First Direct bank in the UK has been the first British bank to embrace Twitter. Does that really surprise anyone? As a 100% online bank, they’ve maintained a business pace a few clicks ahead of competitors in online services.
But last weekend their clients and colleagues got a little surprise. First Direct’s Twitter account was duped, [...]

2 of my 3 Twitter accounts asked me to reset my password this morning when I signed in. It seems that a third party application may have compromised accounts, but stories abound about what really happened.
What I can tell you is that I know enough about where to share my passwords that I didn’t accidentally [...]

We read stories about phishing and data breaches and we get worried. Some of us start thinking that maybe we’re better off (security-wise) with paper-based banking. Sending checks, receiving statements in the mail, paying bills the old fashioned way – manually with a checkbook and a stamp. But as Jean Chatzky said this morning on [...]

Zack Whittaker’s post on whether we still need usernames/passwords is fueling an interesting debate at ZDNet.  The premise is familiar  – everyone is tired of storing their hundreds of passwords in an Excel sheet or a password management app.  Wouldn’t it be nice if all websites would just “join hands” so to speak, and create [...]