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.
Report finds credit cards, pins, on phones 

Report finds credit cards, pins, on phones

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 26 May 2011 9:50 AM
Device security increased after data loss.
Auditor calls for Government ban on Gmail, Hotmail 

Auditor calls for Government ban on Gmail, Hotmail

In Messaging - By John Hilvert, 24 March 2011 3:30 PM
Vector for attack or accidental leaks.
Two women sentenced for hacking ex-employers 

Two women sentenced for hacking ex-employers

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 3 March 2011 10:01 AM
Cloud and county computer crimes.
Audit finds holes in Canberra's finance systems 

Audit finds holes in Canberra's finance systems

In Crypto - By Brett Winterford, John Hilvert, 23 December 2010 10:26 AM
Lack of DR, weak passwords and no audit trails in some systems.
Gawker passwords pilfered in server hack 

Gawker passwords pilfered in server hack

In Networks - By Tom Brewster, 14 December 2010 10:40 AM
Gawker users are advised to change their passwords following a hack.
Techie's revenge lands her in jail 

Techie's revenge lands her in jail

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 10 December 2010 9:24 AM
Changes firewall password.
Facebook users get one time passwords 

Facebook users get one time passwords

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 14 October 2010 9:03 AM
Down with OTP?
Splunk accidentally exposes user passwords 

Splunk accidentally exposes user passwords

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 27 April 2010 2:52 PM
Follows debug code implementation.
TrustDefender scores $16m on the back of bank wins 

TrustDefender scores $16m on the back of bank wins

In Web/client - By Charis Palmer, 18 March 2010 4:45 PM
Deal with large Australian bank in the works.
RockYou hack compromises 32 million passwords  

RockYou hack compromises 32 million passwords

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 16 December 2009 10:53 AM
Hacker threatens to "publish everything".
Password breaches lead to rise in email spam 

Password breaches lead to rise in email spam

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 12 October 2009 11:25 AM
Researchers point to Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo! password exposures.
Hacked Hotmail accounts used weak passwords 

Hacked Hotmail accounts used weak passwords

In Networks - By David Neal, 8 October 2009 9:55 AM
Majority were easy to pick.
Yahoo, Gmail passwords also phished in far-reaching scam 

Yahoo, Gmail passwords also phished in far-reaching scam

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 7 October 2009 10:29 AM
Hotmail not the only target.
Mass account theft hits Hotmail users 

Mass account theft hits Hotmail users

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 6 October 2009 12:22 PM
Phishing operation blamed for loss of thousands of passwords.
Mozilla Store users suffer data breach 

Mozilla Store users suffer data breach

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 7 August 2009 10:03 AM
Change user names and passwords immediately.
Amazon criticised for security of lost passwords 

Amazon criticised for security of lost passwords

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 6 August 2009 10:28 AM
Amazon has been criticised for relying on insecure methods for granting access to its sites after users claimed to have forgotten their passwords.
Many IT security pros don't use passwords 

Many IT security pros don't use passwords

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 25 June 2009 3:29 PM
IT security professionals are only marginally more likely to use passwords than standard users, according to a new survey.
Consultant accesses company's data room in social engineering 'attack' 

Consultant accesses company's data room in social engineering 'attack'

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 7 May 2009 10:56 AM
A company has been hit by a mystery shopper attack where it was the victim of a 'social engineering' exercise.
SSH server attacks resurface 

SSH server attacks resurface

In Networks - By Shaun Nichols, 20 April 2009 9:54 AM
Security researchers are warning administrators to secure their servers in the wake of new Secure Shell (SSH) attacks.
Biometrics more popular than passwords 

Biometrics more popular than passwords

In Crypto - By Clement James, 9 July 2008 9:32 AM
The majority of consumers are concerned about the security and use of Pins, passwords and 'secret' data used by bank call centres to verify identity.
Infosec: Companies shun new technology and stick to passwords 

Infosec: Companies shun new technology and stick to passwords

In Networks - By Fiona Raisbeck, 17 April 2007 3:21 PM
More than three-quarters (80 percent) of companies still use conventional passwords as a method of securing sensitive information, new research from Infosecurity Europe shows.
Poor passwords open web bank users to ID theft 

Poor passwords open web bank users to ID theft

In Networks - By Robert Jaques, 8 March 2007 9:48 AM
Kaspersky Lab finds password security not good enough.
Enterprises wasting millions updating privileged passwords 

Enterprises wasting millions updating privileged passwords

In Networks - By Clement James, 1 February 2007 9:45 AM
Typical enterprise spends more than US$500,000 each year, research claims.
Browser flaw leaves passwords vulnerable 

Browser flaw leaves passwords vulnerable

In Networks - By Iain Thomson, 24 November 2006 9:16 AM
The Mozilla Foundation is warning of a critical bug in the new Firefox 2.0 browser that could leave passwords vulnerable to hackers.
Study: One-third of corporate employees still write down passwords 

Study: One-third of corporate employees still write down passwords

In Networks - By Fiona Raisbeck, 25 October 2006 10:28 PM
One in three corporate employees in the US write down computer passwords undermining company security, according to a study released earlier this month.
70 percent of IT professionals still rely on passwords alone 

70 percent of IT professionals still rely on passwords alone

By René Millman, 27 June 2006 1:11 PM
More than seven in ten security professionals are still relying on passwords alone to secure their networks, according to a new survey.
Four in ten security staffers write down passwords 

Four in ten security staffers write down passwords

By René Millman, 13 June 2006 4:45 PM
Nearly 40 percent of IT professionals store important passwords on paper, according to a new report.
Survey: Most business PC users never change passwords 

Survey: Most business PC users never change passwords

By William Eazel, 3 April 2006 4:59 PM
More than half of U.S. business computer users admit to never changing their passwords for websites and applications, new research has claimed.
From RSA 2006: Gates looks to simplicity without passwords 

From RSA 2006: Gates looks to simplicity without passwords

By Dan Kaplan, 14 February 2006 9:28 PM
The path leading to more secure computing is lined in simplicity – and more than one password, Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief executive officer, said today.
IM trojan steals web banking passwords 

IM trojan steals web banking passwords

By William Eazel, 21 December 2005 2:04 PM
Security experts today warned instant messaging (IM) network users to beware of a newly intercepted trojan named W32/Banbra.BOK, which is using the rise in holiday season web ...
Too many passwords create frustration, security risks 

Too many passwords create frustration, security risks

By René Millman, 29 September 2005 3:56 PM
Nearly a quarter of employees have to remember 15 or more passwords, according to a new survey.
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