Yahoo’s new on-demand passwords mean never having to rely on your memory

Yahoo has announced some new initiatives that the company promises will make using its email service easier and more secure.

Yahoo Introduces Password-Free Login — Just Don’t Lose Your Phone

Yahoo wants to end your dependency on memorizing passwords — or creating crap ones that can be guessed or hacked — after it introduced a new “on-demand” system that sends a one-time password when you need to log in.

LinkedIn to pay premium users a measly $1 for leaking their passwords

Password leaks are horrible for users. For companies, they’re an embarrassment and sometimes they lead to legal action. LinkedIn was part of such a lawsuit and today Ars Technica reports that it settled that suit and the affected users will each get about $1.

25 most insecure passwords

Security researchers from SplashData ranked the 25 most common passwords.
As is well known, hackers spend most of their time on the development and implementation of malicious attacks that aim to theft of credit card numbers, financial and personal data