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Twitter Phished

By eSecurityPlanet Staff

| Security Headlines From Around the Web Article Published February 23, 2010

Recent messages led users to a fake login page hosted in China.
Tags: hackers, phishing, China, passwords, Twitter

Security Experts Warn Against Jargon

By eSecurityPlanet Staff

| Security Headlines From Around the Web Article Published February 22, 2010

Confusing technical jargon has the unfortunate effect of convincing end users that security is too confusing for them to handle.
Tags: security, software, IT, mobile, passwords

Twitter Resets User Passwords

By eSecurityPlanet Staff

| Security Headlines From Around the Web Article Published February 03, 2010

The reset is in response to a phishing attack.
Tags: phishing, security, passwords, Twitter, password protection

Online Banking Passwords, Usernames Widely Reused

By Sean Michael Kerner

| Features Article Published February 02, 2010

Report finds the majority of financial Web site customers reuse the same logins elsewhere, posing a potentially serious security risk.
Tags: security, passwords, online banking, tips, Trusteer

Twitter Accounts Worth up to $1,000

By eSecurityPlanet Staff

| Security Headlines From Around the Web Article Published February 01, 2010

Criminals are selling hacked Twitter accounts for hundreds of dollars in underground forums.
Tags: passwords, Twitter, crime, Kaspersky, hacked

Customer Data Stolen from Ladbrokes

By eSecurityPlanet Staff

| Security Headlines From Around the Web Article Published January 26, 2010

The company says the breach did not access any bank details or passwords.
Tags: data, database, security, bank, passwords

Irish Discussion Board Resets Passwords

By eSecurityPlanet Staff

| Security Headlines From Around the Web Article Published January 25, 2010

The Irish forum boards.ie has reset all user passwords after an attack.
Tags: international, cyberattack, passwords, Ireland, hack

The Dangers of Password Insecurity

esecurityplanet Article Published

A white paper from data security firm Imperva offers advice on password security.
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AT&T Fixes Facebook Problem

By eSecurityPlanet Staff

| Security Headlines From Around the Web Article Published January 19, 2010

Some customers have been able to log into the wrong Facebook account on their mobile phones.
Tags: wireless, Facebook, security, mobile, passwords

Lincoln Financial May Have Exposed Customer Data

By eSecurityPlanet Staff

| Security Headlines From Around the Web Article Published January 18, 2010

A system of shared passwords may have exposed the private data of 1.2 million customers.
Tags: data, financial, passwords, FINRA, password protection

Hackers Steal 8,378 Bank Passwords

By eSecurityPlanet Staff

| Security Headlines From Around the Web Article Published January 14, 2010

Lesson: don't store customers' online credentials on accessible servers.
Tags: server, security, bank, passwords, online banking

Twitter's 370 Passwords You Can't Use on the Internet

By Larry Barrett

| Features Article Published December 30, 2009

No stranger to hacking attacks, the social networking site has banned new users from selecting 370 passwords that it says are too easy for hacking scripts to unlock.
Tags: Facebook, security, hackers, passwords, Twitter

9/2: AsteriskLogger Reveals Asterisk Concealed Passwords

Alerts Article Published September 02, 2009

AsteriskLogger is a potentially unwanted application that reveals asterisk concealed passwords.
Tags: Symantec, business, passwords, Asterisk

8/12: Hacktool.PStorRevealer Gathers Passwords

Alerts Article Published August 12, 2009

Hacktool.PStorRevealer is a hack tool that gathers passwords from stored in various applications.
Tags: Symantec, business, applications, passwords

5/4: Troj/Bckdr-QTY Uses Standard Usernames

Alerts Article Published May 04, 2009

Troj/Bckdr-QTY is a backdoor Trojan that gains access to the system by using standard username and passwords.
Tags: security, Trojans, passwords

3/6: FlyStud.C a Keylogger Trojan That Captures Passwords

Alerts Article Published March 06, 2009

FlyStud.C is a variant of the Key Logger Trojan that captures passwords as they are entered or transmitted.
Tags: CA, Trojans, passwords, trojan

1/27: PasSteal-B Trojan Modifies System Security

Alerts Article Published January 27, 2009

Troj/PasSteal-B steals passwords and modifies system security.
Tags: security, security, passwords, spyware

1/22: Confick-D Worm Uses Weak Passwords to Spread

Alerts Article Published January 22, 2009

W32/Confick-D spreads through Windows file shares protected with weak passwords, by copying itself to removable devices and by exploiting the MS08-067 Windows Server service vulnerability.
Tags: Windows, server, security, passwords, spyware

1/19: Confick-F Worm Uses Weak Passwords to Spread

Alerts Article Published January 19, 2009

W32/Confick-F spreads through Windows file shares protected with weak passwords, by copying itself to removable devices and by exploiting the MS08-067 Windows Server service vulnerability.
Tags: Windows, server, security, passwords, spyware