Tag: Password Protection

PostgreSQL developers announced a round of patches to address more than 50 bugs and three vulnerabilities in the popular database management system.

The man who first wrote about password strength has modified his stance and written new guidelines that IT managers should follow.

A new study found that most web services have poor password policy. What's the prescription for these protection problems?

Two-factor authentication methods are more secure than passwords alone but require widespread adoption to be universally effective.

Investigations by npm, a Node.js management registry, revealed that an errant attacker uploaded 38 malicious JavaScript packages on the repository.

If access is not properly secured, cybercriminals can use weak administrator credentials to take control over corporate networks.

Researchers uncovered two security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows that could put businesses at risk of credential forwarding and password cracking.

Many high-profile online services are vulnerable to a new type of attack that could enable fraudsters to intercept password reset requests.

With the most recent draft of its Digital Identity Guidelines, NIST revised many of its federal recommendations regarding passwords and access management.

Upon analyzing a massive password dump, Duo Labs concluded that users are slowly but surely adopting recommended password security best practices.