Here you will find all the articles with the tag: passwords.
For the longest time, the technology industry has been developing a future with password-free (passwordless) authentication. That future is now, with passkeys. But what are passkeys? The FIDO Alliance was established with the goal of lessening the dependence on passwords almost ten years ago. An... Read more
2 months ago
An attempt to beef up security has left Eurostar passengers unable to access their accounts online. Eurostar, the international high-speed rail operator, is emailing its users this week and forcing them to reset their account passwords in order to upgrade the carrier's security posture. Howev... Read more
4 months ago
Extended spellcheck features in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge send sensitive form data to Google and Microsoft. The data contains personally identifiable information (PII) and, in certain situations, passwords. Although the web browser feature is recognized and intentional, it raises question... Read more
8 months ago
Slack reset the passwords of about half a percent of its userbase. The company attempts to mitigate a bug that provided hashed passwords to fellow workspace participants. According to Slack, the bug was discovered by a researcher late last week and had a major impact on passwords. The vulnerabi... Read more
10 months ago
A Pindrop survey uncovers users’ annoyance at using traditional methods of account authentication. Conventional password authentication and configuration consist of numerous authentication steps to ensure the right person is accessing an account. When resetting passwords, users are required to... Read more
1 year ago
In May, Google announced that it plans to enable 2FA (two-factor authentication/two-step verification) by default to enhance security for accounts. As it celebrates Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Google is once again reminding us that it will enable two-factor for 150 million more accounts by the e... Read more
2 years ago
Microsoft continues its relentless drive to get rid of passwords as sign-in options that enterprise customers use to access Azure Active Directory (AAD) and those consumers use to access Microsoft Accounts on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft's corporate vice president of the... Read more
2 years ago
If you are in the business of generating passwords, you’d probably use an alternative source of entropy, other than the current time. However, for a long time, Kaspersky Password Manager has been doing just that. In a blog post that caps off a saga that began two years ago, Ledger Donjon head ... Read more
2 years ago
To mark World Password Day, Google has declared that passwords are the single biggest threat to your online security, reminding us once again just how much passwords suck. It announced plans to automatically add multi-step authentication to its users’ accounts. It has only been eight years sin... Read more
2 years ago
According to some security professionals, passwords will disappear as an authentication mechanism. Instead, we're heading to a passwordless future. However, a group of security professionals don't believe in passwords disappearing that quickly. What direction are we heading? For many, the passwo... Read more
2 years ago
