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I've Joined the 1Password Board of Advisers

Troy Hunt

Almost a decade ago now, I wrote what would become one of my most career-defining blog posts: The Only Secure Password is the One You Can't Remember. I had come to the realisation that I simply had too many accounts across too many systems to ever have any chance of creating decent unique passwords I could remember.

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LastPass: Password Manager Review for 2021

eSecurity Planet

LastPass is password management software that’s been popular among business and personal users since it was initially released in 2008. Like other password managers, LastPass provides a secure vault for your login credentials, personal documents, and other sensitive information. When it was acquired by LogMeIn Inc.

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Inside the Massive Naz.API Credential Stuffing List

Troy Hunt

Website, username and password: That's just the first 20 rows out of 5 million in that particular file, but it gives you a good sense of the data. The question of how valid the accompanying passwords remain aside, time and time again the email addresses in the stealer logs checked out on the services they appeared alongside.

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We're Baking Have I Been Pwned into Firefox and 1Password

Troy Hunt

My relationship with 1Password stretches all the way back to 2011 when I came to the realisation that the only secure password is the one you can't remember. And if you're not already putting all your passwords in 1Password, go and grab a free trial and give it a go.

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This hidden Chrome feature is my secret productivity trick - here's my favorite way to use it

Zero Day

As far back as 2011 or 2012, you could go into Google Image Search, upload an image, and get search results. You can feed it an image, and Lens will do its best to tell you what you're looking at. Also:  5 Android browsers that are better than Chrome (and why I prefer them) To be fair, this is not a new Google capability.

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Reduce your helpdesk burden 20-50%

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The reputation is well-deserved when you consider that we (the cybersecurity team) tell users to create a unique password for each account to increase security. According to Gartner, 20 – 50% of help desk calls are for password reset – which is an expensive burden for any help desk.

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How to Configure a Router to Use WPA2 in 7 Easy Steps

eSecurity Planet

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.