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Where possible, and especially for important accounts such as Office 365 and G Suite accounts, the prevailing advice for users is to enable two-factor authentication. …

One of the most pervasive challenges in cybersecurity is the balancing act between protection and usability. Security measures have to prevent malicious actors from accessing …

Cybercriminals are looking for ways to use trusted devices to gain control of Internet of Things (IoT) devices via password cracking and exploiting other vulnerabilities, such …

It all started with Collection #1, a monster breach dubbed as the biggest data dump in history with its 773 million unique email addresses, and 22 million unique passwords. …

The recovered compromised credentials and personally identifiable information (PII) as well as the identified trends in online security habits and the data criminals tend to …

Users of popular dating site OkCupid have been complaining of hackers taking over their account, locking them out by changing the associated email address and password, and …

As the number of compromised and leaked credentials rises inexorably with each passing day, Google has decided to help users choose safe combinations for all their online …

Yubico announced the results of the company’s 2019 State of Password and Authentication Security Behaviors Report, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, who surveyed 1,761 IT …

Someone has compiled a massive collection of email addresses and plain text passwords, apparently from 2000+ hacked databases, and has made the trove freely available for …

Kanye West is the worst password offender of 2018, according to Dashlane. When visiting the White House, the famous rapper was sprotted unlocking his iPhone with the passcode …

Philip Pieterse, Principal Consultant for Trustwave’s SpiderLabs, has demonstrated at Black Hat Arsenal Europe 2018 a new tool for penetration testers called Scavenger. …

All who work in the information security industry agree that passwords are one of the worst security nightmares of the modern information security age. Having weak passwords …