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I’ve been using Chrome to save and sync my passwords across devices (and lately I am trying to switch to Bitwarden). Google warned me recently about a password I have used across multiple sites that have been found in data breach. However,… Continue reading Google says my password has been found in data breach. HIBP knows nothing about it. Which data breach was that?
I’ve been using Chrome to save and sync my passwords across devices (and lately I am trying to switch to Bitwarden). Google warned me recently about a password I have used across multiple sites that have been found in data breach. However,… Continue reading Google says my password has been found in data breach. HIBP knows nothing about it. Which data breach was that?
Darren Siegel is a cyber security expert at Specops Software. He works as a lead IT engineer, helping organizations solve complex challenges within IT security. In this interview with Help Net Security he discusses the challenges related to password se… Continue reading Strong security starts with the strengthening of the weakest link: passwords
We have automated a lot of things for server startup via cloud-config, and I want confirmation about whether there is any security concern in the following.
users:
– name: myuser
groups: sudo
shell: /bin/zsh
…
runcmd:
# ch… Continue reading Secure method of creating sudoer password through cloud-init
After reading Why use random characters in passwords? it seems to me that one can solve the problem of how to remember a zillion passwords while each one remains secure by constructing each password from a high entropy root modified by the… Continue reading Construct a strong, (almost) unique password? [duplicate]
I opened Google, and a popup occurred briefly before I reflexively closed it. I then realized it had said something about a new password saved to the Google Password Manager, I think – which is weird, because I don’t use Google’s Password… Continue reading Google Password I didn’t create
Are there any password managers out there – such as 1password, lastpass, bitwarden, etc – which have support for requiring multiple users to unlock a password?
I’m thinking for example I might have a top-secret password that’s used by my c… Continue reading password manager which requires 2 of 3 users to view a password
Is there any security issue if I use for example my Gmail account to store passwords from another resources instead of using any password manager like a KeePass?
If my password for Gmail account is not duplicated on any other resources, it… Continue reading Password manager vs Gmail
I’ve never seen any example of this and I’m just curious why? Why is it not okay just to pass it through HTTPs + encoded in a JWT? I will not be storing the password anywhere on the client side, I will just be reading it once. I’m pretty s… Continue reading Passing password back from server to client?
A one-time password (OTP) is an automatically generated sequence of characters that authenticates a user for a single transaction or login session. OTP is a widely popular security strategy, but does it provide true password safety? This type of password security is certainly better than traditional, static passwords. But recently security analysts discovered that you […]
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