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LastPass: Password Manager Review for 2021

eSecurity Planet

LastPass is password management software that’s been popular among business and personal users since it was initially released in 2008. Like other password managers, LastPass provides a secure vault for your login credentials, personal documents, and other sensitive information. When it was acquired by LogMeIn Inc.

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Reduce your helpdesk burden 20-50%

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to Gartner, 20 – 50% of help desk calls are for password reset – which is an expensive burden for any help desk. In 2011, Forrester estimated that each call to the help desk for a password reset costs $70. Reduce password management pain and the risk of a breach.

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World Backup Day 2023: Five Essential Cyber Hygiene Tips

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

First observed in 2011, the holiday stresses the importance of having extra copies of data in case of an attack or accident. Control Access Ensuring password security is one of the easiest steps you can take to protect your data, devices, and accounts. Using multi-factor authentication (MFA) when possible is also recommended.

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How to Configure a Router to Use WPA2 in 7 Easy Steps

eSecurity Planet

The typical username and password for Wi-Fi routers is “admin” for both, but you may need to search online or contact your ISP if that doesn’t work. And while you’re in there, update that password to something a little less hackable, possibly saving the new one in a password manager.

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Op Wocao – China-linked APT20 was able to bypass 2FA

Security Affairs

China-linked cyber espionage group APT20 has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in recent attacks, cyber-security firm Fox-IT warns. The attacks aimed at government entities and managed service providers (MSPs) that were active in many industries, including aviation, healthcare, finance, insurance, energy, and gambling.

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We're Baking Have I Been Pwned into Firefox and 1Password

Troy Hunt

My relationship with 1Password stretches all the way back to 2011 when I came to the realisation that the only secure password is the one you can't remember. I'm going to talk more about the mechanics of that model in a moment but first, let me talk about 1Password: 1Password.

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