items tagged with Password
Hotmail hacked?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-05 18:02:59
Microsoft has confirmed that thousands of users of the world's most popular email service need to change their passwords. Urgently.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-05 18:02:59
Microsoft has confirmed that thousands of users of the world's most popular email service need to change their passwords. Urgently.
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Two UK residents imprisoned for password offenses
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-13 23:36:51
Refuse to give Police your password? In the UK, you'll go directly to gaol.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-13 23:36:51
Refuse to give Police your password? In the UK, you'll go directly to gaol.
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Tattersall's gamble with password security
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 21:09:56
In this modern day online security is of paramount concern. It comes as a surprise, then, that Tattersall's Sweeps, a prominent Australian gaming company that administers weekly lotto, pools and other gambling products, makes no distinction between upper- and lower-case in passwords.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 21:09:56
In this modern day online security is of paramount concern. It comes as a surprise, then, that Tattersall's Sweeps, a prominent Australian gaming company that administers weekly lotto, pools and other gambling products, makes no distinction between upper- and lower-case in passwords.
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Safari 4.0: security fixes galore!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-08 21:26:45
Safari 4.0 delivers a laundry list of security fixes. Many of them are Windows-specific, but that still leaves plenty that also apply to Mac OS X.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-08 21:26:45
Safari 4.0 delivers a laundry list of security fixes. Many of them are Windows-specific, but that still leaves plenty that also apply to Mac OS X.
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Is Spotify being crucified on a cross of media misunderstanding?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-03-05 06:14:50
Users of popular online music service Spotify are understandably worried by the news of a security breach that, according to many reports, has exposed password and sensitive information. But how accurate are those reports?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-03-05 06:14:50
Users of popular online music service Spotify are understandably worried by the news of a security breach that, according to many reports, has exposed password and sensitive information. But how accurate are those reports?
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Stupid is as Stupid Does
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-29 17:27:01
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-29 17:27:01
The current woes of the Internet – spambots, viruses, stolen credit card numbers and passwords; all of this is basically caused by stupidity. Maybe we need a web driver's licence.
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WiFi password cracking with ATI and NVIDIA
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-15 07:10:52
WiFi encryption has just got even less secure now that the Russians reckon you can crack WPA and WPA2 passwords with both ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-15 07:10:52
WiFi encryption has just got even less secure now that the Russians reckon you can crack WPA and WPA2 passwords with both ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards.
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Acrobat 9 can weaken password protection
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 17:57:30
We normally expect successive versions of software increasingly secure. But thanks to a change made by Adobe in Acrobat 9, simple passwords - the kind most people use - can be cracked more quickly than they could with version 8.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 17:57:30
We normally expect successive versions of software increasingly secure. But thanks to a change made by Adobe in Acrobat 9, simple passwords - the kind most people use - can be cracked more quickly than they could with version 8.
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Hackers are smarter than dumbass lawyers
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-27 07:10:56
A new survey of UK legal firms has revealed that many are putting clients at risk by admitting to losing mobile devices containing confidential client data. How many? How does a dumbass 24 percent grab you?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-27 07:10:56
A new survey of UK legal firms has revealed that many are putting clients at risk by admitting to losing mobile devices containing confidential client data. How many? How does a dumbass 24 percent grab you?
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WiFi encryption cracked by Russians using Nvidia graphics cards
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-11 05:18:55
A Russian password recovery outfit has announced a patent pending technology that dramatically accelerates the brute-force cracking of WiFi security encryption when a compatible Nvidia graphics card is employed. So, is WiFi security now a dead duck?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-11 05:18:55
A Russian password recovery outfit has announced a patent pending technology that dramatically accelerates the brute-force cracking of WiFi security encryption when a compatible Nvidia graphics card is employed. So, is WiFi security now a dead duck?
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How not to get hacked like Sarah Palin
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-20 05:54:56
The news that Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo webmail account was hacked is all over the Internet. Your webmail could be hackable in the same way – here’s how to make it much harder for the hackers.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-20 05:54:56
The news that Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo webmail account was hacked is all over the Internet. Your webmail could be hackable in the same way – here’s how to make it much harder for the hackers.
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UK bank pulls down pants password
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-09-01 00:56:22
One of Britain's major banks changed a customer's telephone banking password when he used it as a way of expressing displeasure with the company. The incident has led to the dismissal of a staff member.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-09-01 00:56:22
One of Britain's major banks changed a customer's telephone banking password when he used it as a way of expressing displeasure with the company. The incident has led to the dismissal of a staff member.
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Sack us and we will leave with your data, say IT Admins
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-27 10:20:55
That seems to be the message coming from the latest Cyber-Ark survey of IT Administrators which reveals that 88 percent of them, if laid off tomorrow, would steal valuable and sensitive company data before they left.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-27 10:20:55
That seems to be the message coming from the latest Cyber-Ark survey of IT Administrators which reveals that 88 percent of them, if laid off tomorrow, would steal valuable and sensitive company data before they left.
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San Francisco network lockdown: IDs and passwords revealed in court
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Network Security
2008-07-28 16:51:16
The trial of Terry Childs, the network administrator who locked down the city of San Francisco's network when threatened with dismissal from his job, has taken another turn, with around 150 usernames and passwords for the San Francisco city government's VPN being exposed to public view. The accounts, associated with the mayor's office, the district attorney's office, the police department and other city agencies, were tendered as an exhibit in the court case.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Network Security
2008-07-28 16:51:16
The trial of Terry Childs, the network administrator who locked down the city of San Francisco's network when threatened with dismissal from his job, has taken another turn, with around 150 usernames and passwords for the San Francisco city government's VPN being exposed to public view. The accounts, associated with the mayor's office, the district attorney's office, the police department and other city agencies, were tendered as an exhibit in the court case.
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Nearly half of British IT admins secretly read workers email
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-20 15:45:13
New research reveals that a staggering 47 percent of British IT admin staff admit to accessing confidential or sensitive information. Information, that is, which they are not meant to be looking at in the first place.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-20 15:45:13
New research reveals that a staggering 47 percent of British IT admin staff admit to accessing confidential or sensitive information. Information, that is, which they are not meant to be looking at in the first place.
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