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Women’s fashion retailer SHEIN has suffered a major security breach that has exposed the personal information and passwords of over six million customers. In a press statement, SHEIN reveals that it discovered on August 22 2018 that malicious hac… Continue reading Malware steals passwords from 6.4 million SHEIN customers
Whiplr, a naughty, naughty little app, has now secured passwords with “one-way encryption” and is “adding more security measures”. Continue reading Fetish app put users’ identities at risk with plain-text passwords
Common password management habits have been insecure and out-of-date for a while. But despite knowledge of the risks around recycled credentials and other gaps, users have been slow to change tack.
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On average, they’re fetching $8.71 (about £6.60) for one-time use, though some sellers are also selling bundles of accounts at higher prices. Continue reading Netflix, HBO GO, Hulu passwords found for sale on the Dark Web
A group of researchers proposed a new framework that would enable web services to share users’ password hash data in an effort to reduce password reuse.
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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
It’s password security’s Achilles heel: too many people make life easy for cybercriminals by re-using the same ones over and over. But what if there were a way for websites to compare notes on whether a password (or similar password) has been set by a … Continue reading Could this be the end of password re-use?
Hear that sound? It’s not opportunity knocking — it’s an account checker trying to access your site using stolen login credentials.
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IBM’s new “Future of Identity Study” revealed that while millennials are less likely to use complex passwords than their older counterparts, they embrace new technologies for identity protection.
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Thanks largely to recent news headlines, consumers are becoming more aware of security concerns, meaning that retailers must improve their data security practices to earn customer trust.
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