Well no. I built a password cracking system as part of my University course, it was not very powerful and passwords beyond five characters took forever t crack, but it proved the point. The threat of quantum computing password cracking is out there on the horizon somewhere. That brings us …
Can we avoid the use of passwords?
I am reposting this article as I spent too much time yesterday, whilst on leave, convincing a business owner that they needed to implement Microsoft 365 multi-factor authentication for everyone. Passwords are not enough. Original Post Eventually yes: Something better than a password – Passwordless Authentication – CyberAwake
QakNote – OneNote malware now has name
I use OneNote a lot – so I had to follow up on my previous post about OneNote attachments being used as an attack vector. OneNote has become the threat actors new choice of attachment probably because Microsoft closed the door on macro attacks. In the wild, Microsoft OneNote’ .one’ …
Do not help that insider threat
I have written another article on our Cyber Security Awareness Training site, CyberAwake, looking at another aspect of password – in this case how sharing credentials can seriously compromise your cyber security: Credential Sharing and Passwordless – CyberAwake
Let’s get ready to dump passwords
If we did not use passwords, then the world would probably be a more secure place. Why? Read on: Something better than a password – Passwordless Authentication – CyberAwake
