WEAK PASSWORDS

In recent times, the US has been attacked by Iran, Russia and China based hackers who have targeted various water utility projects. This has exposed the country’s outdated infrastructure and has shown a lackadaisical approach in dealing with cyber-c...

Cyber attacks in India have surged by 33% in the first quarter of 2024, making it one of the most targeted countries globally. Experts attribute this rise to the use of weak PINs, with common patterns such as "1234" and "1111" being among the most u...

National Pension System : The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has released an advisory about how NPS investments by government sector employees could be made safer by following certain advisories. These advisories relate to...

Passwordless authentication is a paradigm shift from the conventional reliance on passwords for accessing digital services. This innovative approach eliminates the need for users to remember and input passwords, instead relying on alternative authen...

Employee violations of an organisation's information security policies are as dangerous as external hacker attacks, a report warned on Friday.

A recent study by NordPass reveals that poor password hygiene continues to pose a threat to personal data privacy. Shockingly, the most common password among Indians in 2023 was '123456', reflecting a concerning trend of weak password choices. The s...

Password locker Lastpass warns customers to change their passwords of all important websites to protect their access from hackers who have stolen their passwords from Lastpass's cloud.

In May this year, the BJP had identified 78,000 such weak booths for the party and decided that it would add at least 30 new members to the party in each of those.

"If you possess any information regarding vulnerabilities in Russian cyber defenses (bugs, backdoors, credentials), please report it," Ukraine's State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection said in a tweet.

Weak or stolen passwords account for an average of four out of five global data breaches.

Rampant use of apps and social media can leave you vulnerable to financial loss.

Researchers claim to have discovered a weakness in a Wi-Fi security protocol called WPA2 that leaves password-protected Wi-Fi connections open to cyber-attacks and manipulation.

The study also found that four of the top 10 passwords on the list are six characters or shorter.

Despite making itself vulnerable to the data breach in the first place, Ashley Madison did secure its users using bcrypt-hashed passwords.

Major service providers including Google, Apple, Dropbox, Evernote, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, PayPal, offer two-step authentication.

Naukri.com said that there had been an attempt to breach its security, as a result of which the Info Edge-owned online recruitment company has asked its users to change passwords.

Naukri.com said that there had been an attempt to breach its security, as a result of which the company has asked its users to change passwords.

All top credit card issuers—ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Citibank, SBI Cards and Axis Bank—have been affected by these frauds.

Gold prices are rising faster in India than overseas. And this has brought back a profit opportunity, legal, not-quite-legal and illegal.