Study Shows How Developers Deal with Secure Password Storage
Starting a new social network that aims to compete with Facebook is not difficult at all. All you need is a firm conviction that you are cleverer than Mark Zuckerberg and some cash in your pocket. In simple terms, the... Read more
Citrix's Internal Network Hacked After a Password Spraying Attack
A data breach is never good news, but some incidents are definitely worse than others. If, for example, a small internet forum for DIY enthusiasts is hacked, the loot is not that great (some emails, possibly some... Read more
What Could Happen If You Write Down Your Passwords
In early 2018, the whole state of Hawaii plunged into a panic after an employee of the local emergency management agency clicked the wrong button and accidentally sent out a false missile alert. Not surprisingly,... Read more
How to Create a Safer Password Using a Foreign Language?
I think no one will argue that English is the lingua franca of the 21st century. That is to say it's the most commonly spoken second language globally. The Vienna Oxford International Corpus of English describes at as... Read more
How to Use Another Account to Reset Your Mac Password
If you lose the password for an account on your Mac you'll be just fine as you can reset an account's password from your Mac's admin account. If you have two admin accounts and you lose the password for one of them... Read more
How to Secure Your Monejuro Mobile Wallet
Monerujo is a mobile wallet used to store cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Its advantage is that you can install it on your smartphone, connect to a remote node and using it straight away. Recently Monerujo announced... Read more
How to Change Your Mobile Hotspot Password
The Hotspot features on your Android or iPhone devices allow you to take maximum advantage of said devices' connection to the web, by turning your device into a de-facto portable wireless router that shares its... Read more
How Not Setting up a Password Led to the Exposure of 5 Million Dalil Users
Here's an interesting conundrum: you find out that a mobile application developer has misconfigured a database and is exposing the data of millions upon millions of people to the world wide web. You try to contact the... Read more
Hackers Steal Applicant Data from Three US Colleges
Last week, applicants for three US colleges – Hamilton in New York, Oberlin in Ohio, and Grinnell in Iowa – started receiving some strange emails. On the face of it, the messages looked like they were coming from the... Read more
How to Password Protect Apps on Your Android Device
There's no arguing that it's the age of the smartphone. Almost every person in the developed world has at least one smartphone or some other mobile device like a tablet. Even laptops, which were once the cutting edge,... Read more
What Is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
The modern world doesn't like sitting still. Take the internet as an example. Not that long ago, it was used exclusively for serious things like exchanging important emails and academic research. Right now, it's an... Read more
How can you Password Protect Folders on Dropbox?
Over the last couple of years, cloud storage has proven to be one of the best ways to store, access and share information for most purposes, and Dropbox is by far one of the most popular sharing platforms out there.... Read more
