Computer Science Canada Major Security Breaches This Month |
| Author: | randint [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Major Security Breaches This Month |
This is a very bad time in the computing world: Ubuntu Forum, Apple Developer Centre, NASDAQ and other sites have been hacked. Apple Developer site hack: Turkish security researcher claims responsibility Ubuntu Forum Hack Affects 1.8M, Time to Get a Password Manager Nasdaq forum website hacked, passwords compromised Oh, oh, I need to learn cryptography...nothing is secure, if you post something on the Internet, even if there is 256-bit encryption, it can still be hacked. |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Major Security Breaches This Month |
Encryption doesn't really protect a website from attacks, it just protects the information inside it from being used. Nobody actually got your password from the Ubuntu forum, they only got the encrypted keys. Whoever took it will probably get some passwords out of it, but it's very unlikely that they will get yours, especially if your password is unique, and it's only an issue if you use the same password for multiple sites. |
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