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Tag Archives: passwords
Mozilla database leaks 76,000 email addresses, 4,000 passwords
Email addresses and encrypted passwords of thousands of Mozilla developers were accidentally exposed for a month – and there are no guarantees that they were not snaffled up by those with ill intent.
How to burn a password into your brain
It turns out that it can actually be surprisingly easy to train people to memorise a 56-bit password or passphrase, two Microsoft researchers found. 
World Cup security well executed if you don’t count the WiFi
The company providing security for one of the World Cup venues in Brazil accidentally posted a photo containing the secret WiFi password. Does it really matter? Was it even a secret to begin with?
“Open the iPhone door, Siri!” – Apple’s digital helper coughs up another lock screen hole
A hacker has found a way to bypass the iPhone 5 lock screen to get at your contacts. Ironically, he got in by asking Siri, Apple’s voice-activated “helper.” Here’s how to close the hole while you wait for Apple’s fix…
AOL Mail accounts breached, users advised to change passwords
AOL users, change your passwords. AOL said it is investigating a large-scale breach of AOL Mail accounts in which user passwords, security questions, mail addresses, and contact lists were compromised.