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Close to 5 million Gmail usernames, passwords exposed

September 11, 2014September 11, 2014 Daniel Morial Leave a comment

4.93 million private usernames and passwords from Gmail were posted to a Russian Bitcoin forum site last Tuesday, according to reports.

Google, however, does not acknowledge any security breach. They have no evidence of compromised systems, though they are looking into it. They also wanted users to use their 2-step verification log in that ensures better security than traditional methods.

Latest news about the leak is that the passwords have been removed from the forum, leaving only usernames of Gmail clients. As claimed by the forum member who posted the listing, about 60% of the passwords were valid. While there are no confirmation about this leak, sources say that these usernames and passwords could be a sum of other accounts from different websites with users of identical Gmail passwords, plus accounts from older times.

While the details about the leak are muddled, it is best to change passwords today and make sure that you don’t use a universal open sesame security pass.

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Google buys SlickLogin, uses sound waves instead of passwords

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

There have been many cases of hacking Internet sites due to stolen passwords. What if your way of securely getting inside is by using unique sound waves? This is what SlickLogin is about, and they have just been bought by Google.

Source: SlickLogin

Presented around September last year, SlickLogin basically adds a new layer of protection for websites (like those related to banking) before successfully logging in to specific accounts.

What it does is it makes the website play a unique and inaudible sound through the computer speakers which the nearby smartphone picks up through its microphone. An app processes the generated sound and sends a signal back to the computer which verifies if the user is indeed authorized to log in.

Google is still keeping silent as to the amount SlickLogin was bought; and as of today, only the latter has announced this acquisition. There’s still no final date on its launch but we’ll keep you updated.

Would you feel safer logging in using this new security measure? Let us know your thoughts on the comment box below.

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Google buys SlickLogin – uses sound waves, not passwords

February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

Source: SlickLogin

Presented around September last year, SlickLogin basically adds a new layer of protection for websites (like those related to banking) before successfully logging in to specific accounts.

Would you feel safer logging in using this new security measure? Let us know your thoughts on the comment box below.

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