20K Employees of Swiss Authorities Found in the 'Collections' Data Dump
In January, security specialist Troy Hunt analyzed a data dump of more than 770 million email addresses and 21 million passwords that was traded for free on hacking forums. The database had been compiled from hundreds... Read more
Study Shows How Developers Deal with Secure Password Storage
Starting a new social network that aims to compete with Facebook is not difficult at all. All you need is a firm conviction that you are cleverer than Mark Zuckerberg and some cash in your pocket. In simple terms, the... Read more
How to Secure Your Monejuro Mobile Wallet
Monerujo is a mobile wallet used to store cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Its advantage is that you can install it on your smartphone, connect to a remote node and using it straight away. Recently Monerujo announced... Read more
Hackers Steal Applicant Data from Three US Colleges
Last week, applicants for three US colleges – Hamilton in New York, Oberlin in Ohio, and Grinnell in Iowa – started receiving some strange emails. On the face of it, the messages looked like they were coming from the... Read more
Citrix's Internal Network Hacked After a Password Spraying Attack
A data breach is never good news, but some incidents are definitely worse than others. If, for example, a small internet forum for DIY enthusiasts is hacked, the loot is not that great (some emails, possibly some... Read more
How to Change Your Mobile Hotspot Password
The Hotspot features on your Android or iPhone devices allow you to take maximum advantage of said devices' connection to the web, by turning your device into a de-facto portable wireless router that shares its... Read more
How to Password Protect Apps on Your Android Device
There's no arguing that it's the age of the smartphone. Almost every person in the developed world has at least one smartphone or some other mobile device like a tablet. Even laptops, which were once the cutting edge,... Read more
What Could Happen If You Write Down Your Passwords
In early 2018, the whole state of Hawaii plunged into a panic after an employee of the local emergency management agency clicked the wrong button and accidentally sent out a false missile alert. Not surprisingly,... Read more
What Is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
The modern world doesn't like sitting still. Take the internet as an example. Not that long ago, it was used exclusively for serious things like exchanging important emails and academic research. Right now, it's an... Read more
How to Create a Safer Password Using a Foreign Language?
I think no one will argue that English is the lingua franca of the 21st century. That is to say it's the most commonly spoken second language globally. The Vienna Oxford International Corpus of English describes at as... Read more
How Not Setting up a Password Led to the Exposure of 5 Million Dalil Users
Here's an interesting conundrum: you find out that a mobile application developer has misconfigured a database and is exposing the data of millions upon millions of people to the world wide web. You try to contact the... Read more
How can you Password Protect Folders on Dropbox?
Over the last couple of years, cloud storage has proven to be one of the best ways to store, access and share information for most purposes, and Dropbox is by far one of the most popular sharing platforms out there.... Read more
How to Use Another Account to Reset Your Mac Password
If you lose the password for an account on your Mac you'll be just fine as you can reset an account's password from your Mac's admin account. If you have two admin accounts and you lose the password for one of them... Read more
The World Wide Web Consortium and Fido Alliance Announce WebAuthn: What Does That Mean?
Usually, you're not presented with that many options when you're creating a new online account. You obviously have to create a password, and for most people, this means going down one of two routes – a simple,... Read more
How to Generate an App-Specific Password for Your Apple ID?
Have you heard of App-specific passwords? They are quite useful and relatively easy to generate. What's so special about them? Well, by using them you can make sure that other services and apps cannot access your... Read more
Anyone Can Trace Your Facebook Profile Using Your Phone Number If You Do Not Hide It
Security experts' job is not easy. For years, they have been saying that people must turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) wherever possible. They have been arguing that it brings a level of security that a set of... Read more
If You Have a WhatsApp Account, You Need to Change Your Voicemail PIN Now
WhatsApp is a great messaging application for anyone who values their privacy. That is because all messages can be read only by their recipients and senders, as the program uses end-to-end encryption to encipher them.... Read more
What Is a Web Filter and Can It Help You Protect Your Passwords?
The problem of online security is often overblown, and you're sometimes left with the impression that the only way to stay safe is to throw your computer away and live like it's the 1970's. The internet isn't always a... Read more
