Errata Security

Picture from EFF -- CC-BY license Near the top of most security recommendations is to use "strong passwords". We need to stop ...

After this great article on passwords at Ars Technica, I've seen some common misconceptions pop up. I thought I'd clarify them (eve...

Q: Should pentesters use Amazon EC2 to crack passwords? A: Probably not.

Over at Ars Technica, Dan Goodin has written a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art of password cracking . Even if you think you u...

As a Libertarian, I of course believe that employers are free to ask for your Facebook password, and that you are free to refuse. This also ...

Hacktivists recently broke into the StratFor website and dumped details of 800,000 accounts, including e-mail addresses and password-hashes....

As this tweet asks: what's the validity of the various lists of the most common passwords people choose, such as this one http://www.wha...

People imagine that sophisticated hacking requires sophisticated computers. The truth is that almost everything a hacker does can be done wi...

ATI and nVidia have just shipped their spring refresh cards. Both now sell an essentially top-of-the-line card for $250 (either the ATI H...