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Amazon is following Google’s lead by forcing all users to use two-factor authentication when logging into their Ring accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ZP4hOfnjH24″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Lottery hacker gets 9 months for his £5 cut of the loot

January 14, 2020 0 Comments anwar batson, automated password guessing, brute force, brute force attack, brute force tool, computer misuse act 1990, cracking, credential stuffing, daniel thompson, dark web, data loss, edwin salter, hacking tool, idris akinwunmi, Law & order, lottery, national lottery, password reuse, Privacy, rosegold, security threats, sentence, sentry mba, stolen credentials, uk, user credentials

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:18:57 +0000

We don’t care how little you made from your crimes, the judge said. We care that you went after an outfit that gives a ton to charities.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MQxKTz5FL8E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Former hacker warns against password reuse

September 17, 2019 0 Comments Black Hat, Hacker, kyle milliken, password reuse, password security, security threats, white hat

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:07:48 +0000

Kyle Milliken is back from jail, and he has some advice for you: Do. Not. Reuse. Your. Passwords.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oanr10aGwhI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Court squeezes $1 million back from convicted phisher

August 27, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, Alpha bay, Courvoisier, cryptocurrency, dark web, data loss, Grant West, Law & order, MFA, Operation Draba, password reuse, passwords, phishing, security threats, strong passwords

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:56:31 +0000

Prolific phishing scammer Grant West has been sentenced to 10 years, 8 months, and reimbursement for victims.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sHYkSkwLCAs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome users ignoring warnings to change breached passwords

August 20, 2019 0 Comments chrome, firefox, Google, Google Chrome, Google Password Checkup, Have I been pwned, password reuse, password security, security threats, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:45:15 +0000

If you were told that the password you had just entered was known to have been compromised in a data breach, what would you do?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/4HvdcwUNkIs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>