SECURITY
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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SECURITY
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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“Check out my debit card!” Or: why people make bad security choices
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Jeffrey Goldberg
Yes, the stories are true, and no, this isn’t The Onion. People are, once again, displaying their …
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Flames and collisions
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Jeffrey Goldberg
Unless you are a system administrator for a government institution in or around the Middle East you …
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A salt-free diet is bad for your security
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Jeffrey Goldberg
I am not giving anyone health advice. Instead, I’m going to use the example of the recent LinkedIn …
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