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Top 10 Password Tips & Tricks to Protect Yourself

Top 10 Password Tips & Tricks to Protect Yourself – By Dashlane blog.dashlane.com
When it comes to password management, common sense can sometimes be overshadowed by human nature. Despite our best intentions, we often fall into patterns that increase vulnerability to data breaches and weaken our cybersecurity. Strong password practices go a long way toward protecting personal and company info while making your passwords safer and easier to create, store, and recall.

Bitwarden security fundamentals and multifactor encryption

Bitwarden security fundamentals and multifactor encryption – bitwarden.com
The password you use to log into your Bitwarden account plays a central role in protecting your vault by enabling encryption and decryption. In a recent video, Tom Lawrence of Lawrence Technology Services discussed the importance of “high entropy master passwords.” In plain language, this means a master password with an uncommon combination of characters and words that are long and complex.

Google is making your Android phone safer with hardened firmware

Google is making your Android phone safer with hardened firmware – by Manuel Vonau Android Police
Mobile operating systems are significantly safer than their desktop counterparts were in the past, thanks to an increasing focus on security and a more restrictive approach to what apps can do. In fact, Android has become so hard to crack that security researchers are often not even trying to attack the OS itself anymore. Google says that they’re instead focusing on a phone’s firmware — the software that runs on the “bare metal” within individual chips and controllers on an SoC. That’s where some new efforts come in that the company announced this week.

Pepper for your password

Pepper for your password – bitwarden.com
Not all password manager entries are created equal. I have entries in my vault that are for LAN-based services (such as Portainer, Invoiceplane, Antsle, and more) that really do not require that much security. Why? Because they are on my LAN and only accessible from within my network. I have other entries that do require considerably more care, such as bank accounts, credit cards, and more.

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