#password-hygiene

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fromThe Hacker News
6 days ago

Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026

Identity security posture—password hygiene, privileged access, and MFA coverage—now strongly determines cyber underwriting and insurance costs.
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fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

McDonald's tells customers to use better passwords

Product names and leetspeak substitutions produce commonly breached passwords; users should choose unique, randomized passphrases and enable multifactor authentication.
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fromTheregister
3 months ago

Louvre cybersecurity an absolute mess, secret audits reveal

The Louvre suffered decade-long, basic infosec failures—weak passwords and obsolete systems—enabling remote attackers to gain critical system and badge-control access.
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