- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 23rd, 2012
Windows 7 and Windows 8 Registries Reveal Password Hints, Researchers Find
The hints are encrypted, but they’re not difficult to decrypt
- Advisories
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 14th, 2012
Protection Against Online Identity Theft: Valuable Tips for College Students
A study has revealed that individuals aged 18-24 exhibit the most risky behavior online
- Google News
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 14th, 2012
Finally, Google Chrome Adds Verification Code Support for Two-Step Authentication
There's no more need for an app specific password, a great improvement
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 10th, 2012
Battle.net Hack Exposes Enough Data for Password-Guessing Attack, Experts Say
Sophos security researchers share some insight on the incident
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- August 8th, 2012
Apple Orders Staff to Suspend Apple ID Password Resets over the Phone
Company instates 24 hour freeze to determine the best course of action following hack
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 4th, 2012
Softpedia Exclusive Interview: Steve Thomas on the Improvements Made to PwnedList
There are currently 23 million leaked credentials harvested by the company
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 21st, 2012
Hacker Leaks 67,000 Usernames, Passwords from Cichlid Forum
Users should rush to change their passwords before they can be misused
- Software Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 20th, 2012
LastPass for Chrome Receives Update
Solves login dialog problems and adds two new features
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Pinterest Starts Locking Accounts of Hacked Users
In some cases, changing the password doesn't protect the account
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 20th, 2012
Cryptography and Neuroscience: Using Passwords You Don’t Actually Know
Researchers develop a game that can train users to reproduce a 30 character sequence
- Data Breaches
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 19th, 2012
$6 (€5): The Price of 500 Compromised Facebook Accounts
Experts take a look at the prices of stolen credentials
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 13th, 2012
AndroidForums.com Hacked, Users Advised to Change Passwords
Attackers could have copied usernames, password hashes, email addresses and IPs
- Data Breaches
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 12th, 2012
Over 450,000 Usernames and Passwords Leaked, Likely from Yahoo! Voices
D33Ds Company hackers have taken credit for the massive data leak
- Data Breaches
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 11th, 2012
Hackers Breach Formspring Server, 420,000 Passwords Leaked
All user passwords have been disabled as a result of the incident
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 6th, 2012
Dutch ISP Finds That 120,000 of Its Customers Failed to Change Default Passwords
Anyone could have accessed the accounts to modify existing services
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 26th, 2012
Analysis of Leaked eHarmony Passwords: 10,000 of Them Full of “Love”
Trustwave researchers say that the company did a poor job of encrypting the passwords
- Data Breaches
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 26th, 2012
Hacker Leaks 84,000 Email Addresses and Passwords from Telecoms Networks (Updated)
C0mrade claims that the targeted companies are from Mexico and Spain