Jun 7, 2012 | General Security
by David Harley Senior Research Fellow At a time when password breaches like the one at LinkedIn are once more making the news, there’s plenty of good advice around about how to select a strong password as opposed to the sort of stereotyped...
Jun 7, 2012 | General Security, Threat News
by Cameron Camp Security Researcher This morning when I logged into LinkedIn I was greeted with several front page references to the reported hacking of the site, and instructions for changing my password, which I did immediately. This is a good time to change all of...
Jun 7, 2012 | General Security, Threat News
by Cameron Camp Security Researcher We read in the New York Times that Google is rolling out a service that will attempt to alert users when it thinks their accounts might be subject to hacking by a government, hoping the user will take precautions after getting a...
Jun 6, 2012 | General Security, Threat News
So today we reported that linkedIn was the subject of a hack that got an estimated 6.4 million password into the hands of some bad-actors – there was speculation in the article that these people maybe didn’t have access to email addresses to go with these...
Jun 6, 2012 | General Security, Threat News
By Zack Whittaker Summary: More than 6.4 million LinkedIn passwords have leaked to the Web after an apparent hack. Though some login details are encrypted, users are advised to change their passwords immediately. A user on a Russian forum has claimed to have...
