Google Trust API plans to replace your Passwords with Trust Score

The importance of increasing online security around personal information has risen due to the increase in cyber attacks and data breaches over recent years.

I find it hilarious people are still choosing terrible passwords to protect their online accounts.

The massive LinkedIn hack is the latest in the example that proves people are absolutely awful at picking passwords. The data breach

In-Brief: Spotify Hack, Secret of Chrome OS, MIT Bug Bounty, Nanowire Batteries

1. Spotify Hacked! Change your Password ASAP

If you are one of the millions of people around the world who love to listen to music on Spotify, you may need to change your password immediately.

Has Spotify been hacked? The company says no, but some Spotify users have claimed their profiles were hijacked, and details were changed without knowledge, including passwords and email addresses, TC 

Instagram Adds Two-Step Verification to Prevent Account from being Hacked

Hijacking an online account is not a complicated procedure, not at least in 2016.



Today, Instagram confirmed that the company is in the process to roll out two-factor authentication for its 400 Million users.



It is impossible to make your online accounts hack-proof, but you can make them less vulnerable.



Then what you can do to protect yourselves from hackers?

Oh Snap! Lenovo protects your Security with '12345678' as Hard-Coded Password in SHAREit

What do you expect a tech giant to protect your backdoor security with?



Holy Cow! It's "12345678" as a Hard-Coded Password.



Yes, Lenovo was using one of the most obvious, awful passwords of all time as a hard-coded password in its file sharing software SHAREit that could be exploited by anyone who can guess '12345678' password.



The Chinese largest PC maker made a number of headlines

Password Security — Who's to Blame for Weak Passwords? Users, Really?

The majority of Internet users are vulnerable to cyber threats because of their own weaknesses in setting up a strong password. But, are end-users completely responsible for choosing weak passwords?



Give a thought.



Recently we wrote an article revealing the list of Worst Passwords of 2015 that proved most of us are still using bad passwords, like '123456' or 'password,' to secure our

You Wouldn't Believe that Too Many People Still Use Terrible Passwords

Some things online can never change like -- Terrible Passwords by Humans.



When it's about various security measures to be taken in order to protect your Internet security, like installing a good anti-virus or running Linux on your system doesn’t mean that your work gets over here, and you are safe enough from online threats.



However, even after countless warnings, most people are

ALERT: This New Ransomware Steals Passwords Before Encrypting Files

You should be very careful while visiting websites on the Internet because you could be hit by a new upgrade to the World's worst Exploit Kit – Angler, which lets hackers develop and conduct their own drive-by attacks on visitors' computers with relative ease.



Many poorly-secured websites are targeting Windows users with a new "Cocktail" of malware that steals users' passwords before

Collision Attack: Widely Used SHA-1 Hash Algorithm Needs to Die Immediately

SHA-1 – one of the Internet's widely adopted cryptographic hash function – is Just about to Die.



Yes, the cost and time required to break the SHA1 algorithm have fallen much faster than previously expected.



According to a team of researchers, SHA-1 is so weak that it may be broken and compromised by hackers in the next three months.



The SHA-1 algorithm was designed in 1995 by the

Encryption Software VeraCrypt 1.12 Adds New PIM Feature To Boost Password Security

Encrypting your sensitive data is important. As you may know, CIA...

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability


...are the essential elements of Information Security.



There are a number of tools and methods available out there, but not all encryption tools are same.



We are now living in an era where everyone is watching everyone else, and now you need to pay extra

This MicroSD Card Has Entire Secure Computer Inside It

As Millions of Hackers, Spammers and Scammers are after your sensitive online data, you can't really expect your passwords to stay secure forever, even if you are using long passwords.



Most of us might be worried about losing our passwords as we keep signing up for online services.



However, Google is equally concerned about your online security and wants to help you protect your most

London Railway System Passwords Exposed During TV Documentary

The Weakest Link In the Information Security Chain is still – Humans.



And this news has ability to prove this fact Right.



One of London's busiest railway stations has unwittingly exposed their system credentials during a BBC documentary. The sensitive credentials printed and attached to the top of a station controller's monitor were aired on Wednesday night on BBC.



What could be even

Hacker Finds a Simple Way to Bypass Google Password Alert

Less than 24 hours after Google launched the new Phishing alert extension Password Alert, a security researcher was able to bypass the feature using deadly simple exploits.



On Wednesday, the search engine giant launched a new Password Alert Chrome extension to alert its users whenever they accidentally enter their Google password on a carefully crafted phishing website that aimed at

PayPal Wants To Integrate Password with Human Body

You would have been holding a number of online accounts for different services, but how many of you hold a different and unique password for every single account?



Probably a very few of you. The majority of people have one or two passwords that are quite simple and easy to remember and comfortably manage on their own.



However, you need not worry as the Future of identification would not

'TweetDeck Teams' Allows Managing Multiple Twitter Accounts Without Sharing Passwords

Many times organizations, companies and groups of people come across the problem when their social media teams have to work within a single Twitter account or maintain multiple twitter accounts. In this case, either they need to use some third party API-based services or they use TweetDeck software, the official free alternative tool to manage multiple twitter accounts.



But the major