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Reddit Resets 100K Passwords Amid Surge in Account Takeovers

2016-05-27 21:03:53| PC Magazine Security Product Guide

Reddit itself was not exploited, but recent password dumps caused an uptick in account takeovers on the site.

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Microsoft Bans Stupid Passwords

2016-05-27 00:03:49| PC Magazine Security Product Guide

The company's "dynamically banned" codes are based on the current attack list.

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Microsoft Bans Stupid Passwords

2016-05-26 22:04:18| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

The company's "dynamically banned" codes are based on the current attack list.

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Google's Abacus May Count Out Passwords

2016-05-25 00:38:33| TechNewsWorld

By the end of the year, Android devs will be able to use a trust API from Google's Project Abacus in their apps, Google ATAP Director Dan Kaufman suggested at last week's I/O conference. The API, which will run in the background continually, is aimed at doing away with passwords. It will use a smartphone's sensors to create a cumulative trust score that will authenticate users.

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