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1,450 global consumers’ experiences with passwordless authentication, hybrid identities, and ownership over personally identifiable information reveal that they want more convenience when it comes to identity credentials, according to Entrust. “T… Continue reading Navigating the future of digital identity
In the midst of LastPass’s repeated barrage of breaches, a pretty serious vulnerability was found in another common password manager — KeePass. This slid under most of our radars, including mine. Professor Cyber Naught of the Mastodons s… Continue reading Ask JJX: What About the KeePass Vulnerability?
I noticed that I don’t use many different passwords for all my stuff, which is very insecure. However, it is also difficult to remember really secure, long passwords which are different for every service I use. Should I use a password mana… Continue reading What is the best way to protect passwords? [duplicate]
Passwords are still the weakest link in an organization’s network, as proven by the analysis of over 800 million breached passwords, according to Specops Software. The study found 88% of passwords used in successful attacks consisted of 12 charac… Continue reading Understanding password behavior key to developing stronger cybersecurity protocols
Hybrid work has exposed another area of vulnerability, with 70% of government workers reporting they work virtually at least some of the time, according to Ivanti. The proliferation of devices, users, and locations adds complexity and new vulnerabiliti… Continue reading Young government workers show poor password management habits
Is there a way to get the saved passwords from chrome through python?
Continue reading Is it possible to get chrome login information through python? [closed]
There is a public application that has terrible security practices. When performing an API call to such application, and succesfully logging in, it will return a "user" JSON that includes the MD5 hash of their password, and the M… Continue reading How does this app "hash" their passwords with MD5, but still know the plain-text?
Received an alert of a medium user at risk report. Our policy alerts on medium risks and requires a password change with MFA verification, but the sign-in logs are a little confusing on what generated the alert:
The snapshot is from the s… Continue reading Microsoft Identitiy Protection – Risky sign-ins
Examples of dumb password rules.
There are some pretty bad disasters out there.
My worst experiences are with sites that have artificial complexity requirements that cause my personal password-generation systems to fail. Some of the systems on the list… Continue reading Dumb Password Rules
Successful attacks on systems no longer require zero-day exploits, as attackers now focus on compromising identities through methods such as bypassing MFA, hijacking sessions, or brute-forcing passwords, according to Oort. “The vast majority of success… Continue reading Dormant accounts are a low-hanging fruit for attackers