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Title: How to make bad passwords better, and more hope for the future of authentication Post by: HCK on February 05, 2016, 09:00:12 am How to make bad passwords better, and more hope for the future of authentication
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Would you tell me your password? Probably not, but there might be a good chance I could guess it. In SplashData’s list (http://www.pcworld.com/video/61647/dumb-passwords-the-2016-oscars-edition) of the the worst passwords of 2015, culled from data from various breaches and hacks, "123456" and "password" continued to top the list. </p><p>You’ll also probably be surprised at how easy it is for cyber miscreants to crack passwords (http://www.csoonline.com/article/3025628/security/ignore-the-worlds-worst-passwords-look-at-how-theyre-created-instead.html). No wonder we all want an alternative (http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/launchkey-passwordbased/) badly. For now, though, there are two things you can do: Make your crummiest passwords at least somewhat better, and check out some of the password alternatives starting to come online. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3026809/security/how-to-make-bad-passwords-better-and-more-hope-for-the-future-of-authentication.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: How to make bad passwords better, and more hope for the future of authentication (http://www.macworld.com/article/3026809/security/how-to-make-bad-passwords-better-and-more-hope-for-the-future-of-authentication.html#tk.rss_all) |