Here we go again, again…

Yesterday, Evernote, the popular note taking and scrapbook app, was hacked and an unknown number of user credentials were stolen. Evernote carried out a precautionary password reset for all of their users, which, it has been remarked on elsewhere, looked a lot like a phishing scam in its own right. Thankfully, since the last time […]

Marcus Povey

Yesterday, Evernote, the popular note taking and scrapbook app, was hacked and an unknown number of user credentials were stolen. Evernote carried out a precautionary password reset for all of their users, which, it has been remarked on elsewhere, looked a lot like a phishing scam in its own right. Thankfully, since the last time […]

Here we go again…

It seems like just the other day when I had to change a whole bunch of my passwords thanks to LinkedIn having it’s password database stolen by crackers, and now I’m having to do it again. This time it was Twitter that dropped the ball, but I am at least grateful that they’ve publicised the […]

Marcus Povey

It seems like just the other day when I had to change a whole bunch of my passwords thanks to LinkedIn having it’s password database stolen by crackers, and now I’m having to do it again. This time it was Twitter that dropped the ball, but I am at least grateful that they’ve publicised the […]

Seriously, we need to get rid of passwords

It is the second time in as many days that I’m having to log into things and change passwords because of some less-than smart design decisions various web companies made when implementing their password database (looking at you Linkedin and Last.FM). While these companies have clearly made a dangerous snafu, lets not be overly harsh […]

Marcus Povey

It is the second time in as many days that I’m having to log into things and change passwords because of some less-than smart design decisions various web companies made when implementing their password database (looking at you Linkedin and Last.FM). While these companies have clearly made a dangerous snafu, lets not be overly harsh […]