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Outpost24 Acquires Infinipoint to Power Its Entry into the Zero Trust Workforce Access Market
The strategic acquisition strengthens market leadership by unifying user identity with device trust, eliminating security blind spots. STOCKHOLM / PHILADELPHIA (December 9, 2025) – Outpost24, a leader in exposure management and identity security, today announced the acquisition of Infinipoint,... Read More
ALIEN TXTBASE Data Leak: How Data Recycling Impacts Risk
Specops analyses the latest ALIEN TXTBASE data leak and identifies 27M new compromised passwords. Understand the risks and protect your organization. Read More
800M credentials analyzed: Which breached holiday passwords made the naughty list?
With the holiday season rapidly approaching, we wanted to find out how many people previously used this time of year as inspiration for passwords that ended up breached. We analyzed 800 million compromised passwords and found the numbers tell... Read More
[New research] FTP ports under attack: Which passwords are hackers using?
The Specops research team has analyzed passwords being used to attack FTP ports over the past 30 days, in live attacks happening against real networks. Our team have found the most common passwords being used in brute force attacks,... Read More
[New research] Cracking bcrypt: Is new-gen hardware and AI making password hacking faster?
Almost two years ago, the Specops research team analyzed how long it took to crack passwords hashed with the bcrypt algorithm. Two years is a long time in cybersecurity, so we’re revisiting the research with newer, more powerful hardware,... Read More
How to optimize Entra MFA with Specops uReset and Secure Service Desk
At Specops Software, we work closely with many customers and assist with the challenges they face in transitioning to more secure authentication methods. This has become increasingly critical as both the complexity and frequency of cyberattacks have increased. Our... Read More
Specops expands cloud offering to self-service password resets
Good news for cloud-first organizations: we’re pleased to announce Specops uReset is now joining Specops Secure Service Desk as being supported for customers who have fully migrated to the Entra ID cloud. Specops uReset is now available for cloud-only... Read More
Stale admin account with ‘123456’ password gives McDonald’s a security scare
Interacting with a chatbot as part of a hiring process feels somewhat dystopian from a candidate’s perspective. In this case, there was almost an added twist when candidate data was nearly exposed thanks to weak cybersecurity controls from the... Read More
Third-party risk: Behind the Google, Chanel, & Air France-KLM breaches
2025 has been a summer of high-profile breaches. This post will focus on four notable and high-profile victims: Chanel, Google, Air France, and KLM. Although the companies and exact data sets differ, these breaches share a clear pattern: attackers... Read More