Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules

Proposed guidelines aim to inject badly needed common sense into password hygiene.

Last week, NIST released its second public draft of SP 800-63-4, the latest version of its Digital Identity Guidelines. ...

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Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day: Swiss Phish

Examples of clever phish that made it past my anti-spam nets and into my inbox. Some are contributed by clients or readers like you, and other reliable sources on the Internet.

You can send phishing samples to me at phish@wyzguys.com.

My intention is to provide a warning and show current examples of phishing scams, related articles, and ...

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Worst Passwords of 2022

Here’s NordPass’ 20 most common passwords in the world for this year.  If yours is on this list, it can be cracked in seconds, and simply guessed by trial and error in under two minutes.  Ditch these passwords in 2023  More in this article…

  1. password
  2. 123456
  3. 123456789
  4. guest
  5. qwerty
  6. 12345678
  7. 111111
  8. 12345
  9. col123456
  10. 123123
  11. 1234567
  12. 1234
  13. 1234567890
  14. 000000
  15. 555555
  16. 666666
  17. 123321
  18. 654321
  19. 7777777
  20. 123
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