Passwords
VISA payments to become password free in the next Five years
VISA, an American Multinational Payment services corporation supporting the business of electronic funds transfer has stated that its payments will become password free in next five years- all thanks due to the innovation in authentication and anti-fraud technologies. “As financial institutions are sharing 10 times more data with each other these days, artificial intelligence technology […]
Microsoft to put an end to Password change
As the change of passwords on a regular note could actually put online users into risk, tech giants like Microsoft are thinking to put an end to such usage. The American software giant has, in fact, started the initiative by secretly removing ‘password expiration’ theory where old passwords are no longer eligible for reuse after […]
Bitglass Security Spotlight: G Suite User Passwords Stored in Plaintext
This post was originally published here by Will Houcheime. Here are the top cybersecurity stories of recent weeks: G Suite User Passwords Stored in Plaintext Since 2005 Contact Data of Millions of Instagram Influencers Exposed Rogue Iframe Phishing Used to Steal Payment Card Information London Commuters to be Tracked Through the Use of Wi-Fi Hotspots […]
G Suite passwords stored in plain text for 14 years
G Suite which happens to be a Cloud Computing brand of productivity and collaboration tools of Alphabet Inc’s subsidiary Google has disclosed on Wednesday that a bug in its database caused the passwords to be stored in plain text for 14 years i.e. since 2005-6. Thus, with the latest revelation, the web service giant happens […]
Cyber Attack news which is trending now on Google
1.) Dubai British School based in Jumeirah Park, Gulf claims that it became a victim to a cyber attack which compromised the email database of the educational institute for a few hours of time last week. But the British Educational Institute also added in its statement that all necessary action has been taken to preserve […]
More than 773 million email ids and passwords leaked online
In what could be called as the biggest data dump in the online history, more than 773 million email IDs and passwords consuming around 87GB of storage space were reported to have leaked last week. Titled as “Collection #1” the data dump which is been hosted on Kim Dotcom’s Mega cloud servers consists the disclosure […]
Weak passwords act as entry points to Ransomware
To all those who use weak passwords, here’s an advice to quickly follow. Otherwise, it can ruin your computer security and network forever. Security experts from Quick Heal technologies say that weak passwords such as abc123, 12345 or QWERTY can help cyber criminals duck computer security and invade systems or networks with ransomware. They say […]
Fresh SamSam Ransomware attack campaign targets 67 organizations
SamSam Ransomware was found hitting organizations operating in the US again and this time mostly those belonging to healthcare. A survey conducted by Symantec discovered that at least 67 organizations were hit by the said data locking malware this year, with 61 of attacks reported in the US alone. Just a minute number of attacks […]
California passes a bill to ban traditional passwords
California has just passed a resolution to ban all traditional passwords such as 12345 or password from 2020. The Information Privacy: Connected Devices Bill (SB-327) which was passed last week says that companies which manufacture internet-connected devices such as routers, webcams, CCTV cameras will be strictly prohibited from using weak passwords on their devices from […]
Facebook users should better change their passwords
After the recent data breach disclosure by Facebook, the social media giant is urging its users to change the passwords of their respective accounts in order to avoid any kind of trouble or embarrassment in near future. It is believed that those users who are using the same facebook credentials on the photo app named […]
