There’s a lot of buzz around the Gawker Media leak of 1.3 million user accounts. If you use Passpack, you’re probably safe since you likely have unique passwords for every site. From the the notice Gawker sent out (my emphasis): This is what you should do immediately: Try to change your password in the Gawker Media [...]
The Tech Herald Possible Link to Twitter hack – GMail Vulnerable to Password Cracking How was Hacker Croll able to break into accounts that were compromised during the Twitter attack? Here’s a look at a possibility. GottaBeMobile.com GBM Poll: How Often Do You Change Your Password? A look at some common sense tips about passwords [...]
Government Computer News With Passwords, Simplicity Can Equal Strength We all know that ‘remembering’ complex passwords can be a bit troublesome, which is why we use password managers, but if you insist on keeping a few passwords to memory you may want to hear these tips. Cleveland.com Tips For Fighting Identity Theft With all the [...]
PC Advisor Michael Jackson X-file Scam Steals Passwords It’s no surprise that the death of the King of Pop has brought about a lot of media, but be careful while clicking on the latest links of Michael Jackson stories. Some of them may be password scams. Mail Online So why is the U.S. so eager [...]
financialadvice.co.uk Who Should Reimburse ID Theft Victims? One in five victims of identity theft are not reimbursed for their losses but who really pays the price of getting your personal information compromised. delaware online To Curb Identity Theft, 10 Tons of Documents Shredded There are many ways to protect yourself against identity theft but here [...]
Missoulian.com Bozeman Demands Internet Passwords Job applicants with the city of Bozeman are asking job seekers for the user names and even passwords to Internet social networking or Web groups they belong to. Is this policy going way too far? Thestar.com EBay Enthusiast Shaken By Online Fraud, Tardy Response From Bank Protecting your passwords is vital [...]
The Sydney Morning Herald Happy National Change Your Password Day June 5th was declared the National Change Your Password Day and for good reason – who really wants their personal accounts broken into? Tech Republic 10 Ways to Avoid IT Security Breaches Michael Kassner offers some solid guidelines and tips on how to avoid security [...]
GrandForksHerald.com Password Security Questions Get More Complicated If the typical ‘What’s Your Mother’s Maiden Name?’ questions seems too easy a question to guess, you might be interested in seeing some of the alternatives. ReadWriteWeb Online Security: White House Establishes New Cyber Czar Position Many of us are still in suspense when it comes to the [...]
Computerworld Phishers Harvest Facebook Passwords For Profit Identity thieves that hit Facebook last week with a new round of phishing attacks are harvesting passwords for profit. PCWorld Study: Secret Questions Don’t Safeguard Passwords The secret question you have to create for your free email account is usually an answer that is often easily guessable by [...]
DataStrategy Cyber Crime Spreads Its Viruses Cybercrime is constantly on the rise and here is a brief yet concise look at just how serious an issue it is. Could this wave of theft be the new virus to really watch out for? Wcnc.com New Identity Theft Scheme Surprises Victim We’re all aware the crime [...]
Since Yesterday, PayPal is not sending us confirmation notification of the payments. So the system is unable to update the status of the accounts. We could do this manually, but when PayPal will solve the issue, it will probably send all the notifications and this could create worse issues. So, we are waiting for a while. If nothing happens, we will fix the updates manually.
UPDATE, Jan. 29. The strategy worked because PayPal sent all the notification at one moment, and all the accounts have been upgraded correctly.
We completed the performance improvement of Passpack moving the static files on a new server. This improves also the general security because it is now much harder for an attacker to try to inject Javascript code.
Passpack has discontinued Google Gears support. It was used with slow browsers like Internet Explorer 6 or 7. If you use one of these browsers, probably your account will become really slow without Google Gears. We strongly suggest to upgrade to IE 9 or to a totally different browser like Chrome.
Follow-up to the last post, the billing system is completely functional again. Happy Tuesday!
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