Palo Alto Crosswalk Signals Had Default Passwords
Palo Alto’s crosswalk signals were hacked last year. Turns out the city never changed the default passwords.
Passwords
Product showcase: RoboForm password manager for iOS
RoboForm is a password manager that helps users store and manage login credentials, identities, and other sensitive information in one place. The app is available on macOS, Windows, Android, and iOS. It uses AES-256-bit encryption and a master password…
Password habits are changing, and the data shows how far we’ve come
In this Help Net Security video, Andréanne Bergeron, Security Researcher at Flare, explains how changes in user habits, policy shifts, and new tools have shaped password security over nearly twenty years. She walks through research based on leaked pass…
Social data puts user passwords at risk in unexpected ways
Many CISOs already assume that social media creates new openings for password guessing, but new research helps show what that risk looks like in practice. The findings reveal how much information can be reconstructed from public profiles and how that d…
The identity mess your customers feel before you do
Customer identity has become one of the most brittle parts of the enterprise security stack. Teams know authentication matters, but organizations keep using methods that frustrate users and increase risk. New research from Descope shows how companies m…
Product showcase: Proton Pass, a password manager with identity protection
Managing passwords can be a real headache, and it’s still common to fall back on reusing them or storing them in a browser without much protection. Proton Pass, built by the Swiss company Proton AG (the team behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN), takes a …
Employees keep finding new ways around company access controls
AI, SaaS, and personal devices are changing how people get work done, but the tools that protect company systems have not kept up, according to 1Password. Tools like SSO, MDM, and IAM no longer align with how employees and AI agents access data. The re…
Passwordless adoption moves from hype to habit
With the average person juggling more than 300 credentials and credential abuse still the top attack vector, the password’s decline is long overdue. Across every major sector, organizations are changing how users log in, and new data shows the shift is…
Plex Urges Password Resets Following Data Breach
Hackers accessed emails, usernames, password hashes, and authentication data stored in a Plex database.
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Poor Password Choices
Look at this: McDonald’s chose the password “123456” for a major corporate system.