Jeremi M Gosney (@jmgosney) is a world-renowned password cracker and security expert. He is the Founder & CEO of the password-cracking firm Sagitta HPC, and a member of the Hashcat...
How LinkedIn’s password sloppiness hurts us all
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Google bypasses the password with new phone-based authentication program
Passwords are broken. People struggle to make them complicated enough, then struggle to remember them. Or else they’re easily cracked by social engineering or just plain brute-force hacking. Many people could use two-factor authentication, but it slows down the login process and is...