Google To Add Password Breach Prevention Feature To Android, and if you're a Google Chrome user, then you've probably already used or at least seen the Password Checkup feature in action. It's the little popup box you see when you type in a password to a website that requires a login, and Chrome detects that the password compromise. At that … [Read more...] about Google To Add Password Breach Prevention Feature To Android
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Only 33 Percent Of People Change Password After Data Breach
A new study was published by researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University's Security and Privacy Institute and was presented at the 2020 IEEE Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection. The study has grim news for IT Security Professionals. The key finding in the report is that only about one-third of users will change their passwords … [Read more...] about Only 33 Percent Of People Change Password After Data Breach
Password Text Export Feature Coming To Firefox
Mozilla's Firefox browser, like most modern browsers, has a built-in password management feature that allows you to save passwords for sites you log into regularly. Since the browser stores the information, that's one less thing you have to remember. That allows you the convenience of one click access to the sites you use frequently, unless you've … [Read more...] about Password Text Export Feature Coming To Firefox
Old LiveJournal Database Breach Is Now Being Leaked Online
Do you have an account on LiveJournal? If so, you may have heard the persistent rumors that have been circulating since 2014 that the company was breached and some 33 million user records were stolen. To this day, LiveJournal denies that they were breached. Unfortunately, this month (May 2020), a database containing 33,717,787 records, … [Read more...] about Old LiveJournal Database Breach Is Now Being Leaked Online
JCrew Retailer Customers May Have Had Information Accessed
Another week, another data breach. This time, the target being US clothing retailer J. Crew. The company announced that sometime in April of 2019, an unknown group of hackers utilized a credential stuffing attack to breach one of the company's databases and access some of its customer account data. Credential stuffing, as you may know, is an … [Read more...] about JCrew Retailer Customers May Have Had Information Accessed
Password Manager Malware Tricks Users Into Revealing Their Passwords
There's a new threat making the rounds called 'Metamorfo' that you should be aware of. The malware began its life as a banking trojan. This news is from researchers at Fortinet, who reports that the malicious code has recently gotten some upgrades that make it particularly nasty. Like many similar programs, this one finds its way onto target … [Read more...] about Password Manager Malware Tricks Users Into Revealing Their Passwords
