“The password era is ending,” Microsoft has confirmed, warning its billion users that “bad actors know it, which is why they’re desperately accelerating password-related attacks while they still can.” And while the company “blocks 7,000 attacks on passwords per second… almost double from a year …
New Warning As Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion For 1 Billion Users
Those billion passwords will be replaced with passkeys, which “offer an improved user experience by letting you sign in faster with your face, fingerprint, or PIN… They also aren’t susceptible to the same kinds of attacks as passwords.
“The password era is ending”
“Different users accept different levels of risk regarding location tracking, but most users have some level of concern,” NSA warns. “Location data can be extremely valuable and must be protected.” The intel agency had personnel compromise in mind when it published its advisory, but the U.S. …
Update, Jan. 22, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 20, now has a new analysis of passkey adoption as well as further detail on the hacked password list, including an analysis of the five passwords for which a successful compromise attack is considered most likely. It’s hard to find …
Something good is happening in the world of work. More and more companies are posting jobs—many good-paying, remote jobs—where the lack of a college degree is no longer a barrier to entry. Based on the requirements listed within the five available remote jobs below, companies have figured out what …