Tech at Night: Reusing passwords is dangerous, Wireless competition is strong, Defunding Net Neutrality, Copyright Overreach
On June 18, 2011,
in General,
by Neil Stevens
So while there have been a number of genuine online attacks lately against the Senate, the CIA, PBS, Bioware, and more, the headlines have been full of reports of aftershocks. What seems to be going on is that existing account credentials leaked from previous attacks are being plugged into other sites, including Paypal.
Anyone who reuses passwords is vulnerable to these secondary attacks. Be careful out there.
These punks are overreaching though. Now the NSA is getting involved. These guys had a mission in life to track down and make life tough for Soviet spies. These no-life kiddies don’t have a chance.
Continue reading »
Tagged with: America Invents Act • Apple • AT&T • Barack Obama • Bioware • Campaign Finance • CIA • Clearwire • Competition • Congressional Review Act • Copyright • Cybersecurity • Dana Rohrabacher • Facebook • Google • Internet Innovation Alliance • iOS • iTunes • iTunes Match • LightSquared • LTE • Net Neutrality • Nielsen • NSA • Patent • Paypal • PBS • RIAA • Senate • Sprint • Sprint Nextel • T-Mobile • Tech at Night • WiMAX