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Twitter Hack Made Possible By Weak PasswordOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 4 hours ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
Category: other | Tags twitter, hack, weak, password,
Some 33 high-profile accounts have been compromised, including Fox News, The Huffington Post, Barack Obama, Britney Spears, and CNN's Rick Sanchez. read more »
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Password guessing attack exposed in Twitter pwnOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 9 hours ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags password, guessing, attack, exposed, twitter, pwn,
The pursuit of 'happiness'Miscreants broke into Twitter's admin system on Sunday night using a simple password guessing hack, it has emerged.… read more »
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Royal laptop theft 'will expose picture'Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 18 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags laptop, theft, security, password, privacy, uk, duchess,
"Security experts said it would be child's play for thieves to access sensitive data on the Duchess of York's stolen laptop, despite the use of password protection." read more »
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Browsers fail password protection testsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 23 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags browsers, password, protection, tests, google, chrome, apple, safari,
"A beta version of Google Chrome has tied with Safari for last place in tests of how the browsers dealt with password security." read more »
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Researcher: Chrome, Safari password managers need workOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 25 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags safari, chrome, password, web browser, robert chapin, chapin information services, hackers, ,
"'Safari and Chrome are essentially tied for the worst password manager built into a major Web browser,' said Robert Chapin, president of Chapin Information Services, in his report, which looked a read more »
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Password stealing malware masquerades as Firefox add-onOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 31 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags password, stealing, malware, masquerade, firefox, addon, , ,
"Malware researchers at BitDefender are reporting on a newly discovered malware (Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.B) that when once dropped in Firefox's add-ons directory starts operating as such..." read more »
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 Fixes Password Manager RegressionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 99 days ago (http://www.mozillazine.org)
Category: software | Tags mozilla, firefox, fixes, password, manager, regression, , ,
A report on the fix in Firefox 3.0.3 from MozillaZine that corrects a password manager regression. read more »
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Firefox update fixes international character password glitchOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 100 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags firefox, update, fix, password, internationalization, mozilla, , ,
"Mozilla has published an update to its popular Firefox web browser designed to fix a password saving glitch..." read more »
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