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Weak passwords means weak security

March 21, 2017

Passwords are the most common form of authentication used to control access to information because they are simple, inexpensive, and convenient mechanisms to use and implement. At the same time, passwords are also recognised as being an extremely poor form of protection. There are over 10 million username/password pair attacks …
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NIST: SMS Authentication is not Secure.

January 09, 2017

Towards the end of July 2016, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) started the process of deprecating the use of SMS-based out-of-band authentication. Updated guidelines stated that SMS-based two-factor authentication is not secure and should be banned. It is not only insecure but also inconvenient for users, we …
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