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LinkedIn hack update includes “no unauthorized access”

Chris Burns

Thursday afternoon this week LinkedIn head Vicente Silveira updated the world on what their findings were regarding the hack attempt on their site earlier in the week. This report included 6.5 million hashed LinkedIn passwords being shared, but not one single account actually being compromised. The hack attempt ended up spilling millions of passwords, but

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Jawbone says 'limited' number of MyTALK accounts hacked

www.engadget.com Steve Dent 95 days ago

jawbone headset

security compromise

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email passwords

wearables

If you have a Jawbone headset and MyTALK account, you may have received an email from the outfit warning that you'll need to reset your password due to a security compromise in a "limited" number of accounts. The company said it halted the hack after "several hours," however, and that thieves only stole names, email addresses and encrypted passwords -- but no other user information, so far as it can tell. If affected, you'll need to reset your password by following the instructions (in the PR after the break), and Jawbone also advised you to change it on other sites too, if used elsewhere --... Read similar

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90 Percent Of Passwords ‘Vulnerable To Hacking’

www.businessinsider.com Matt Warman 124 days ago

Even passwords that are considered strong are vulnerable because users can't remember them, new research says. Global consultancy Deloitte claimed that over 90 percent of user-generated passwords, even those considered strong by IT departments, will be vulnerable to hacking in 2013. Jolyon Barker, global lead for Deloitte's technology, media and telecommunications industry, said “Whilst moving to stronger, longer passwords means greater levels of security, people understandably find these harder to remember.” He added that so-called ‘two-factor authetication’, using add... Read similar

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LinkedIn Acquires Pulse Newsreader

feeds.mashable.com Lauren Indvik 38 days ago

ankit gupta

innovation competition

technology innovation

thursday afternoon

LinkedIn on Thursday confirmed a previous report, that it acquired 3-year-old newsreading app Pulse. The news was announced jointly on the companies' respective websites Thursday afternoon.AllThingsD reports that the acquisition cost LinkedIn $90 million. Reps from LinkedIn could not be reached for commentIn LinkedIn's blog post, Deep Nishar, LinkedIn's SVP of products and user experiences, writes that he first met one of Pulse's two co-founders, Ankit Gupta, at a technology innovation competition in India years ago, before Gupta enrolled at Stanford and started developing Pulse. Nishar says P... Read similar

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Amid a barrage of password breaches, “honeywords” to the rescue

arstechnica.com Dan Goodin 13 days ago

Decoy passwords would trigger alarms that account credentials are compromised.Read similar

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AP Twitter Hack Preceded By A Phishing Attempt, News Org Says

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 26 days ago

The AP Twitter hack which sent the stock market briefly crashing was caused by a phishing attack, according to the AP. The news organization now says the attack on Twitter was “preceded by a phishing attempt on AP’s corporate network.” The Twitter attack, which has now become another high-profile example of why Twitter may serve as a breaking news outlet, but not a trustworthy one, came less than an hour after AP staff received “an impressively disguised phishing email” – at least, according to AP reporter Mike Baker, who shared this detail on Twitter. His a... Read similar

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Shaw Server Issue Permanently Deletes Millions of Unread Customer Emails

www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary Ng 67 days ago

According to a report by CBC News, a recent server outage at Shaw last Thursday caused disruption to customers–by deleting millions of unread emails. One particular iPhone user described his experience below: Alan Fryer says he was frantically trying to check his messages Thursday afternoon when the outage occurred, affecting about 70 per cent of...Shaw Server Issue Permanently Deletes Millions of Unread Customer Emails is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource Read similar

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Tweets Coming to Bloomberg Terminals

feeds.mashable.com Lauren Indvik 45 days ago

data delivery systems

wall street traders

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distribution platform

business media

Bloomberg announced Thursday that it is integrating Twitter feeds into its terminals, the real-time, financial data delivery systems found on the desks of Wall Street traders. The announcement follows the SEC's decision earlier this week that social media is now a valid platform for corporate disclosures, though it's likely the two companies began working on the integration at a much earlier date.The move marks the growing importance of Twitter as a distribution platform for breaking, market-moving news. As Jean-Paul Zammitt, head of sales and product development for Bloomberg Professional, ex... Read similar

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WhatsApp's data collecting violates Canadian and Dutch privacy laws

www.engadget.com Mark Hearn 111 days ago

privacy commissioner of canada

privacy guardians

office of the privacy commissioner

collaborative investigation

release findings

According to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Dutch data authority College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens (CBP), the popular cross-platform messaging application WhatsApp violates privacy laws. A joint investigation between the two groups revealed that, with the exception of devices running iOS 6, the app requires access to a customer's address book in order to use the software. This stipulation results in non-user contact information being recorded to WhatsApp servers without permission, which contravenes Canadian and Dutch privacy laws. In September of 2012, the... Read similar

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Evernote resets user passwords after being hit by “coordinated” hack

arstechnica.com Nathan Mattise 77 days ago

passwords hack

Breach exposes cryptographically hashed and salted passwords.Read similar

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Evernote resets user passwords after being hit by “coordinated” hack

arstechnica.com Nathan Mattise 77 days ago

passwords hack

Breach exposes cryptographically hashed and salted passwords.Read similar

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Twitter apparently pursuing two factor authentication in wake of security breach

www.slashgear.com Shane McGlaun 103 days ago

security tokens

reset passwords

factor authentication

security breach

massive attack

A few days ago, twitter announced that it was targeted by hackers and 250,000 accounts have been compromised. When the attack was discovered, twitter revoked the security tokens for those affected accounts and reset passwords. The account owners were sent e-mails telling them to reset their password. In the wake of the massive attack, twitter Read The Full StoryRead similar

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Twitter Sends Out Emails To 250K Users Who ‘May’ Have Been Compromised, Says Hack Was Not Related To Yesterday’s Outage

techcrunch.com Ingrid Lunden 107 days ago

unauthorized access

hack

led

Twitter is sending out emails to 250,000 users it says may have had their accounts compromised in the last week as the site experienced "unusual access patterns that led to us identifying unauthorized access attempts to Twitter user data." Twitter tells TechCrunch that this is "not related" to the widespread, but intermittent, outage the site saw yesterday.Read similar

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Amid a barrage of password breaches, “honeywords” to the rescue

arstechnica.com Dan Goodin 13 days ago

Decoy passwords would trigger alarms that account credentials are compromised.Read similar

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Twitter Has Been Hacked: 250,000 Twitter Accounts Compromised

gizmodo.com Casey Chan 107 days ago

#hacking Twitter has been hacked. If you have a Twitter account (and who doesn't these days), it's probably a good idea to make sure everything is in order and/or reset your password with something strong. Twitter says that approximately 250,000 users may have been affected by the hack, with the hackers gaining access to usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted version of passwords. Not good. More » Read similar

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New Google Maps leaks again: Learning maps and more

www.slashgear.com Chris Davies 4 days ago

A new glimpse at the updated Google Maps, expected to be revealed at Google I/O this week, has been leaked ahead of schedule, with a hastily-pulled sign-up page for the location service spilling a batch of new screenshots. Signs of a new version of Google Maps, with refreshed graphics and new functionality, emerged earlier this Read The Full StoryRead similar

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New Apple Security Exploit Lets Someone Reset Your Password

feeds.mashable.com Emily Price 58 days ago

UPDATE: Apple's password-reset system currently appears to be down.An Apple account exploit allows anyone with your email address and date of birth to reset your Apple ID and iCloud account password.First reported by The Verge, the exploit uses Apple’s own tools to break into accounts, using a modified URL and entering someone’s date of birth of Apple’s iForgot page. Directions on how to take advantage of the vulnerability were published in a step-by-step tutorial.On Thursday, Apple launched two-step verification for Apple ID and iCloud account passwords. When set up, two-st... Read similar

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How One Company's Twitter Account Went Rogue

www.businessinsider.com Heather Leonard 104 days ago

Social Media Insights is a new daily newsletter from Business Insider that collects and delivers the top social media news first thing every morning. You can sign up to receive Social Media Insights here or at the bottom of this post. If Your Marketing Director Doesn’t Understand Twitter, Don't Tweet (Mediabistro)What happens when you combine an intern-created Twitter account, a marketing director who doesn’t understand how to use it and 60 disgruntled employees, some with access to the account and nothing to lose? You get HMV’s Twitter stream last week. And this can ha... Read similar

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iPhoneDevSDK responds to attack

www.tuaw.com Erica Sadun 87 days ago

developer website

allthingsd

administrator account

software developers

software developer

Yesterday, Apple disclosed it had been targeted by a malware attack. Apparently, related to a recent Facebook breach, Apple issued a statement regarding the situation: "The malware was employed in an attack against Apple and other companies, and was spread through a website for software developers. We identified a small number of systems within Apple that were infected and isolated them from our network. There is no evidence that any data left Apple. We are working closely with law enforcement to find the source of the malware." By the end of the day, Apple had released a security update ad... Read similar

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Three charged over “Gozi” computer virus

www.slashgear.com Craig Lloyd 116 days ago

Three men involved in creating and distributing the “Gozi” virus that infected over one million computers worldwide have been officially charged today. The group’s hack allowed them to steal millions of dollars from users over a five-year period, stealing passwords and various banking information, like credit card numbers and bank account information. The virus was Read The Full StoryRead similar

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Hackers take control of several CBS News Twitter accounts

www.slashgear.com Brian Sin 29 days ago

It looks like CBS is the latest victim in a series of Social Network account hacks that seem to be prevalent this year. Today, CBS stated that several of its Twitter accounts, including 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, CBSDenver, and its official Twitter account were all compromised earlier today. The hackers used the accounts and tweeted Read The Full StoryRead similar

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