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Twitter Disables Microservices to Reduce Bloat – Ends Up Breaking 2FA!
Following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter last month, there has certainly been a lot of hyperbole and hysteria surrounding the move. Admittedly, this has mostly come from celebrities crying about the ‘death of social media’ while seemingly choosing to ignore the fact that Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, and the vast majority…
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Research Firm Reveals Our Worst Password Categories!
When it comes to most security research announcements about the passwords we use online, the information is usually pretty standard. We see god awful list of very easy-to-guess codes (123456, qwerty, etc.) that usually makes us not want to live on this planet anymore. – Following a report via TechSpot,…
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The UK’s Worst Passwords Revealed!
Choosing an online password can be an exceptionally frustrating experience. One that often leads us into making some very poor choices simply out of either the ease to remember, or quite frankly, just pure laziness. – Despite many websites now requiring more and more cryptic inputs, however, it seems that…
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NordPass Reveal the 200 Worst Passwords of 2020
It’s pretty well known that the human race is, by and large, pretty lousy at making passwords. Rather ironically, however, as many websites now require us to get more creative to meet their security standards (such as the inclusion of number/s and/or special characters), this has again led to a…
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Bethesda Finally Removes Doom 1 & 2 Log-In Requirements
Following the release of the Doom trilogy on the Nintendo Switch, it very quickly became apparent that Bethesda had inserted a rather annoying aspect of DRM into the original 2 games. Put simply, you had to have a Bethesda account (and be logged in) to play the games. This was,…
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Microsoft Insider Build Plans To Ditch Windows 10 Passwords
Arguably since the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft has been making the case that passwords (in the traditional sense) may not be the best way to keep your system secure. For example, many users are these days encouraged to sign in with a pin-code rather than with a password. A…
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If Your Password Is “ji32k7au4a83” You Might Want To Change It
How Good Is Your Password? These days, we are regularly prompted to change our passwords for one reason or another. In fact, it has even gotten to the point that I have so many complex passwords that I’ve stopped trying to remember them and have instead reverted to a bizarrely…
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The 25 Worst Passwords For 2018 Revealed
25 Worst Passwords For 2018 You know when it’s getting towards the end of a year when you start seeing ‘top’ lists appearing online. Of these though, undoubtedly one of the more popular is passwords. Specifically, those that people still (against all logic of security) still seem to persist with…
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Steam Adds New Account Log-In History Feature
Steam Adds A New Account Log-In History Feature With most PC games these days being run (or indeed purchased) via Steam, it is perhaps one of the most sensitive accounts you regularly use on your system. With various forms of security already in place though, a recent Steam update has…
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YouTube Reports That Monthly Users Has Reached 1.8BN
YouTube Reports that monthly users have reached 1.8BN If you’re anything like me, part of your daily internet ritual is a visit to YouTube. Usually, I tend to go on there to find something to kill 5-10 minutes. Despite this, in most cases an hour later I’m watching a video…
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The Man Behind Password Guidelines Says ’50rrY, i g0t iT wR0nG’
I’m sorry, that password is incorrect… Please choose your password. I’m sorry, please choose a password with a capital letter. Sorry, please use a password with at least 8 characters. I’m sorry, please use a special character in your password. I’m sorry, your details have timed out. Please try again.…
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TP-Link Routers Exposed After Internet Domains Forgotten
How do you configure a router? Some people like the classic ways of logging into the device via SSH and then configure and change its settings where needed. This works for a few but most prefer to use the graphical user interfaces that people have become accustomed to. This is…
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CNBC’s Lesson In Password Security Was a Security Fail
Everyone uses passwords, for your emails and computers to even gaining access to your phone to play flappy birds. With so many systems at risk, we have to make sure our passwords are secure. CNBC wanted to help out with a lesson in password security, except their lesson turned from…
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Met Police Chief Says Victims of Online Fraud Shouldn’t be “Rewarded”
When it comes to crime, the digital world is the new battlefront for government agencies and the police but one police officer doesn’t think that victims of online fraud should be “rewarded”. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe is the Metropolitan police commissioner and made some comments regarding victims of online fraud, in…
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MasterCard to Accept Fingerprint or Selfie as Payment Confirmation
Eight months ago we started discussing a new system the credit card company MasterCard were looking to trial. Now it would seem that the system is going live with MasterCard confirming the new system will be used in the future. The new system in question is a way to do…
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