Tag: PASSWORD

It seems like every day that a new phishing scam hits Twitter, and Wednesday was no different. According to CNET News, Twitter warned its users to be on the lookout for a phishing scam that attacks via direct messages. "[If] you've received a strange (direct message), and it takes you to a Twitter log-in page, don't do it!," Twitter warned in a post. Of course, this isn't the first scam that ...

In the "yet another thing to be paranoid about" category comes a report that nearly 21,000 routers, webcams and VoIP products are wide open to remote attack, simply because their owners have committed the ultimate sin: failing to change the manufacturer's default password for the devices. The study was performed by Ang Cui, a grad student at Columbia University's Intrusion Detection Systems ...

It's never fun to be on the wrong end of a hack. But often, we can use them as learning experiences So, what did we learn when around 10,000 Hotmail, MSN, and Live.com account passwords were revealed on PasteBin last weekend? Either people are lazy or our memories have withered away to nothing in this digital age. According to Wired, the most common password on the list was "123456." That's right, ...

Another day, another Twitter worm. The latest worm (or Tworm, if you please) to hit the micro-blogging site is even sneakier and more dangerous than others we've warned you about. That's because it's being spread via direct messages (DM) from users you know, not random spam accounts. Let's keep it simple. If you receive a DM with the link pictured above, don't click on it. Delete the message ...

With phishing scams sweeping across the Net, including recent Facebook and Twitter attacks, it's important to take extra measures in protecting personal information from identity thieves. One method of avoiding phishing traps and hackers is to ensure that your passwords are virtually undetectable. Riva Richmond, in the New York Times, outlines some easy and effective ways to secure passwords ...

Remember when Sarah Palin's e-mail account was accessed by a 20-year-old student who guessed the answer to her Yahoo! security question (where she and husband Todd first met)? Well, the former VP candidate is just one of many whose "forgotten password" questions are way too easy for others to guess, according to a new study published in the Technology Review.. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon ...

Netbooks are tiny laptops that offer the inarguably tempting combination of low price and light weight. Because of that, they've become hugely popular over the past year; after all, a fully-functional portable computer that costs between $300 and $400 is within impulse-buy territory for many. But, with thousands of people picking them up on a whim, some security experts worry that they're ...

Calling the British stuffy may be a bit of stereotyping, but the term certainly applies to a Lloyds TSB employee who changed a customer's password because it made fun of the bank. The customer had chosen "Lloyds is pants" -- translation: Lloyds is crap -- after a dispute with the bank, and found later that he couldn't access his account with it. Steve Jetley used that password for his telephone ...

We try to keep you abreast of the latest scams, whether they appear to come from MySpace or the U.S. Government. We also try to let you know about new viruses that might infect your machine with monitoring software capable of stealing the passwords to all your online accounts. These are all bad, of course, but if you're using a password so simple that someone can guess it after two or three ...

Remembering dozens of different logins can be a chore, but assigning every account you have the same password can be dangerous, especially if you've used one of the top 10 most common passwords, according to 'PC Magazine.' Top of the list? The word password, a choice so obvious that it's the first one potential intruders use when they're trying access other people's accounts. If you think you're ...