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50,000,000 usernames and passwords lost as LivingSocial "special offers" site hacked

by Paul Ducklin on April 27, 2013 | 6 Comments

LivingSocial, the online offers site owned in largish part by Amazon, has just emailed its userbase, said to be 50,000,000-strong, to fess up to a data breach.

Another day, another shed-load of password hashes in the hands of crooks....

Sophos Techknow - Busting Password Myths

by Paul Ducklin on March 11, 2012 | 10 Comments
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Unlike the Chet Chat, where we cover a range of recent news items without much depth, in the Techknow programme we pick one topic and consider it in more detail.

So if you're one of the regular Chet Chat listeners who's been asking for this sort of podcast: here you are!

LulzSec, Anonymous and other hacks - should I change my password?

by Paul Ducklin on June 21, 2011 | 8 Comments
LulzSec, Anonymous and other hacks - should I change my password?

With all the data breaches in the news lately, it's hard to know whether you've been affected. Lots of people are asking, "Should I change my password?"

Helpful Sydney infosec guy Daniel Grzelak can help you answer that question.