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Even Supposedly Secure Passwords Typically Share Common Characteristics
May 6, 2013Ninety per cent of passwords are vulnerable to hacking because even supposedly secure passwords typically share common characteristics. Because people are required to generate so many passwords with particular characteristics - at least ...
Tags: Computer Products, hacking
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Mega File-Sharing Service Has Launched a Vulnerability Reward Program
Feb 17, 2013The Mega file-sharing service has launched a vulnerability reward program that will pay up to 10,000 euros (around $13,600) for every serious security flaw found in the platform and reported responsibly. The rules of the program were laid ...
Tags: Mega, file-sharing service, vulnerability reward program
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Google Might Have Found an Answer to The Vexing Problem of Forgotten or Weak Passwords
Jan 23, 2013Google thinks it might have found an answer to the vexing problem of forgotten or weak passwords: "physical" passwords, which might come in the form of a piece of jewelry such as a ring. In a research paper, two of its engineers write ...
Tags: Google, passwords, hijacking, online accounts
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You Are Unlikely to Achieve Much Unless You Focus on Your Employees
Dec 31, 2012CIO-Regardless of the security expertise and resources you apply to securing your assets,you are unlikely to achieve much unless you focus on the most vulnerable element of your organization:your employees. "Computers have become much ...
Tags: secure data, the human element
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Virgin Mobile USA Subscribers Are Vulnerable to Brute Force Attacks
Dec 20, 2012The online accounts of Virgin Mobile USA subscribers are vulnerable to brute force attacks because the company forces customers to use weak passwords on its website, according to a software developer. "Virgin Mobile forces you to use your ...
Tags: Virgin Mobile, USA subscribers, force attacks, weak passwords
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The Exposure Is Embarrassing,It Did Not Expose Them to Catastrophic Risk
Oct 26, 2012CSO-It was almost a year ago that a curious mathematician with no real Internet security training was able to walk through a gaping security hole left by Google--a weak email cryptographic key. But most security experts say that while the ...
Tags: Google, Email Security, Catastrophe, Internet security
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Intel Works on Technology That Could Eliminate Passwords by Using Biometric Sensors
Sep 17, 2012Security experts believe passwords offer little or no protection from unauthorised access to corporate IT systems and online accounts, and now Intel is working on an alternative. An increasing number of data breaches are being blamed on ...
Tags: Intel, unauthorised access, IT systems, online accounts
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The Hacking Group,Said They Had Posted Details to Highlight The Vulnerability of The Files
Jul 13, 2012Security experts say the breach that led to the publication of the login details of more than 453,000 Yahoo and other companies'customers,highlights common enterprise security failings. The hacking group,known as D33Ds Company,said they ...
Tags: Security, Yahoo Voices, Hacking Group, Application
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Developer of Security and PC Usability Solutions Releases Sticky Password 6.0
Jun 13, 2012Developer of security and PC usability solutions [Lamantine Software] announces the release of Sticky Password 6.0, the newest version of the well-known password manager and form filler. CZECH REPUBLIC, June 13, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ ...
Tags: Lamantine Software, password manager solutions, Sticky Password software