Tag: passwords
Most hacked passwords revealed in warning over cybersecurity
Facebook finds millions of user passwords stored in plain text
WATCH: Edward Snowden on password security
5 million Gmail passwords hacked: should you be worried?
Are eBay users still at risk?
Online marketplace eBay announced this week that it had been the victim of a cyberattack. The Californian-based company, which has 128 million active users, revealed on Wednesday that a database had been hacked between late February and early March this…
If you have one of 2012's 25 most popular passwords, CHANGE IT NOW, idiot!
Are our computer usage habits evolving so slowly that, in the year 2012, the most popular password is still "PASSWORD"? Seriously?? What idiots are they churning out in ICT classes these days? According to SplashData, who've pooled together data from…
Dropbox glitch leads to logins without password locks
Dropbox allowed a major secuirty flaw to slip into their authorisation system briefly yesterday, allowing users into their accounts without the need to first enter a password, leaving Dropbox fans' cloud stored files vulnerable to those not authorised to access…
New US law makes it illegal to share passwords for premium online services
Lawmakers in the state of Tennessee have passed a measure which could potentially drastically change the way we use premium online services like Netflix and Rhapsody. The new law, awaiting the Tennessee governor's signature, would make it a crime to…
Disappointed eBay PC buyer finds boring old banking data stored on the hard drive
Honestly, what a disappointment. Of all the exciting things you could hope to find on the hard drive of a PC bought off eBay, rubbish old bank passwords has to be the last thing you’d want.
The computer in question was bought for £35 off the auction site, and apparently came pre-loaded with user data from the Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest. Both banks have confirmed that the data is indeed genuine…