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Which password manager is better?
A password manager is the best way to protect all your online accounts and services with strong, unique passwords. This prevents password reuse and weak passwords, both of which increase the risk of brute-force attacks. There are many different password managers to pick from and deciding can be hard. In this guide, we battled NordPass vs LastPass to find the…
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Bitwarden makes it harder to hack password vaults without MFA
Open-source password manager Bitwarden is adding an extra layer of security for accounts that are not protected by two-factor authentication, requiring email verification before allowing access to accounts. When a potentially suspicious login attempt is detected, like from an unrecognized device, the user will now prompted to confirm the action by entering a verification code they received via email. Those…
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Password management startup Passbolt secures $8 million to shake up credential security
Password management startup Passbolt has secured $8 million in funding as part of a Series A investment round. Passbolt specializes in credential management for organizations ranging in size from small businesses to large enterprises, and boasts more than 400,000 active daily users. While focusing primarily on password management, the startup also provides security for a variety of organizational credentials. This…
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Hackers use FastHTTP in new high-speed Microsoft 365 password attacks
Threat actors are utilizing the FastHTTP Go library to launch high-speed brute-force password attacks targeting Microsoft 365 accounts globally. The campaign was recently discovered by incident response firm SpearTip, who said the attacks began on January 6, 2024, targeting the Azure Active Directory Graph API. The researchers warn that the brute-force attacks have to successful account takeovers 10% of the time.…
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Detailed Hashcat Cheat Sheet + Password Recovery Simulator
Hacking passwords isn’t just a black hat affair for criminals and neer-do-wells. Ethical hacking is an essential tool for IT professionals who want to expand their skills. This is where Hashcat comes in. Hashcat allows you to test out your (white hat and fully ethical) password-hacking skills. You’ll eventually learn the ins and outs of what Hashcat has to offer,…
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How To Set, Change, and Recover Your MySQL Root Password
You may have MySQL running somewhere in your data center. If that’s the case, there might be a time when you need to set or change the root user password. This can happen when you’ve forgotten the password, or when you’re looking up your security game after remembering you set the original MySQL password to something far too simple. The…
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The Best Password Managers for Families for 2024
Password managers are powerful tools that are a massive upgrade to your online security. Better yet, some password managers can even protect you and your family at the same time. What to Look For in a Family Password Manager To put together this roundup, we went through all the entries in our list of the best password managers and figured…
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Citrix shares mitigations for ongoing Netscaler password spray attacks
Citrix Netscaler is the latest target in widespread password spray attacks targeting edge networking devices and cloud platforms this year to breach corporate networks. In March, Cisco reported that threat actors were conducting password spray attacks on the Cisco VPN devices. In some cases, these attacks caused a denial-of-service state, allowing the company to find a DDoS vulnerability they fixed in October.…
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How to create a secure password policy
Passwords have been on their way out for years – and it’s no surprise. Alone, passwords are a flawed means of security, partly because people often choose weak credentials and repeat them across services. In an enterprise scenario, this is especially problematic when coupled with IT policies that mandate changing passwords regularly. It is with this in mind that attitudes…
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Getting started with Google Password Manager – Computerworld
Google Password Manager 101 First things first: You shouldn’t have to do anything to turn the Google Password Manager on. The system, once considered part of Google’s Smart Lock feature, works across Android, iOS, ChromeOS, and any other desktop platform where you’re signed into Chrome — and it’s typically activated by default in all of those places. You’ll see the…
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