June 25, 2018

Terrible passwords outlawed in Microsoft’s new Azure tool

Azure AD Password Protection prevents users from setting a password from the company’s list of 500 most common and easily-guessed examples.

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March 02, 2018

Can emojis save you from a terrible password?

Researchers might have discovered a simple way to get more computer users to opt for strong passwords - tell them how easy their weak choices would be to hack.

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February 15, 2018

Joke dating site matches people based on their passwords

Hey baby, nice little "abc123" ya got there.

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January 18, 2018

Yes, Hawaii emergency management stuck a password on a sticky note

... and nobody bothered to vet the photo taken of that sticky note and distributed by AP.

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August 25, 2017

Identity theft at ‘epidemic’ levels, warn experts

It's a crime that's booming - so how can you protect yourself? We take a look at the figures and offer some tips

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August 11, 2017

Why NIST’s Bill Burr shouldn’t regret his 2003 password advice

We've learned a lot about passwords since 2003 - not least that you need more than even the best-crafted password to keep data safe

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January 17, 2017

News in brief: flying cars take off; terrible passwords; Facebook picks Paris incubator campus

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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August 17, 2016

Why you STILL can’t trust password strength meters

18 months on from our original test and password strength meters are still terrible.

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May 25, 2016

Elders way better at password security than millennials

Now get off my lawn, you 2FA-disrespecting young'ns.

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