IT Security Guru: Today is “National Password Day” as the security industry and world continues the battle with the dogged authentication method.
Backed by companies including Microsoft, Intel and LastPass, the initiative follows on from stories where “hackers have leaked millions of passwords from sites like Facebook, Yahoo!, and Google”. The website offers basic advice on password security for consumers, but comes after the Heartbleed bug, which may have affected two-third of global websites and compromised millions of passwords.
