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Ramnit's heist bags 45,000 Facebook passwords

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ramnit, the bank-thieving worm, is at it again, this time scoffing up Facebook accounts. The latest oh-look-another-threat is one that security watchers say could get ugly. Ramnit has grown ...

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created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Security firm finds smartphones lacking in security

(PhysOrg.com) -- viaForensics, a computer security firm, has undertaken an exhaustive study to determine just how secure data is on smartphones; their results show that data such as login names, passwords, account numbers ...

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created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Passwords are passe but biometrics are not mobile

Writing in the International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing, researchers from the US and Germany point out an inherent flaw in the financial industry adopting biometric logins to boost security in that the ad ...

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created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Review: Password management eases with Net storage

(AP) -- Do you use your kids' names? Your pet's? Your favorite color? We all use some dumb passwords that are too easy to guess.

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created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2




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Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing

(AP) -- Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."

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created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cell network security holes revealed, with an app to test your carrier

Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study from the University of Michigan ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Twitter passwords bared online

Twitter said that it was trying to figure out how user names and passwords from thousands of accounts apparently wound up posted at an online file sharing website.

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created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wi-Fi Alliance announces Passpoint program to start in June

(Phys.org) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group bent on making Wi-Fi access more available more easily, has announced that it will begin certifying devices and hot-spot providers (using the Hotspot 2 definition) starting next month ...

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created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Email 'vacations' decrease stress, increase concentration, researchers say

Being cut off from work email significantly reduces stress and allows employees to focus far better, according to a new study by UC Irvine and U.S. Army researchers.

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created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

British police 'confident' anti-terror hotline not hacked

London's Metropolitan Police said Thursday they were satisfied that recorded conversations between staff on Britain's anti-terrorist hotline were not obtained through hacking.

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Senators ask feds to probe requests for passwords

(AP) -- Two U.S. senators are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law, their offices announced Sunday.

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created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords

(AP) -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username ...

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created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 13

List of targets of arrested computer hackers

The five computer hackers charged in New York on Tuesday and a sixth who pleaded guilty are accused of involvement in some of the most notorious hacking incidents of the past 18 months. ...

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created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives

If you're amazed - and maybe even a little alarmed - about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning Thursday, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most ...

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created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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