Can a Monkey Hack Your Password?

Dec 13, 2010 | 6 Comments

Seriously, folks – how many times do you need to be told to use a secure password? Is this really so difficult a concept to understand? If you aren’t using strong passwords, you can – and WILL – be hacked. Just ask Gawker Media how easy that is to do. Over the weekend, Gawker saw [...]

PayPal Denies $450 of Unauthorized Charges

Aug 1, 2008 | 203 Comments

On my birthday last Saturday, I received a “present” I wish I never had. Due to some lax security policies that Apple has thankfully since updated, someone was able to use my birth date to obtain my iTunes password, and get into my account. They then managed to use that information to give themselves a [...]