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FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised

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FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised 2026-06-19 at 13:48 By Ionut Arghire The large-scale credential theft campaign hit roughly half of the internet-accessible Fortinet firewalls and VPNs. The post FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Passwords, MFA, and why neither is enough

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Passwords, MFA, and why neither is enough 2026-03-13 at 07:37 By Help Net Security Passwords weren’t enough, so we added MFA. Now MFA isn’t enough either. In this Help Net Security video, Karlo Zatylny, CTO/CISO at Portnox, walks through why each layer of identity security has failed and what comes next. SMS codes can be

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Product showcase: RoboForm password manager for iOS

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Product showcase: RoboForm password manager for iOS 2025-12-30 at 08:41 By Anamarija Pogorelec RoboForm is a password manager that helps users store and manage login credentials, identities, and other sensitive information in one place. The app is available on macOS, Windows, Android, and iOS. It uses AES-256-bit encryption and a master password to protect stored

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Password habits are changing, and the data shows how far we’ve come

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Password habits are changing, and the data shows how far we’ve come 2025-12-11 at 08:13 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Andréanne Bergeron, Security Researcher at Flare, explains how changes in user habits, policy shifts, and new tools have shaped password security over nearly twenty years. She walks through research based

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Social data puts user passwords at risk in unexpected ways

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Social data puts user passwords at risk in unexpected ways 2025-11-28 at 09:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Many CISOs already assume that social media creates new openings for password guessing, but new research helps show what that risk looks like in practice. The findings reveal how much information can be reconstructed from public profiles and how

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The identity mess your customers feel before you do

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The identity mess your customers feel before you do 2025-11-27 at 07:55 By Anamarija Pogorelec Customer identity has become one of the most brittle parts of the enterprise security stack. Teams know authentication matters, but organizations keep using methods that frustrate users and increase risk. New research from Descope shows how companies manage customer identity

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Is your password manager truly GDPR compliant?

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Is your password manager truly GDPR compliant? 2025-11-20 at 08:34 By Sinisa Markovic Passwords sit at the core of every critical system, but many organizations still overlook how fragile their password workflows can be. When something goes wrong, security teams rush to uncover who had access, how those passwords were stored and whether sensitive data

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Product showcase: Proton Pass, a password manager with identity protection

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Product showcase: Proton Pass, a password manager with identity protection 2025-11-19 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Managing passwords can be a real headache, and it’s still common to fall back on reusing them or storing them in a browser without much protection. Proton Pass, built by the Swiss company Proton AG (the team behind

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Employees keep finding new ways around company access controls

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Employees keep finding new ways around company access controls 2025-11-03 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI, SaaS, and personal devices are changing how people get work done, but the tools that protect company systems have not kept up, according to 1Password. Tools like SSO, MDM, and IAM no longer align with how employees and AI

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Passwordless adoption moves from hype to habit

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Passwordless adoption moves from hype to habit 2025-10-31 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec With the average person juggling more than 300 credentials and credential abuse still the top attack vector, the password’s decline is long overdue. Across every major sector, organizations are changing how users log in, and new data shows the shift is picking

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Plex Urges Password Resets Following Data Breach

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Plex Urges Password Resets Following Data Breach 2025-09-09 at 11:53 By Ionut Arghire Hackers accessed emails, usernames, password hashes, and authentication data stored in a Plex database. The post Plex Urges Password Resets Following Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Password crisis in healthcare: Meeting and exceeding HIPAA requirements

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Password crisis in healthcare: Meeting and exceeding HIPAA requirements 2025-08-20 at 19:25 By Help Net Security In 2025, healthcare organizations are facing a new wave of password security risks. Recent data from the HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey reveals that 74% experienced at least one significant security incident over the last year. More than half of responders

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Open-source password recovery utility Hashcat 7.0.0 released

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Open-source password recovery utility Hashcat 7.0.0 released 2025-08-04 at 08:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Hashcat is an open-source password recovery tool that supports five attack modes and more than 300 highly optimized hashing algorithms. It runs on CPUs, GPUs, and other hardware accelerators across Linux, Windows, and macOS, and includes features for distributed password cracking at

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Why stolen credentials remain cybercriminals’ tool of choice

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Why stolen credentials remain cybercriminals’ tool of choice 2025-07-31 at 09:26 By Help Net Security It’s often the case that the simplest tools have the longest staying power, because they ultimately get the job done. Take duct tape, for example: it’s a sturdy household classic that wasn’t invented to be elegant or high tech. It

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Review: Passwork 7.0, self-hosted password manager for business

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Review: Passwork 7.0, self-hosted password manager for business 2025-07-17 at 13:09 By Help Net Security Over the years, the number of services we use has exploded, and so has the need to protect our credentials. Back in what I like to call “the age of innocence,” we scribbled passwords on paper or reused “password123” across

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Product showcase: Enzoic for Active Directory

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Product showcase: Enzoic for Active Directory 2025-07-16 at 08:19 By Help Net Security Enzoic for Active Directory is an easy-to-install plugin that integrates with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to set, monitor, and remediate unsafe passwords and credentials. In essence, it serves as an always-on sentinel for AD, preventing users from choosing compromised or weak passwords

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People know password reuse is risky but keep doing it anyway

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People know password reuse is risky but keep doing it anyway 2025-05-02 at 08:16 By Help Net Security 35% of Gen Z said they never or rarely update passwords after a data breach affecting one of their accounts, according to Bitwarden. Only 10% reported always updating compromised passwords. 38% of Gen Z and 31% of

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What’s worth automating in cyber hygiene, and what’s not

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What’s worth automating in cyber hygiene, and what’s not 2025-04-29 at 09:05 By Mirko Zorz Cyber hygiene sounds simple. Patch your systems, remove old accounts, update your software. But for large organizations, this gets messy fast. Systems number in the thousands. Teams are scattered. Some machines haven’t been rebooted in months. Automation can help. But

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The future of authentication: Why passwordless is the way forward

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The future of authentication: Why passwordless is the way forward 2025-04-16 at 07:35 By Sinisa Markovic By now, most CISOs agree: passwords are the weakest link in the authentication chain. They’re easy to guess, hard to manage, and constantly reused. Even the most complex password policies don’t stop phishing or credential stuffing. That’s why passwordless

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