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What About Password Manager Risks?

KnowBe4

In KnowBe4’s new Password Policy ebook, What Your Password Policy Should Be , we recommend that all users use a password manager to create and use perfectly random passwords. A perfectly random 12-character or longer password is impervious to all known password guessing and cracking attacks.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 418 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Credential Stuffing vs Brute Force – When Strong Passwords Are Not Enough

Adapture

Credential Stuffing vs Brute Force Over the past couple of decades, we’ve been constantly reminded to use strong passwords. Strong passwords were supposed to fend off brute force attacks, the most commonly used attack vector to break into an account. In fairness, strong passwords can still thwart brute force.

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The Real Danger of Compromised Passwords

Adapture

In fact, if you have a Google account, you’ve probably seen a list of some non-Google accounts you own that have compromised passwords. I’m no longer using the sites where those compromised passwords are found.” Problem is, there’s another not-so-obvious reason to act on these compromised password alerts. Here’s why.

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US Feds arrested two men involved in the Warzone RAT operation

Security Affairs

. “According to court documents authorizing the seizures, the Warzone RAT provided cybercriminals the ability to browse victim file systems, take screenshots, record keystrokes, steal victim usernames and passwords, and watch victims through their web cameras, all without the victims’ knowledge or permission.”

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Weekly discussion podcast: Security in the Digital World

IT Governance

This week’s extract is taken from Graham Day’s book Security in the Digital World. This must-have guide features simple explanations, examples and advice to help you become security-aware in a developing digital world. Competition: For your chance to win a copy of this new eBook , simply answer the following question….

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U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble hit by cyberattack

Security Affairs

The bookseller also operated the Nook Digital, which is a spin-off division that sells eBook and e-Reader platform. Over the weekend, users have been complaining on Nook’s Facebook page and Twitter that they were not able to access their library of purchased eBooks and magazine subscriptions. Pierluigi Paganini. The post U.S.