June 26, 2018

Mozilla tests new Firefox Privacy Monitor tool

Mozilla’s enthusiasm for Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned? service has cranked up a level with the news it plans to integrate its breach checking into a new tool called Firefox Monitor.

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May 14, 2018

Nest turns up the temperature on password reusers

Nest's advice to its users gets a thumbs-up from the Online Trust Alliance.

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March 02, 2018

Can emojis save you from a terrible password?

Researchers might have discovered a simple way to get more computer users to opt for strong passwords - tell them how easy their weak choices would be to hack.

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November 28, 2017

Involved in a data breach? Firefox to test alerts in the browser

The company plans to trial an add-on that will warn users if they appear in Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned? database.

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October 10, 2017

Learning from the Disqus data breach

What does the Disqus data breach tell us about security?

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April 11, 2017

Unsecured database exposed diabetics’ sensitive data

Close to a million records belonging to senior citizens in the US were exposed - and since deleted - but included details such as health insurance providers and medical issues

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April 27, 2016

Dating site that once faked being hacked is breached for real this time

BeautifulPeople.com, which once said it was hit by a virus as a marketing stunt, has had a real data breach affecting 1.1 million users.

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April 15, 2016

Millions more adult and dating website accounts for sale on dark web

A hacker on a dark web forum was offering 3.8 million email addresses and hashed passwords stolen from the porn site Naughty America for $300.

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October 30, 2015

Webhosting company loses 13 million plaintext passwords, says “thanks for your understanding”

There's another data breach to report - and it's a big one, affecting approximately 13 million customers of the web hosting company 000Webhost.

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