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I recently wrote about using passwords correctly, and a reader replied: “I’ve been getting told this for years, but who’s ever going to attack my 12-employee business?” This isn’t the first time I’ve heard remarks like that. The answer is: “Who won’t attack you!?” Hackers don’t care whether your annual revenue is in five figures […]

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Pop quiz: What has been the most popular — and therefore least secure — password every year since 2013? If you answered “password,” you’d be close. “Qwerty” is another contender for the dubious distinction, but the champion is the most basic, obvious password imaginable: “123456.” Yes, tons of people still use “123456” as a password, […]

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As the world becomes more digitally bound and workers adapt to new business models, our cyber habits should improve considerably. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been the case. The 2020 LastPass ‘Psychology of Passwords’ report has revealed alarming online behavior by consumers. Password recycling should not be ‘a thing’ In the past 5 months, the digital landscape […]

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