SECURITY
On Ars Technica’s most excellent comprehensive review of password security
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Jeffrey Goldberg
Dan Goodin at Ars Technica published an excellent article reviewing password security and explaining …
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SECURITY
More than just one password: Lessons from an epic hack
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Jeffrey Goldberg
Mat Honan, a 1Password user and writer for Wired, did everything right. He had strong, unique …
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Blizzard and insecurity questions: My father’s middle name is vR2Ut1VNj
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Jeffrey Goldberg
By now most people will have heard that email addresses, hashed passwords, and some other data has …
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1Password is Ready for John the Ripper
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Jeffrey Goldberg
John the Ripper, the pre-eminent password cracking tool, is getting ready to take on 1Password. Is …
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Password reuse strikes again, and a bit closer to home at Dropbox
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Jeffrey Goldberg
Not so long ago, I wrote about a case where attackers were taking passwords that were leaked from …
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TIPS & ADVICE
Friends don’t let friends reuse passwords
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Jeffrey Goldberg
We’ve written about password reuse before, and we’ll be writing about it again. Password reuse—using …
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