Passwords

Reddit user emails and passwords leaked in a hack

On Wednesday this week, American technology giant Reddit announced that hackers have breached its Tier-2 storage systems to gain access to users email addresses and passwords from 2005 to 2007. As per the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, a hacker gained access into a few of the Reddit employee accounts in early June this year […]

Tips to protect you from Cyber Crime

Are you concerned about the ongoing news on cybercrime which is daily popping out on the news feed? Are you interested in saving yourself and your company from the embarrassing repercussions of a cyber attack? Then you should follow the steps suggested by the Queensland police which are as follows- Hackers work out on ways […]

Quantum Mechanics helps scientists create new encryption methods which are unbreakable

All these days most of us thought that numbers generated on a random note could be unhackable. But in the year 2017, some scientists from China proved that all sequential passwords generated even by specific mathematical formulae can be uncovered by supercomputers. However, recently, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Maryland […]

The Worst Passwords of 2017!

Despite incessant warnings from security experts, many people are still found using weak and easily guessable passwords to protect their web accounts and devices. California based security firm SplashData has discovered this fact and has revealed the list of the worst passwords used in 2017 which has been taken from the 5 million passwords leaked […]

Facebook to welcome Facial Recognition and say goodbye to passwords!

World renowned social media giant Facebook has decided to say goodbye to passwords as it has decided to allow its users access their respective accounts using a scan of their face. The feature which is being tested on a small number of users, for now, will be made available on a default note to all […]

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