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Social networking site teaches insecure password practices

09-Nov-08

Privacy and security often stand and fall with a password. Keeping one’s passwords secret is therefore very important, even more so with regard to services carrying a high risk of abuse. Email accounts are one important example, since unauthorized access to one can reveal sensitive information such as private messages and contact information, thereby endangering [...]

China forms anti-phishing alliance

24-Jul-08

In order to tackle phishing activities that abuse .cn sub-domain names, as well as to protect online security in general, a broad alliance of Chinese online commerce stakeholders, including CNNIC and several Chinese banks, has founded the Anti-Phishing Alliance of China (APAC).