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Password Security — Who’s to Blame for Weak Passwords? Users, Really? The vulnerability of people falling into the traps of online miscreants is huge. Owing to a large number of people coming online for the first time (mainly from the third world countries), the issues of hacking, data theft, impersonation etc. has witnessed an unprecedented […]
LastPass Password Manager – renowned for being a secure vault for user’s passwords, has recently demonstrated vulnerabilities that could expose many users’ accounts. A phishing technique can easily and literally do the trick: a little more than a combination between software flaws and social engineering. Security researcher Sean Cassidy, who developed the phishing attack, claims […]
Short Bytes: John McAfee has found a new job for the time being as the Chief Evangelist of Everykey, a tiny device that claims to replace all you security measures. “When Everykey is close to your phone, laptop, tablet, house door, car door, or another access-controlled device, it unlocks that device. When you walk away, that […]
Image | Google Short Bytes: Google’s new sign in system will allow users to sign in to their accounts by just typing the email address. Now a user does not have to worry about remembering passwords across various accounts and often reuse them for the convenient of reusability. But Google new sign in will still give […]
ShortRead: A group of researchers have developed a system which can hack and steal data from any smartphone user. Today, one of the most troubling issues for smartphone users is its privacy and that points to the apps and websites they visit from the smartphone. Almost all websites and apps gather user’s data to get make […]
LinkedIn can be a hacker’s treasure trove and job seeker’s nightmare. The IT security company Symantec revealed that dozens of fake accounts on social networking sites are being used by hackers pretending to be recruiters. The accounts holders let hackers plot a network of business professionals and achieve the professional’s trust. By building a connection […]
Google has decided to tighten up those loose strings that hinder their efforts to offer comprehensive protection to its users against internet attacks and phish campaigns. In this regard, Google has added a new feature to Gmail, which will notify you whenever an unencrypted email lands into your inbox. This new feature is aimed at […]
Short Bytes: A password-cracking expert has created a new computer cluster that cycles about 350 billion guesses per second and it can crack any Windows password in 5.5 hours or less. Is your password safe enough? If you are feeling confident enough, take a minute and read this story. A password-cracking expert has revealed a new […]
The first ever security flaw in Windows 10 is here — A team of security researchers have found a vulnerability in the file sharing protocol of Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB). It’s the same vulnerability that was discovered about 14 years ago and was partly patched by Microsoft but surprisingly it can still be exploited via […]
Another day, another Facebook phishing scam — The email claims to be sent by Facebook Team and warns recipients that they have 24 hours to reconfirm their account details to avoid permanent deletion from the social network. Facebook is in the news again and so is its Security because a threatening email titled “Last Warning” […]
An email is being circulated as part of a new phishing campaign. It boasts the subject line “Tesco Bank Changes to Interest Rate,” promising latest interest rate reports and changes. Users are required to open an attached document to view the latest changes in the Bank’s offered interest rates. However, the news is fake and this is […]
Yahoo users receiving another Phishing Scam — The Yahoo Account Confirmation Email is fake! A new email titled Yahoo Account Confirmation has surfaced on the internet which appears to have been sent from Yahoo. It says that the account you own has security issues and therefore, you need to click on the “Authentication Page” button for […]
Did thinking the most secure password takes out the best of you?? And, still, it seems that it is not sufficient. Your first crush’s name might appear safe to you, but is it?? If your computer is ever attacked or hacked, then it could be going against a supercomputer that could perform more than a trillion guesses […]
Yahoo made two major announcements this week regarding its security protocol. One was the launching of the new “on-demand” password service and the other was the release of Yahoo mail’s end-to-end encryption source code that is available on GitHub. The product management director for Yahoo, Chris Stoner, explained that the company’s on-demand password service is […]
There are many websites which don’t support the “remember the password and username” feature of websites. They are mainly online transaction websites which override the auto-fill feature of the website. Generally after saving the password and username in your personal PC, you expect the browser to save you from the tussle of filling the details […]
The Two-factor authentication is believed to prevent Gmail accounts from getting hacked. But what happened with indie developer Grant Blakeman shows how two-factor authentication can be beaten to takeover a Gmail account. Writing on the newly emerging social media site Ello, Blackman revealed how hackers hacked his Instagram account through his Gmail account. Despite the fact he was using two-factor authentication, the hackers were […]