Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Password.
Fujitsu failed to keep customers' sensitive information secure. AWS keys and passwords were publicly published on the Internet for a year. Dutch water utility PWN is one of the victims. Security researcher Jelle Ursem, who works for the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD), disco... Read more
1 month ago
Passkeys have a marketing problem, in which they get presented as a holy grail that eliminates all forms of phishing. In reality, that story is much more nuanced; they actually only address one specific form of phishing. Even though passkeys cannot live up to the promises of the marketing stories, ... Read more
3 months ago
A hacker last week managed to take down the network of Orange España, the country's second-largest mobile operator. He hacked the system using a very weak password that gave access to the global routing table that controls the network for delivering the mobile operator's internet traffic. The h... Read more
4 months ago
Google is working on the security of the Chrome browser for the desktop. The functionality of the feature is mainly scanning for threats. But further actions are a task for the user. The latest update for Chrome adds the Safety Check feature to the browser. This feature always runs in the backgr... Read more
4 months ago
The passphrase should provide a safe alternative to your password. In this blog, we explain how to get started with that. A passphrase is a password alternative that consists of a combination of individual words. The Dutch DAP suggests this alternative as it is trying to find a solution to weak... Read more
5 months ago
'123456' has emerged as the most common password of 2023. NordPass' research again shows that password security is generally not a priority. Simple passwords remain popular in use even in 2023. That's a bad sign for the online security of companies. The simple string of digits "123456" appears ... Read more
5 months ago
The digital entrance to businesses is still too often open due to default passwords. This culprit is identified by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). Too many employees do not change the default passwords they get to use soft... Read more
7 months ago
Stytch introduced a new password-based authentication solution. According to the company, a whopping 85 percent of IT and security experts don't believe passwords are entirely going away just yet. Stytch develops an API-first authentication platform. Over the past two years, the company focused ... Read more
2 years ago
SpyCloud analyzed 1.7 billion passwords and usernames. Roughly 65 percent of all Internet users use the same password for multiple accounts. Security specialist SpyCloud reviewed more than 750 data breaches to collect 1.7 billion passwords and usernames. The analysis reveals that 64 percent of b... Read more
2 years ago
Google is adding its password checking feature to Android. The move will allow users of the Android OS to have an easy way to check if the passwords they are using have been compromised. Password Checkup checks the credentials used against a list of billions of compromised credentials. In recent... Read more
3 years ago
