Are magic links secure? A security analyst breaks down token entropy, replay protection, expiry, device binding, and email compromise risks for MojoAuth users.

Be honest with me. How many of your passwords are still some version of your pet’s name followed by a number? Studies have shown that roughly 80% of data breaches involve weak or reused passwords.

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Abstract: In recent years, numerous incidents involving the leakage of website accounts and text passwords (referred to as “passwords”) have raised significant concerns regarding the potential ...

The Random RNA Sequence Generator is a free online tool that helps researchers, bioinformaticians, and students create accurate synthetic genetic data. As molecular biology and computational genomics ...

Random numbers are very important to us in this computer age, being used for all sorts of security and cryptographic tasks. [Theory to Thing] recently built a device to generate random numbers using ...

The era of AI has not been particularly great for cybersecurity. We know that vibe-coded websites and apps have been a hotbed of security flaws that leave the platforms vulnerable to attacks. It turns ...

A wave of password reset emails went out to Instagram users around the world over the weekend. Instagram claims there was no data breach, but rather an abuse of its reset system. Even Android ...

Creating strong passwords has never been an easy thing to do, but sometimes I have the feeling that we like to play the role of victim and complain without taking any action. Don’t be one of these ...

Adding numbers to your passwords makes them more secure. In fact, most sites and services these days require alphanumeric passwords at the very least. Some people ...