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  LinkedIn investigating reports that 6.46 million hashed passwords have leaked online (update)

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 6, 2012 08:32 am + 126 comments

  UPDATE: LinkedIn confirms hacking. Read more here. A user in a Russian forum is claiming to have Continue reading…

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  Twitter investigating giant password leak, suggests it may be much ado about nothing

  By Sean Hollister on May 8, 2012 08:43 pm + 13 comments

  It looked like a massive breach: yesterday, a tremendous list of over 56,000 Twitter IDs and Continue reading…

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  'World's first' voice-activated USB flash drive goes on sale for $49.95

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 30, 2012 08:58 am + 7 comments

  File security is (or should be) important to everyone, which is reflected in the countless USB Continue reading…

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  Microsoft fixes Hotmail flaw following widespread password-reset exploits

  By Tom Warren on April 27, 2012 04:22 am + 21 comments

  Microsoft revealed this week that it had "addressed a reset function" in Hotmail that allowed Continue reading…

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  'How I hacked Hollywood,' a cautionary tale

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 26, 2012 06:55 am + 29 comments

  Four years ago, Chris Chaney was jobless, depressed, and browsing the web when he fell upon a Continue reading…

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  Norton Identity Safe stores your logins in the cloud: the poor man's 1Password

  By Sean Hollister on April 24, 2012 01:51 am + 13 comments

  1Password is a fantastic cross-platform app that stores, locks and quickly retrieves your logins and Continue reading…

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  Norton Identity Safe screenshots

  on April 24, 2012 01:47 am

  Screenshots of Norton Identity Safe Continue reading…

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  TapLogger Android app can read your password based on motion sensor data

  By Andrew Webster on April 20, 2012 06:13 pm + 8 comments

  Mobile phones present a number of potential security risks, and researchers at Pennsylvania State Continue reading…

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  Maryland passes law prohibiting employers from asking for social network passwords

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 10, 2012 02:57 pm + 35 comments

  Several reports surfaced recently about employers asking job applicants for passwords to Facebook Continue reading…

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  Pastebin hiring people to proactively remove 'sensitive information,' says owner

  By Adi Robertson on April 3, 2012 09:03 am + 9 comments

  Jeroen Vader, the Dutch owner of text storage site Pastebin, maintains a delicate balancing act. His Continue reading…