Computer Act!ve Children Hack Friend’s And Family’s Online Accounts Children hacking into and impersonating friend’s online accounts? Facebook trends that could unknowingly put your passwords at risk? This is an interesting look at how the new generation perceive online identity. Government Technology Phishing For Passwords You may think you know everything about password protection, but [...]
InformationWeek Obama Cybersecurity Team Consults Rights Groups U.S. President Obama and his cybersecurity team are working side by side with civil liberties groups, trying to ensure that steps taken towards securing the US nation’s computer infrastructure don’t cross any civil liberty boundaries. FT.com New Alert After Online Theft Doubles This UK published article talks about [...]
DarkReading Comcast Customer Usernames, Passwords Exposed In Possible Phishing Attack 8,000 customer account information made public online? If one of the exposed passwords was reused for other accounts, someone could have access not only to one customer account, but all others with that same password. Alibaba.com Be Alert For a New Phishing Email! If you [...]
Examiner.com New Identity Theft Law The 2008, Section 114 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) does aim to protect financial institutions from identity theft, but just what is a financial institution? You might want to know. Alibaba.com Prevent Company Identity Theft Some very useful tips on how to keep your company out [...]
Las Vegas Sun In Cases of ID Theft, Numbers Do Lie According to Federal Trade Commission statistics, Nevada has the nation’s third-worst identity theft problem. Or does it? Identity theft is often a crime that goes unreported, making the number of victims rise even further. CNET Are Passwords Our Best Security Option? There are many [...]
pcmag.com ID Theft Tops List of 2008 Consumer Complaints It’s no surprise, identity theft is consistent at placing number one in consumer complaint reports and 2008 is no exception. Here are a few statistics from the Federal Trade Commission. vnunet.com Poor Password Practice Putting Users At Risk Gartner research proves that internet users are using [...]
Daily Times Favourite Passwords: 1234 and password Passwords that show no imagination or distinctiveness are easy prey for information pirates, a new US study says. So don’t fall prey by making 1234 or password the gateway to your personal info. guardian.co.uk Obama Orders Review of Cyber Security Barack Obama has ordered a review of America’s [...]
A recession is the best due diligence. The good investments are the companies still standing once its over. (overheard at ETRE – more insights here) Some of you have asked me on twitter and facebook how things are going at Passpack. I know, the underlying question there is really “Will you guys still be standing?” [...]
fredericksburg.com Man Blames Bank Security For $328,540 in Online Theft “Somehow, someone was able to get the pass code to my account”. Unfortunately this is an all too common phrase but this time, it cost someone over $300,000! Daily Tech New Study Reveals Human Error Is Greatest Security Flaw So it seems numbers are going [...]
theage.com.au Suffering Password Fatigue Remembering things like password and PINs gets tiring and sometimes impossible. Here is a look at password fatigue and how to fight it. Weiner Zeitung You Think You Are Protected? – Better Think Twice! Take a look at the findings of the NCSA and McAfee online security research. Are people really [...]
We’ve had a few support tickets regarding an error message with the latest Chrome dev build. Just as a friendly reminder please only use Passpack on stable build browsers only (most issues solve themselves once a version goes stable).
Last week’s move caused some delays, but is now complete. Those waiting for a reply from us can expect one soon.
Passpack is in the process of moving offices. This is causing delays in all normal operations, most importantly in customer support reply times. The move will be complete by July 8, and we’ll be back to our responsive selves!
The 2-way sync release candidate went so well, we’ve pushed it through as an official release: get it here.
New suggestions forum seems to be a hit, even got featured as a case study by Uservoice itself (nice!). Check out the forum here if you haven’t yet.
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