Reddit Urges Users To Switch To Token-Based Authentication

The CyberPrivacy Brief: The security incident disclosed Wednesday by social media network Reddit verifies how attackers can intercept text messages or SMS-based two-factor authentication that delivers unique code to compromise accounts. Impacted user data includes email addresses and a 2007 database backup that had old salted and hashed passwords. Attackers also had read access to storage systems, including Reddit source […]

Political Scientists Examine Cyberattacks Implications On Human Psyche

A study from scientists at the University of Haifa, Israel found an increase in participants’ levels of cortisol, the stress hormone when they saw simulated cyberattacks on computers and mobile phones.