17 Nov 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 11/17/2021

Why are you still using QWERTY? 2021's most common passwords revealed An analysis of password habits worldwide has revealed we are still performing poorly when it comes to strong credential management. While the idea of using passwords such as QWERTY, 123456, and PASSWORD might seem like a joke these days, they are still commonly found in data dumps of stolen credentials published online. Major online service providers now often enforce strong passwords with lower-case and capital letters,…
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31 Mar 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/31/2021

Intel Sued Under Wiretapping Laws for Tracking User Activity on its Website Intel is being sued under a Florida state wiretapping law for using software on its website to capture keystrokes and mouse movements of people that visit it. The case is one of many that private citizens have brought against companies to dispute their use of session-replay technology. A class-action suit (PDF) in the Circuit Court of the Fifth Judicial Circuit In and For Lake County,…
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17 Mar 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 3/17/2020

1 - Australian Engineers Just Accidentally Solved a 58-Year-Old Quantum Mystery Nearly 60 years ago, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Nicolaas Bloembergen predicted an exciting new phenomenon called nuclear electric resonance. But no one has been able to demonstrate it in action – until now. Actual evidence of nuclear electric resonance has now been discovered by accident in a lab at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia, thanks to faulty equipment. The breakthrough gives scientists a…
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13 Nov 2019
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 11/13/2019

1 - Microsoft says it will follow California's digital privacy law Microsoft is taking a step toward guarding customer privacy that will impact the bottom line. The company said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California's privacy law throughout the United States, according to Reuters. The law called the California Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA, which goes into effect on Jan. 1. It is a strict set of rules meant to protect consumers and…
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