Companies running Windows XP could face penalties up to £500,000, in case of any security breach, warns UK’s privacy watchdog. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released a report detailing the common security…
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Five year old discovers major Xbox Live security flaw
Kristoffer Von Hassel, from San Diego, a five year old little boy has uncovered an Xbox One password security flaw while trying to hack into his father’s Xbox Live account. Kristoffer has…
Twitter’s system error accidentally resets passwords
Several Twitter users have received password reset request emails on Monday from the microblogging website, after being temporarily locked out of their accounts. “Twitter believes that your account may have been compromised…
Hard-coded root password found in Synology DiskStation Manager VPN module
Synology DiskStation Manager has a critical vulnerability wherein VPN module has a hard-coded password for root, which attackers can use to connect to Synology device and possibly other devices on the shared…
Resetting Windows administrator password using Linux
Forgetting Windows admin password could be one of the worst things specifically when a maintenance window is scheduled or you need to install some software urgently and only have access to an…
Google, Facebook working to secure accounts using physical keys
It has been months since Google is blowing its anti-password trumpet and latest reports indicate that the search engine giant and Facebook both may be working on securing users accounts using physical…
Researchers develop ‘narrative authentication’ system
Researchers have developed a ‘narrative authentication’ system that could put an end to the need of remembering complex passwords to logging onto computer systems. The new system has been developed by Carson…
Sony resets PSN passwords for some users, again
Sony has sent emails to multiple PSN users informing them that it has reset their passwords because of detection of irregular activity on PlayStation Network. The email, a copy of which was…
D-Link SOHO networking devices contain hardcoded telnet credentials in plaintext
Reports of networking vendors hardcoding credentials in their SOHO routers is increasingly becoming a commonplace with the latest one being D-Link, which has hardcoded telnet credentials in quite few of its routers…
Evernote asking users to change passwords following Adobe hack
Evernote has compared the database leaked from Adobe hack with its own and is asking users who used the same email address on both the services to change their passwords. Evernote, through…
Adobe hack password dump analysis shows users still pathetic at choosing passwords
A password security expert at Stricture Consulting Group has revealed top 100 passwords being used by Adobe’s customers and has claimed that nearly two million of them used the easily guessable string…