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Police in Australia have arrested a 23-year-old woman in Melbourne, Australia, in connection with an email hack that resulted in a huge amount of virtual currency being stolen. The story starts in January 2018, when a 56-year-old man discovered that he… Continue reading 23-year-old woman charged with stealing $320,000 worth of cryptocurrency
Google has made several new announcements for its Chrome Web Store that aims at making Chrome extensions more secure and transparent to its users.
Over a couple of years, we have seen a significant rise in malicious extensions that appear to offer use… Continue reading Google Announces 5 Major Security Updates for Chrome Extensions
Hackers have hijacked the accounts of at least four high profile Instagrammers recently, locking them out and demanding a bitcoin ransom. But Instagram is silent. Continue reading Hackers Are Holding High Profile Instagram Accounts Hostage
Phone-based authentication is the way forward instead. Continue reading Microsoft offers completely passwordless authentication for online apps
Senators have discovered that the State Department is breaking the law by not using multi-factor authentication in its emails. Continue reading State Department scores an F on 2FA security
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for September 3, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket. This episode was hosted by T… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – US Federal Privacy Law, WhatsApp Google Drive Warning, Improved Security for Instagram
Google’s Titan Security Keys, used to lock down accounts, are produced in China. Several experts want more answers on that supply chain process, for fears of tampering or security issues. Continue reading Experts Call for Transparency Around Google’s Chinese-Made Security Keys
Google just made its Titan Security Key available on its store for $50.
First announced last month at Google Cloud Next ’18 convention, Titan Security Key is a tiny USB device—similar to Yubico’s YubiKey—that offers hardware-based two-factor authentic… Continue reading Google ‘Titan Security Key’ Is Now On Sale For $50
Instagram users should soon have more secure options for protecting their accounts against Internet bad guys. On Tuesday, the Facebook-owned social network said it is in the process of rolling out support for third-party authentication apps. Unfo… Continue reading Instagram’s New Security Tools are a Welcome Step, But Not Enough
Listening Watch, a project based on earlier work by researchers Prakash Shrestha and Nitesh Saxena, uses the power of sound to log you into your favourite websites. Continue reading Listening Watch sounds out security idea with websites that listen