Over 50,000 email and password combinations were posted to Pastebin earlier this week. However, Twitter has reported that most of the accounts on this list apparently belong to spammers, with more than 20,000 being duplicate accounts. As a precautionary measure, Twitter sent password reset emails to all users listed in the five-page online dump. The …
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BYOD Security Inadequate in Today’s Workplace 0
The concept of BYOD (bring your own device) is becoming increasingly popular in the workplace. With rising financial and budgetary constraints, companies are often requesting employees to supply their own devices to work. This, however, introduces serious security risks to company networks and data. Research conducted by Harris Interactive Poll reported that more than 80% …
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Hacktivists On The Rise Compared To Cyber Criminals 0
According to an annual report released by Verizon, there has been a dramatic rise of “hactivism” – cyber hacking to advance political and social objectives. The study showed that in 2011, 58% of data stolen was attributed to hactivism. This is in sharp contrast to the data-breach pattern of past years, where the majority of …
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AccessPatrol 64 Bit Just Released – Endpoint Security Solution 0
CurrentWare, a leading Solutions provider of Internet and Endpoint Security, has announced the release of AccessPatrol 4.1.0.7, the mobile device blocking software. The centralized endpoint security software, provides an effective solution for preventing data leakage of proprietary information. This latest releases now supports 64 bit platforms, thus ensuring security coverage on both the 32 and …
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