Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

("Facebook confirmed that this is the authentic profile for this public figure") This is a great thread looking inside the Epik breach data ("anonymisation" is often useless once source data is exposed) The book is almost done!

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

I'm talking (somewhat vaguely) about the book I'm working on, how Facebook has nuked all news in Australia (which somehow means I can't even post a link to this blog post there), yet more data breaches, the awesome Prusa 3D printer I now have up and running and a whole heap more about the IoT things I've been doing.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2021

There are additional safety measures you can (and should) take to teach your child as they grow, things like installing virus protection, enabling multi-factor authentication, using password managers, and raising awareness about phishing scams. Make it a family conversation. About the essayist.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When I try to log into one of these self-hosted accounts, such as an address book web app, I am redirected, via OIDC, to the self-hosted identity manager and prompted to login. the address book web app). It also doesn’t make current login managers obsolete, but instead provides growth opportunities.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2021

Passwords are a hot topic on social media at the moment, due to the re-emergence of a discussion about good password management practices. There’s a wealth of password management options available, some more desirable than others. The primary recommendation online is usually a software-based management tool.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Password manager vendor Dashlane has announced updates to its suite of enterprise offerings. These include a new Dark Web Insights tool that provides a breakdown of compromised passwords, a standalone authenticator app for enabling account multi-factor authentication (MFA), and a low-cost starter plan for small businesses.

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Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Utilize a Password Manager As humans we like things that are easy to remember, and that doesn’t change when it comes to passwords. However, easy to remember and reused passwords are weak passwords that can easily be cracked and leveraged across accounts. How can you do so?

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

Worse still is people using their pet’s name, or their maiden name, or some other relatively easy to obtain piece of information as their password, or their password reset question. Shoring up your passwords. Try a password manager. How many of the online accounts you use share the same password?

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SecureWorld News

MAY 10, 2022

With credential phishing and stuffing attacks on the rise—and the fact that countless passwords have already been exposed through data breaches—the need for users to step up password management practices at work and home has never been more urgent. Improving password best practices matters.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 14, 2022

UK government is busy investigating the incident and has taken the issue seriously, as it has disrupted services related to ambulance dispatching, patient referrals, appointment bookings, emergency prescriptions severely.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

There is little you can do in the event we experience widespread DDoS attacks, but one tip is to buy a good book series or a few board games since it might take a while to get the internet working again. Consider using a password manager. Or use a password manager.). Back Up Your Files.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 23, 2023

Book a demo today. What was a garden variety list of email addresses someone had just chucked the "Coinbase" name on had absolutely nothing to do with a breach of the crypto company. It's Zero Trust tailor-made for Okta.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Letting browsers save their passwords. Use a password manager or password book for them, especially if you are sharing your system with others. The oldest trick in the book to spread malware is to tell visitors that it is a crack or keygen for a popular game or other software. Never backing up their system.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2021

On a recent SecureWorld Sessions podcast episode, Social Engineering: Hacking Humans , host Bruce Sussman spoke with Christopher Hadnagy, an entrepreneur and author of five books about social engineering and hacking the human. That's how many phishing emails, and I wrote my third book on the psychology of phishing. 19 million, okay?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

Grimes has worked in the cybersecurity industry for more than 30 years, authoring 13 books and more than 1,300 articles. In our most recent Remote Sessions webcast, Roger Grimes, computer security expert and Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, gave a deep dive on phishing and how to properly mitigate and prevent phishing attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 29, 2022

Baker & Taylor, the largest distributor of books and study material worldwide, has admitted that it became a victim of a ransomware attack on August 23rd,2022 and the outage affected offices, service centers and phone lines. And the affected companies are mostly from IT and software development sector.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2021

There’s no reason to be ashamed if you find your email address there, as long as you don’t use it in combination with the same password anymore. You can use a password manager or password book to keep track of all your different passwords. If you do, then make sure you change it as soon as you can.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Your phone number(s): Many social media networks let you look up friends through your contact book or by their phone number, and many other legitimate websites will use simple verification of your phone number as a way to prove your identity. If you already use a password manager , you’re ahead of the game!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 16, 2022

Think about password management. The average person, in their personal and professional life, may be managing as many as 200 application accounts, each with a password. Security professionals can step in and offer the ability, or capability, piece—the tool, a password manager—and show how to use it.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site. Magecart attackers target mobile users of hotel chain booking websites. A bug in Instagram exposed user accounts and phone numbers. Delaler Leads, a car dealer marketing firm exposed 198 Million records online.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

And if your child uses the same password across multiple accounts, when one gets breached they are all vulnerable. This is where a password manager comes in. Not only can it create lengthy and complex passwords, it remembers them all for you. Your password manager can help with this.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early adopters whose password vaults were exposed in a 2022 breach at LastPass. . ”

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And then there’s the shared accounts to handle, like press, booking or helpdesk. Whether you embrace Microsoft’s passwordless features or not, the fact is that you are likely to be using passwords elsewhere for a long time to come.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

And this positive upswing could be reinforced by stricter adherence to, not just the letter, but the spirit of data security laws already on the books in several nations. Two meaningful steps every person can take, right now, is to begin routinely using a password manager and encrypted browsers. Cyber hygiene isn’t difficult.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Find your friends (in other words, import your address book and make connections between email addresses and social media profiles). How about password managers? Some examples: Allow third party/relevant advertising tailored to your interests. GPS location set to on (usually ties into the targeted advertising point above).

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

We should drive the adoption of multi factor auth but also recognise its limitations (particularly for the less technically adept), and we should provide those who have a harder time with technology viable alternative such as password books.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

In the book The Art of Invisibility , I challenged my co author Kevin Mitnick to document the steps needed to become invisible online. When writing the book The Art of Invisibility , I challenged my co author Kevin Mitnick to document all the steps that you would need to become invisible online. There are a lot. It's crazy.

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Errata Security

APRIL 1, 2020

What you should do to protect yourself By far the most important thing you should do to protect yourself from Internet threats is to use a different password for all your important accounts, like your home computer, your email, Amazon.com, and your bank. I put them in a copy of the book Catcher in the Rye on my bookshelf.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

In other words, dynamic passwords are changeable static passwords. Dynamic passwords need to be securely managed. Online and offline password managers come into play here. However, password managers introduce the problem of risk concentration, or putting all of one’s eggs in a single basket.

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Spinone

JANUARY 21, 2015

While baby name books are popular for naming children, don’t use them as sources for picking passwords. Use passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters. Avoid using the same username/password combination for multiple websites.

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SecureBlitz

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Single sign-on can be part of a password management tool if the tool acts as a central trust broker for a system or organization, as opposed to simply “vaulting,” or storing, multiple passwords. Users can add their own personal apps like LinkedIn, Twitter, and travel booking sites.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

From an optional password manager feature in Safari that looks out for saved passwords involved in data breaches to new digital security for car keys on Apple Watches and the iPhone, the security sweep appears to be comprehensive. Actual malware designed for Macs is but a small slice of the apple.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Using weak passwords. You may be surprised to learn that the most popular password in the world is “ 123456 ”. This frightening statistic may explain why password management practices should become essential within the workplace. Passwords are the front line of cybersecurity defense.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

” Instead, create complex passwords that include a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. Additionally, consider using a password manager to securely store and manage your passwords. Let’s talk about conducting cybersecurity research of your web application.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

Riccardi: My book discusses how the perception of cyberattacks shifted from being mere data breaches to having real-world consequences, especially after high-profile cases in 2021, like Colonial Pipeline and Schreiber Foods. 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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