hackers

Change your Last.fm password

If you are a member of music site Last.fm, you may want to change your password. While they have not confirmed that any passwords have leaked, an announcement on their web site says they are "investigating the leak of some Last.fm user...

Zappos security breach affects 24 million

What the heck is a password honeypot?

Has your Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail or Skype account ever been hacked? If so, you either have an extremely guessable password, or you gave hackers your login credentials by putting them into a password honeypot. What the heck is a password honeypot? Good question. Let me give you a bit of...

Router reboot can open your system to hackers

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Can a hacker catch your HP printer on fire?

There has been a furor today over some Columbia University researchers' claims that certain HP printers can be compromised by hackers via "Remote Firmware Update" and made to overheat or catch fire.

Beware of Halloween tricks

The bad guys love to trick people into downloading their malicious garbage and will use just about any tactics to do so. It's Halloween season, so people will be searching for all kinds of scary stuff to decorate, dress up and generally celebrate the creepy. The hackers know this and have started...

Real dialogue about real password ideas

We have a Skype room called the International Internet Marketing Group where we discuss various topics related to Internet Marketing. Last night, we had a discussion, which I led, about passwords and online security. Here's an excerpt:

EVERYBODY here needs to LEARN this stuff...

Security Nightmares

Personal Data of 70 Million People Stolen in PlayStation Network Hack

PlentyofFish.com Hacked 30 Million Accounts Compromised