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Hackers can crack 59% of passwords in an hour

18

Jun

2024

Although World Password Day, held annually on the first Thursday in May, has passed, our — and we hope your — fascination with password security continues. Instead of analyzing artificial “test-tube” passwords created for lab studies, we stayed in the real world — examining actual passwords leaked on the dark web. The results were alarming: […]

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When two-factor authentication is useless

10

Jun

2024

Two-factor authentication (2FA) with the use of one-time passwords (OTPs) is now often seen as a cure-all against phishing, social engineering, account theft, and other cyber-maladies. By requesting an OTP at login, the service in question provides an additional protective layer of user verification. The code can be generated in a special app directly on […]

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Researchers Uncover How Outlook Vulnerability Could Leak Your NTLM Passwords

29

Jan

2024

A now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Outlook could be exploited by threat actors to access NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v2 hashed passwords when opening a specially crafted file. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-35636 (CVSS score: 6.5), was addressed by the tech giant as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for December 2023. “In an email […]

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