The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

In other words, dynamic passwords are changeable static passwords. Dynamic passwords need to be securely managed. Online and offline password managers come into play here. However, password managers introduce the problem of risk concentration, or putting all of one’s eggs in a single basket.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 26, 2019

Shape Security is sponsoring my blog this week (Captcha is no longer enough, they're talking about how Shape Connect blocks automation & improves security instantly, with a 30 minute implementation).

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Google Security

MAY 5, 2023

Silvia Convento, Senior UX Researcher and Court Jacinic, Senior UX Content Designer In recognition of World Password Day 2023, Google announced its next step toward a passwordless future: passkeys. Learn more on how passkey works under the hood in our Google Security Blog. Figure 1: authentication success rate with passkey vs password.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 29, 2018

That blog post had been in the works for many months before this partnership was conceived of, but I ultimately decided to get it out before this announcement to help explain my thinking. Why It Makes Sense to Partner with a Password Manager Now. I spent a few hours manually updating all passwords to all sites.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 5, 2022

Use complex passwords with at least eight characters.? . ? . I personally use a password manager that will store and inject passwords.? There are many good ones on the market but be sure to protect this personal password vault with multifactor authentication.? However, they are not a silver bullet.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2024

Related: Passwordless workpace long way off However, as users engage with more applications across multiple devices, the digital security landscape is shifting from passwords and password managers towards including passwordless authentication, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), biometrics, and, as of late, passkeys.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Everything becomes clear(er) if I manually change the font in the browser dev tools to a serif version: The victim I was referring to in the opening of this blog post? Obviously, the image is resized to the width of paragraphs on this blog, give it a click if you want to check it out at 1:1 size. What's the solution here?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2025

Level Up Your Security: Embrace Passkeys and Phishing-Resistant 2FA andrew.gertz@t Fri, 01/31/2025 - 15:17 Celebrate Change Your Password Day and 2FA Day by embracing passkeys and phishing-resistant 2FA. Learn why these modern security practices are essential for safer, stronger authentication. Passwordless authentication.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I asked if this notice had been sent to everyone, and inquired whether ShareFile offers any form(s) of multi-factor authentication options that customers could use to supplement the security of passwords. “Citrix forced password resets with the knowledge that attacks of this nature historically come in waves.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this post we cover details on how passkeys stored in the Google Password Manager are kept secure. See our post on the Android Developers Blog for a more general overview. Passkeys are a safer and more secure alternative to passwords. Passkeys are the result of an industry-wide effort.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

Common attacks to consumer protection Identity theft and fraud Some common types of identity theft and fraud include account takeover fraud , when criminals use stolen personal information such as account numbers, usernames, or passwords to hijack bank accounts, credit cards, and even email and social media accounts.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early adopters whose password vaults were exposed in a 2022 breach at LastPass. .” ”

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

You may not worry about a hacker using your Netflix login to catch up on Squid Game, but if that same password permits the thief access to your PayPal account, the stakes are suddenly much higher. Silo your risk by generating a unique password for each of your online accounts. 4) Use a password manager.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

No matter how many letters, numbers, or special characters you give them and no matter how many times you change them, passwords are still @N0T_FUN! Using strong passwords and a password manager 2. Enabling multi-factor authentication 3. Recognizing and reporting phishing 4.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2022

Password security may seem like a simple solution for a huge problem, but it may be difficult to successfully implement in practice. Without strong, secure passwords or two-factor authentication ( 2FA ) enabled in an organization or startup, it becomes easy for attackers to access stolen credentials on their web and email servers.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

From March 19, users of Twitter won’t be able to use SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) unless they have a subscription to the paid Twitter Blue service. You can still use the authentication app and security key methods. To avoid losing access to Twitter, remove text message two-factor authentication by Mar 19, 2023.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Thankfully there are technologies that can alleviate the stress of trying to manage the myriad threats that are arrayed before us. The Progression to Passwordless Authentication Let’s look at the natural progression of life. Moving ahead we can get people to learn to use a password manager. Therein lies the rub.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Password management vendor Dashlane has announced the introduction of integrated passkey support in its password manager, unveiling an in-browser passkey solution to help tackle the issue of stolen/misused passwords. Passwordless authentication takes a powerful step towards addressing this problem, it claimed.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Great to see a book deliver this authenticity - we're all only human after all! Troy Hunt takes us on his life journey, ups and downs, explaining how haveIbeenpwned came to be, raising awareness of the world’s poor password and online security habits. This book has it all.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. “If you have my seed phrase, you can copy and paste that into your wallet, and then you can see all my accounts. .

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Then there's the authentication process itself and it reminds me of a discussion I had with a bank's CISO during a recent workshop. I'd just spent two days with his dev team hacking themselves first and I raised the bollocking they were getting on social media due a new password policy along the lines of those in the tweets you see above.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 11, 2024

The post GUEST ESSAY: How cybercriminals are using ‘infostealers’ to sidestep passwordless authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Webroot

APRIL 30, 2025

Lets explore password-based attacks, and some steps you can take to lock down your logins, once and for all. Threats to your passwords Managing all your passwords can be a hassle. Theyre easy to forget and hard to keep track of, so people tend to use and reuse simple passwords they can remember. Did you know?

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 2, 2022

What are the best methods of WordPress password protection for website administrators? This blog post examines the top password security options, such as strong password policies, password managers, two-factor authentication, educating users, and the use of other, wider safeguards.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 9, 2018

The first part of that is a simple fix we all have control of as individuals but is extremely hard to address as service operators: people need to stop reusing passwords. Go and get a password manager (I use 1Password ), generate random strings for passwords, job done. (Of

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 4, 2023

In a major move forward for passwordless authentication, Google is introducing passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms. ” Google’s move will make passkeys an additional verification option alongside passwords and two-factor verification. Step 2: Yeet the password.”

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Google announced that it will automatically enroll users in multifactor authentication – what they are calling two-step verification. Using their mobile device to sign in gives people a safer and more secure authentication experience than passwords alone,” Risher said. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).

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Webroot

APRIL 4, 2025

That way if one of your passwords is leaked, hackers wont be able to use it to access any of your other accounts. Password managers: Of course, we all need many unique passwords and its tricky to keep track of them all, especially when theyre complicated and one-of-a-kind. Thats where a password manager comes in.

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Identity IQ

MAY 2, 2023

What are the Benefits of a Password Manager? IdentityIQ Passwords are essential when keeping your information safe on your devices. But unfortunately, many people use weak or the same password, making it easy for hackers to crack them. Research shows that 52% of people reuse passwords for multiple accounts.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

But what exactly are passkeys, and why are they considered the future of authentication? With Password Day coming up this Saturday, it’s the perfect time to discuss the future of authentication. Passkeys leverage public-key cryptography to authenticate users without requiring them to remember or type in a password.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2022

For a great explanation of why longer passwords work better than shorter, multi-character type passwords, check out this excellent XKCD strip : . A password manager will make this process much easier, as most have the ability to generate unique passwords and allow you to tailor their length and complexity.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2021

On his blog , Troy Hunt has announced a major milestone in the ‘Have I Been Pwned?’ This enormous injection of used passwords has puffed up the world’s largest publicly available password database by 38%, according to Hunt. If it says a password you use has breached, you know to never use it again.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Only 33 percent consistently use two-factor authentication (2FA). Only 28 percent don’t use repeated passwords•Only 20 percent use a password manager. Using strong passwords (random combinations of letters and numbers are best) and storing them securely in a password manager.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) recently warned that attackers are increasingly using token theft to circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA). “After authentication to Azure AD via a browser, a cookie is created and stored for that session,” the team noted. ” Read next: Top Password Managers. .

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 10, 2022

Virtually every website and app uses passwords as a means of authenticating its users,” investigators wrote in the report. Users – forced to contend with an ever-expanding number of online accounts they must manage – tend to reuse the same passwords across multiple online services. They’re inconvenient.

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

While avoiding duplication of passwords for multiple accounts and enabling two-way authentication can help, using a password manager is another way to help manage all of your account passwords seamlessly. LastPass is the most trusted name in secure password management.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Before we can discuss passkeys, we need to lay some groundwork and discuss authentication, Passwordless and WebAuthn. What is authentication? Authentication is the process of verifying your online identity. We started with usernames and passwords – something you know. What is passwordless? It is MFA Phishing Resistant.

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