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Passwords, authentication, application security, privacy, and other IT security articles by Mark Burnett.
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My Advice: Just use a Password Manager – XATO: SECURITY
My Advice: Use a Password Manager For years I have advocated using long, memorable passwords using a variety of different memorization techniques. Humor, …
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The Untapped Power of Security Headers
FollowFollowing IT security analyst and author working in application security, passwords, authentication, and identity. https://xato.net and https://keybase.io/m8urnett Aug 29, 20133 min read 8 Ways ...
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6 years
Today I Am Releasing Ten Million Passwords
Frequently I get requests from students and security researchers to get a copy of my password research data. I typically decline to share the passwords but for quite some time I have wanted to provide a clean set of data to share with the world. A carefully...
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6 years
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Mark Burnett is a security consultant, author, and researcher who specializes in application security, authentication, and hardening Microsoft Windows-based servers and networks. Since 1999 he has worked in numerous areas of IT security, developing unique... -
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Windows, Spying, and a Twitter Rant
Yesterday, I was testing out some privacy settings in Windows and ran across a bunch of stuff that concerned me. So I ranted about it on Twitter (see thread):
I have this Win10 Enterprise vm that I was using to test out various privacy settings. Here's some of the stuff I found out so far...... -
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Ridiculous password policies are a constant frustration to users and security professionals alike. They aren’t making us more secure and contribute to the problems of managing passwords.
One of the most terrifying moments when signing up at a new web site is when I see that dreaded screen — the one that prompts me to create a username and password. So many people struggle coming up with passwords but I use a password manager so I shouldn...
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