The password problem — weak, reused credentials that are easy to compromise yet hard to remember and manage — plagues users and organizations. But despite technological advances, passwords still guard ...

Passwords are an important aspect of computer security. A poorly chosen password may result in unauthorized access and/or exploitation of Connecticut College's resources. The purpose of this policy is ...

Attackers don't need AI to crack passwords, they build targeted wordlists from an organization's own public language. This article explains how tools like CeWL turn websites into high-success password ...

I work for a small organization with about 20 geographically dispersed users, most of them with a notebook each (mix of XP, Vista, and 7). We want to make sure that every user account has a password, ...

Want to remove Password Complexity requirements? In Windows 11 and Windows 10, it is possible to customize the Password Policy using the Local Security Policy panel ...

I had an argument with a very smart, very capable server-side programmer a few years ago when I was integrating a project of my own with the Web services API (application programming interface) that ...

A new look at a database of more than 800 million known-breached passwords reveals that 83% of them met basic security standards set by five different standards agencies. Minimum password lengths ...

When engineer Bill Burr from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wrote in 2003 what would soon become the world’s gold standard for password security, he advised people and ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bitwarden, the leading open source password manager for business, today announced a broader set of password management features for enterprises seeking to ...

User who has just returned from vacation can’t remember his password, says the pilot fish he turns to for help. “No problem, I told him. What would you like to use for a new password? He said, ‘B O S ...