Two-Step Authentication Is Already in Instagram
Mar07

Two-Step Authentication Is Already in Instagram

Few days ago it became known that Instagram starts rolling out two-factor authentication. At first, a beta version of 2FA was tested by a small number of selected users. But now two-step authentication becomes available to everyone. But what is the most surprising about this news is that the popular social network has moved to it so slowly. After all, two-factor authentication has long been an integral part of data protection of all...

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Mobile Trojan Virus Android.Bankosy Intercepts One-Time Passwords
Feb08

Mobile Trojan Virus Android.Bankosy Intercepts One-Time Passwords

We store a lot of important information in the network: personal correspondence, photos, documents. For the most part, these are spiritual values – precious memories and the fruits of hours-long labor. But the Internet also stores rather concrete financial ‘matters’: our money. Today many people use online banking, as it is convenient to transfer funds, to pay for the services, and to control your accounts online. It is no...

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New Vulnerability of the LastPass Unveiled
Feb05

New Vulnerability of the LastPass Unveiled

Any active Internet user has many accounts on different websites. And each of them requires a username and password. Since it is impossible to keep everything in your head, a regular user usually writes them on a piece of paper. And puts it somewhere not far from the computer (we have already written why it is not recommended to do so here). An advanced user, in turn, uses password managers to store this information. But, even...

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The Worst Passwords of 2015
Jan25

The Worst Passwords of 2015

It is not a secret that the Internet users tend to choose weak and unreliable passwords. And even more! People use this weak password in almost all their accounts. And the list of the worst passwords of 2015, which was recently published by SplashData, proves that all the efforts to convince people of the importance of using strong passwords were vain. For several years, the palm belongs to the notorious “123456” and...

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Will Google’s Authentication without Passwords Be Safe?
Jan11

Will Google’s Authentication without Passwords Be Safe?

I guess that’s not only me, who’s tired of passwords: we should remember them, they should be strong enough not to be guessed or brute forced, and even more, they should be different for each website. But it has recently turned out, that not only I think so. A few days ago I have come across the information that Google is testing a new system of authentication without passwords that will allow refusing the password entry...

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Password Manager KeePass Is Vulnerable
Nov23

Password Manager KeePass Is Vulnerable

It is not news that a fair amount of threats waits for the user in the vast global network. And it is clear that the best way out is to keep valuable information in encrypted form and protect it with a strong password. But the fact that it is possible to “pull” out in a form of a simple text file all the data from the password manager – the program which encrypts and generates passwords – became a surprise for...

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