Category Archives: password management

3 Myths About Threat Actors and Password Safety

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You’ve seen the memes and the warnings on social media — answering questions about your life history is ruining your password safety. It’s giving the bad guys the information they need to figure out your passwords and get the answers to your security questions.  But is that true? Are people lurking on social media waiting […]

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Five worthy reads: Password hygiene – The first step towards improved security

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Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week let’s go back to security basics with password hygiene—the simplest, and yet often overlooked step in account secu… Continue reading Five worthy reads: Password hygiene – The first step towards improved security→

Using Password Managers to store multiple factors, would this reduce security?

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Assume I have a password manager that stores the credentials for a login to a 3rd party service. In this credentials the username, password and a TOTP-seed is stored and the current TOTP-token is displayed at all times and refreshed accord… Continue reading Using Password Managers to store multiple factors, would this reduce security?→

June 2021 Security Intelligence Roundup: Cybersecurity Certifications, The Problem With New Accounts and Defanging Phishing

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Cybersecurity careers are a buzzy topic lately, with more people needed and salaries competitive. How do you make yourself stand out in this field and find a career you both love and do well? Meanwhile, when you’re not working you may very well be making a new streaming account to escape after a long day. […]

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How bad is it to store credentials in clear text on disk and in memory?

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Yeah, it depends. A good answer would provide some reflections on this. I have two concrete scenarios in mind, in two concrete (and I believe common) contexts. Context 1. At home, you’re the only one with access to the computer. Context 2,… Continue reading How bad is it to store credentials in clear text on disk and in memory?→