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When Netflix Shared the Worst Password Advice Ever

By Eric Priezkalns 1 Apr 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

Netflix wants customers in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru to pay more if their accounts are being accessed by multiple households, but they used to openly encourage the sharing of passwords.


US Utilities Still Email Plain Text Passwords to Customers

By Marianne Curphey 22 Mar 2019 General

Millions of Americans may be putting themselves at risk by asking utilities to email the passwords for their accounts.


A Quarter of Americans Stream Video from a Different Household’s Account

By Eric Priezkalns 31 Jan 2019 Privacy & Intellectual Property

Cartesian surveyed US consumers about the sharing of passwords for internet video streaming services.


How Will the eSim Impact Fraud Management?

By Carlos Marques 22 Nov 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

Embedded SIMs will counter some traditional fraud threats whilst creating new kinds of opportunities for ingenious hackers.


Password-geddon Is Near

By Eric Priezkalns 12 Sep 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

More security experts are saying we need to stop relying on passwords for security, and their arguments have been bolstered by a stream of security failures.


Why Password Advice Has Been Terrible

By Eric Priezkalns 15 Aug 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

If you only think about maths and algorithms you may ignore the ways that human behavior will undermine them.


Virgin Router Password Fuss Shows Lack of Priorities

By Eric Priezkalns 27 Jun 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

The problem with risk management is the tendency to do nothing useful for a long time, before suddenly deciding to panic.


Password Sharing and Video Revenues

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Apr 2016 Risk, Fraud & Security

As services evolve, more businesses will need to mitigate the loss of revenues caused by customers sharing passwords for content distributed over comms networks.


Lookout’s Cybersecurity Predictions 2016-19

By Eric Priezkalns 1 Mar 2016 Risk, Fraud & Security

CTO Kevin Mahaffey forecasts some interesting developments for mobile devices and security solutions.


How Is Your Security Training?

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Nov 2015 Risk, Fraud & Security

Training staff to identify security infringements and attempted fraud may not seem very sophisticated, but delivers significant benefits if done effectively.


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