Collaborate Disseminate
It didn’t require an account PIN to switch carriers. Everybody uses 0000, it said, making it easier for customers… and phone hijackers. Continue reading Comcast security nightmare: default ‘0000’ PIN on everybody’s account
2SV combined with a unique password makes it harder for a hacker to see what you’re doing in your home.
Continue reading Got a Nest security camera? Enable two-step verification now
Websites still using HTTP are marked as “not secure” by Chrome, 85,000 Google employees haven’t been phished for a year, and if you’re buying drugs via PayPal’s Venom app you should say goodbye to privacy.
All this and much much more is discussed in th… Continue reading Smashing Security #088: PayPal’s Venmo app even makes your drug purchases public
The Pixelbook’s power button is a 2FA token, which is great, and almost nobody noticed, which isn’t. Continue reading The Google Pixelbook power button is now a 2FA token
Mozilla announced the rollout of two-step verification (2SV) as an optional security feature for all Firefox user accounts. The engineers at Mozilla Foundation designed the feature without support for SMS-based codes. They likely did so for the same re… Continue reading Mozilla Rolls Out Two-Step Verification for Firefox Accounts
Nest’s advice to its users gets a thumbs-up from the Online Trust Alliance. Continue reading Nest turns up the temperature on password reusers
Yes, you should change your Twitter password. And you should ensure you’re not using the same password anywhere else. And you should enable Login Verification.
But you shouldn’t panic.
Continue reading Yes, you should change your Twitter password – but don’t panic
There’s something alarming about the world’s one billion regular Gmail users – barely any have turned on two-step verification. Continue reading 90% of Gmail users could improve their security easily, but don’t
One attack masqueraded as a YouTube comment to a legitimate video uploaded by the targe. Another posed as the target’s husband under the pretense of sharing family photos.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading ‘Phish for the Future’ spearphishing campaign set digital civil liberty activists in its sights
For any corporate brand to have its social media account hijacked by mischief makers is embarrassing, but for it to happen to a major computer security company is downright humiliating.
Continue reading Lessons to learn as McAfee’s LinkedIn page is hijacked