Even though there are warnings all over the internet about the risks of reusing passwords and the ease that threat actors can run credential stuffing attacks to exploit this negligent behaviour – people still reuse passwords: DraftKings denies platform breach, says about $300,000 stolen from compromised accounts – The Record …
A story of an internet connected cat feeder
There is no resolution to this story of a wireless camera connected cat feeder wanting to connect to the Chinese technology company Baidu: Why is My Cat Using Baidu? And Other IoT DNS Oddities – SANS Internet Storm Center The Internet of Things promises so many nice things – like …
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What do you know about going passwordless? Find out here why you should do it.
Passwordlessness now extends to PayPal… …at least if you have an iPhone. PayPal ditches passwords, at least on Apple devices • The Register Ditching passwords is the best step in preventing the recycling of passwords by users and the subsequent credential stuffing attacks by threat actors. Find out in this …
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Hacking is not just data theft and ransomware – it can be reputation damage. Some advice about your WordPress website and your reputation.
Fast Company an American magazine was hacked and abusive articles added to its news feeds, resulting in this material getting a wider audience through syndication on the Apple News app. The Apple News channel was quickly disabled and Fast Company took its site down pending a fix but the damage was …
More privacy issues for Twitter
Following the revelations by Peiter Zatko, the former head of security at Twitter: Is Twitter a decade behind in its security practices? – Smart Thinking Solutions It now emerges that one of the essential steps in a Twitter password reset – logging out of any and all devices already logged …
