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Even purpose-built security devices are regularly being installed with wide-open holes, due to poor or non-existent passwords: Witness the recent story of a website that has collected feeds from over 73,000 security cameras in 256 countries, all unsecured and easily accessed through default passwords. Though the vulnerabilities of passwords are well-known by experts and mainstream users alike, a successful replacement acceptable to vendors, who are sensitive to any attached increased costs, or to users, sensitive to having to do anything differently than they have before, has yet to be put in place.

#PASSWORDBOX REPLACEMENT SOFTWARE#

Innovate security across its hardware, software and services divisions, in a manner that is not spelled out at this point.

Facilitate and encourage creation of sophisticated passwords that users currently avoid because of their complexity.

#PASSWORDBOX REPLACEMENT PASSWORD#

Reduce password fatigue with PasswordBox’s browser and mobile form-filling technology.

Intel’s assumption of increased responsibility for users’ password security centers around a plan to address three goals: Intel plans to improve the technology and will be placing it within its Intel Security group, which includes the rebranded McAfee security technology also acquired by Intel, say Channelnomics and other sites today.

It also garnered attention at this year’s CES, winning Best Mobile App, according to Reuters.

PasswordBox – not specifically named as a target of Citadel – claims 14 million downloads of its product in two years, according to Wall Street OTC. Today, Intel announced that it is acquiring password management software maker PasswordBox for an undisclosed sum. Security researchers estimate that one in 500 computers is infected with Citadel. All year, Sue Marquette Poremba has been writing on IT Business Edge about the increasing fallibility of password-based security systems, most recently finding cause for alarm in malware known as Citadel, which is believed to specifically target password management systems that collect multiple passwords for users.