Passwords

Easy Password Cracking For a number of years I’ve been interested in the security provided by passwords, and the methods being developed to attack password-protected accounts. So I thought I’d see how successfully everyday developers, without specialist knowledge, could hack millions of passwords. **Ethical Hacking: The real-world passwords used in this experiment were hacked and leaked online by an individual who is not myself. These passwords are now freely available online. Carrying out virtual attacks on leaked…

Apple, Google, and Microsoft have big plans to eliminate the password.Working with a standards group called the FIDO Alliance, all three companies are backing a system in which your phone or computer signs you into all your online accounts automatically, using on-device face detection or fingerprint recognition to verify your identity. Think of it like having a password manager, but without the actual passwords.News of the password’s potential demise has yielded a lot of enthusiastic coverage in recent weeks, and for an…

Google Assistant-powered Password Checkup on Android is finally official. The company has listed the feature in the changelog for the May 2022 Google System updates. It is rolling out with Google Play services v22.18 released on Monday, May 23rd. Password Checkup allows Assistant to help you quickly change passwords that were found to be compromised or stolen during a data breach.Google originally announced Password Checkup for Chrome for Android in may last year. The company had said that the simplified…

Google Assistant will now alert users while browsing Google Chrome if their credentials have been exposed to any risks on supported websites using the Password. Checkup tool. The assistant will prompt them to change their credentials and can also help set a stronger password. This Google System update v22.18 for Android smartphones was updated on May 23 through Google Play services. Google has also introduced Google Play Store v30.3 update with a slew of improvements. Earlier, Google with Play services May 2022 update had…

Android users are being warned after security experts discovered over 200 apps on the Google Play Store that were loaded with malware capable of stealing people's passwords. Some of the software - which included fitness, photo editing, VPN apps - were downloaded and installed over a hundred thousand times making this a serious issue. The malware in question is the sinister Facestealer spyware, which was first discovered in 2021 and got its name because it's capable of pinching Facebook login details.Besides stealing user…

How many of your passwords have been compromised? And how many of those passwords have you actually taken the time to change? Depending on how many internet accounts you maintain, making sure that every password is safe can be a full-time job. That’s why Google Assistant is gaining the ability to change your passwords for you. New passwords feature for Google Assistant Last May, Google announced that Chrome would soon be able to help users change any of their compromised passwords with a single tap. When…

Google is finally making good on its promise to let Google Assistant help users come up with new passwords after they’ve been breached. With a few simple taps, the virtual assistant can take care of setting up a new password in seconds after notifying you that there’s been an issue. The company announced the feature last year, but now the rollout has begun, as Android owners have started spotting the feature on their phones. Notifications for breached passwords are nothing new; Google Chrome has been pushing them for…

For a lot of us, password security is the ultimate case of procrastination: We know we need to use stronger, unique passwords, yet all too often we end up booting the problem as a job for another day. Instead of trying to convince us for the 1,000th time that “123456” is not a safe password, Apple, Google and Microsoft have decided to try something different. Today, the three tech giants have announced plans to work on a common sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and World Wide Web Consortium. If all goes…

Google Assistant in Chrome can now reportedly automatically change your stolen passwords. This feature was initially announced by the search giant during Google I/O 2021. At the time, Google had said that this feature would be released gradually for Chrome on Android in the US. Screenshots of this new security feature have allegedly surfaced on Twitter. Google has said that this feature utilises its 'Duplex on the Web' technology that was initially used to automate tedious tasks like booking movie tickets…