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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 Blog Series | Using Strong Passwords and a Password Manager

NSTIC

Today’s blog is the second one in our 2023 Cybersecurity Awareness Month series and examines different factors associated with using strong passwords and a password manager. This week’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme is ‘ using strong passwords and a password manager.’

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Google Improves Its Password Manager to Boost Security Across All Platforms

The Hacker News

Google on Thursday announced a slew of improvements to its password manager service aimed at creating a more consistent look and feel across different platforms. The updates are also expected to automatically

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Password manager LastPass reveals intrusion into development system

CSO Magazine

LastPass, maker of a popular password management application, revealed Thursday that an unauthorized party gained access to its development environment through a compromised developer account and stole some source code and proprietary technical information. To read this article in full, please click here

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: Using Strong Passwords and a Password Manager

NSTIC

The key behavior that we are highlighting this week for Cybersecurity Awareness Month is using strong passwords and a password manager. Take a look at her responses to our questions below… This week’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme is using strong passwords and a password manager. As a senior

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Dashlane launches integrated passkey support for password manager with new in-browser passkey solution

CSO Magazine

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. Passkey support includes secure sharing, access control, multi-device sync capabilities.

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Researchers say enterprise password manager hit in supply chain attack

SC Magazine

In an April 23 blog , the firm claimed to have digital evidence that Australian company ClickStudios suffered a breach, sometime between April 20 and April 22, which resulted in the attacker dropping a corrupted update to its password manager Passwordstate. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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The 2021 State of the Auth Report: 2FA Climbs, While Password Managers and Biometrics Trend

Duo's Security Blog

—Elie Bursztein, Cybersecurity Research Lead, Google Non-Traditional Authentication Methods Move the Needle Two contemporary trends in primary authentication are password managers and biometrics. Password managers are a tool which securely stores a user’s existing passwords and can assist in the creation of new, more secure passwords.