by Schehrezade Davidson | Jul 30, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Trends, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Fingerprints, iris scans – in the movies they’re super secure. So secure that fictional crooks will kidnap or maim biometric “key holders” for the use of their fingerprint or eye. Ah, yes, if it’s in a Bond movie or it gives Jason Bourne...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jul 4, 2012 | Phishing, Retail, Usability, Vulnerabilities
And perhaps, some pictures are worth more than that. It would seem that some inherently foolish folks out there have posted pictures on twitter of their credit cards – numbers and expiration dates readable. Really, people? Sometimes truth really is crazier than...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Apr 14, 2012 | Passwords, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Source: xkcd.com
by Schehrezade Davidson | Mar 29, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Usability, Vulnerabilities
The “inactive” hacker group LulzSec has apparently returned in what some are calling an effort to restore confidence in the group after its leader, Sabu, helped the FBI identify and arrest former teammates. A military dating website was recently hacked by...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Feb 27, 2012 | Phishing, Trends, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Huffington Post brings us a video that comes as no surprise. The most used password is PASSWORD1, followed by Welcome. That’s right, folks. If you only try those 2 passwords you’ll be able to hack into 6% of user accounts out there – and that...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 17, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Phishing, Retail, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Scanning Twitter for responses to the Zappos breach, we have a few favourites that are awfully telling: From @jjmartucci: I bet 99% of the stolen Zappos passwords were “shoes”. // Fact: most passwords are frighteningly easy to guess. We bet that those...
