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'Student' hacker fined £20,000
News A 23-year-old who faked being a student to access email passwords has been fined.
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Hacker proves password theft is easy
News Password theft is not very tricky and can be done without much skill or money, a security expert explains during a live hack.
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Expiring passwords fail to lock out hackers
News Four in 10 passwords can be hacked in three seconds, according to US researchers.
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NHS Trust leaves medical data at bus stop
News Yet another NHS organisation has been rapped by the ICO for losing sensitive data.
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Building a better password
In-depth Is your password really as secure as you think it is? Davey Winder investigates.
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Apache server suffers hack attack
News An attack on Apache’s project server has resulted in passwords being stolen from all users.
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Mum's maiden name not strong enough for password backup
News Passwords are too weak and backup security questions aren't tough enough, either.
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Twitter users compromised by dodgy torrent sites
News Twitter is warning all its users that also sign up to torrent sites to change their passwords, after login information was stolen.
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RockYou hack shows '123456' remains a top password
News A new report showing the top 10 hacked passwords during the RockYou.com cyber attack last year has highlighted the need for stronger passwords.
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Rick Astley iPhone worm spreads into the wild
News The iPhone suffers its first ever worm attack, and Rick Astley's involved.
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Web surfers drowning in a deluge of passwords
News Internet users think that passwords are a pain to remember, but what are companies doing about it?
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Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online
News Microsoft is "actively investigating" the possible leak of more than 10,000 account passwords.
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