{"id":6095,"date":"2024-11-24T15:45:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T15:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/24\/passwords-are-giving-way-to-better-security-methods-until-those-are-hacked-too-that-is-us-small-business\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T15:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T15:45:24","slug":"passwords-are-giving-way-to-better-security-methods-until-those-are-hacked-too-that-is-us-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/24\/passwords-are-giving-way-to-better-security-methods-until-those-are-hacked-too-that-is-us-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Passwords are giving way to better security methods \u2013 until those are hacked too, that is | US small business"},"content":{"rendered":"


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W<\/span>e humans are simply too dumb to use passwords. A recent study<\/a> from password manager NordPass found that \u201csecret\u201d was the most commonly used password in 2024. That was followed by \u201c123456\u201d and \u201cpassword\u201d. So let\u2019s all give praise that the password is dying.<\/p>\n

Yes, we know that we should be using 20-letter passwords with weird symbols and numbers, but our minds can\u2019t cope. We use the same password for many accounts, be it for a newsletter subscription or our life savings. We all have too many passwords. So we opt for the easiest to remember \u2013 and steal.<\/p>\n

Hackers know this and our passwords are available from the countless data breaches that occur on an almost daily basis on the dark web to anyone with a few bucks.<\/p>\n

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Now Mastercard, Visa and a whole host of other tech and finance firms are killing off passwords. Mastercard is aiming to end passwords<\/a> and all that keying in of card details by 2030. Instead, biometric methods such as fingerprints or facial recognition will be used to see if it\u2019s the real you.<\/p>\n

Microsoft, Apple, Google, Samsung<\/a> and other big tech companies are moving towards what they call \u201cpasskeys\u201d. Under this security method, your pin is saved both on the cloud provider\u2019s site and on your device so that when you try to enter the site instead of \u2013 or in addition to \u2013 using a password, you use the pin that\u2019s authenticated in both places, and as long as you\u2019re on the same device you\u2019re allowed access.<\/p>\n

Until, of course, you lose that device or it gets stolen and the pin is hacked. Or a hacker uses a deepfake imitation of your voice to dupe an unsuspecting customer service rep with your stolen information. Or a hacker uses open-source software to hoax users into revealing their pin as they try to log in to a site. It happens. More than you would like<\/a> to know. Or your biometric information is stolen through malware and then \u2013 using advanced AI with high-resolution photos or 3D imaging \u2013 replicated. This already happens<\/a>.<\/p>\n