Researchers have discovered bad authentication bypass vulnerabilities affecting two WordPress plugins which should be patched as soon as possible.
Tag Archives: password security
Google tests biometric authentication for Android autofill
Google is testing out a feature to make Android’s built-in password manager safer.
Hello ‘123456,’ my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again
Once again, it reins supreme as the #1 smelliest old fish of a password on the list of ones that most frequently turn up in data breaches.
Get in line! 38,000 students and staff forced to queue for new passwords
It’s not a bread line, and it’s not a line to see Santa – it’s an analog response to a nasty cyber attack.
Chrome 79 includes anti-phishing and hacked password protection
Version 79 of Chrome is out, and it promises to do a better job of protecting you against phishing sites and credential stuffing attacks.
Former hacker warns against password reuse
Kyle Milliken is back from jail, and he has some advice for you: Do. Not. Reuse. Your. Passwords.
Chrome users ignoring warnings to change breached passwords
If you were told that the password you had just entered was known to have been compromised in a data breach, what would you do?
Big password hole in iOS 13 beta spotted by testers
A security clanger has been spotted in the current beta version of iOS 13 which allows anyone to access a user’s stored web and app passwords without having to authenticate.
Pass the salt! Popular CMSs aren’t securing passwords properly
A group of researchers has discovered that many of the web’s most popular content management systems are using obsolete algorithms to protect their users’ passwords.
Once again, it’s 123456: the password that says ‘I give up’
A new survey says 46% of users find security confusing, which helps explain how that old clunker keeps popping to the top of breach lists.