatzPasswords system lets you know when an attempted hack takes place - and tells you what the attacker was…

10 years ago

UK Now Second Biggest Global Target For Cybercrime

Over a million new malware threats are being created every day, Symantec report reveals

10 years ago

Get Real: Are You In Denial About Online Security?

Study by Ping Identity shows half of consumers use the same password across multiple websites

10 years ago

How To Beat The Hackers – 5 Tips For Staying Safe Online

To mark Safer Internet Day, TechWeekEurope has teamed up with Charles Sweeney, CEO of web content filtering firm, Bloxx, to…

10 years ago

Don’t Leave The Front Door Unlocked – 5 Password Security Tips For Businesses

LogMeIn's Chris Corde offers some helpful hints on choosing the right password strategy for your company

10 years ago

Russian Dating Website Buys Back 20 million Stolen Email Addresses

Details remain sketchy - has the hacker turned security consultant?

10 years ago

Most Employees “Would Sell Company Passwords For £100”

How much do you trust your employees with the passwords to important documents?

10 years ago

Shock Horror – We Are All STILL REALLY BAD At Passwords

'123456' and 'password' top SplashData list of the world’s worst passwords

10 years ago

Young People ‘Ready To Replace Passwords With Biometric Security’

Visa Europe study finds large majority of 16-24 year olds are comfortable using biometrics

10 years ago

“World’s First” Automated Password Changer Launched

Dashlane's password manager enhanced with the world’s only automated password changing software

10 years ago

Sony Hack Reveals Personal Details Of Film Stars

Sony Pictures hack exposes salary of Hollywood actor Seth Rogen and details of other Hollywood stars

10 years ago

PlayStation, Windows Live Gamers Hit By New Passwords Leak

Derptrolling attack reveals thousands of usernames and passwords

10 years ago

Millions Of Dropbox Passwords “Hacked”

Up to seven million passwords are apparently being held to ransom by hackers demanding Bitcoin

10 years ago

Russian Hackers Gain Access To 1.2 Billion Sets Of Login Credentials

The group dubbed 'CyberVor' has been collecting data from thousands of websites, using automated botnets to check for vulnerabilities

10 years ago

Footwear Chain Office Hacked, Customer Data Compromised

The attackers gained access to names, addresses, phone numbers, emails and passwords, which were apparently stored unencrypted

10 years ago

eBay Asks 128 Million Customers To Change Their Passwords After Hack

The company says hackers accessed personal details and encrypted passwords, but no financial data was compromised

11 years ago

Brit Boffs Create Hardware Scrambler To Counter Password Leaks

British company road testing a dongle designed to make password leaks an non-problem, but not all are convinced by it

11 years ago

RSA 2014: Dark Web Spammer Acquires 360m Credentials

Epic trove of emails and passwords for various email services found on dark web store

11 years ago

Hackers Steal Kickstarter Passwords

Crowdfunding site says only two customer accounts have been toyed with after potentially nightmarish breach

11 years ago

Google Buys Sound Wave Authentication Firm SlickLogin

Google acquires login tech that uses sound waves and smartphones to detect users

11 years ago

FIDO Standard Aims To Eliminate Passwords

The FIDO industry group has released its final technical specification, in an effort to push the industry toward more advanced…

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

Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password

Syed Hussain, already serving time for helping to plot attacks against UK targets, got another four months

11 years ago

Trove Of 2m Email And Social Media Passwords Uncovered

Pony botnet appears to have acquired passwords for the likes of Facebook, Google, Twitter and LinkedIn

11 years ago