Your Body is a Wonderland–For Transmitting Passwords
Credential theft is one of the more persistent and troubling threats in security, and researchers have been trying to come up with answers to it for decades. A team at the University of Washington has developed a system that can prevent attackers from intercepting passwords and keys sent over the air by sending them through users’ bodies […]
Employee Password Compromise Leads to Breach at OneLogin
A password compromise of an employee at OneLogin, the identity and access management company, has led to a breach at the company that affected stored customer data that was supposed to be encrypted but was actually available in plaintext. The attack happened earlier this summer, and OneLogin officials say the attacker may have been on their […]
32 Million Twitter Credentials Dumped Online
A massive cache of credentials and email addresses associated with Twitter accounts has been posted for sale online, but Twitter officials say the information did not come from a breach of the company’s network. The database of more than 32 million passwords and email addresses–including many plaintext passwords–was offered for sale on an underground forum […]
Bug in Trend Micro Password Manager Allows Password Theft
A Google security researcher has discovered a serious, easily exploitable vulnerability in a password manager installed by default with some Trend Micro antivirus products. The bug allows an attacker not only to run arbitrary commands but also to download all of the passwords stored by the manager. The vulnerability was discovered by Tavis Ormandy, a […]
On the Wire Podcast: Jessy Irwin
In the premiere episode of the On the Wire podcast, Dennis Fisher talks with Jessy Irwin of 1Password about the state of authentication on the Internet, why it’s so difficult to use passwords securely, whether passwords will ever go away completely, and the difficulty of educating users about security. Podcast music by Chris Gonsalves and […]