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12 votes
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was compromised, sent public tweets and retweets including racial slurs
17 votes -
Kernel Panic - The world's first cyber crime: The Morris Worm
5 votes -
Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan
26 votes -
Security researchers find several bugs in Nest security cameras
10 votes -
Yubico releases the first Lightning security key for iPhones
8 votes -
Absolute scale corrupts absolutely
5 votes -
Wirecutter has selected TunnelBear and Mullvad as the best current VPN services, and written extensively about how they made this decision
26 votes -
Consumer Reports' testing finds that many wireless routers lack basic security protections
12 votes -
WhatsApp protocol decryption for chat manipulation and more
7 votes -
New ‘warshipping’ technique gives hackers access to enterprise offices
8 votes -
Sneaker and fashion marketplace StockX was hacked, with almost seven million records stolen
9 votes -
Ottawa city hall has been targeted by cyber attacks more than 8,000 times in the past year
8 votes -
Everything cops say about Amazon's Ring is scripted or approved by Ring
18 votes -
Security researchers at Google Project Zero discovered and responsibly disclosed the recently patched iMessage based Apple iOS vulnerability
7 votes -
Tech firms “can and must” put backdoors in encryption, AG Barr says
15 votes -
What password manager, if any, would you recommend?
After being skeptic of password managers for a long time, I've decided to take the plunge and get one installed. The burden of remembering dozens of passwords is simply getting a bit too much. So,...
After being skeptic of password managers for a long time, I've decided to take the plunge and get one installed. The burden of remembering dozens of passwords is simply getting a bit too much. So, I was wondering if anyone here has any recommendations of password managers? Maybe one you or a trusted friend use? Or maybe you think password managers are rubbish, and want to share you opinion?
Any suggestions are welcome, in the interest of fostering discussion/having the thread be useful to other people too. But in my specific use case, I want to be able to sync between devices. I'd prefer something open source, but it's not a requirement.
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Gotta catch 'em all: Understanding how IMSI-catchers exploit cell networks
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Gotta catch 'em all: Understanding how IMSI-catchers exploit cell networks
6 votes -
The sinkhole that saved the internet: Keeping the 'kill switch' alive is the only thing preventing another WannaCry outbreak
20 votes -
Microsoft admitted to private Linux developer security list
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The Mac client for Zoom (video-conferencing app) allows any site to enable your camera and connect you to a call, and leaves a web server running on your machine even if you uninstall it
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YouTube now bans instructional hacking and phishing
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Detecting deepfakes by looking closely reveals a way to protect against them
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New Silex malware is bricking IoT devices, has scary plans
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Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinbase employees, not its users
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Florida city to pay $600K ransom to hacker who seized computer systems weeks ago
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Interview with Google's login chief about passwords vs. single sign-on
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Samsung TVs should be regularly virus-checked, the company says
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You (probably) don't need ReCAPTCHA
26 votes -
Telegram founder points to China hacking attack during Hong Kong protest
7 votes -
'RAMBleed' Rowhammer attack can now steal data, not just alter it
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Ring is using its customers’ doorbell camera video for ads. It says it's allowed to
18 votes -
Chrome Extension Manifest V3 could end uBlock Origin for Chrome
55 votes -
What I Learned Trying To Secure Congressional Campaigns
12 votes -
A look at VotingWorks, a nonprofit developing what it hopes will be “a publicly owned operating system for democracy"
10 votes -
No Huawei out: President Trump's game of chicken with China has serious consequences
5 votes -
SensorID - Using smartphone sensor calibration data to generate a globally unique device fingerprint
3 votes -
Tor Browser 8.5 released
11 votes -
Salesforce accidentally gave "modify all" (full permissions) to all users in organizations using the Pardot marketing tool
11 votes -
Is there an app for this? Help me fix my terrible security
I thought I've been looking for a good password manager, but I'm not sure that's what I really need. Here's my use case: I currently have a Google Sheet in my Google Drive that contains all my...
I thought I've been looking for a good password manager, but I'm not sure that's what I really need.
Here's my use case:
- I currently have a Google Sheet in my Google Drive that contains all my ID/passwords for everything
- In addition I have personal info in there like SSNs and Credit Cards #s
- I want to be able to have instant access to all of the info from my ancient iPhone and my laptop
Things I've tried:
- I messed around with Last Pass a bit and found it couldn't actually fill in the passwords in the apps I was using so I'd have to manually type them, which is a deal breaker for me.
- I've been using FireFox's LockBox and it's a bit better on that front but doesn't actually remember what the password goes to the app so I have to look it up each time, but it does populate them in the appropriate fields.
- Password-protecting a Google Sheet is apparently impossible but was a solution I was after for some time (Excel and Libre can do this..so +1 for software)
Other info:
- I am currently using an iPhone 5 but I plan to "upgrade" to a Samsung Galaxy S7 sometime in the near future. Perhaps that's why the functionality of these password managers seem so inconvenient for me? Would they work better on a modern phone?
What I'm after is perhaps two solutions:
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A password manager that crosses the bridge from desktop FireFox to the apps on my phone, and fills in the password for me automatically. That would allow me to feel like I could move to more random passwords for things.
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Some encrypted, password-protected site/app that could store plain text notes for sensitive things like SSNs and Credit Card #s that would stay in sync between a laptop and a smartphone.
Go ahead and mock me for my terrible security and ancient phone. I deserve it! But when you're done, I'd appreciate some guidance.
EDIT: Sounds like first priority should be to update my phone. Then there appear to be plenty of options to try. Thanks everyone so much!
18 votes -
“Get off my lawn” goes digital: Home surveillance apps and community social networks aren't making anyone safer. They're allowing paranoid jerks to harass their neighbors.
12 votes -
The trade secret - Firms that promised high-tech ransomware solutions almost always just pay the hackers
9 votes -
Why WhatsApp will never be secure
16 votes -
WhatsApp voice calls contained a buffer-overflow vulnerability that was used to install spyware [CVE-2019-3568]
11 votes -
Car hackers say that if you want to keep your autonomous vehicles secure, you have to create realistic threat models
4 votes -
Vodafone denies Huawei Italy security risk
8 votes -
Invisible malware is here and your security software can't catch it
6 votes -
Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins pleads guilty to writing, selling banking malware
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Facebook has updated their blog post about storing unencrypted passwords - they found more log files, and there are now millions of Instagram users impacted, not thousands as stated originally
28 votes