Twitter phishing ploy goes for ‘Direct Messages’

Some users of Twitter, the microblogging site, may be the victim of a new phishing and account hijacking attempt on Twitter that specifically affects private messages — called "Direct Messages" or DMs — sent between users.

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Facebook hit again with e-mail phishing attack

For the second time in a week, Facebook users have been hit with an e-mail phishing attack that attempts to obtain their passwords to the social networking site.

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Facebook phishing attack sought passwords

A Facebook e-mail phishing scheme was discovered early Thursday among users of the popular social networking site who may have inadvertently clicked on a fraudulent Web link included in a Facebook message to them.

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Phishers are back with a vengeance, armed with some alarming new trickery.

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Uniloc, a California security company, has launched a product that allows computers and smartphones to generate their own security keys based on their hardware and software configuration.

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It's still unclear exactly how 20,000 passwords discovered on the Web recently were stolen, but the finding reveals much in the way of people's password habits: some of us are lazy.

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The massive security breach that led to millions of Hotmail customers being advised to change their passwords has now spread to users of email services including Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.

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Chris, I would love to be able to tell you that contacting AXP's security team something significant would transpire. Unfortunately it is not the case.

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When Elaine Cioni found out that her married boyfriend had other girlfriends, she became obsessed, federal prosecutors say. So she turned to YourHackerz.com.

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It's hard enough to remember all your website passwords. So what would happen if something happened to you and your family needed access to some of your most important information online?

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Did you know that your email address could be just as valuable to a con artist as your social security number? Experts say email hijacking is on the rise. And information in your account can lead to your identity being stolen. Fred Campbell found out recently.....

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When Sky News launched an undercover investigation into PC repair shops, it turned to PC Pro readers for help with identifying rogue traders. As a result, Sky's cameras caught technicians scouring through private photos, stealing passwords and over-charging for basic repairs.

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The Twitter breach occurred about a month ago, Twitter said.

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When you look at the worst corporate security breaches, it's clear that network managers keep making the same mistakes over and over again, and that many of these mistakes are easy to avoid.

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"Masking ruins the user experience.

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As part of National E-Security Week the Australian government is encouraging computer users to change their passwords to at least eight characters. The announcement is on the first "Change Your Password Day" during the E-Security Week.

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Passwords you should never use, including 12345 and admin. A must read for IT managers.

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A list of more than 8,000 user names and passwords for customers of Comcast, one of the nation's largest Internet service providers, sat unprotected on the Web for the last two months.

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Well, it looks like the folks over at hackersblog have been at it again, specifically Unu.

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Excerpt: It might be hard to believe, but there are still plenty of people using "password" as a password for their e-mails, bank accounts and more.

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...website called phpbb.com had its user database hacked into and the passwords for 20,000 members stolen. ... then posted the account info and passwords online for the world to see. ... it offers an instructive lesson on password security for the rest of us.

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"Why, last week a New Zealand man bought a used MP3 player for about 10 bucks... and was bemused to find it preloaded with U.S. military records and personnel data for troops stationed in the Middle East."

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A new sleeper virus that could allow hackers to steal financial and personal information has now spread to more than eight million computers in what industry analysts say is one of the most serious infections they have ever seen.

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It seems dangerous to share your password with third party apps, even if they have good privacy practice. Twitter should adopt a Facebook Connect style as that does not reveal your password, nor does it reveal your Username.

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Privacy advocates are questioning an aggressive Georgia law set to take effect Thursday that would require sex offenders to hand over Internet passwords, screen names and e-mail addresses.

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The major press outlets are abuzz this morning with news of a major new security flaw that affects all versions of Internet Explorer from IE5 to the latest beta of IE8. The attack has serious and far-reaching ramifications -- and they're not just theoretical attacks.

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---Link to video: -- ORLANDO, Fla. -- Local 6 News continues its investigation into the Casey Anthony case as reporter Tony Pipitone deciphers the words and figures she used to communicate with her family from jail.

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Expert: This is a nifty little device: a credit card with an onboard one-time password generator. The idea is that the user enters his PIN every time he makes an online purchase, and enters the one-time code on the screen into the webform.

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