Hackers, Hacking Intrusions

Dell May Have Been Hacked So User Passwords Are Resetting 

Have you ever created an account on Dell’s website to purchase computer equipment?  If so, your account may have been compromised.  As a precaution, Dell has forced password resets for […]

New Google Chrome Feature Created For Better Password Security

Google is taking yet another important step to help save us from ourselves. The company is releasing a complete redesign of their Chrome browser, which is exciting. There’s one feature […]

Another Chrome Extension Is Stealing Passwords

Do you use the Chrome browser extension for the MEGA file storage service? If you do, please read this article carefully. The official extension for that service has been compromised. […]

Reddit Users Advised To Reset Their Passwords

If you’re a Reddit user, it’s time to change your password.  According to the company, they recently discovered evidence of a hack that exposed all company data from the site’s […]

Thermal Imaging Could Help Thieves Steal Your Passwords

As if there weren’t enough ways for hackers to steal your passwords, now, there’s thermal imaging.  If that sounds like something straight out of a science fiction movie, think again. […]

Study Shows People Prefer Alternatives Over Passwords

File this one away under “confirming things we already knew.”  A recent study conducted jointly by Blink and Trusona confirmed that people just don’t like passwords very much. Their study […]

Passwords May Be Dead Soon If Microsoft Gets Its Way 

Karanbir Singh (a program manager at Microsoft) is on a mission: Kill the password. As he said in a recent blog post: “Nobody likes passwords.  They are inconvenient, insecure, and […]

All Twitter Passwords Exposed, Change Your Password Now

Twitter shot itself in the foot recently but is working hard to get out in front of the problem.  According to a recent blog post, the company experienced an issue […]

New Malware Takes Screenshots and Steals Your Passwords

Recently, a new strain of malware called “SquirtDanger” has been found by researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, and it’s a particularly nasty one for a couple of reasons.  […]

40 Percent Of All Login Attempts Are From Bots

Here’s a statistic that is as disturbing as it is frustrating.  According to the latest “State of the Internet/Security” report for the fourth quarter of 2017, as published by Akamai, […]