Fetish app put users’ identities at risk with plain-text passwords

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Password Management Remains an Issue — What’s Next?

Common password management habits have been insecure and out-of-date for a while. But despite knowledge of the risks around recycled credentials and other gaps, users have been slow to change tack.

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A Proposed Solution to the Password Reuse Problem

A group of researchers proposed a new framework that would enable web services to share users’ password hash data in an effort to reduce password reuse.

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Could this be the end of password re-use?

It’s password security’s Achilles heel: too many people make life easy for cybercriminals by re-using the same ones over and over. But what if there were a way for websites to compare notes on whether a password (or similar password) has been set by a … Continue reading Could this be the end of password re-use?

The Account Checker Knocking at Your Door

Hear that sound? It’s not opportunity knocking — it’s an account checker trying to access your site using stolen login credentials.

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Young People May Shun Passwords, But That Doesn’t Mean They’re Less Identity-Conscious

IBM’s new “Future of Identity Study” revealed that while millennials are less likely to use complex passwords than their older counterparts, they embrace new technologies for identity protection.

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Why Data Security Should Be at the Top of Every Retailer’s Shopping List

Thanks largely to recent news headlines, consumers are becoming more aware of security concerns, meaning that retailers must improve their data security practices to earn customer trust.

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