The State of Security
MAY 5, 2022
In 2002 I sat in a local bookstore in Jackson Hole, WY that offered a few Internet-connected computers for hourly use. After chatting with the owner and petting the resident store dog, I took a few guesses at the password protecting these computers. The post World Password Day is Dead. The post World Password Day is Dead.
Security Boulevard
MAY 5, 2022
In 2002 I sat in a local bookstore in Jackson Hole, WY that offered a few Internet-connected computers for hourly use. After chatting with the owner and petting the resident store dog, I took a few guesses at the password protecting these computers. The post World Password Day is Dead. The post World Password Day is Dead.
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The Last Watchdog
JUNE 7, 2023
Back in 2002, when I was a reporter at USA Today , I had to reach for a keychain fob to retrieve a single-use passcode to connect remotely to the paper’s publishing system. This iteration of my old-school keychain fob thus eliminates the need for usernames and passwords while much more robustly protecting sensitive data, Nagarjuna asserts.
Krebs on Security
MAY 6, 2024
Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. When a device initially tries to connect to a network, it broadcasts a message to the entire local network stating that it is requesting an Internet address. Image: Shutterstock.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts.
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 14, 2023
For many years, Ika held a key position at one of Russia’s largest Internet service providers, and his (mostly glowing) reputation as a reliable provider of web hosting to the Russian cybercrime community gave him an encyclopedic knowledge about nearly every major player in that scene at the time.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts.
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