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11 million Ashley Madison passwords cracked in 10 days
Remember how Ashley Madison did one thing right: hashed the passwords properly? Turns out they missed a few…million.
Phone feared drowned posts selfies of adventures with firefighters
Soggy though it was, and passcode-protected it was not, its Facebook posts show it played a mean game of table tennis with its new buddies. 
Mumsnet DDoSed, SWATted, hacked – oh, and change your password, too!
Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts has announced that an intruder managed to gain access to some parts of the administration functions on the site. Mumsnet also suffered a DDoS attack, and Roberts and another member of Mumsnet were SWATted.
Steam’s account-stealing password reset exploit fixed
Valve has plugged a vulnerability which saw a number of accounts on its Steam gaming platform hijacked last week.
OpenSSH password guessing attacks may be 10,000 times easier than you thought
An interesting problem with OpenSSH has been publicised on the Full Disclosure mailing list.
Windows 10 Wi-Fi Sense feature shares your Wi-Fi network with your friends
Wi-Fi Sense, which is enabled by default, would like to share your Wi-Fi network with your Outlook.com, Skype and Facebook contacts.
Stolen logins for US government agencies found all over the web
A CIA-backed company has discovered government login credentials for 47 agencies dumped on the open web.
Will emoji passcodes put a smile on your face?
UK firm Intelligent Environments has developed an emoji alternative to numerical passcodes used in online banking.
Google unveils Password Alert Chrome extension, an early warning system against phishing attacks
Google developers have created Password Alert, an open-source Chrome extension that aims to protect users from phishing attacks.