Researchers say sweeping hack campaign against Fortinet devices compromised prominent organisations

By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Researchers say a sweeping hacking campaign targeting devices made by Fortinet has led to compromises across the internet, with evidence of password ...
SecurityWeek

Hacker Conversations: Isira Adithya, the Evolution of an Ethical Hacker

Hacker conversation with Sri Lanka-born Isira Adithya, a successful bug bounty hunter driven by the desire to bend systems to ...

Webcam-hacking Minecraft malware is disguising itself as mods, and it's infected thousands of PCs

The malware, built to look like Minecraft launchers and mods, gives hackers access to your screen, files, webcam, accounts, ...
AOL

Scammers are using a fake captcha hack to steal your personal information: ‘Verify you’re human.’ Here’s the big red flag to watch for

Clicking a captcha "I am not a robot" box and identifying images to prove it is second nature for many internet users. Now, cybercriminals are exploiting people's comfort with the routine to scam them ...

Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet

They were all sitting unprotected at public URLs, with no password or access control of any sort. If I sent you a link, you ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Ditches SMS-Based 2FA Because It's Too Easy to Hack

Microsoft is phasing out SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) and SMS one-time passwords (OTPs) for personal Microsoft accounts. Calling SMS-based logins "a leading source of fraud," the company ...

3 signs someone is stealing your Wi-Fi - and how to kick them off

3 signs someone is stealing your Wi-Fi - and how to kick them off ...

Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers

Microsoft shut down dozens of GitHub code repositories for Azure and AI coding tools after a reported hack.
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Passwords, the trouble spot of internet security, are on the way out

TECHNOLOGY ROLLING OUT, AND EXPLAINS WHY WE SHOULD START USING IT RIGHT AWAY. DURING A RECENT LOGIN AT AMAZON, I WAS PROMPTED TO CREATE A PASSKEY, SOMETHING BEING ROLLED OUT AT SITES ACROSS THE WEB.