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Passkeys are stronger than passwords by design. But they have other benefits too.
Unfortunately, most of us are probably more hygienic in bathrooms than we are online.
Digital immersion has many benefits – and plenty of pitfalls, too.
The question has shifted from whether cyberattacks will occur to when and how they will happen.
In what is colourfully termed a ‘brute force’ attack, hackers use bots to test millions of username and password combinations on different websites – until they find a match.
Companies tend to focus on appeasing angry customers after a data breach. New research shows they may want to pay more attention to customers who are afraid to return to their site.
Passwords are both annoying to use and vulnerable to hackers. Google is moving to support stronger, easier-to-use passkeys (and other tech companies are close behind).
The advice for years has been to use password managers. But even these don’t completely eliminate the risk of being compromised.
A mathematician explains how language can keep your online accounts safe and pinpoint your location on the planet.
A computer security expert explains how keys work – and how they are like passwords.
Russia’s cyberattack capabilities can be applied to US targets, including regular Americans’ homes and businesses.
It’s time to think differently about how we address the password problem.
Start 2022 by improving your password hygiene. Ideally you can use a password manager, but at the very least make sure your financial, social and work accounts each has their own strong, unique login.
Data breaches have become a fact of life. Here are articles from The Conversation that detail the threat, why it happens and what you can do to protect yourself.
Creating and managing strong passwords is easier said than done. But it’s worth doing to protect your security online.
Passwords have been around for decades and we’re still getting it wrong.
One website dedicated to tracking stolen passwords suggests there are details of currently more than 10 billion compromised accounts available online.
Two-factor authentication is certainly an added layer of security as we traverse the online world. But it comes in various forms, and they’re not all equally protective.
Zoom’s privacy and security shortcomings are just the latest videoconferencing vulnerabilities. Knowing each platform’s risks can help people avoid many of the downsides of virtual gatherings.
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Security Researcher, Associate Professor in Resilient Systems, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Cyber Security, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Cybersecurity Management, University of Dayton
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Information Systems, Mississippi State University
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Professor of Computer Science, Elon University
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Research Professor of Computer Science, University of Dayton
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Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo