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Smashing Security #034: The pen is mightier than the password

July 23, 2017/in Computer Security

The UK government wants you to give your credit card details to porn sites, Ashley Madison offers compensation to the people whose lives it ruined, and an adult website wants you to pass its unorthodox and below-the-belt biometric identity check… gulp!

All this and Myspace, Google Glass, Fleabag, and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by technology journalist and broadcaster David McClelland.

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Never forget a password again – NZ Business

July 17, 2017/in Mobile Security

Never forget a password again
NZ Business
App developer Lookiimedia has released Mycena, a new password management app for both Android and iOS devices that delivers three levels of encrypted security for free. Designed for non-technical users to make saving and retrieving passwords fast and …

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Your password is probably for sale on the dark web, here’s how to check – KPNX 12 News TV

July 6, 2017/in Internet Security

KPNX 12 News TV

Your password is probably for sale on the dark web, here's how to check
KPNX 12 News TV
After Adobe suffered a major breach in 2013 that included credit and debit card numbers being stolen, web security expert Troy Hunt wanted to protect victims who had their personal data compromised. He created a website called "Have I been pwned?

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Even weak hackers can pull off a password reset MitM attack via account registration

June 25, 2017/in Computer Security

At the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2017, researchers from the College of Management Academic Studies in Israel presented an interesting paper on bad password reset processes, “The Password Reset MitM Attack” (pdf). It explains how a weak attacker could take over accounts by exploiting vulnerabilities in password reset procedures.

They dubbed the attack: password reset man-in-the-middle (PRMitM). The researchers said Google is “extremely vulnerable” to PRMitM, but Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Yandex and other sites and email services are also vulnerable as well as mobile apps like Whatsapp, Snapchat and Telegram.

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