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Tag Archives: password security
Study throws security shade on freelance and student programmers
A recent study shows that if you aren’t prepared to ask or pay for security, you probably won’t get it.
Password managers leaking data in memory, but you should still use one
Several popular password managers appear to do a weak job at scrubbing passwords from memory once they are no longer being used.
Photography site 500px resets 14.8 million passwords after data breach
Photography website 500px has become the latest site to admit suffering a serious data breach.
Worst passwords list is out, but this time we’re not scolding users
This is on you, makers of sites and services that allow users to create passwords like “password.” You can do better!
Kanye West tops the charts for year’s worst password pratfall
Kanye, please keep your “all zeroes! all the time!” password away from the media. And Nutella? No, “Nutella” is NOT a good password.
Instagram accidentally reveals plaintext passwords in URLs
It’s yet another security stumble following the massive Facebook hack in September, and it likely points to shoddy encryption practices.
Is this the simple solution to password re-use?
Researchers concluded that passphrase requirements such as a 15-character minimum length deter the majority users from reusing them on other sites.
Firefox Monitor starts tracking breached email addresses
Mozilla has formally launched Firefox Monitor, a privacy-engineered website that hooks up to Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) breach notification database.
Microsoft is killing passwords one announcement at a time
Windows 10 and Office 365 users can now log in to Azure AD applications using only the Authenticator App.