Today is World Password Day—so let us kill and bury the password once and for all
By Industry Contributor 2 May 2024All signs point to the average password being hopelessly insecure. Let’s drop the poor passwords and protect our data and organisations in other ways, urges Anna Collard, SVP Content Strategy and Evangelist at... FULL STORY >
The short answer to long passwords
By Staff Writer 12 October 2022Gur Geva, Co-Founder and CEO of iiDENTIFii, explains why passwords are headed the same way as the dinosaurs, and why we will be safer without the need for them. FULL STORY >
Password reset notification scam: a business trick that never gets old
By Staff Writer 24 March 2022Maria Garnaeva from Kaspersky unpacks the oldest trick in the book - the password reset notification scam - and details what companies and employees can do to avoid becoming a victim of it. FULL STORY >
2022: Beat bad passwords with the year of multi-factor authentication
By Industry Contributor 8 February 2022By Brendan Kotze, Chief Development Officer at cybersecurity company, Performanta FULL STORY >
How hybrid work is pushing to end passwords
By Staff Writer 2 December 2021A new report published today from Cisco’s Duo Security, the multi-factor authentication (MFA) and secure access solution, confirms that enterprises are taking steps to move away from passwords and adopting low-friction authentication methods to... FULL STORY >
World Password Day: Special day to take care of your passwords and cybersecurity
By Staff Writer 6 May 2021So important has cybersecurity become that every year there is a day dedicated to encouraging good password hygiene - and it's today. FULL STORY >
Password re-use at work makes you more vulnerable to hackers, warns KnowBe4
By Staff Writer 18 February 2021Using the same, simple password at multiple locations makes you easier prey for hackers. Kai Roer, from KnowBe4 Research explains what you should be doing instead. FULL STORY >
Only 36% of users in South Africa have unique passwords for each account, Kaspersky study shows
By Staff Writer 22 September 2020Internet users across the globe are yet to master how to use passwords effectively to protect themselves online, according to a new report from Kaspersky. FULL STORY >
Kaspersky provides info on South Africans' password habits
By Staff Writer 9 June 2020The latest Kaspersky report has found that 87% of South African users are thinking up their own passwords. FULL STORY >
Protects much more than passwords – New Kaspersky Password Manager now available
By Press Release 3 May 2018Kaspersky Lab has introduced the new generation of its freemium solution Kaspersky Password Manager. FULL STORY >
The password is king: IoT devices evolve but still prove vulnerable
By Opinion 28 November 2017In 2015 Kaspersky Lab researchers decided to examine how real the threat behind the Internet of Things (IoT) was. The results were concerning, so two years later they conducted more research into the area. FULL STORY >
The majority of people do not realise that their online passwords are not secure
By Staff Writer 16 March 2016According to Candice Sutherland, business development consultant at SHA Specialist Underwriters, many people are relatively misinformed regarding the potential dangers that weak online passwords pose. FULL STORY >
Logging out of passwords
By Staff Writer 5 August 2015Our mobile numbers are unique. And our phones are always at hand. So could mobile provide a secure alternative to the password? Jean-Francois Ouillet, vice president of mobile security at Gemalto, outlines the potential of mobile ID. FULL STORY >
Why your Password is a fail
By Staff Writer 2 June 2015The IT security industry has been warning about the fallibility of passwords for years, yet the situation hasn’t changed. FULL STORY >
Time to dump passwords for good
By Thomas McKinnon 24 February 2015It’s conceivable that one day biometrics may replace passwords completely, across many different services says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. FULL STORY >
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