Twitter’s new credentials handling scheme is called Digits, and it’s hoping that mobile app developers use it to enable their users to sign in with their phone numbers as identifiers, along with one-time passwords SMSed to the phones. 
Tag Archives: password
Do we really need strong passwords?
The idea that computer users should use long, complex passwords is one of computer security’s sacred cows. But is is really necessary? Mark Stockley investigates…
Dropbox passwords leaked, third-party services blamed
Hundreds of Dropbox logins were posted on Pastebin and Reddit, but it turns out they were stolen from a third-party service months ago, Dropbox says. So why did some of those passwords work, as Reddit users claimed? Think password reuse. 
It’s only logical – the BIGGER the bank, the BIGGER the breach! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest 60 Second Security for your viewing pleasure. News, advice, opinion and research – and it only takes a minute…
SSCC 167 – Avoiding the shock of Shellshock (and more!) [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly Chet Chat podcast! Shellshock leads the list, of course, but Snapchat, cybersecurity awareness and the iPhone 6 all get a look in too…
How to pick a proper password [VIDEO]
Here’s a short and straight-talking video that not only shows you how to pick a proper password, but also explains why you should bother…
Is it *really* such a bad idea to use a password twice?
We regularly warn you against using the same password for multiple accounts. But if you memorise one really long and complex password, isn’t that enough? No! Here’s why…
Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens, et al. targeted in latest naked celebrity photo leak
Early on Saturday morning, Celebgate flooded the same sites as it did three weeks ago – 4Chan and Reddit, among others – as cyber crooks again posted nude celebrity photos, despite the scuffle of threatened lawsuits and attention from the FBI.
Using WPS on your Wi-Fi router may be even more dangerous than you think
In 2011, a researcher found that WPS was 10,000 times easier to crack than it was supposed to be. Now, another researcher has found that cracking it may be 10,000 times easier again…
Student jailed for refusing to hand over password to police
Christopher Wilson, who has his own business programming artificial intelligence systems, is suspected of hacking into police websites and using a voice-changing device to make hoax telephone calls warning of a cyber attack. When detectives asked Wilson to reveal his computer password to aid in their investigation he refused. 