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Simple Banking Security Tip: Verbal Passwords

06

Nov

2017

There was a time when I was content to let my bank authenticate me over the phone by asking for some personal identifiers (SSN/DOB) that are broadly for sale in the cybercrime underground. At some point, however, I decided this wasn’t acceptable for institutions that held significant chunks of our money, and I began taking […]

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Researchers analyze 3,200 unique phishing kits

31

Oct

2017

Most phishing sites are quickly detected and access to them is blocked, but no matter how fast the “takedown” happens, the number of victims is still large enough to make the phishers’ effort worthwhile. That’s because the required effort is often minimal: access to compromised sites can be relatively cheaply bought (or phished), access to email […]

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Last.fm and eHarmony passwords leaked on the web

08

Jun

2012

Following the trend started by LinkedIn two days ago, the popular music website Last.fm and the dating website eHarmony have issued an alert to all customers asking them to change their password because of leaked passwords. Last.fm has issued the following warning on their website and points out that they are not the only ones […]

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