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Forrester: Web 2.0 means paying more attention to security, not less

Posted January 13, 2011 - 5:42 pm

Holes are opening all over enterprise IT infrastructures, which rely on end-users' memories, not good systems, for good authentication plans.
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Microsoft boosts Hotmail password reset security

Posted September 28, 2010 - 8:53 pm

Microsoft on Monday added new security features to its Windows Live Hotmail Web mail service to help users regain control of hijacked accounts.
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Password Reset Email is New Facebook Virus

Posted October 28, 2009 - 9:41 am

Security researchers uncover spoof email with downloadable files that include the Trojan virus Bredolab.
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Accused Palin hacker has a history of intrusion

Posted October 8, 2008 - 8:25 pm

The college student charged with illegally accessing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's e-mail has been accused of computer intrusion before, although last time he faced only an afternoon detention.
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Palin hacking charge flawed, lawyers say

Posted October 8, 2008 - 4:20 pm

David Kernell is facing five years in prison for allegedly hacking into Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account, but lawyers watching the case say that the felony charge against him is a bit of a stretch.
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US man indicted for hacking Palin's e-mail account

Posted October 8, 2008 - 9:38 am

A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records.
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FBI searches student's apartment in Palin hacking case

Posted September 22, 2008 - 2:33 pm

FBI agents served a search warrant Sunday at the Knoxville, Tenn., apartment of a college student whom Internet sleuths last week had named as the hacker who accessed Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail account, a local television station reported.
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Wikileaks posts Bill O'Reilly Web site data

Posted September 20, 2008 - 7:23 pm

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Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail all vulnerable to password reset hack

Posted September 19, 2008 - 3:04 pm

Yahoo Mail isn't the only Web-based mail service that could be duped into giving up someone else's account password, the tactic that some have argued was used to break into Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail earlier this week.
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Sarah Palin goes the way of Paris Hilton

Posted September 19, 2008 - 11:15 am

Wednesday, it was reported that Sarah Palin's Yahoo account was hacked by a perpetrator wishing to find incriminating information in her emails. It was not done using some strange computer security vulnerability. It was not done by guessing her password. It was done just in the same way as Paris Hilton's T-Mobile account was hacked some time ago: by guessing the answers to security questions.
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What is worse than reusing passwords?

Posted August 12, 2008 - 8:22 pm

Think your password resets are secure? Think again. The city you grew up in and your mother's maiden name can be derived from public records. Facebook might unwittingly tell the name of your best friend. And, until quite recently, Ford with its 25% market share had a pretty good chance of being the brand of your first car!
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