Passwords Personal Security Risk 
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Until biometrics or a quantum solution change our everyday approach to encryption, passwords remain our first line of defense against data breaches, hackers, and thieves. Proper password hygiene doesn’t require a degree in rocket science. 1) Create sufficiently-complex passwords. But simpler passwords are much easier to hack.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
The first one was about HSBC disclosing a "security incident" which, upon closer inspection, boiled down to this: The security incident that HSBC described in its letter seems to fit the characteristics of brute-force password-guessing attempts, also known as a credentials stuffing attack.
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Troy Hunt
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
In May last year, I loaded more than 1 billion records from other incidents very similar to this and the real risk it poses to people is that if they've reused their password in multiple places, each of those accounts is now in jeopardy if the username and password appears in one of these lists. Can I provide the password used?
Schneier on Security
MARCH 5, 2018
Princeton's Karen Levy has a good article computer security and the intimate partner threat: When you learn that your privacy has been compromised, the common advice is to prevent additional access -- delete your insecure account, open a new one, change your password.
Malwarebytes
JANUARY 31, 2024
These shady services, Hunt says, allow interested parties, including criminals, to access records that contain usernames, passwords (including in clear text), email addresses, and IP addresses. It has Terms of Service that include: You may only use this service for your own personal security and research.
Security Boulevard
AUGUST 20, 2021
And I worked as a corporate Chef for an organization that required very long, complex passwords that had to change every 90 days and could not match your last 6 passwords. Low Hanging Fruit Ninja: Slashing the Risks of the Human Element Read More ». I was super busy, ….
SC Magazine
MAY 6, 2021
Today’s columnist, Jasson Casey of Beyond Identity, offers a path for security teams to move off shared secrets and embrace a passwordless world. It’s World Password Day, do the company’s users still rely on passwords? Has the security team replaced them? Eliminate passwords.
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