Most reuse their passwords

New research has shown that over a third of terminally daft IT managers have disabled security measures on their systems, while a shocking 70 per cent admitted to the cardinal sin of reusing passwords.

Hashcat positively purrs 

Security researcher, Sam Croley claims that Nvidia’s RTX 4090 graphics card is rather good at cracking passwords.

Use passphrases instead

An FBI Portland Tech report has told its readers to stop using passwords and switch to passphrases.

You get that when you mess around with standards

An outfit behind the OpenID open standard and decentralised authentication protocol, has penned an open letter to Apple saying its "Sign In with Apple" feature is insecure.

 
Aussie spooks claim

Australia received intelligence reports that Huawei personnel provided Chinese spies passwords to hack a "foreign network".

Refuses to hand over passwords

The human rights group Cage is preparing to mount a legal challenge to UK anti-terrorism legislation over a refusal to hand over mobile and laptop passwords to border control officials at air terminals, ports and international rail stations.

A new feature

Security experts have warned that a new feature in iOS has made it a lot easier for passwords to be hacked.

Only a matter of time

Security company claims that Windows file exposure is proof