Security News

Reddit locks out users with poor password hygiene after spotting 'unusual activity'
2019-01-10 19:13

Forum admin blames recycled credentials for 'security concern' Some Redditors have been locked out of their accounts over a mysterious security problem that the internet forum's admins have blamed...

Reddit Locks Down Accounts Due to 'Security Concern'
2019-01-10 13:20

Reddit this week decided to lock down some user accounts after detecting unusual activity on those accounts.  read more

Reddit helps admin solve mystery of rogue Raspberry Pi
2018-11-22 11:25

Finding a mysterious circuit board plugged into a network that you are tasked with managing is always going to be a disconcerting moment for any sysadmin.

Reddit AMA
2018-09-07 19:22

I did a Reddit AMA on Thursday, September 6....

I'm Doing a Reddit AMA
2018-08-31 19:06

On Thursday, September 6, starting at 10:00 am CDT, I'll be doing a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" in association with the Ford Foundation. It's about my new book, but -- of course -- you can ask me...

The Real Takeaways From the Reddit Hack
2018-08-15 09:32

There Are Significant Differences Between Each 2FA Method, and the Risks it Poses read more

Reddit’s serious “security incident” – what you need to know
2018-08-02 15:16

Reddit suffered a serious "security incident" in mid-June. This is what we know, and what you can do.

Reddit suffers data breach due to SMS-based 2FA
2018-08-02 14:20

Popular social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit has suffered a breach. The attacker broke into some of its systems and got access to some user data, but did not manage to modify any...

Attackers Circumvent Two Factor Authentication Protections to Hack Reddit
2018-08-02 12:38

Popular Community Site Reddit Breached Through Continued Use of NIST-Deprecated SMS Two Factor Authentication (2FA) read more

Reddit Says Attackers Bypassed SMS-Based Authentication
2018-08-02 12:18

TL;DR: Yes, Reddit Was Breached; No, Don't Dump Multifactor AuthenticationReddit suffered a data breach in June after attackers managed to bypass its SMS-based two-factor authentication system....