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Authy Breach: What It Means for You, RockYou 2024 Password Leak
In episode 338, we discuss the recent breach of the two-factor authentication provider Authy and its implications for users. We also explore a massive password list leak titled ‘Rock You 2024’ that ...
One in Every 142 Passwords is ‘123456’, New Research Shows
“123456” is the most widely used password on breached accounts, according to a recent password re-use study c by computer engineering students at Cyprus University. Last month, student Ata Hakçıl analyzed more ...
26 million LiveJournal users warned that their passwords have been breached
On underground criminal marketplaces the email addresses and plaintext passwords of over 26 million LiveJournal blogging accounts are being traded, despite LiveJournal’s owners refusing to acknowledge that any security breach has occurred ...
Banking start-up exposes PINs for 500,000 customers on the verge of US launch
Banking start-up Monzo has sent out emails to half a million customers after its engineers caught a glimpse of the PIN numbers associated with their cards. The British banking service, which serves ...
Say goodbye to passwords: WebAuthn specification now an official standard
Weak or default passwords are behind 81% of data breaches, and most people employ such a password, despite knowing better. Worse still, Internet users recycle the same password across websites and services, ...
59% of people use the same password everywhere, poll finds
Despite an increasingly dangerous threat landscape and heightened global awareness of hacking and data breaches, password hygiene leaves a lot to be desired. 91 percent of people know that password recycling poses ...
Unspecified GitHub Bug Internally Exposes Passwords in Plaintext
In a series of emails to its users, popular code repository website GitHub revealed that some account passwords were inadvertently collected in plaintext by their internal logging systems, prompting an immediate password ...
