Passwords

One Simple Way to Protect Yourself in the Age of Password Dumps

In the last couple of hours three prominent social media accounts have been hacked: The Twitter accounts of Newsweekand Twitter CFO Anthony Noto, as well as the Facebook account of Delta Airlines. And there’s more. There were all those passwords published this morning too! A well-meaning security expert assembled 10 million previously-leaked passwords and released…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Feb 10

Get 2GB Extra Google Drive Space Just By Checking Your Security Settings

Want 2 GB of extra space in your Google Drive account? Today,Google will give it to you for free, just for doing something you should be doing anyway: Reviewing your security. Turning on things like two-step verification and having a strong password are great, but it’s not enough to just set it and forget it.…

Tech News Eric Limer Feb 10

A Researcher Just Published 10 Million Real Passwords and Usernames

Security consultant Mark Burnett has just published 10 million passwords along with their corresponding usernames. It’s a thoughtful offering to other researchers—but a legally risky move given the current legal situation surrounding hacking. Usually, passwords are released alone to researchers, but that prevents them from analyzing how username and password might go together. Burnett has…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Feb 10

Here’s Why Your Bank Account Is Less Secure Than Your Gmail

When I log into Gmail, the system texts me a one-time key which I use to verify that it’s me trying to get in and not some jerk who got my login info from a password dump. You’d think my bank would have the same level of protection to make sure bad guys can’t get…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Feb 4

Smart Keyboard That Knows Who’s Typing Could Make Passwords Stronger

If you’ve ever worked in an office with someone who types like a jackhammer, it’s obvious we all type a little differently. Now scientists have created a prototype of a keyboard that can identify users by their unique typing patterns. It could point to a next generation of passwords that don’t just take into account…

Privacy & Security Sarah Zhang Jan 21

The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2014: We’re All Doomed

It’s 2015 and it would be nice to think that people had learned what makes a good password by now. They haven’t. And this list of the 25 most popular passwords of 2014—maybe also make that the worst—proves it. SplashData’s annual list compiles the millions of stolen passwords made public throughout the year and assembles…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Jan 20

Here Are Some Dummies Giving Jimmy Kimmel Their Passwords on National TV

Even though we all know better, and because we are a horrible, self-loathing species, human beings will forever insist on using insecure, awful passwords. Awful passwords that, apparently, we are more than happy to broadcast on national television. Jimmy Kimmel’s producers went around the streets of LA under the guise of assessing people’s password security,…

Privacy & Security Ashley Feinberg Jan 16

If Your iCloud Password Is On This List, Change It Before You Get Hacked

Somebody just uploaded a password-hacking tool called iDict to GitHub that promises to use good old fashioned brute force techniques to crack iCloud passwords. The tool also claims to be able to evade Apple’s rate-limiting and two-factor authentication security that’s supposed to prevent brute force attacks. But it’s not quite as bad as it sounds.…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 2

We Just Got One Step Closer to Killing the Password

The FIDO Alliance, whose members include everyone from Google to Samsung, just announced new password-free standards for regular and two-step authentication. In other words, the entire tech industry now has protocol for letting you sign into accounts without a password. Get ready for everything but typing out *****. Disparate companies have been offering password-killing solutions…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Dec 9

The Tech That Will Kill Passwords Dead

Passwords are broken. Most people pick crappy passwords, and thatinevitably leads to trouble.(We’re looking at you Sony Pictures.) Good passwords are basically impossible to remember. Heck, even the dude who invented passwords thinks they’re a total nightmare. The time to kill the password is overdue, and thankfully there’s some promising technology that will enable us…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Dec 4

Sony Kept Thousands of Passwords in a Folder Named “Password”

It’s been a rough week for Sony execs (million-dollar salaries notwithstanding). And things are only going to get worse. Which would almost be enough to make you feel bad for the poor schmucks in IT—that is, until you realize that they hid their most sensitive password dataunder the label “Passwords.” Go ahead and slam your…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Dec 4

The Common Mistakes That Make Your “Strong” Passwords Weak

By now, you probably think you know the drill when it comes to passwords: Avoid pet’s names, mix up letters, change your password regularly, blah blah blah. We might think we’re being clever, but according to State of the Net, the tricks we’re using to make our passwords strong these days can actually make us…

Privacy & Security Leslie Horn Dec 1

The FBI’s Most Wanted Cybercriminal’s Password? His Cat Chewy

Back in 2012, the FBI nabbed Jeremy Hammond, the most wanted cybercriminal in the country, at his home in Chicago. And until now, no one had any idea how the feds actually managed to decrypt the hard drive they found there. Turns out, it’s pretty easy to break into a hacker’s computer when your password…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Nov 12

How Facebook Uses Leaked Passwords to Keep Your Account Safe

There’s a reason you’re not supposed to use same password for all of your accounts—large-scale data breachers are all too common. But in case you still refuse to abide by logic and reason (and many of us do), Facebook now uses those stolen-passwords-made-public to tell you what an idiot you’re being. And to keep you…

Social Media Ashley Feinberg Oct 17

Change Your Password: Hackers Claim Hundreds of Dropbox Passwords Leaked

Reddit users are claiming that several Pastebin files containing hundreds of Dropbox users’ usernames and passwords have been leaked. Change your password just in case and activate two-factor authentication if you haven’t already. Update: Dropbox claims that their servers have not been breached and this info was stolen from a third party. According to the…

Privacy & Security Ashley Feinberg Oct 13

You Need to Create Unique Passwords For Third-Party Apps Using iCloud

Now iCloud’s two-step authentication is back up and running, Apple is doing everything it can to keep your data secure. And in the case of apps that don’t support two-factor authentication, that means creating new, unique passwords. If you use software that taps into iCloud but doesn’t support the security world’s favorite two-step process—such as…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 9

How to Find Long-Lost Passwords Hiding In Your Browser

Wait just a second before clicking that ‘Forgot password?’ link—chances are that your browser has your password stored somewhere in the depths of its memory. Head to your browser’s cache of login details if you can’t recall your credentials, or you’re signing in on a new device altogether. If you’ve switched on the magical password…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 26

Canadian Startup Wants to Replace Passwords With Your Heartbeat

Passwords are almost undisputedly broke: seemingly every month, a different major online service gets hacked, along with all your credit card details (and a few celeb’s personal photos). A Canadian startup thinks it has the solution: using your heartbeat as the authentication method. Bionym’s solution relies on a dedicated wearable, which uses an ECG sensor…

Privacy & Security Chris Mills Sep 24

iCloud’s Two-Step Authentication Is Back and Now Covers Backups

Good news after a harrowing week: Your iCloud account is now (a little) more secure. After popping up briefly and then disappearing—and a highly publicized, unfortunately timed security breach—iCloud’s two-step authentication has returned for good, with several important improvements, according to Ars Technica. In the wake of Nudegate, it was revealed that Apple ID’s original…

Tech News Alissa Walker Sep 16

Russian Hackers Are Hoarding More Than a Billion Stolen Passwords

A Russian crime gang is in possession the largest known collection of stolen passwords, user names, email addresses, and other online credentials. That’s one of the worst collections a Russian crime gang can have other than, I don’t know, rocket launchers and dirty bombs. Milwaukee-based security research firm Hold Security says that the Russian hacking…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Aug 5

One Simple Way to Protect Yourself in the Age of Password Dumps

Get 2GB Extra Google Drive Space Just By Checking Your Security Settings

A Researcher Just Published 10 Million Real Passwords and Usernames

Here’s Why Your Bank Account Is Less Secure Than Your Gmail

Smart Keyboard That Knows Who’s Typing Could Make Passwords Stronger

The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2014: We’re All Doomed

Here Are Some Dummies Giving Jimmy Kimmel Their Passwords on National TV

If Your iCloud Password Is On This List, Change It Before You Get Hacked

We Just Got One Step Closer to Killing the Password

The Tech That Will Kill Passwords Dead

Sony Kept Thousands of Passwords in a Folder Named “Password”

The Common Mistakes That Make Your “Strong” Passwords Weak

The FBI’s Most Wanted Cybercriminal’s Password? His Cat Chewy

How Facebook Uses Leaked Passwords to Keep Your Account Safe

Change Your Password: Hackers Claim Hundreds of Dropbox Passwords Leaked

You Need to Create Unique Passwords For Third-Party Apps Using iCloud

How to Find Long-Lost Passwords Hiding In Your Browser

Canadian Startup Wants to Replace Passwords With Your Heartbeat

iCloud’s Two-Step Authentication Is Back and Now Covers Backups

Russian Hackers Are Hoarding More Than a Billion Stolen Passwords

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