La nueva aplicación Contraseñas de Apple hace que sea más fácil que nunca guardar datos de inicio de sesión para sus aplicaciones, comenzar a usar claves de acceso y crear combinaciones compartidas. iCloud Keychain existe desde hace años y guarda tus contraseñas por ti. Pero si alguna vez tuvo que copiar una contraseña del sistema … Read more
Junto con una gran ovación por la aplicación de calculadora para iPad en Keynote de Apple en la WWDC 2024, el público también parecía muy contento con el debut de las contraseñas. Es una aplicación con un nombre apropiado que incorpora la popular función de administrador de contraseñas. Nube Llavero y le da un hogar … Read more
Apple planea lanzar su propia aplicación de contraseñas que competirá con aplicaciones de contraseñas de la competencia como 1Password, LastPass y Dashlane, según un nuevo informe. La nueva aplicación Apple Passwords se basará en la tecnología iCloud Keychain existente de la compañía, pero la mejorará y la hará más fácil de usar. La aplicación independiente … Read more
“Another fool who used ‘123456.’ Time to harvest some credit card numbers.” Photo: Nikita Belokhonov/Pexels Some people simply can’t stop using stupid, weak passwords. An analysis of the phrases used to secure various accounts in 2023 finds that “123456” was used 4.5 million times, making it the most popular. And the rest of the top … Read more
It’s World Password Day, and that’s a good opportunity to do something you’ve probably been procrastinating about: Replace your website passwords that hackers stole because of some company’s lax security. Fortunately, your Apple devices make it easy to find out which of your passwords leaked so you can change them. Fix a potentially serious problem … Read more
This is an easier way to share passwords with your friends and family. Image: Santeri Viinamäki/Wikimedia Commons/D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can share passwords on iPhone automatically with your entire family, so you don’t have to reuse the same password everywhere or let everyone in your family know when a shared password is changed. … Read more
American telecommunications behemoth AT&T has finally confirmed the authenticity of the 2021 data breach that spilled sensitive user information on the dark web, and has initiated a mass reset of user passcodes. Roughly three years ago, privacy blog RestorePrivacy broke the news of a hacker selling sensitive data belonging to more than 70 million AT&T … Read more
Two researchers from Augusta University, in Georgia, U.S., demonstrated a novel way to steal people’s passwords that would put even James Bond to shame. Last week, researchers Alireza Taheritajar and Reza Rahaeimehr published a paper called “Acoustic Side Channel Attack on Keyboards Based on Typing Patterns” which is just as weird as it sounds. According … Read more
AutoFill on iPhone is supposed to help you out when you’re entering a password or typing in your email. When it doesn’t work, it can be incredibly frustrating — especially if you don’t know some complicated password offhand. The phone’s supposed to remember it so you don’t have to! Now, in iOS 17, AutoFill has … Read more
In the ever-evolving landscape of digital security, a significant shift is taking place that is set to transform the way we protect our online identities. The move from traditional passwords to the more advanced and secure passkeys is gaining momentum, driven by the efforts of the FIDO Alliance. This change is designed to not only … Read more