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The UK Bans Default Passwords

Schneier on Security

The UK is the first country to ban default passwords on IoT devices. On Monday, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to ban default guessable usernames and passwords from these IoT devices. Unique passwords installed by default are still permitted. This sort of thing benefits all of us everywhere.

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Half a Million IoT Passwords Leaked

Schneier on Security

It is amazing that this sort of thing can still happen: the list was compiled by scanning the entire internet for devices that were exposing their Telnet port. The hacker then tried using (1) factory-set default usernames and passwords, or (2) custom, but easy-to-guess password combinations. Default passwords?

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2020 Likely To Break Records for Breaches

Adam Levin

2020 is on the path to becoming a record-breaking year for data breaches and compromised personal data. billion records have already been exposed, and that’s only accounting for the first quarter of 2020. The post 2020 Likely To Break Records for Breaches appeared first on Adam Levin. Marriott (5.2

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Most used passwords for 2020: The internet's favorite curse word, name, food, and team

Tech Republic Security

CyberNews analyzed more than 15 billion passwords; if your favorite one is at the top of the list, it's time to change right now.

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We Didn't Encrypt Your Password, We Hashed It. Here's What That Means:

Troy Hunt

The organisation involved may have contacted you and advised your password was exposed but fortunately, they encrypted it. Ah, yes, but it wasn't encrypted it was hashed and therein lies a key difference: Saying that passwords are “encrypted” over and over again doesn’t make it so. But you should change it anyway.

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Are Your Passwords in the Green?

Approachable Cyber Threats

Our 2022 update to our famous password table that’s been shared across the news, internet, social media, and organizations worldwide. Password Strength in 2022 It’s been two years since we first shared our (now famous) password table. Hackers solve this problem by cracking the passwords instead. Keep reading!

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FreeWorld ransomware attacks MSSQL—get your databases off the Internet

Malwarebytes

When we think of ransomware and brute force password guessing attacks, we normally think of RDP, but recent research from Securonix reminds us that anything secured with a password and exposed to the Internet is of interest to cybercriminals. A simple search on Shodan found almost 90,000 potential targets.