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I have a question about implementing user password-based encryption in a database injunction with the Social Login feature.
User private data in my database should be encrypted in order to provide security at rest, and for that, I’m planni… Continue reading Password Based Encryption with Social Login
I am trying to change the password hashing scheme for LDAP. Hypothetically, let’s assume it’s pw-argon.so
I don’t have slapd.conf I have the slapd.d directory where I can make changes dynamically to the daemon.
What changes do I have to m… Continue reading How to change the password hashing scheme in LDAP using an external library with slapd.d config
I just did a security update on my iPhone SE (2020) (IOS v15.0.2). Afterwards, I clicked on Settings -> Apple ID, iCloud because it said that I needed to complete something with my Apple ID to sign in. I signed in using my Apple ID pa… Continue reading Why did my iphone ask for my macbook air password?
Threat actors who deploy phishing and other attacks have an advantage: they don’t operate within any space of decent norms or legal jurisdiction. Accept that, and you quickly understand why the cybersecurity battle feels like fighting a tire fire with a garden hose. Attackers are coming up with new and smart ways to infect our […]
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Password managers are designed to manage and store passwords, so it makes logical sense that the master password should also be stored within the password manager. However, there are conflicting reports online about whether or not it is a … Continue reading Should I store my password manager’s master password inside of the password manager itself? [closed]
I was going through the paper Password Security: A Case History By Robert Morris and Ken Thompson on authentication. It has been mentioned in the First Scheme that the first encryption used m209, in which they used the user password as the… Continue reading Constraints on the password imposed by m209 on first password management
I am storing my passwords in a password manager (keepass). Also I am using keepass to set up one-time passwords for some accounts. Keepass is storing the seeds of the OTP’s in its database.
If my keepass DB is compromised I am losing my pa… Continue reading Storing OTP seeds in password manager [duplicate]
I have seen multiple videos/tutorials regarding how to setup the email system in Django.
It seems that they all assume as long as the password is stored in an environmental variable, no encryption is required.
Is that so? Shouldn’t passwor… Continue reading Should email password be encrypted in a django app when using TLS?
Here’s our scenario. I have a NodeJS server running that connects to a Microsoft SQL Server using an application account (SQL Basic Auth). The Username and Password were stored in the configuration files when the app was created.
We now … Continue reading I need to secure my access to SQL Server for application accounts, but no one can know the application passwords. How?
The password in VeraCrypt is used to en-/decrypt a header, that contains a master key, that is used to en-/decrypt the data.
I know, that I can change the password, which will not change the master key and thus be quite fast. But if I have… Continue reading VeraCrypt: Is it possible to change the master key?