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Password Day is a day for "taking our passwords to the next level" - here are five traditions the crooks really don't want us to start.
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For second time in a month, Mozilla - famous for the Firefox web browser - has had to warn that thousands of email addresses and passwords were left lying aroun
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For second time in a month, Mozilla – famous for the Firefox web browser – has had to warn that thousands of email addresses and passwords were left lying around on a server that the public could easily access.
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"We will never ask for your password. Please enter your password" says Hold Security.
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We will never ask for your password. Please enter your password" says Hold Security.
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The NSA denied a report claiming it was aware of and even exploited the "Heartbleed" online security flaw to gather critical intelligence. Learn more:
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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. Learn more:
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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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The list is likely to have been compiled from multiple data breaches, according to Hold Security Hold Security has also found 1.25 billion email addresses circulating among hackers, with a batch of 156 million addresses collected on Friday.
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Hold Security has also found 1.25 billion email addresses circulating among hackers, with a batch of 156 million addresses collected on Friday.
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Kickstarter said that malicious hackers gained unauthorized access to its systems and accessed user data.
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The hacker group NullCrew has managed to access servers belonging to Bell Canada - or a third-party supplier, as Bell claims - and steal and...
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And the passwords are in plaintext, too. When you format an Android phone and set it up on first run, after you login to your Google account and restore your backup, it immediately connects to wifi using a saved password. There’s no sort of password hash that your Android phone could send your router to authenticate besides the password itself.
Oh, and Google is part of NSA’s Prism program. If an NSA analyst, or likely someone from CIA or even FBI (Prism is a “team sport”), asks Google for information about you, your house’s and office’s wifi passwords are likely included in that data. Without a warrant.
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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.
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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- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/ict-awareness-what-you-should-know/
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Passwords
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.
Learn more:
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/ict-awareness-what-you-should-know/
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Passwords
This article contains information about the security of the iphone and ipad users. This is very useful, because users wil be secured from any harm that could be done with their gadets. passwords were being sent over the internet unencrypted this could cause alot of problems because hackers would easily be able to access your password.
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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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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.
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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- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Passwords
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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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Passwords
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Passwords
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Aujourd'hui il est possible de piéger les pirates informatiques. Les RSSI (Responsables de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information) ont désormais la capacité de se doter de leurres pour éliminer les vols de mots de passe grâce aux « honeywords ».
Ce sont de faux mots de passe qui déclenchent des alarmes dans le système chaque fois que des pirates tentent d'accéder à des comptes.
Aujourd'hui il est possible de piéger les pirates informatiques. Les RSSI (Responsables de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information) ont désormais la capacité de se doter de leurres pour éliminer les vols de mots de passe grâce aux « honeywords ».
Ce sont de faux mots de passe qui déclenchent des alarmes dans le système chaque fois que des pirates tentent d'accéder à des comptes.
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Vous n’avez certainement pas du passer à côté de “l’information”. Des pirates informatiques Russes auraient réussi « le casse du siècle » en récoltant 1,2 milliard de comptes utilisateurs (logins et mots de passe associés) ; et plus de 500 millions d’adresses e-mail, provenant de 420.000 sites Internet d’entreprises. L’exploit est ailleurs !
Article original appartenant à zataz.com : ZATAZ Magazine » 1,2 milliard de mots de passe piratés ? C’est hier qu’il fallait avoir peur http://www.zataz.com/12-milliard-de-mots-de-passe-pirates-cest-hier-quil-fallait-avoir-peur/#ixzz39nrNnn62
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Vous n’avez certainement pas du passer à côté de “l’information”. Des pirates informatiques Russes auraient réussi « le casse du siècle » en récoltant 1,2 milliard de comptes utilisateurs (logins et mots de passe associés) ; et plus de 500 millions d’adresses e-mail, provenant de 420.000 sites Internet d’entreprises. L’exploit est ailleurs !
Article original appartenant à zataz.com : ZATAZ Magazine » 1,2 milliard de mots de passe piratés ? C’est hier qu’il fallait avoir peur http://www.zataz.com/12-milliard-de-mots-de-passe-pirates-cest-hier-quil-fallait-avoir-peur/#ixzz39nrNnn62
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Canadian authorities reveal that social insurance numbers for 900 taxpayers were stolen before Heartbleed Bug was fixed.
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Canadian authorities reveal that social insurance numbers for 900 taxpayers were stolen before Heartbleed Bug was fixed.
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The companies know what to do about Heartbleed now. Here's what you, as an individual, need to do now.
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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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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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Are you ready for the next massive vulnerability? It’s called Heartbleed and it could give hackers access to user passwords and even trick people into using fake versions of popular Web sites.
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A hacker claims to have access to thousands of identity papers belonging to security professionals - hacked from the EC-Council.
And, to prove their point, the hacker posts an image of the passport belonging to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Over one million readers of the Forbes website might be wise to change their password, and keep an eye open for suspicious emails, after a group of notorious hackers gained access to user information and published it online.
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I reviewed more than 130 cloud and SaaS services and the results were a bit unexpected.
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Canonical, the lead developers of the Ubuntu Linux-based operating system, have admitted that its online forums were not just defaced this weekend, but also that hackers managed to steal every users' email address, password and username from the...
Canonical, the lead developers of the Ubuntu Linux-based operating system, have admitted that its online forums were not just defaced this weekend, but also that
===> hackers managed to steal every users’ email address, password and username from the Ubuntu Forums database. <===
===> hackers managed to steal every users’ email address, password and username from the Ubuntu Forums database. <===
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- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/ict-awareness-what-you-should-know/
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Linux
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NASDAQ's online community forum has been hacked, exposing users' email addresses, usernames and passwords.
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Assurer la sécurité des systèmes d’information est en effet fondamental pour des opérateurs de transport ferroviaire. Cette journée fût une belle occasion de sensibiliser les employés de la CFL aux notions clés d’un comportement responsable dans l’utilisation des nouvelles technologies.
===> Le mot de passe par exemple, c'est comme une brosse à dents : il faut l’utiliser, la changer régulièrement et ne la partager avec personne. <===
Comment reconnaître les tactiques de l’ingénierie sociale, une méthode de manipulation largement utilisées par les cybercriminels ?
Voilà quelques-uns des sujets traités par les experts CASES lors de leurs présentations qui ont été suivies par un large public.
===> Le mot de passe par exemple, c'est comme une brosse à dents : il faut l’utiliser, la changer régulièrement et ne la partager avec personne. <===
Comment reconnaître les tactiques de l’ingénierie sociale, une méthode de manipulation largement utilisées par les cybercriminels ?
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![Protecting Your Password - How Hacker Friendly is Yours [Infographic] | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/_2G3yRb429iCkAsLUS3C0Dl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Maintaining your online security is imperative in today’s growing digital era. Over 8 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011.
Password Day is a day for "taking our passwords to the next level" - here are five traditions the crooks really don't want us to start.