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Cardiac Scan Authentication — Your Heart As Your Password

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Swati Khandelwal

Forget fingerprint authentication, retinal scanning or advanced facial recognition that has recently been implemented by Apple in its iPhone X—researchers developed a new authentication system that doesn’t require any of your interaction, as simply being near your device is more than enough.

A group of computer scientists at the University of Buffalo, New York, have developed a new

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OneLogin Hack – Encrypted Data Compromised

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Darknet

The OneLogin hack is blowing up now it seems like whoever got access can also decrypt encrypted customer data which is just about AS BAD as it can get for a password/identity management service. Now I’m a HUGE supporter of password management tools as I’ve mentioned many times here, so anyone who signed up for […]

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Why you don’t need 27 different passwords

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Wendy Zamora

People have to remember an average of 27 different passwords today—and they need to be long, not obvious, have special characters, and you can’t write them down. We’re here to tell you: stop doing that. Here’s how you can protect your data and your sanity without having to remember all those passwords.

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LastPass Leaking Passwords Via Chrome Extension

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Darknet

LastPass Leaking Passwords is not new, last week its Firefox extension was picked apart – now this week it’s Chrome extension is giving up its goodies. I’ve always found LastPass a bit suspect, even though they are super easy to use, and have a nice UI they’ve had TOO many serious security issues for a […]

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9 Popular Password Manager Apps Found Leaking Your Secrets

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Wang Wei

Is anything safe? It’s 2017, and the likely answer is NO.

Making sure your passwords are secure is one of the first line of defense – for your computer, email, and information – against hacking attempts, and Password Managers are the one recommended by many security experts to keep all your passwords secure in one place.

Password Managers are software that creates complex passwords, stores

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Abbrase – Abbreviated Passphrase Password Generator

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Darknet

Abbrase is an abbreviated passphrase password generator. An ‘abbrase’ is one of the passwords it produces. It generates a password and a phrase like “phyeigdolrejutt” and “physical eight dollars rejected utterly”. Creating secure passwords is easy. Remembering them is hard. Pwgen makes them memorable though pronounceability. XKCD suggests using a…

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Category Archives: password security

Cardiac Scan Authentication — Your Heart As Your Password

OneLogin Hack – Encrypted Data Compromised

Why you don’t need 27 different passwords

LastPass Leaking Passwords Via Chrome Extension

9 Popular Password Manager Apps Found Leaking Your Secrets

Abbrase – Abbreviated Passphrase Password Generator

Ugly Password Gaffe Plagues Cryptkeeper Encryption App

In an era of password leaks, Netflix tries extreme vigilance—with mixed results