January 03, 2020

Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex issues password reset warning

Yes, there was a breach. But it's an old one that the crooks are trying to use again.

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July 09, 2019

Backdoor discovered in Ruby strong_password library

An eagle-eyed developer has discovered a backdoor recently sneaked into a library (or ‘gem’) used by Ruby on Rails (RoR) web apps to check password strength.

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April 30, 2019

A taste of the onslaught at the network’s edge

Edge devices take a licking so the rest of the network can keep on ticking, but they do need a little extra TLC

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March 21, 2019

Change your Facebook password now!

Facebook has done an audit and shocked even itself by finding plaintext passwords in logfiles back to 2012. Change your password now!

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October 24, 2018

Are you Cyber Aware? How about your friends and family?

A Cyber Aware survey found 30% of Britons still have just one password for all their accounts - so let's help that 30% change their lives!

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September 04, 2018

Credit card gobbling malware found piggybacking on ecommerce sites

Be careful! If crooks can upload malicious JavaScript to your ecommerce server, then you're helping the them rip off your own customers.

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May 04, 2018

Twitter admits to password storage blunder – change your password now!

Twitter has been storing your password safely in its database - but not in its logs, where it's been writing plaintext passwords by mistake.

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March 28, 2018

Yet another Apple password leak – how to avoid it

Passwords in plaintext - again! Here's Apple's latest macOS password bug - plus a handy workaround to deal with it.

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February 21, 2018

Flight simulator comes bundled with password stealing stowaway

How far should a company be able to go to protect its products from piracy?

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