Your clever password, dotted with capital letters, numbers and symbols isn’t so clever after all. The man who wrote the book on crafting uncrackable passwords now tells the Wall Street Journal that he was all wrong: short and goofy-looking isn’t the key to better security....
While requiring users to update their passwords has been a longstanding data security practice, FTC Chief Technologist Lorrie Cranor suggests that new research shows the process may possibly do more harm than good. In a blog post last week, Cranor made the case for companies...
Passwords are a less than stellar way to keep consumers from online hacking harm. Instead, the Fast IDentity Online Alliance (aka FIDO) says that a universal standard will keep digital identities secure and portable. In February’s Digital Identity Tracker™, FIDO’s Executive Director describes the very...
Passwords are a less than stellar way to keep consumers from online hacking harm. Instead, the Fast Identity Online Alliance (aka FIDO) says that a universal standard will keep digital identities secure and portable. In February’s Digital Identity Tracker™, FIDO’s Executive Director describes the very...
January 18, 2019
The largest public data breach ever has been discovered, according to Gizmodo. “Collection #1” has seen the exposure of nearly 773 million unique emails and more than 21 million unique passwords, affecting countless individuals. The breach is just one data batch of at least six more, collected by someone trying to sell the stolen info, […]
August 09, 2017
Your clever password, dotted with capital letters, numbers and symbols isn’t so clever after all. The man who wrote the book on crafting uncrackable passwords now tells the Wall Street...
March 07, 2016
While requiring users to update their passwords has been a longstanding data security practice, FTC Chief Technologist Lorrie Cranor suggests that new research shows the process may possibly do more...
January 13, 2016
A password management tool from security firm Trend Micro was found to be vulnerable to remote code execution. A Google Project Zero security team researcher discovered bugs in the antivirus...
