April 23, 2019

Once again, it’s 123456: the password that says ‘I give up’

A new survey says 46% of users find security confusing, which helps explain how that old clunker keeps popping to the top of breach lists.

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January 18, 2019

Vast data-berg washes up 1.16 billion pwned records

A cybercrook is offering a giant stash of stolen emails and passwords, dubbed Collection #1 - allegedly the first of several such dumps

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September 27, 2018

Firefox Monitor starts tracking breached email addresses

Mozilla has formally launched Firefox Monitor, a privacy-engineered website that hooks up to Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) breach notification database.

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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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June 07, 2018

Hackable CloudPets pulled from Target, Walmart, Amazon and more

The stuffed toys are stuffed with security problems that we've known about for over a year.

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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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August 31, 2017

Is your email in the latest cache of 711 million pwnd addresses?

The huge cache of addresses was discovered on a server based in the Netherlands - and the researchers are trying to get it taken down

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