Password reminder questions are posing a risk to internet users, according to research from Edinburgh and Cambridge universities. (more…)

K7 Computing founder Jayaraman Kesavardhanan talks about how the setting up of secure passwords is still not quite as straight forward as it perhaps should be. (more…)

Twitter has taken the unusual step of banning users from using certain passwords when they sign up to new accounts in an effort to encourage better password security. (more…)

Password security is once again in the spotlight after a recent phishing attack on Hotmail users after it was revealed that users who had seen their accounts hacked were using woefully inadequate passwords. (more…)

The computer system at a British prison was shut down entirely this week, after prison officials asked a convicted cyber criminal to reprogram it. (more…)

Security researchers claim that they have uncovered crucial information on the workings of one of the world’s biggest botnets after hijacking as much as 70GB of data in just 10 days. (more…)

The recent password scandal with the social networking site Twitter, in which several high profile users including Barack Obama and Britney Spears had their profiles vandalised, has raised the issue of password security once again. (more…)