Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

Be Mindful of Your Online Accounts Your online accounts are key access points to your digital identity. Begin by cleaning up old accounts. Close or delete outdated email addresses, social media accounts, and online services you no longer use. Consider employing a password manager to organize and track them securely.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In addition, educating employees about cybersecurity issues can help to reinforce the security-minded culture of the organization and change employee behaviour. Changing passwords regularly will make the lives of cyberbullies much harder. It also ensures that your account credentials won’t be used for as long.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Security education and awareness have come a long way since the first Cybersecurity Awareness Month 20 years ago. Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager In 2022, threat actors leaked more than 721 million passwords. Turn on Multifactor Authentication Even strong, secure passwords can be exposed by attackers.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

This is how the scammers “fatten the pig” until the right time to “butcher it,” when they take all the money out of the account. Use strong passwords, and ideally a password manager to generate and store unique passwords. Stay educated, implement security recommendations, stay safe. What You Can Do.

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Google made the announcement on World Password Day , in which Mark Risher, Google’s director of product management, identity and user security, pointed out in a blog that 66% of Americans admit to using the same password across multiple sites, which makes all those accounts vulnerable if any one fails. “We

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Vishing “While email may still be the most common mechanism for social engineering, we increasingly see attacks via social media, platforms such as WhatsApp, physical compromise, snail mail, and phone calls,” says ethical hacker FC in a blog. Organizations must educate users to help them recognize vishing attacks and report them.

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Security Through Education

JULY 18, 2023

Using a random password generator that has a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols, is a good form of a secure password. Many password managers include random password generators and can be used to keep track of these passwords.

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

In a blog, Sophos researchers explain how the attackers – which the researchers believe could all be operated by the same group – used social engineering, counterfeit websites, including a fake iOS App Store download page, and an iOS app-testing website to distribute the fake apps to their victims. Do not make it easy for them.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home. Keep that politeness in check, he added, especially when someone is asking you for account details.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For a detailed threat actor description do not forget to check out our blog article about selecting between black-box, white-box, and grey-box penetration tests and also you would know which pentest you need against a specific threat actor. The second scenario is about account credentials. The first one is selling it on the dark web.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

While the internet and social media have been very positive for businesses, there remains an inherent risk when it comes to how brands manage their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Teach your employees about the need for stronger passwords, and how to make use of both password generators and password management systems.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As a trusted security partner, it’s important to help educate your customers on today’s ever evolving threat landscape and provide guidance on proactive protection and threat prevention. Clicking malicious links within comments on a web forum or blog. Need help educating your customers on the value of web security issues and solutions?

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SiteLock

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If REvil’s demands aren’t met, they threaten to release the stolen data by auctioning it off on its website “The Happy Blog”. Use unique passwords to protect each of your sensitive data and accounts, while also enabling two-factor authorization. Use a password manager to generate and track your passwords.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 12, 2023

In this blog, we cover the top-seven data security practices every workplace should implement to help protect valuable information and more. You should never use the same password, or variations of the same password, across multiple accounts. Why is Data Security Important in the Workplace?

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NopSec

AUGUST 9, 2017

Many of us haven taken the password system for granted and have used it incorrectly, and it’s not so much our fault, but more a lack of education. As one of our team members put it: “Passwords used to be easy. Pick a password between 6-12 characters,’ they asked. So, what makes a password hackable?

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). AI algorithms can create and manage fake accounts, engage in discussions, and propagate misleading information to manipulate users. This was a 3% increase compared to the previous year.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Krebs wrote for The Washington Post between 1995 and 2009 before launching his current blog KrebsOnSecurity.com. Markstedter actively contributes to filling the infosec education gap.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I also discovered several security vulnerabilities in LastPass Password Manager. I discovered a handful of security vulnerabilities that allowed an attacker with physical access to the iOS device to gain unauthorized access to a victim’s account even if they had logged out of LastPass. What is it about the job that you love?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2021

This round of attacks, including simple but effective techniques such as password spraying, the process of using a known email address coupled with common passwords, such as 12345678, shows how powerful low-tech approaches are. “To In this case, the attackers leveraged information gleaned from a Microsoft worker’s computing device.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Company officials also used the first week of October – which is Cybersecurity Awareness Month – to remind users of the company’s plan to enable two-factor authentication by default to many accounts, and that it will enable it for 150 million accounts before the end of 2021. ‘Cybersecurity Is a Team Sport’ In an Oct.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

See the video at the blog post. They’re grabbing their passwords that way, usually through interactions that an employee has already allowed through a suspicious website, a drive-by attack on a website or a suspicious email link. See the video at the blog post. So [users] click on that, [attackers] have the passwords.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Passwords: can’t live with ’em, can’t access vital online services without ’em Passwords were in the news again lately, for all the wrong reasons. LastPass, the password management service, is enforcing a 12-character minimum for master passwords to access its service.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 25, 2018

In February, only the day after I launched Pwned Passwords V2 , 1Password turned around and built it into their product so that users of the password manager could see if their password had been previously exposed in a breach. I expect we'll see the existing functionality enhanced in the not too distant future.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

To Zoom’s credit, password protection and a “waiting room” feature, which allows the host to control when a participant joins the meeting, are the default settings for its free and single license paid accounts. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.). Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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