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Users often create weak and easily guessed passwords they reuse across systems and websites. As a result, traditional passwords are often the weakest link in the...
Criminal hackers took responsibility for a recent FastCompany breach, saying they exploited an easily guessed default password, “pizza123.” The business magazine reused the weak password across a...
Microsoft has long recommended that customers enable multifactor authentication (MFA) as a way of better protecting Active Directory and Azure AD accounts. Without MFA, anyone with...
Google is in the process of developing a password strength indicator for its Chrome browser. While it is true that such functionality is available today by way...
A strong account lockout policy is one of the most effective tools for stopping brute force authentication attempts on Windows domains. Once an attacker enters an...
Ever since 2004, the payment card industry has required merchants who accept credit card payments to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI...
In this video for Help Net Security, Darren Siegel, Product Specialist at Specops Software, talks about the importance of password security and what makes them vulnerable. He...
Phishing attacks have become a massive problem for organizations of all sizes. According to Expert Insights’ recent study, “almost 20% of all employees are likely to click on...
Specops Password Auditor is a read-only tool that scans your Active Directory and identifies password-related vulnerabilities. The collected information generates multiple interactive reports containing user and password...
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