passwords

Bitcointalk.org Says DNS Was Hijacked, Passwords Compromised

On the same day, the website was also hit by DDoS attack

11 years ago

Hundreds Of Thousands Hit In Racing Post Password Breach

Site editor says number of affected users in password breach will be in the six figure region

11 years ago

MacRumors Hack Affects 860k Users

Apple gossip site says protection around the passwords might not stop them being brute forced

11 years ago

Google Suspends iOS Authenticator As It Wipes Data

Authenticator update wipes account settings, causing plenty of bother for users

11 years ago

Foxtons Probes ‘Leak’ Of 10k Customer Logins

Foxtons isn't offering comment on the possible leak, but has told customers it is investigating the matter

11 years ago

Mozilla Expands Persona For Online Authentication

Mozilla expands its password-slaying website authentication service, dubbed 'Persona'

11 years ago

Ubuntu Forums Hack Exposes 1.8m Accounts

Canonical advises members to change their passwords as soon as possible

11 years ago

Google’s Motorola Proposes Tattoos And Pills To Replace Passwords

Regina Dugan, head of research at Motorola, puts forward some radical solutions to the world's password problems,

11 years ago

Yahoo Japan Warns 22m Customers Over ID Theft

Yahoo admits a hack of its infrastructure, although passwords remain safe

12 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

GCHQ Security Gaffe: Spooks Send Passwords In Plain Text

Intelligence agency criticised for rookie error

12 years ago

RSA 2013: RSA Makes ‘Giant Leap’ In Authentication

RSA adds Big Data to the authentication equation

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

Skype Rushes To Fix Password Reset Foul-Up

Skype issues fix after a remarkably simple hack is exposed

12 years ago

Twitter Password Reset Gaffe Scares Users

Twitter sends password resets out to too many people

12 years ago

RSA 2012: RSA Launches Protection Against “Smash And Grab” Password Theft

RSA looks to innovate in password security, but gets put down by one of its former employees

12 years ago

IEEE Fesses Up To 100k Password Leak

Concerns over why IEEE was storing passwords in plain text and leaving them open to anyone for a month

12 years ago

Tesco Pledges To Fix Web Security Flaws

TechWeekEurope pressure pays off as Tesco says it will fix issues, but given there are so many, which ones will…

12 years ago

R00tbeer Hackers Hit Philips

This time, it’s the Dutch electronics giant that pays for bad security practices

12 years ago

ICO Probes Tesco Security Issues

Tesco now facing pressure from the data protection watchdog

12 years ago

Tesco Security: Very Little Help!

Tesco ignores the advice of TechWeekEurope and security researchers, making it unsafe to shop on Tesco.com, warns Tom Brewster

12 years ago

Blizzard Hacked And Scrambled Passwords Leaked

Passwords have been compromised but World of Warcraft creator took precautions to protect user accounts

12 years ago

Tesco Slammed For ‘Ignoring’ Security Failures

Tesco not living by 'every little helps' motto as researcher claims it is guilty of numerous security sins

12 years ago

All Hail The Death Of Usernames And Passwords

Brian Spector, CEO of cloud security vendor CertiVox, says the traditional user login is gasping its last breath

12 years ago

Illegal Data Trade Grows Massively In 2012

Experian finds the illegal data trade market has doubled in size already in 2012, compared with 2011 figures

12 years ago

Yahoo Fixes Password-Hack Security Glitch

Yahoo has fixed the vulnerability that allowed hackers to compromise 450,000 passwords, and has offered more details on who is…

12 years ago

Leaked Yahoo Passwords ‘Mostly Invalid’

Leaked file was an old one says Yahoo. But why wasn't it encrypted?

12 years ago

TechRadar Password Database Hacked

Tech site closes forums after passwords are stolen - but where they encrypted or not?

12 years ago

LinkedIn Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Password Breach

LinkedIn is facing legal action over the big password breach, but says lawyers are just trying to exploit the situation

12 years ago