passwords
- Technology
Netflix rolls out new test to curb password sharing
New Delhi: If you watch Netflix via borrowing the password from your friend, you may need to ask for a verification code every time you log in, as the content streaming giant is…
- World
Man left with two chances to retrieve $240 million fortune
Twitter has erupted into an anxiety and sympathy fest with the story of Stefen Thomas who is left with two chances to retrieve 7,002 bitcoins worth $240 million. Thomas is a San…
- Crime and Accident
Man held for stealing passwords and withdrawing money
Mumbai: A 25-year-old man was arrested by the cyber crime department of Maharashtra Police on Monday for allegedly siphoning money from several persons’ online payment accounts. Munna alias Fashiuddin Ansari was arrested from…
- India
1 in 4 Indians use weak passwords for online accounts: Report
New Delhi: At least one in four Indians still use weak passwords for their online accounts, while more than 55 per cent change their passwords regularly, according to a new report on Wednesday.…
- Technology
Hacker leaks passwords for 5 lakh Internet-connected devices
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel and Google Cloud on Monday collaborated to boost productivity and digital transformation in India and cater to the evolving needs of millions of Indian businesses in a rapidly…
- Technology
Microsoft may rid Windows 10 of passwords in 2020
San Francisco: Microsoft is planning to make computers running Windows 10 operating system password-less and replace it with Windows Hello face authentication, fingerprints, or a PIN code. While the company has been…
- Technology
Facebook exposed millions of Instagram passwords
San Francisco: A day after admitting it “unintentionally” uploaded emails of nearly 1.5 million of new users, Facebook has now revealed that millions of Instagram passwords were stored on its servers in…
- Technology
Facebook asking users for their email passwords
San Francisco: Facebook is asking users to disclose passwords to their personal email accounts in order to access the social networking platform, the media reported. A message has been flashing on some…
- Technology
Facebook bug exposed your passwords in plaintext
California: Facebook acknowledged that a bug caused hundreds of millions of user passwords, some dating back to 2012, to be stored as readable text internally. The passwords include those for both Facebook…
- Technology
Facebook stored users’ passwords in ‘readable’ form
San Francisco: Facebook on Thursday said it has fixed a security issue wherein millions of its users’ passwords were stored in plain text and “readable” format for years and according to reports,…
- News
Google’s new Chrome Extension checks your passwords have been hacked, here’s how to install
Google released a new Chrome Extension called Password Checkup which will automatically check whether your passwords have been exposed in a data breach. The extension which is called ‘Password Checkup’ which alerts…
