Answering this question is not as straightforward as it seems. Here’s what you should consider when it comes to keeping your accounts safe. Much has been made over the past few years about the growing potential in passwordless authentication and passkeys. Thanks to the near-ubiquity of smartphone-based facial recognition, the ability to log into your favorite apps or … More How often should you change your passwords?
AI-driven voice cloning can make things far too easy for scammers – I know because I’ve tested it so that you don’t have to learn about the risks the hard way. The recent theft of my voice brought me to a new fork in the road in terms of how AI already has the potential of causing … More Your voice is my password
According to Ars Technica*, Microsoft cloud services are scanning for malware by peeking inside users’ zip files, even when they’re protected by a password, several users reported on Mastodon on Monday. Compressing file contents into archived zip files has long been a tactic threat actors use to conceal malware spreading through email or downloads. Eventually, … More Microsoft is scanning the inside of password-protected zip files for malware
Don’t torture people with exceedingly complex password composition rules but do blacklist commonly used passwords, plus other ways to help people help themselves – and your entire organization. When engineer Bill Burr from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wrote in 2003 what would soon become the world’s gold standard for password security, … More Creating strong, yet user‑friendly passwords: Tips for your business password policy
Here’s what to consider when weighing your options and how to choose the right password vault for you. Wave after wave of new technologies have threatened to bring about the end of the password over the years. But none so far have succeeded. That leaves most users with a problem. Passwords are a potential security … More 10 things to look out for when buying a password manager
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