All posts tagged "passwords"
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CyberSecurity
Let’s Stop Focusing On The Wrong Password Problem
December 12, 2019For years, experts have warned about the potentially catastrophic consequences of people establishing and utilizing “weak”...
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CyberSecurity
The Top Hacked Passwords Of 2019 – Are Yours On The List?
November 19, 2019Each year, various groups release updated lists of the most common passwords found among the millions...
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CyberSecurity
Why Your Complex Passwords Might Not Be As Secure As You Think
October 16, 2019We have all heard the advice that in order to protect our information and online accounts...
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Cool Tech
Google’s New Password Checkup Extension Is Powerful, But Is It Legal or Ethical?
February 7, 2019Password Checkup, a new extension for Google’s Chrome browser, checks whether passwords that you use while...
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CyberSecurity
A Sign Of The Times: Even Scammers Are Using Terrible Passwords
August 22, 2018Once in a while, a scam email successfully evades detection by various commercial filtering technologies in...
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CyberSecurity
Reddit Breach Highlights Vulnerability Of Authentication With One-Time Codes
August 2, 2018Reddit.com yesterday disclosed that it suffered a data breach, which appears to have exposed proprietary data...
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CyberSecurity
Twitter Advises All 330-Million Users To Change Passwords – But, For Many People, Doing So Is A Bad Idea
May 3, 2018Twitter is advising all of its more than 330 million users to change their passwords ASAP...
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CyberSecurity
Why You Should Ignore Everything That You Have Been Told About Passwords
April 8, 2018How many times have we all heard the following recommendations repeated by “experts” in school, at...