Breakfast Bytes - Password Managers, DPI, HTTPS

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Breakfast Bytes - Password Managers, DPI, HTTPS

6/19/2015

LastPass got hacked - change your master password
This is the risk associated with using "Hosted" password managers.
They are a honeypot target.

LastPass vs local Password Safe

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/16/lastpass-hack-online-storage-vault-tells-users-to-change-master-passwords?

All US Federal sites are now required to use HTTPS. It's about time.

https://https.cio.gov/

DPI is still a tough nut to crack, but thanks to Google's latest accomodation, it is feasible to allow Google in schools for trusted networks.
Guest networks are still a problem.

A recent breach through spear phishing, and what you can learn from it.