Tag: Password Reset
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Rapid Growth of Password Reset Attacks Boosts Fraud and Account Takeovers
As many as one in four password reset attempts from desktop browsers are fraud, according to security researchers. The fraud attempts are …
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New Google Cookies Exploit Allows Access After Password Reset
A Critical Google Cookies exploit involves manipulating or stealing user cookies, which store authentication information, to gain …
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Forcing Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) Registration to Increase ROI
When your organization invests in a new product or service, it is essential that you take advantage of all the features it has to offer. …
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A Self-Service Password Reset Project Can Be Quick Win For IT
Implementing a self-service password reset (SSPR) solution can be a quick win for IT staff who are now supporting both on-premises and …
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PDF Reader Biz Breached: Foxit Forces Password Reset
Customers of popular PDF firm Foxit Software are being asked to reset their passwords after a data breach at the firm led to unauthorized …
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Forced Password Reset? Check Your Assumptions
Almost weekly now I hear from an indignant reader who suspects a data breach at a Web site they frequent that has just asked the reader to …
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Flipboard data breach – what users should do now
Popular news aggregation site Flipboard – one billion app downloads from Google Play and counting – has become the latest internet …
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Photography site 500px resets 14.8 million passwords after data breach
Photography website 500px has become the latest online brand to admit suffering a serious data breach. In an advisory, the company said it …
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Samsung fixes flaws that could have let attackers hijack your account
A recently patched trio of flaws in Samsung’s mobile site was leaving users vulnerable to attackers who could have reset their user …
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It looked like a Citrix ShareFile phishing attack, but wasn’t
Guest contributor Bob Covello isn’t happy about a password reset email that Citrix has been sending its customers. Over the last few …
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A Breach, or Just a Forced Password Reset?
Software giant Citrix Systems recently forced a password reset for many users of its Sharefile content collaboration service, warning it …
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Support wouldn’t change his password, so he mailed them a bomb
On 8 March, Cryptopay co-founder Wesley Rashid began to open a padded package addressed to two of his employees. Something about it struck …
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