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Millions of Instagram passwords stored in readable format: Facebook

Facebook has announced a series of moves to tighten handling of data.

19 Apr 2019 9:34 AM

Facebook said there is no evidence its employees abused access to this data. But thousands of employees could have searched them. The company said the passwords were stored on internal company servers, where no outsiders could access them. Even so, some privacy experts suggested that users change their Facebook passwords.

Facebook plain text password threat: Are you exposed? What should you do now?

By storing passwords in readable plain text, Facebook violated fundamental computer-security practices.

22 Mar 2019 1:26 PM

FB confirms passwords stored in plain text, promises robust security ahead

By storing passwords in readable plain text, Facebook violated fundamental computer-security practices.

22 Mar 2019 1:18 PM

By leveraging the combination of stolen login credentials, web cookies, and SMS data, based on past attacks like this, Palto Alto believes the bad actors could bypass multifactor authentication for these sites.

New Mac malware steals cryptocurrency exchanges’ cookies

It seeks to steal iPhone text messages from iTunes backups on the tethered Mac.

02 Feb 2019 12:58 PM

Data breaches will continue. And as long as we as netizens will continue to use simple and common passwords, the database will keep increasing. (Photo: Pixabay, representative image purpose only)

773 million email ID, passwords exposed. Were you part of it?

2,692,818,238 rows of email IDs and passwords are listed in a single database online.

19 Jan 2019 1:59 PM

The law will only apply to those devices that come with bad company default passwords.

Devices with bad passwords will now be illegal: Government

Devices that connect to the internet with bad and simple default passwords will be banned.

19 Dec 2018 12:10 PM

Important, frequently used passwords are less likely to be forgotten, and system designers need to consider the environment in which passwords are used and how memory works over time.

Here's why you keep forgetting passwords

The study found evidence that human memory naturally adapts based on an estimate of how often a password will be needed

07 Sep 2018 8:39 AM

The username and password can now be changed by the taxpayer.

GST payers can approach tax officer to change username, password

The e-mail and mobile number can be updated by the concerned jurisdictional tax authority of the taxpayer.

14 Jun 2018 2:23 PM

You can get a good password by combining two or more words, such as "rocketcalendar." Sprinkle in some numerals and punctuation marks, and make some of those letters in caps, and you've got a strong password.

Twitter forces password reset: How to pick a new password

The company is recommending a change as a precaution.

05 May 2018 9:30 AM

People who are members of the 1Password service can avail the feature by signing into the 1Password account.

Time for a password check

The app 1Password will help you figure out if your password has been breached.

04 Mar 2018 12:17 AM

In January, PNB filed an initial criminal complaint with the CBI, accusing celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi and others of defrauding the bank and causing it a loss of 2.8 billion rupees (more than USD 43 million). (Photo: File)

Ex-PNB official used, shared passwords to help Nirav Modi

Failure to notice largest fraud in Indian banking history reveals a 'rot' in the state financial sector, said an ex-PNB official.

19 Feb 2018 11:09 AM

The team explained the underlying idea: have one neural network build something, then use another to determine its quality. This was Ian Goodfellow’s concept, who isn’t part of the research project.

Password guessing just became easier with two scary AI software

A team earlier built a generative adversarial network that is capable of making calculated guesses at what a user’s password could be.

19 Sep 2017 1:24 PM

Here's why you should change your password immediately

Fourth of May marked the importance of keeping user data secure by simply following a protocol while selecting the right password.

07 May 2017 1:44 PM

Microsoft dumps the traditional password system

Microsoft introduces a new alternative to passwords.

20 Apr 2017 4:06 PM

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