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Practice good ‘password hygiene’ to avoid social media hi-jacking

Candice So

Published: May 7th, 2013 Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+
Crowdfunding will grow and the PC will live: Deloitte’s 2013 predictions

Crowdfunding will grow and the PC will live: Deloitte’s 2013 predictions

We're coming to the end of the annual raft of year-ahead technology trend predictions, but Deloitte has their annual Technology, Media & Telecommunication predictions in under the wire and there are several that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 15th, 2013 Jeff Jedras
What happens to cloud data when you die?

What happens to cloud data when you die?

My guess is that, on average, we have at least 20 different online accounts.  At a minimum, this includes e-mail, social networking (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, MySpace, Flickr), entertainment (e.g. iTunes, Second

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 4th, 2013 ITBusiness Staff
Using Charles Dickens to crack your LinkedIn password

Using Charles Dickens to crack your LinkedIn password

Kevin Young, a computer security expert who studies passwords, is nearly at a loss for words. Literally.Young and his colleagues are working to decode some 2.6 million scrambled LinkedIn passwords, part of a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 8th, 2012 Jeremy Kirk
Web app checks for compromised LinkedIn passwords

Web app checks for compromised LinkedIn passwords

A New York-based Web developer and his colleagues have built a Web-based application for people to see if their LinkedIn password hash is among 6.5 million released on a Russian hacker forum.The password

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 7th, 2012 Jeremy Kirk
6.5 million LinkedIn passwords hacked

6.5 million LinkedIn passwords hacked

LinkedIn users have been advised to change their passwords immediately after an unconfirmed report claimed that millions of 'unsalted' hashed passwords have turned up on a Russian hacker Web site.According to the Norwegian

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 7th, 2012 John E. Dunn
HTC scrambles to fix Android WiFi flaw

HTC scrambles to fix Android WiFi flaw

Some users of HTC Android phones will have to wait until next week to get a fix for a problem that could leak credentials used to gain access to Wi-Fi networks, including corporate

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 3rd, 2012 Tim Greene and Jared Newman
25 worst passwords of 2011

25 worst passwords of 2011

Internet users never learn. No matter how many times we hear about obvious, hackable passwords, people keep using them. And the situation doesn't seem to be getting better.Below is a list of the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 21st, 2011 Jared Newman
10 identity management metrics that matter

10 identity management metrics that matter

Within the IT security community, identity- and access-management (IAM) initiatives are considered high value, but are notoriously problematic to deploy. Yet despite IAM's complexity, it represents 30 per cent or more of the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 5th, 2011 Frank Villavicencio
Weak passwords the target of

Weak passwords the target of

A new Widows worm is working its way through company networks by taking advantage of weak passwords, security researchers said over the weekend. The worm, dubbed "Morto" by Microsoft and Helsinki-based F-Secure, has

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 30th, 2011 Gregg Keizer
How to avoid a News of the World-style phone hack

How to avoid a News of the World-style phone hack

The bad news – all it takes is a bit of time and diligence for anyone, even a person without technological expertise, to hack into another person’s mobile phone - just as some

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 15th, 2011 Nestor Arellano
Consumer-focused trade-offs compromise Apple iOS, Android security: Symantec

Consumer-focused trade-offs compromise Apple iOS, Android security: Symantec

Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating systems may have been built with security in mind, but both companies' efforts to appease consumer wants have also compromised business security needs, says a report

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 29th, 2011 Nestor Arellano
How to make a great password you won’t forget

How to make a great password you won’t forget

Your e-mail password is your last line of defense when it comes to online privacy and security; if a hacker cracks that, they could potentially reset the passwords of and gain access to

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 5th, 2011 Alex Wawro
Kaspersky launches small office security product

Kaspersky launches small office security product

Kaspersky Lab, the world’s largest private Internet security firm, is tapping into the very small business market for the first time with its newest security software. Kaspersky Small Office Security (KSOS), launched March

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 17th, 2011 Harmeet Singh
How Google and Apple will eliminate passwords

How Google and Apple will eliminate passwords

Imagine sitting down at a public PC, surfing the Web, visiting Facebook, checking your online bank account and buying something on Amazon.com -- all without entering passwords or credit card information. It gets

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 1st, 2011 Mike Elgan