21st Century Learning and Teaching

The social network is battling an attack from spammers.

Pinterest has been hacked again, after large numbers of user accounts began spewing weight loss-related messages across the social network and onto Twitter.

The companies know what to do about Heartbleed now. Here's what you, as an individual, need to do now.

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You should also clear out all your Web browsers' cache, cookies, and history. That's never a bad idea anyway. You don't want old memorized passwords walking into trouble at an untrustworthy site. To do this with the most popular browsers...

I reviewed more than 130 cloud and SaaS services and the results were a bit unexpected.

Tumblr has released a "very important" update for their iPad and iPhone apps following what they describe as a "security lapse".

It appears that passwords were being sent over the internet unencrypted, making it easy for anyone with bad intentions and a little technical knowledge to harvest Tumblr users' login details.

The most common causes of inappropriate behavior or suspected ‘password hacks’ are:

- Using a generic username and password for all students.

- Failure to use unique passwords for each student.  

- The teacher creates student accounts with a different usernames but the same password for all students or a standard approach to assigning passwords that allows students to easily guess other students’  passwords.

- Students telling other students (or siblings) their username and password.

- Failing to log out of accounts or using ‘Remember my password’ on shared computers.

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Heartbleed: A look at which companies have issued a security patch to fix the Heartbleed bug.

Some Internet companies that were vulnerable to the bug have already updated their servers with a security patch to fix the issue. This means you'll need to go in and change your passwords immediately for these sites.

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Even that is no guarantee that your information wasn't already compromised, but there's also no indication that hackers knew about the exploit before this week. The companies that are advising customers to change their passwords are doing so as a precautionary measure.

An app called InstLike promised free likes and followers on Instagram, but asked users to provide their usernames and passwords, turning them into a botnet.

Moreover, a user would get 20 free Likes if he used the hashtag #instlike_com in his own photo captions. A search on Instagram reveals that more than 500,000 photos already contain that hashtag.

All these features made InstLike a sophisticated ecosystem that employed thousands of voluntary "zombie" accounts — but it depended on their naiveté and willingness to give up their passwords.

For Narang, who is experienced in the realm of social media-based scams, the sheer volume of people involved is scary.

Stanford University has announced that its computer system was hacked and officials are urging users of the school network to change their passwords. A hacker who goes by the moniker Ag3nt47 has claimed responsibility.

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School officials are working with law enforcement to determine specifics of the attack. They have yet to figure out how significant it was.

Passwords are like undergarments: it’s good to keep them hidden, and you should change them often. Likewise, if someone sees your password it may leave you feeling exposed and uncomfortable. As we ...

The microblogging giant has warned news outlets that "these attacks will continue," particularly against high profile media organizations.