More than 24 billion usernames and passwords were available on the dark web last year, a 65% increase since 2020, according to research by Digital Shadows, a digital risk protection company. To this end, the cybersecurity industry is striving to adopt solutions that would eliminate the need for passwords altogether. The latest technology uses what is known as passkeys.


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Ars Technica: Practical passwordless authentication comes a step closer with WebAuthn

ArsTechnica reports that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and FIDO Alliance announced that a…

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CNET: Password-free web security is coming to Chrome, Firefox, Edge

CNET reports that leading browsers Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge will support WebAuthn…

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Engadget: Web standard brings password-free sign-ins to virtually any site

Tech companies have been trying to do away with web passwords for years, but now…

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