Twitter rolls out SMS two-factor authentication 

Twitter rolls out SMS two-factor authentication

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 23 May 2013 9:24 AM
Follows series of high-profile Twitter account hijacks.
Hackers steal credit card data, passwords from domain registrar 

Hackers steal credit card data, passwords from domain registrar

In Hackers - By Danielle Walker, 10 May 2013 9:36 AM
Says its encryption is sufficient.
WordPress botnet targets admin accounts 

WordPress botnet targets admin accounts

In Web/client - By Danielle Walker, 16 April 2013 11:06 AM
Massive brute force botnet.
British spy agency sent clear text passwords 

British spy agency sent clear text passwords

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 2 April 2013 8:51 AM
Legacy system to be overhauled.
Draft US cyber bill seeks 10 years jail for passwords 'traffickers' 

Draft US cyber bill seeks 10 years jail for passwords 'traffickers'

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 27 March 2013 6:30 AM
Hopes to raise jail time for unauthorised access.
Crims buy access to Brazilian national security database 

Crims buy access to Brazilian national security database

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 13 March 2013 12:27 PM
Hacker sells a month's access for $1000.
ATO passwords stored in clear text 

ATO passwords stored in clear text

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 28 February 2013 6:13 PM
Agency confirms outsourcer bungle.
Hacker raids Aunty, dumps 44,560 email addresses  

Hacker raids Aunty, dumps 44,560 email addresses

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 27 February 2013 12:08 PM
Old website confirmed hacked.
iPhone passcode flaw opens device to intruders  

iPhone passcode flaw opens device to intruders

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 18 February 2013 9:29 AM
iOS 6.1 affected.
Metaspolit-like framework taps into 29M hacked passwords 

Metaspolit-like framework taps into 29M hacked passwords

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 31 January 2013 12:31 PM
Open source Python pen test tool released.
Passwords, SSH keys exposed on GitHub  

Passwords, SSH keys exposed on GitHub

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 25 January 2013 3:53 PM
GitHub search down, but user mistakes still exposed.
Hardcoded passwords leave Telstra routers wide open 

Hardcoded passwords leave Telstra routers wide open

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 13 November 2012 11:42 AM
Telstra urges customers to apply patch.
Twitter resets too many passwords 

Twitter resets too many passwords

In Web/client - By Tom Espiner, 12 November 2012 10:18 AM
Warnings posted.
IEEE says proxy "anomaly" caused 100k password breach 

IEEE says proxy "anomaly" caused 100k password breach

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 1 October 2012 11:01 AM
Blames proxy provider.
100k IEEE clear text passwords exposed on FTP server 

100k IEEE clear text passwords exposed on FTP server

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 26 September 2012 10:03 AM
A Romanian researcher blows lid on security gaffe.
Clueful outs iOS apps sending unprotected passwords 

Clueful outs iOS apps sending unprotected passwords

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 28 August 2012 11:40 AM
Morphs into web app to skirt Apple ban.
Battle.net hacked, Aussie account data compromised 

Battle.net hacked, Aussie account data compromised

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 10 August 2012 3:00 PM
Hackers access encrypted passwords, recovery questions from North American servers.
Hacked Dropbox staff account behind spam outbreak 

Hacked Dropbox staff account behind spam outbreak

In Web/client - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 2 August 2012 11:26 AM
Document containing user email addresses stolen.
Eight million passwords stolen from gaming site  

Eight million passwords stolen from gaming site

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 24 July 2012 10:43 AM
Crypto crackers break one-way hash.
Yahoo! closes security hole 

Yahoo! closes security hole

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 17 July 2012 11:46 AM
Promises to beef up security after password breach.
NVIDIA forums hacked 

NVIDIA forums hacked

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 13 July 2012 4:54 PM
Stolen passwords hashed and encrypted.
5 percent of stolen passwords were valid: Yahoo! 

5 percent of stolen passwords were valid: Yahoo!

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 13 July 2012 11:48 AM
No word on why passwords weren't encrypted.
450,000 Yahoo accounts reportedly hacked, published online 

450,000 Yahoo accounts reportedly hacked, published online

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 12 July 2012 3:48 PM
Clear text passwords dumped.
Formspring 420,000 lost passwords were encrypted, salted  

Formspring 420,000 lost passwords were encrypted, salted

In Hackers - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 12 July 2012 11:17 AM
Moves quickly to disable passwords.
MySQL servers vulnerable to password bypass 

MySQL servers vulnerable to password bypass

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 12 June 2012 12:08 PM
Brute force breaks authentication in one second.
Claims LinkedIn passwords stolen in old hack 

Claims LinkedIn passwords stolen in old hack

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 12 June 2012 10:18 AM
Users claim old passwords found in cache.
Last.FM popped, joins password fail trio 

Last.FM popped, joins password fail trio

In Web/client - By Marcos Colon, 8 June 2012 10:39 AM
Password leak may be a separate hack.
Author pronounces MD5 crypt dead 

Author pronounces MD5 crypt dead

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 8 June 2012 3:25 AM
Big sites should design their own algorithms.
LinkedIn phishing emails surface 

LinkedIn phishing emails surface

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 8 June 2012 1:52 AM
Bad guys would 'drool' over potential stolen LinkedIn intel.
eHarmony falls prey to LinkedIn crypto crackers 

eHarmony falls prey to LinkedIn crypto crackers

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 7 June 2012 11:36 PM
But company mum on details.
6.5 million unsalted LinkedIn passwords posted online 

6.5 million unsalted LinkedIn passwords posted online

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 7 June 2012 7:21 AM
Passwords easy to crack.
Telstra re-issues 35,000 passwords after GameArena hack 

Telstra re-issues 35,000 passwords after GameArena hack

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 24 May 2012 7:56 AM
Financial data unaffected.
Site registers 10 million stolen passwords 

Site registers 10 million stolen passwords

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 22 May 2012 9:42 AM
Aussie site booms in opening year.
Apple shutters FileVault password hole 

Apple shutters FileVault password hole

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 11 May 2012 7:41 AM
Urges users to mop up logs.
Mac FileVault passwords stored in clear text 

Mac FileVault passwords stored in clear text

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 7 May 2012 1:03 PM
Flawed update contained debug logs that trap passwords.
Franchises make lucrative hack targets 

Franchises make lucrative hack targets

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 12 February 2012 7:37 PM
Annual report
T-Mobile reused staff passwords 

T-Mobile reused staff passwords

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 19 January 2012 11:10 AM
Telco says breach was limited.
Apple power chargers to store passwords 

Apple power chargers to store passwords

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 11 January 2012 10:13 AM
Files US patent.
Windows 8 security takes on different strokes 

Windows 8 security takes on different strokes

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 20 December 2011 9:56 AM
Line beats circle, circle beats dot.
Hackers scan 93,000 Sony accounts for reused passwords 

Hackers scan 93,000 Sony accounts for reused passwords

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 13 October 2011 11:07 AM
Accounts locked.
Apple password gaffe revealed by Adelaide Uni researcher 

Apple password gaffe revealed by Adelaide Uni researcher

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 20 September 2011 11:54 PM
Lion passwords can be cracked or changed.
Corkboard security leaves Redskins redfaced 

Corkboard security leaves Redskins redfaced

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 12 September 2011 2:02 PM
WiFi password broadcast on national TV.
Analysis: Good passw0rd security 

Analysis: Good passw0rd security

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 5 September 2011 3:48 PM
Entropy isn't everything.
Police using wi-fi scanners to sniff out crime 

Police using wi-fi scanners to sniff out crime

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 12 August 2011 2:26 PM
Allows police to "confidently enter" premises.
When passwords aren't passwords 

When passwords aren't passwords

In Risk - By Paul Fisher, 13 July 2011 8:40 AM
A shape-based alternative to traditional passwords.
PayPal Twitter account hijacked 

PayPal Twitter account hijacked

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 6 July 2011 10:16 AM
Account tweets "don't use PayPal".
Groupon loses 300,000 user details 

Groupon loses 300,000 user details

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 28 June 2011 10:34 AM
Australian users safe.
WordPress wipes passwords after plugin hack 

WordPress wipes passwords after plugin hack

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 22 June 2011 4:39 PM
Users told to update plugins.
Are your staff emails hacked? Check here 

Are your staff emails hacked? Check here

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 22 June 2011 7:12 AM
So easy, even your mum could use it.
Users wooly after knitting website hack 

Users wooly after knitting website hack

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 14 June 2011 10:32 AM
Blogging server cracked.
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