Tag Archives: Passwords

German University Forced To Reset All Passwords

According to this story in The Register (the source material is reasonably enough in German), one of our German competitors has recently been forced to reset every single account password causing significant queues for service. Plus a significant amount of … Continue reading

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Serious OSX Vulnerability – Get Root Without A Password

Apple’s latest version of their OSX (or macOS) operating system – High Sierra – has been found to have a serious vulnerability that allows anyone with access to the device to have full administrative access (“root”) without a password. On … Continue reading

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Have You Changed Your Myspace Account Password Recently?

Don’t laugh. Some of us who have been around for more than a few years may well have used a myspace account at some point in the past. And you may well have set your account up with a password … Continue reading

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