- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 24th, 2012
List of 2012’s Worst 25 Passwords Published, “Jesus” and “Ninja” Included
SplashData has released its annual report on password frequency
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 19th, 2012
WordPress Servers Not Hacked, Sites Hijacked Because of Weak Passwords
The number of affected websites has increased to 60,000
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- October 19th, 2012
Experts Confirm: Stealing Passwords from Windows 8 Is Piece of Cake
The new Windows 8 security features may expose account passwords
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 11th, 2012
PlaySpan Hacked, Details of Millions of Users Leaked
The company offers monetization services to over 1,000 websites
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 10th, 2012
Skype-Spreading Malware Might Have Infected 1 Million Users
The threat is capable of stealing passwords and use compromised PCs to launch DDOS attacks
- Mac software reviews
- By Octav Fedor
- October 6th, 2012
A Flexible Password Generator at Your Fingertips
A menu bar based password generation utility with several customization options.
- Incidents
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 28th, 2012
Texas Poker iPhone App Exposes Users’ Authentication Credentials
Cybercriminals may target the players because chips are purchased with real money
- Data Breaches
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 26th, 2012
IEEE Exposes 100,000 Passwords, NASA, Apple and Google Employees Affected
The organization inadvertently shared plain text credentials on an FTP server
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 25th, 2012
NoPassword: Ruby on Rails Authentication System
A highly secure system based only on the user's email address
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 21st, 2012
Passwords of Oracle Database Users Exposed Because of Logon Protocol Bug
Esteban Martinez Fayo of AppSec Inc developed a proof-of-concept tool for the flaw
- Advisories
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 18th, 2012
8068: The Most Uncommon 4-Digit PIN
Experts have revealed the results of a study made on 3.4 million passwords
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 18th, 2012
Virgin Mobile Exposes Millions of Customers by Implementing Poor Password Security
The company has been aware of the issue since August, but failed to do anything about it
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 17th, 2012
LastPass Users to Benefit from Credential Monitoring Services Offered by PwnedList
PwnedList introduces a new service called End User Protection Service
- Data Breaches
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 14th, 2012
Experts Warn That Some iOS Apps Fail to Protect Passwords, Other Sensitive Details
Bitdefender has analyzed a number of highly-rated applications
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- September 10th, 2012
KeePass 2.20 Available for Download
Header data in KDBX files is now authenticated, high DPI UI improvements
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 10th, 2012
Over 11,000 Guild Wars 2 Players Fall Victim to Hackers
Developers implement additional security features to prevent incidents
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 24th, 2012
Filmed Interview Reveals Passwords, Once Again
Polish TV station broadcast shows passwords written on whiteboard