
Protect your Android: 10 tips for maximum security
It’s not always easy to give general advice to Android users because the OS is so very diverse. But we have ten security tips that are relevant for almost any Android version.
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It’s not always easy to give general advice to Android users because the OS is so very diverse. But we have ten security tips that are relevant for almost any Android version.
Twitter debuts a grand but simple plan to replace passwords where your phone number is your username and an SMS-generated code is your password.
New research shows that studying and mnemonic devices could help us to better remember our passwords.
Your primary email account is often the master key that can provide backup access to all other accounts, which is why you must be particularly careful with it.
A large number of logins and passwords to accounts in several free email services – Mail.ru, Yandex and Gmail.com – had been leaked. Once again, passwords prove to provide insufficient protection. What does it mean for businesses?
A number of celebrities private (very private) photos were leaked. While it is first and foremost a blatant invasion of privacy, this is also a wake-up call for businesses.
Data breaches have become a routine. It can happen to any site, any day. You can’t prevent it, but there is a way to minimize the damage.
In the news: Microsoft’s No-IP takedown fiasco, Chinese APT groups curious about U.S. Iraq policy, Verizon says the government wants locations data, and Microsoft denies backdoor insinuations.
Making a case for password reuse, Google hiring hackers to fix the Internet, Apple bolsters security across its services with strong Crypto, plus various fixes and more.
Enabling two-factor authentication makes it significantly harder for an attacker to compromise your online accounts, but what is it and when should you use it?
The season seems to be open: The dust hasn’t yet settled after the Heartbleed semi-apocalyptic revelation, and now eBay has confirmed that its security had been badly breached, with service
eBay users will be forced to change their passwords because of a data breach that exposed encrypted user credentials.
Top Apps to protect you from prying eyes, mischievous kids, thieves, natural disasters, forgetfulness and of course malware.
There is one somewhat positive outcome from the ongoing #heartbleed scare: the password security issue is back in focus. How big is the ‘adventure’ of changing all passwords going to be?
There is a serious flaw called Heartbleed in OpenSSL encryption library that could expose user login credentials, communications content, an more
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has struck again, this time attacking the account records of more than a million Forbes readers and contributors. A total of 1,071,963 users were affected
Passwords. They are a curse. However many of them you try remember, they are being forgotten. No matter how many of them you write down on paper they get lost.
Any of your passwords, be it for email, social networks or online banking hold value for cybercriminals, because almost any stolen account can be used in fraud schemes. It’s no
If you’re a registered Adobe client, change your passwords now. They have been stolen and published on the Internet, someone even made a crossword puzzle out of them. This is
Everyone urges you to invent unique and complicated passwords for each service you use. However, complicated passwords are difficult to memorize, which can lead to a serious problem, especially if