How police ‘ignore cybercrime’: Just one in 100 cases is investigated despite the number of online fraud cases rocketing in recent years. By Lucy Crossley for MailOnline. Police are only…
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How to pick the perfect password
By Chris Foxx Hackers have managed to decode more than 11 million encrypted passwords stolen from the Ashley Madison website, shining fresh light on the importance of password security. On…
data is critical to your organization
If you know what data is critical to your organization and what activities are abnormal, data loss prevention and security information event management work pretty well. But that’s not usually…
Ashley Madison coding blunder made over 11 million passwords easy to crack
The Web site’s developers forgot about early users when they implemented strong password hashing three years ago By Lucian Constantin Until today, the creators of the hacked AshleyMadison.com infidelity website…
GCHQ wants to set your passwords. In a good way
Enough already with the strength meters and frequent changes says security agency Darren Pauli Britain’s spy agency the GCHQ has changed its password security guidance in a new document offering…