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Hello ‘123456,’ my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again
Once again, it reins supreme as the #1 smelliest old fish of a password on the list of ones that most frequently turn up in data breaches.
Chrome 79 patched after Android WebView app chaos
Google has rushed out a fix for a bug in the Android version of Chrome that left some app users unable to access accounts or retrieve stored data.
Get in line! 38,000 students and staff forced to queue for new passwords
It’s not a bread line, and it’s not a line to see Santa – it’s an analog response to a nasty cyber attack.
Proposed standard would make warrant canaries machine-readable
For years, organisations have been using a common tactic called the warrant canary to warn people that the government has secretly demanded access to their private information. Now, a proposed standard could make this tool easier to use.
Doxed credit card data has two hours max before it’s nabbed
That’s pretty slow for thieves’ bots & scripts to grab it and test it, said a researcher who posted his card online.
Google to choke off ‘less secure applications’
If you’re entering a username and password to give an app access to a G Suite account, beware: you won’t be able to do it for much longer.
Ransomware-seized New Orleans declares state of emergency
There are signs that the attackers used the particularly pernicious Ryuk strain of ransomware.
Researchers discover weakness in IoT digital certificates
IoT devices are using weak digital certificates that could expose them to attack, according to a study released over the weekend.