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Attackers have breached the servers at RSA, the security company, and may have stolen information that could be used to compromise the company’s SecurID 2-factor authentication product line.

Researchers have identified a method for stealing passwords stored on locked iPhones and iPads without having to crack the device’s user-defined passcode. This can have a huge impact on the adoption of these devices by enterprises, not to mention the effect on even ordinary individual users.

A survey in 2009 found that more than 50% of websites were using Flash based cookies to store data.Most people were only aware of regular browser cookies that they removed, thinking that websites could no longer track them.