Customer accounts hacked but Deliveroo denies breach of its systems and urges customers to improve their passwords
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Researcher Breaches PayPal’s Two-Factor Authentication In Five Minutes
The surprisingly simple hack tricked PayPal into giving the researcher access to his own account
Persistent Warnings Are Causing ‘Security Fatigue’
People are becoming weary of constant security advice and businesses could pay the price for poor decisions, a report has claimed
Instagram Hack Promotes Porn Spam And Adult Dating
Symantec warns of Instagram profile hack that uses compromised accounts to promote adult dating websites
uTorrent Hack Exposes Account Details And Passwords
Undergound data breach. Up to 35,000 user accounts on the uTorrent community forums exposed after hack
Lessons From Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Networking Account Breach
ANALYSIS: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a mistake that many, perhaps most, people make and reused passwords for some social networking sites.
Microsoft Bans Simple Passwords On All Its Accounts
Microsoft announces complete ban of simple or commonly used passwords from all of its accounts
TalkTalk Drops Passwords For Voice Recognition After Hack
Post hack, TalkTalk allows customers to access their accounts via voice recognition technology
How To Create The Most Secure Password
Oscar Marquez, CTO at iSheriff, provides some top advice on how to create super-strong passwords
Twitter Patches Password Recovery Flaw
Oops. Bug with Twitter’s password recovery system may have exposed account details of almost 10,000 users
6 Ways To Stop Cybercriminals Breaking Your Heart
It’s time to end your relationships with cybercriminals who lie, cheat and steal. You can do so much better
Time Warner Cable Warns 320,000 Users Of Possible Hack
Corporate security under scrutiny again as Time Warner tells customers to change passwords after possible hack
Amazon Issues Password Warning Following Potential Security Slip Up
Amazon emails number of users advising password reset because of “improper” storage
InstaAgent Removed From iTunes, Google Play For Data Theft
Top ranking Instagram client removed from iTunes and Google Play after user data theft discovery
7 Ways To Keep Your Business As Secure As MI6
Ryan Barrett, VP of privacy and security, Intermedia, shares top security tips that even James Bond could do with
GCHQ Offers Password Advice For Safer Surfing
“Let us give you some advice about your passwords,” says Britain’s top secret eavesdropping agency
Report: Password Controls Actually Increase Crackability
Security firm finds that common password control methods mean half of all passwords now only follow a dozen common patterns
Insecure Passwords Or Insecure People?
Richard Walters, GM & VP of Identity and Access Management at Intermedia, discusses the best way to manage passwords
LinkedIn Settles Password Theft Lawsuit
LinkedIn pays nearly £1m to settle legal fight after security breach compromised 6.5 million user passwords
US Military Develops Invisible Biometric ‘Passwords’
The end of traditional biometric and password security? US Military signs deal for new ID verification system
‘Skeleton Key’ Malware Discovered By Dell Researchers
Brand new “Skeleton Key” malware can bypass the authentication on Active Directory systems
Will Your Colleagues Screw Up Your Company’s Network This Christmas?
BalaBit survey reveals security shortcuts taken by ‘privileged users’ during the festive season
Mastercard – We’re Killing Off The Password
Payments company says the end is nigh for password authentication thanks to updated 3DS 2.0 protocol
Forgetting Passwords Is Now The Most Annoying Habit For Brits
More than one in three of us have admit to being locked out of accounts due to not remembering the password
Google Denies Hack After 5 Million Gmail Password Leak
The account details of 5 million Gmail users have been ‘dumped’ online, but Google denies it was hacked
Verizon Touts QR Code Login As Password Replacement
The end of passwords and usernames for authentication? Quite possibly, at least according to Verizon
Twitter ‘Accidentally Changes Users’ Passwords’
Emails were sent out mistakenly telling Twitter users to change their passwords
Microsoft Turns On Multifactor Authentication For Office 365
To minimise the risk of breaches, Microsoft turns on multifactor authentication for the user base of Office 365
Yahoo Mail Passwords Breached In ‘Co-ordinated Attack’
Yahoo admits its Yahoo Mail service was breached by a co-ordinated attack using passwords gathered from elsewhere
Don’t Blame Users For Poor Passwords
‘123456’ may be a crap password, but Sean Michael Kerner says the blame lies with the security systems that allow it, and rely on passwords in the first place