Security Authentication Issues: New Apple Payment System Linked to Frauds March 18, 2015 by Lee Painter Sophocles is noted as saying that it is better to fail with honor than to succeed by fraud. Unfortunately, for Apple this philosophy isn’t shared by criminals within the Apple Payment System. Relaxed authentication practices used by the banking institutions have led to fraud issues with the Apple Payment System. New exploits linked to Apple […] Read more » active directory user self service Apple payment authentication authentication issues BankInfoSecurity cyberattacks fraud hack microsoft self service password reset password reset active directory password reset software password self service security self service applications self service password reset self service password reset active directory SSL VPN windows self service password reset
Feature News Security What are the lessons learnt from password hacking? October 3, 2014 by Lee Painter Hot off the heals, with the recent hacks on eBay and Gmail, it’s not surprising that we find 2 more respected organisations who’s security has been compromised and leaves data vulnerable to hackers. iThemes iThemes, a favoured website that provides themes and plugins for popular blog site WordPress, have contacted all their users with a notice […] Read more » hack hacking password security
News Has the 5 million Gmail password hack affected you? September 11, 2014 by Lee Painter On Wednesday, many technology websites and blogs broke the news that hackers leaked around 5 million stolen Gmail account details to a Russian Bitcoin forum. This follows similar leaks of account data from popular Russian web services, so is there room to be concerned? Understandably, this has caused huge outrage and worry amongst users of […] Read more » hack hacking online security password security
Security Password Security Tips From a Hacker July 11, 2013 by Lee Painter It’s amazing just how easy it is to crack passwords these days, Nate Anderson from ArsTechnica a self confessed script-kiddie shows in his article just how easy it was to crack 4,000 passwords in the space of a minute! We all know how to build complex passwords: Include mixed cases, letters, number, symbols Change passwords […] Read more » hack hacking password