passwords

Major websites still fail to steer users towards better passwords
The death of passwords is predicted with regular frequency, but we’re still to see it actually happen. It’s possible that it will happen one day but, in the …

Inside look at lifecycle of stolen credentials and extent of data breach damage
Shape Security released its Credential Spill Report, shedding light on the extent to which the consumer banking, retail, airline and hospitality industries are impacted by …

Many infosec professionals reuse passwords across multiple accounts
Lastline announced the results of a survey conducted at Infosecurity Europe 2018, which suggests that 45 percent of infosec professionals reuse passwords across multiple user …

Zero login: Fixing the flaws in authentication
Passwords, birth certificates, national insurance numbers and passports – as well as the various other means of authentication, that we have relied upon for the past century …

New insider attack steals passwords by reading thermal energy from keyboards
After entering a password, your regular computer keyboard might appear to look the same as always, but a new approach harvesting thermal energy can illuminate the recently …

Microsoft offers new Azure AD tool to nix easily guessed passwords
Predictable, easy-to-guess passwords are often the weak link that ends up breaking the security chain and attackers know this. “They know to account for character …

Unrestricted access to systems and files exposes organizations to cybercrime
UK organisations are leaving themselves vulnerable to cybercrime with over a third of 18-24-year-olds able to access any files on their company network, and only one in five …

How employee behavior impacts cybersecurity effectiveness
A recent OpenVPN survey discovered 25 percent of employees, reuse the same password for everything. And 23 percent of employees admit to very frequently clicking on links …

Password pattern analysis: Risky, lazy passwords the norm
Dashlane announced the findings of an analysis of over 61 million passwords. The analysis was conducted with research provided by Dr. Gang Wang, an Assistant Professor in the …

Sometimes employees follow cybersecurity best practices beyond company policies
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of employees use a company-approved device for work. However, less than half (40%) of those who use a personal device are regulated when using that …

Twitter reveals security blunder, asks users to change their passwords
330 million Twitter users around the world have been urged to change their account password after a glitch resulted in some of them being stored in plaintext format inside the …

Password behaviors remain largely unchanged
Despite today’s increased threat landscape and heightened global awareness of hacking and data breaches, password behaviors remain largely unchanged. Data from a survey …
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