Thursday, February 7, 2013

Twitter hacked; 250K users must reset passwords

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Twitter hacked; 250,000 users must reset their passwords

02.01.2013 5:25 PM

Twitter's servers have been breached by "extremely sophisticated" hackers who may have made off with user names and passwords for about 250,000 users, the company said Friday.

How to create a strong password in wake of Twitter hack episode

02.02.2013 7:23 AM

There are tricks to creating passwords that are not only seemingly random but also easy to recall.

 

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Tools for the paranoid: 5 free security tools to protect your data

02.01.2013 3:30 AM

Whether we work with trade secrets or just prefer to keep our stock trades secret, we all have data that's invaluable to us--and valuable to online evildoers. PCWorld reveals five free tools for protecting passwords, browsing anonymously, and encrypting our most precious documents.

Google, Microsoft and others putting kibosh on phishing emails

02.06.2013 7:50 AM

An estimated 60 percent of the world's email boxes are now safe

IronKey Workspace, a Windows 8 PC on a stick: Hands-on

02.01.2013 10:20 AM

This new IronKey USB drive lets you boot up an encryption-secured Windows 8 PC on any computer.

FTC report suggests ways to improve mobile privacy

02.01.2013 11:52 AM

A new Federal Trade Commission report recommends best practices for mobile operating systems, app developers, and ad networks.

Obama to issue cybersecurity executive order this month

02.01.2013 2:15 PM

President Barack Obama is expected to issue a cybersecurity executive order in the days after his Feb. 12 State of the Union address.

Oracle rushes out another Java update, fixing 50 vulnerabilities

02.02.2013 11:25 AM

Oracle says Java 7u13 addresses 50 flaws, many of which left systems vulnerable to remote exploits.

'Anonymous' hacker spared jail

02.02.2013 12:38 PM

A British teen found guilty of attacking PayPal and other large companies as part of an Anonymous group cyber-campaign is too young and troubled to go to jail, a judge ruled, a week after sentencing other other hackers involved in the widespread denial-of-service attacks.

Yahoo plugs hole that allowed hijacking of email accounts

02.03.2013 9:53 AM

Hackers behind a recently detected email attack campaign exploited a vulnerability in a Yahoo website to hijack the email accounts of Yahoo users and use them for spam.

Mobile apps should disclose privacy practices, FTC says

02.03.2013 11:46 AM

Mobile app developers should provide real-time disclosures to users on the personal information they collect and get permission to collect sensitive information, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has recommended.

Lessons from the hack attack on The New York Times

02.03.2013 2:30 PM

No single technology can combat a sophisticated attack like the one against the media company, say security experts, who recommend layers of protection and surveillance.

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