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46% of IT, security, and cybersecurity leaders say they still store passwords in shared office documents. That’s despite an overwhelming 93% of respondents that require password management training, with 63% holding training more than once per year, ac… Continue reading 46% of organizations still store passwords in shared documents
I have come up with the following approach to remember master passwords (to use in software like KeePass, etc): Since it is annoying to type the master password every time we power up the PC, we store a text file that contains an unanswere… Continue reading Is this a secure approach to store a master password?
In this interview with Help Net Security, Lori Österholm, CTO at Specops Software, explains what makes passwords vulnerable and suggests some password best practices and policies organizations should implement to keep their systems secure. There’… Continue reading Good end user passwords begin with a well-enforced password policy
Bitwarden announced the results of its global password management survey, in advance of World Password Day on May 5th, 2022. While receptive to the importance of security, individuals continue to struggle with embracing password management habits that … Continue reading 55% of people rely on their memory to manage passwords
So I spent the day looking for a good solution of storing the backup keys or the 2FA codes and can’t seem to find a convenient way for me, many people have different takes on this, so far I found 2 ways that could work for me and I would l… Continue reading Storing backup keys (2FA) for online accounts
I am trying to decide which work factor to use for our hashed passwords, and I am facing the following dilemma. Let me elaborate for a moment.
Basic HTTP authentication works as follows:
The user tries to access a protected resource.
The … Continue reading Mitigating the performance impact of strong hashes with Basic HTTP authentication
So far I have been using keepassxc as my password manager. I am syncing passwords from different devices. Delays have been substantial as have been syncing issues. The file was stored behind a nextcloud frontend.
That’s why I was wanting t… Continue reading Restrict HTTPS endpoint access
Is it possible to design a system with two passwords prompts?
The system will have to prompt for two passwords
The system would have to validate first password before prompting for second password
User cannot be prompted for second passwo… Continue reading Is it possible to design a system with two passwords?
We’ve all certainly heard about the widely overhyped BadUSB exploits on the Physon microcontrollers.
There’s certainly a high potential of gaining something by targeting such a specific device, which is designed to only contain secrets.
Ev… Continue reading What security measures does YubiKey take to secure its hardware from malicious firmware tampering? [closed]
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