Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2021

Passwords are a hot topic on social media at the moment, due to the re-emergence of a discussion about good password management practices. There’s a wealth of password management options available, some more desirable than others. The primary recommendation online is usually a software-based management tool.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

Passwords have become a common way to access and manage our digital lives. Think of all the accounts you have with different providers. Having a password allows you to securely access your information, pay bills or connect with friends and family on various platforms. However, having a password alone is not enough.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

House Oversight and Homeland Security committees last week, SolarWinds’s former and current CEOs blamed an intern for creating a weak FTP server password and leaking it on GitHub – an act which may or may not have contributed to a supply chain hack that impacted users of the tech firm’s Orion IT performance monitoring platform.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

Vamosi: Within InfoSec there's an informal use of AppSec as well. This can be from your personal checking account or business account. The Chromebook is about $200 Now, the Chromebook however, is going to require you to log into your Gmail account and hiding that is a bit beyond the skill level in this episode.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 8, 2019

Also: we continue our series on life after the password by speaking to Ian Paterson, the CEO of behavioral authentication vendor Plurilock. Abine says Blur Password Manager User Information Exposed. The post Episode 145: Read the whole entry. » Chris Wysopal is the Chief Technology Officer of Veracode.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

It's the address on Aadhaar's Twitter account , it's the first result on a Google search and time and time again, it's promoted as the site people should go to before doing anything else Aadhaar related. This is poor form as it can break tools that encourage good security practices such as password managers.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. Wait, what?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys. Wait, what?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 20, 2021

Manages permissions. Maintained by infosec teams. Manages identifying information. The resource owner can directly register with the client’s service without replugging their personal information for the new account. Also Read: Best Password Management Software & Tools. Not visible to user.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Incidentally, Lorenzo who wrote that Motherboard piece is a top-notch infosec journo I've worked with many times before and he reported accurately in that piece.) Speaking of which: New self-submitted breach: devkitPro had 1,508 accounts impacted in a data breach last week. 79% were already in @haveibeenpwned.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The service was obviously rather popular because within days the tech (and mainstream) headlines were proclaiming that thousands of hacked Disney+ accounts were already for sale on hacking forums. This compromise would expose all their accounts to be exploited /for their services only/. Password manager? Password manager?

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