Category Archives: password management

Does Multifactor Authentication Keep Your Remote Workers Safe?

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Your eight-character password can be cracked in about eight hours, using brute force attacks — even if you add in numbers, mix up the cases and throw in a special character or three. Odds are high that eight-hour window will soon be even shorter. To combat this, many companies added multifactor authentication (MFA) into their […]

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Password Reuse Risk is Exacerbated by Dark Web Data

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A flood of data to the dark web in the last 12 months has kicked up the cybercrime risk of password reuse. Here’s how to protect your data.
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Why Business Password Management Remains a Struggle

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How secure is your password? Everyone has a favorite. Savvy people, of course, know better than to use something that can be easily guessed, like 12345 or ‘Password.’ But, once you latch on to a password you really like and is easy to remember, you use it again on a site you might not visit […]

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Google account hacked, other accounts hacked, other attempted logins. How did they do this and how can I prevent this in the future? [closed]

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About two weeks ago on 03/22, there was an attempt to login to my online Chase bank account. I was aware of this when I noticed an email from Chase, which contained a verification code to login on a new device. Immediately, I certainly kne… Continue reading Google account hacked, other accounts hacked, other attempted logins. How did they do this and how can I prevent this in the future? [closed]→

What characters should, and should I absolutely not use in generated passwords? [duplicate]

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I’m currently setting up a KeePass database after switching over from another password manager, and it has the option to change the character set for generating a password.
This has a lot of options, but now I’m wondering if you could poss… Continue reading What characters should, and should I absolutely not use in generated passwords? [duplicate]→