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Im August hatte die Hacker-Bande CyberVor den größten Passwort-Diebstahl in der Geschichte verübt und 1,2 Milliarden Login-Daten geklaut. Nun werden die Login-Daten aktiv ausgenutzt.
Namecheap blockiert derzeit die IP-Adressen der Angriffe und hat die Strafverfolgungsbehörden eingeschaltet.
===> Zur Sicherheit sollten alle User ihre Kennwörter ändern - falls noch nicht geschehen. <===
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Today is World Password Day, a holiday that’s here to remind us that our privacy is as safe as we make it be.
The day was first created by Intel Security and support for the idea has picked up. There are currently some 170 organizations, including Toshiba, Dell and Microsoft, and they’re asking Internet users to make sure that they change their passwords.
The concept came as Intel was thinking about a security education program. It’s not exactly a secret that people don’t change their passwords as the years go by, even though servers may fall prey to hackers and data can be stolen.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Passwords
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Heartbleed: A look at which companies have issued a security patch to fix the Heartbleed bug.
Some Internet companies that were vulnerable to the bug have already updated their servers with a security patch to fix the issue. This means you'll need to go in and change your passwords immediately for these sites. . Even that is no guarantee that your information wasn't already compromised, but there's also no indication that hackers knew about the exploit before this week. The companies that are advising customers to change their passwords are doing so as a precautionary measure.
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An app called InstLike promised free likes and followers on Instagram, but asked users to provide their usernames and passwords, turning them into a botnet. Moreover, a user would get 20 free Likes if he used the hashtag #instlike_com in his own photo captions. A search on Instagram reveals that more than 500,000 photos already contain that hashtag. All these features made InstLike a sophisticated ecosystem that employed thousands of voluntary "zombie" accounts — but it depended on their naiveté and willingness to give up their passwords. For Narang, who is experienced in the realm of social media-based scams, the sheer volume of people involved is scary.
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Follow these easy steps to create a stronger online password.
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Tumblr has released a "very important" update for their iPad and iPhone apps following what they describe as a "security lapse". It appears that passwords were being sent over the internet unencrypted, making it easy for anyone with bad intentions and a little technical knowledge to harvest Tumblr users' login details.
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Maintaining your online security is imperative in today’s growing digital era. Over 8 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011.
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Passwords are like undergarments: it’s good to keep them hidden, and you should change them often. Likewise, if someone sees your password it may leave you feeling exposed and uncomfortable. As we ...
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The microblogging giant has warned news outlets that "these attacks will continue," particularly against high profile media organizations.
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Download the 2013 #DBIR from Verizon for the latest on data security threats.
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After a widely publicised hack or data breach, you'll often find "password check" sites springing up. Some of them are legitimate, but other password check sites are as bogus as they sound on th... Short, sweet, and clear. - Don't click login links in emails. - Check the address bar. - And watch out for the HTTPS (secure HTTP) padlock in the address bar whenever you are entering PII of any sort, from passwords to account numbers.
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A study by Ofcom, the UK communications watchdog, has unearthed some appalling statistics which reveal just how badly the general public treat password security. 55% of net users use the same password for most, if not all, websites. When will they learn?
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A database containing usernames and passwords for almost five million Google accounts emerged on a Russian forum late on September 9. The user dumpin...
The user dumping the information on Bitcoin Security board uses the online alias “tvskit” and says that although not all the entries are valid, more than 60% of them should be working; all passwords are provided in plain text.
It is unclear how the information was collected, but the most plausible theory is that the attacker(s) gathered the details through phishing and different forms of data exfiltration, such as the use of infostealing malware.
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The social network is battling an attack from spammers.
Pinterest has been hacked again, after large numbers of user accounts began spewing weight loss-related messages across the social network and onto Twitter.
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The companies know what to do about Heartbleed now. Here's what you, as an individual, need to do now. . You should also clear out all your Web browsers' cache, cookies, and history. That's never a bad idea anyway. You don't want old memorized passwords walking into trouble at an untrustworthy site. To do this with the most popular browsers...
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A luxury Tesla car, which (when maxed out with options and bells-and-whistles) is worth over $100,000.
You wouldn't really expect the only thing to prevent a thief from unlocking it to be a simple six character password would you?
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I reviewed more than 130 cloud and SaaS services and the results were a bit unexpected.
Former "voice of the boy king" - aka ghostwriter to Mark Zuckerberg - Katherine Losse says she was stunned when they handed over a password that could get her into any account, all sans background ...
Although iOS generates seemingly random passwords for its hotspots to eliminate the use of 'default' passwords, researchers at a German university have found that ===> they are able to break these passwords in under a minute. <===
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Explore Technology industry trends & insights from TMT Predictions 2013. Watch videos, listen to podcasts, download reports, and more. Deloitte predicts that in 2013 more than 90 percent of user-generated passwords, even those considered strong by IT departments, will be vulnerable to hacking.
Inadequate password protection may result in billions of dollars of losses, declining confidence in Internet transactions and significant damage to the reputations of the companies compromised by attacks.
As the value of the information protected by passwords continues to grow, attracting more hack attempts, high-value sites will likely require additional forms of authentication.
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The most common causes of inappropriate behavior or suspected ‘password hacks’ are: - Using a generic username and password for all students. - Failure to use unique passwords for each student. - The teacher creates student accounts with a different usernames but the same password for all students or a standard approach to assigning passwords that allows students to easily guess other students’ passwords. - Students telling other students (or siblings) their username and password. - Failing to log out of accounts or using ‘Remember my password’ on shared computers.
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Macworld Australia is the premier Australian source for news, reviews, help, how-tos, and expert opinion for the Australian Apple market, including the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod.
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LivingSocial, the online offers site owned in largish part by Amazon, has just emailed its userbase, said to be 50,000,000-strong, to fess up to a data breach. Another day, another shed-load of ... We also encourage you, for your own personal data security, to consider changing password(s) on any other sites on which you use the same or similar password(s). That's also good advice, but a few more words would have made it even better: if you've used the same password on multiple sites, ===> change the passwords on those sites so that they are all different. <===
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What are some of the world's most popular passwords? If you're thinking your 123456 password is foolproof, you better think again.
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Is your phone secure? Read these 10 tips for guidance.