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Microsoft rolls out optional two-factor authentication for user accounts

Microsoft rolls out optional two-factor authentication for user accounts
  • Posted April 18, 2013, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, IT Security
  • If you care about the security of your Microsoft account enough to click a few buttons in exchange for an extra layer of safety, you may want to head here. That'll bring you to straight to the security section of your account page where you can enable two-factor authentication, a feature Microsoft...

Reset Windows passwords in minutes without extra hardware or software

Reset Windows passwords in minutes without extra hardware or software
  • Posted December 13, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in IT Security, Microsoft
  • Although a man recently made headlines for demonstrating that he could brute force an eight-character Windows password in less than six hours by harnessing the power of 25 GPUs, another savvy user has reminded us of a workaround that can bypass the security of virtually...

Weekend tech reading: Is password security inadequate today?

Weekend tech reading: Is password security inadequate today?
  • Posted November 18, 2012, 1:53 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • You have a secret that can ruin your life. It’s not a well-kept secret, either. Just a simple string of characters -- maybe six of them if you’re careless, 16 if you’re cautious -- that can reveal everything about you. Your email. Your bank account. Your address and credit card number...

Skype pulls password reset page over major security hole

Skype pulls password reset page over major security hole
  • Posted November 14, 2012, 9:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Reports have emerged about a security hole in Skype's password recovery mechanism that allowed any account to be hijacked knowing only the username and email address. The Next Web first reported the issue...

SplashData posts 25 "most popular" passwords of 2012

SplashData posts 25 "most popular" passwords of 2012
  • Posted October 24, 2012, 11:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • We’ve been seeing an unprecedented number of security breaches over the last few years targeting large corporations and individuals alike. That isn’t stopping people from using the most unimaginative and predictable passwords when signing up to a website or online…

IEEE accidentally exposed 100,000 unencrypted user credentials

IEEE accidentally exposed 100,000 unencrypted user credentials
  • Posted September 26, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • A Romanian researcher who recently found plaintext usernames and passwords on an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) server has published his analysis of the data. Radu Dragusin, a computer scientist who works for search engine FindZebra, discovered the…

Over 8 million Gamigo user logins leaked months after breach

Over 8 million Gamigo user logins leaked months after breach
  • Posted July 23, 2012, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • Millions of user logins swiped from a German gaming company earlier this year have appeared online this month. In February, hackers bypassed the security of free-to-play MMORPG outfit Gamigo, taking over 11 million email addresses and encrypted passwords (though only…

Formspring servers breached, 420,000 encrypted passwords stolen

Formspring servers breached, 420,000 encrypted passwords stolen
  • Posted July 11, 2012, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Formspring has joined the likes of LinkedIn, Last.fm, eHarmony and other sites breached recently, revealing yesterday that passwords were swiped from its servers. Following an investigation, the social service determined that an unknown intruder gained access to the company's development…

Facebook threatens legal action against password-demanding employers

Facebook threatens legal action against password-demanding employers
  • Posted March 23, 2012, 11:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Facebook has updated their Statement of Rights and Responsibilities which now makes it a violation to share or solicit a profile’s password. Furthermore the social network vows to take legal action against offenders when appropriate. The revisions come in light…

Windows 8 to feature built-in password manager, synchronize between computers

Windows 8 to feature built-in password manager, synchronize between computers
  • Posted December 16, 2011, 5:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft, Software With Video
  • Microsoft hopes to simplify the task of managing multiple passwords with the next major release of its popular operating system. According to a post on the company's Building Windows 8 blog, a new feature will allow users to put an…

SplashData reveals 2011's 25 worst passwords

SplashData reveals 2011
  • Posted November 21, 2011, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Reaffirming a smaller study released earlier this year, SplashData has published a list of this year's 25 worst passwords. We've seen countless security breaches this year and in many of those cases, the hackers released the stolen data online. SplashData…

News around the web: Password reuse

  • Posted September 15, 2010, 11:00 AM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in NATW, IT Security
  • Password Reuse @ xkcd 11 Infamous Software Bugs @ PCWorld Google Engineer Fired for Spying on Minors @ FoxNews It's all about quality @ Skype See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: GameBoy Micro sells well in Japan

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