Password health is improving but reuse is still an issue

A new report from Dashlane finds that password health and hygiene have improved globally over the past year, reducing the risk of account takeover for consumers and businesses. However, reuse is still widespread leaving user accounts particularly vulnerable to password-spraying attacks if they’re not protected by strong multi-factor authentication. The report uses details of the password hygiene of Dashlane's more than 19 million users and 22,000 customer organizations worldwide, based on aggregated, anonymized data. Report findings are based on a Password Health Score, calculated using Dashlane's proprietary algorithm, which factors in the number of weak, reused/similar, and compromised passwords in… [Continue Reading]