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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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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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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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Reduce your helpdesk burden 20-50%

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The reputation is well-deserved when you consider that we (the cybersecurity team) tell users to create a unique password for each account to increase security. According to Gartner, 20 – 50% of help desk calls are for password reset – which is an expensive burden for any help desk.

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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. And if you're not already putting all your passwords in 1Password, go and grab a free trial and give it a go.

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