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In a slight departure from traditional World Password Day lore, Yubico has today announced a multi-factor authentication (MFA) guide.

Salesforce is increasing its security measures after a recent GitHub breach incident investigation reported in Heroku.

LastPass has announced new integrations with Ping Identity, including PingOne and PingFederate to better serve enterprise businesses.

Poorly managed and weak passwords are a prime target for hackers, and organisations are responding by going password-less to remove this weakness all together.

ESET's T2 2021 Threat Report reveals rising ransomware demands and increased brute-force attacks, according to the cybersecurity firm's telemetry data.

Two-thirds of people still re-use passwords across accounts, putting their sensitive information at risk, a report reveals.

Many organizations are ill-prepared for disruptive attacks, leaving sensitive data at risk, according to Varonis' Manufacturing Data Risk Report.

More than half of cyberattacks start with password brute force and vulnerability exploitation, according to new research by Kaspersky.

According to new research, nearly two-thirds of employees use personal passwords to protect corporate data and vice versa.

As people and enterprises put their trust in password managers to secure their accounts, even well-built password managers can be fatally flawed.

Most Australian organisations fail to meet consumer expectations around login technology, according to Auth0's international research.

15% of Britons use their pet's name as a password, making them easy targets for cybercriminals, warns UK's National Cyber Security Centre.

Passwords may seem archaic in today's tech era, but they still play a vital role in online security. Here's why.

The most popular passwords of 2020 were easy-to-guess number combinations, such as 123456, the word password, qwerty, iloveyou, and other uncomplicated options.

Ping Identity acquires Scotland-based security firm Symphonic Software, adding its dynamic authorisation platform to its portfolio.

Average users now have around 100 passwords, a 25% increase from earlier this year, likely due to increased app downloads during lockdown, says NordPass.

Interestingly, usernames one would think might be quite common, such as admin or user, did not make the list of the 200 most popular usernames.

Research has identified a total of 9,517 unsecured databases containing 10,463,315,645 entries with such data as emails, passwords, and phone numbers.

Despite the rise in sophisticated cyber-attacks during COVID-19, many consumers continue to practise risky password behaviours, Kaspersky reports.

UK's National Cyber Security Centre reveals the most hacked passwords of 2019, including '123456' and 'password'.