Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It’s important to note here that the goal isn’t to eliminate every trace of yourself from the internet and never go online again. For a great explanation of why longer passwords work better than shorter, multi-character type passwords, check out this excellent XKCD strip : .

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager In 2022, threat actors leaked more than 721 million passwords. Among the passwords exposed, 72 percent of users were found to be still using already-compromised passwords. Turn on Multifactor Authentication Even strong, secure passwords can be exposed by attackers.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Your passwords are on the internet. Talks of passkeys, passphrases, and even password less all point in one direction: eroding faith in the previously trusty password tucked under your keyboard. What some people miss, however, is that corporate-mandated authenticators can and should also be enabled for personal accounts.

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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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Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

For even more protection, explore Webroot’s SecureAnywhere Internet Security Plus antivirus solution. It will keep your system safe from all types of malware threats—and includes access to LastPass®, a reliable and easy-to-use password management tool.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site. Magecart attackers target mobile users of hotel chain booking websites.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 4, 2023

So even passwords that are created by humans that are slightly different, still tend to be pretty easy to crack. See the video at the blog post. Passwordless is this next paradigm in authentication where we don’t have to rely on human-created passwords and credentials. See the video at the blog post.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Related: How the Middle East has advanced mobile security regulations Over the past couple of decades, meaningful initiatives to improve online privacy and security, for both companies and consumers, incrementally gained traction in the tech sector and among key regulatory agencies across Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Monahan said virtually all of the victims she has assisted were longtime cryptocurrency investors, and security-minded individuals.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We previously observed the Lazarus group utilizing this cluster when attacking cryptocurrency businesses and a mobile game company. Initially, the attackers were able to get access to systems with internet access and spent a long time distributing malware between machines in the network’s corporate segment. Same tunneling tool.

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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. Additionally, consider using a password manager to securely store and manage your passwords.

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

While avoiding duplication of passwords for multiple accounts and enabling two-way authentication can help, using a password manager is another way to help manage all of your account passwords seamlessly. LastPass is the most trusted name in secure password management.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

A good start would be to read Mobilizing the C-Suite: Waging War Against Cyberattacks, written by Frank Riccardi, a former privacy and compliance officer from the healthcare sector. LW: You discuss password management and MFA; how big a bang for the buck is adopting best practices in these areas?

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Checking Email Addresses and Passwords in HIBP There'll be a significant number of people that'll land here after receiving a notification from HIBP; about 2.2M Many others, over the years to come, will check their address on the site and land on this blog post when clicking in the breach description for more information.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Although password cracking has existed for decades prior, Moore’s Law being as it is, there has been an exponential increase year over year of the amount of password guesses or attempts that can be tried. See the video at the blog post. I still have to remember a few dozen passwords.

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Webroot

JUNE 25, 2021

Here is an example of a password that would meets the requirements of most websites: Example1234! This would be considered “secure” in most cases because it meets the most common internet standard for password creation. Using a password manger is the most practical way for making passwords more secure.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

FAMOC manage from Techstep, a Gartner-recognized MMS provider, is an MDM designed to give IT a complete view and absolute control over mobile devices used by the workforce, so that people can work more effectively and securely. SecureX orchestration workflows for Jamf Pro include: Lock Computer, Lock Mobile Device.

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Elie

MARCH 31, 2019

On February 5th, for Safer Internet Day, our team. Password Checkup. Password checkup allows users to check, in a privacy-preserving manner, whether their username and password matches one of the more than 4B+ credentials exposed by third-party data breaches of which Google is aware. How Password Checkup came into being.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

Parents have long held a special duty to protect their school-aged children from bad actors on the Internet. Says Keeler: “Implementing a robust SSO offering ensures strong authentication, robust password management, as well authorization to the right resources. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.).

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