9 Best Articles in 2021
ncsc.gov.uk
Let them paste passwords
ncsc.gov.uk
6 min read · From 2017 · Allow your website to accept pasted passwords - it makes your site more secure, not less.
Troy Hunt
Passwords Evolved: Authentication Guidance for the Modern Era
Troy Hunt
~18 min read · From 2017 · In the beginning, things were simple: you had two strings (a username and a password) and if someone knew both of them, they could log in. Easy. But the ecosystem in which they were used was simple…
Guardian Tech
RIP passwords: new web standard designed to replace login method
Guardian Tech
3 min read · From 2018 · WebAuthn will eliminate need for passwords by moving to methods of authentication such as biometrics, says web standards controller
Troy Hunt
I've Just Launched "Pwned Passwords" V2 With Half a Billion Passwords for Download
Troy Hunt
20+ min read · From 2018 · Last August, I launched a little feature within Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) I called Pwned Passwords. This was a list of 320 million passwords from a range of different data breaches which organisations…
DEV Community 👩💻👨💻
How to Process Passwords as a Software Developer
DEV Community 👩💻👨💻
2 min read · 2019-10-21 · Passwords are still the primary method of authentication today, in a form of some...
Facebook Newsroom
Keeping Passwords Secure
Facebook Newsroom
2 min read · From 2019 · As part of a routine security review in January, we found that some user passwords were being stored in a readable format within our internal data storage systems. We have fixed these issues and as a…
Dropbox
How Dropbox securely stores your passwords
Dropbox
3 min read · From 2016 · It’s universally acknowledged that it’s a bad idea to store plain-text passwords. If a database containing plain-text passwords is compromised, user accounts are in immediate danger.
a16z
Passwords Are Dead… Again
a16z
6 min read · From 2019 · After headlines and heated discussions around large consumer breaches, the “death of the password” may be the second most common information-security (“infosec”) story out there. And it’s an old st…
HackerNoon
I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.
HackerNoon
~12 min read · From 2018 · The following is a true story. Or maybe it’s just based on a true story. Perhaps it’s not true at all.
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MacRumors.com
Security Researcher Develops Lightning Cable With Hidden Chip to Steal Passwords
MacRumors.com
Sep 2nd · A normal-looking Lightning cable that can used to steal data like passwords and send it to a hacker has been developed, Vice reports. The...
NBC News
Hackers are leaking children’s data — and there’s little parents can do
NBC News
5 min read · Sep 10th · Most don’t have bank passwords. Few have credit scores yet.
The Verge
Windows users can now manage their iCloud Passwords
The Verge
3 min read · Aug 16th · iCloud Passwords gets a dedicated Windows app.
The Wall Street Journal
The Problem With ‘Complex’ Passwords
The Wall Street Journal
3 min read · Sep 8th · They make it too hard for users, who in turn make it too easy for hackers.
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The Verge
Google is making it easier to check if your passwords have been compromised in a data breach
The Verge
3 min read · 2019-10-02 · Google also checks for reused and weak passwords.
WIRED
Facebook Stored Millions of Passwords in Plaintext—Change Yours Now
WIRED
4 min read · From 2019 · The social network kept hundreds of millions of user passwords unscrambled, and employees could search them.
Ars Technica
This 11-year-old is selling cryptographically secure passwords for $2 each
Ars Technica
3 min read · From 2015 · Girl makes Diceware passwords, rolled with real dice, written by hand, sent by mail.
Boing Boing
Discarded smart lightbulbs reveal your wifi passwords, stored in the clear
Boing Boing
2 min read · From 2019
github.com
beurtschipper/Depix
github.com
2020-12-06 · Recovers passwords from pixelized screenshots. Contribute to beurtschipper/Depix development by creating an account on GitHub.
haveibeenpwned.com
Have I been pwned? Pwned Passwords
haveibeenpwned.com
2 min read · From 2017 · Have I been pwned? allows you to search across multiple data breaches to see if your email addresses has been compromised.
wpengine.com
Unmasked: An Analysis of 10 Million Passwords
wpengine.com
~14 min read · From 2017 · How strong are your passwords? Here's an analysis of 10 million via @wpengine
EFF
Creating Strong Passwords
EFF
5 min read · From 2015 · Because remembering many different passwords is difficult, people often reuse a small number of passwords across many different accounts, sites, and services. Today, users are constantly being asked to come up with new passwords—many people end up reusing the same password dozens or even hundreds of times.
The New York Times
Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes
The New York Times
6 min read · Jan 12th · Bitcoin owners are getting rich because the cryptocurrency has soared. But what happens when you can’t access that wealth because you forgot the password to your digital wallet?
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