The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

at the password management firm LastPass, what the CSTO role entails and how companies need to do more to confront the security implications of “software eating the world.” Writing in 2011 i n the Wall Street Journal , Andreessen predicted that, in the next 10 years, he expected many more industries to be disrupted by software. .

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CISO Password Management Technology Software 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 29, 2023

First observed in 2011, the holiday stresses the importance of having extra copies of data in case of an attack or accident. Create complex passwords that cannot be easily guessed and are different for each account. A password manager is an effective way to keep track of many complex passwords.

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Backups Encryption Passwords Ransomware 71

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

The typical username and password for Wi-Fi routers is “admin” for both, but you may need to search online or contact your ISP if that doesn’t work. And while you’re in there, update that password to something a little less hackable, possibly saving the new one in a password manager.

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Wireless Encryption Passwords IoT 98

Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A strong password—one that combines letters, numbers, and symbols and is not used for other accounts—adds an additional layer of defence against potential security breaches. For better security, use a password manager to generate and store longer, random passwords. Passwords should be long and complex.

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Firmware Encryption Passwords Authentication 64

Spinone

JANUARY 21, 2015

SplashData has released its annual list of the most common passwords compiled from more than 3.3 million leaked passwords during the year of 2014. Still “123456” and “password” continue to win the top 2 spots where they have been each year since the first report of 2011.

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Passwords Password Management Backups Hacking 40

ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

In 2011, there a was user in a chat room by the name of altoid, like the mint. Anyone talking about it in 2011 most likely had inside information. Don't use familiar passwords seriously. If you want nothing to connect back to you choose an entirely new set of passwords. And he had.

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Hacking Mobile Cryptocurrency VPN 52

Troy Hunt

JULY 18, 2022

How about ASafaWeb in 2011 ? The partnership with 1Password several years later is the same again; arguably, it made HIBP more useful for the masses or non-techies that had never given any consideration to a password manager. Totally free and designed to solve the common problem of ASP.NET website misconfiguration. So why do it?

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Data breaches Passwords Password Management Software 318

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

They were particularly effective at wreaking havoc on the web around 2011 and back then, they too were represented as being another bunch of scary dudes. Unfortunately though, "not so scary" doesn't sell newspapers. But, of course, we've seen this all before. Remember LulzSec ?

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Data breaches Passwords Marketing Hacking 243