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Single-use Yahoo Passwords – Good or Bad?

  • Posted on:March 27, 2015 at 5:58 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Author:
    David Sancho (Senior Threat Researcher)
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Yahoo recently rolled out a new way for users to access their services without entering a password. Their new system uses a cellphone to authenticate the user. Instead of entering a password, the user receives a verification code via text message on their phone. (The user would have provided their phone number to Yahoo when setting…

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Tags: passwordsYAhoo

Sending Mixed Messages With Passwords

  • Posted on:August 6, 2014 at 9:36 pm
  • Posted in:Social
  • Author:
    David Sancho (Senior Threat Researcher)
1

The biggest security headache that consumers face on a regular basis may well be… the password. You need one to do just about anything online nowadays. This makes them very valuable targets of theft – as the news that “1.2 billion” passwords were stolen highlights. Unfortunately, remembering passwords for all the sites that people use every day can be a challenge….

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Tags: best practicesmixed messagespasswords

Passwords: Not Going Away Anytime Soon

  • Posted on:April 30, 2014 at 2:10 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Author:
    David Sancho (Senior Threat Researcher)
0

For users who are not system administrators, the biggest impact of the Heartbleed vulnerability has been all the passwords that they have had to change. This, together with improvements in alternative authentication methods (like the fingerprint scanners now embedded in flagship smartphones), have caused some rather bold statements about passwords to be made. Passwords are out…

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Tags: data managementpassword managementpasswords

Recycling Ancient Phishing Tricks

  • Posted on:June 3, 2008 at 11:42 pm
  • Posted in:Mobile
  • Author:
    Jake Soriano (Technical Communications)
0

Phishing has evolved into a variety of forms. Phishers are always trying out new tricks to try to evade anti-phishing filters that are continually updated to recognize the latest phishing techniques. It thus seems strange for us to see this phishing attempt targeting users of two banking Web sites in North America: The first email…

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Tags: bankBank of AmericaBank of MontrealMobilepasswords

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