CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

But a survey conducted by Google and Harris found that many people still refuse to adopt even the most essential credential security measures: just 37 percent use two-factor authentication, around a third change their passwords regularly, and a mere 15 percent use a password manager.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Let’s first look at how companies store passwords. When you set a password on a website, the company puts it through an encryption algorithm. For example, if your password was “hello” it might be stored as 2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824 and if your password was “Helloworld!”

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

While performing the search, we made sure that the open databases we found required no authentication whatsoever and were open for anyone to access, as opposed to those that had default credentials enabled. Can’t come up with a strong password? Unsecured databases exposed for years.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 6, 2020

To check whether you have any compromised passwords, Chrome sends a copy of your usernames and passwords to Google using a special form of encryption. This lets Google check them against lists of credentials known to be compromised, but Google cannot derive your username or password from this encrypted copy.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

13, 2020, which was the date the fraudsters got around to changing the domain name system (DNS) settings for e-hawk.net. As a result, having DNSSEC enabled for its domains bought E-HAWK an additional 48 hours or so with which to regain control over its domain before any encrypted traffic to and from e-hawk.net could have been intercepted.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Malwarebytes has been tracking the group since December 2020. Both use the.kitty or.crypted file extension for encrypted files. Ensure all backup data is encrypted, immutable (i.e., Authentication. Use long passwords (CISA says 8 characters, we say you can do better than that) and password managers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The use of non-approved applications, known as ‘shadow IT’ can introduce dangerous points of vulnerability, but good application management practices can ensure that only approved programs are being used with proper oversight from a security professional.

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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. The vulnerability exploited by the intruders was patched back in 2020, but the employee never updated his Plex software.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

This is a huge leak even by today’s standards, with an average of 7 million records being exposed daily in 2020. . Here’s how: Create long, strong, and unique passwords that are difficult to guess, or use a password manager to generate strong passwords for you. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A VPN provides a secure internet connection, ensuring your browsing data is encrypted for maximum privacy and security. Use best practices like creating a separate password for every account and device, using two-factor authentication, and create strong passwords with a combination of upper-case and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

According to Purplesec, ransomware attacks have increased by 350% since 2018, zero-day attacks were up by 55% in 2021, and out of the 30 million SMBs in the USA, over 66% have had at least 1 cyber incident between 2018-2020. Vulnerability management is a critical element of information security.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. By 2015, Microsoft joined, and in 2020, Apple followed. Microsoft is already providing passwordless features to Azure Active Directory, and for Google, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has become mandatory.

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

Without proper password integrity, personal information and business data may be at risk. The average cost of a data breach in 2021 rose to over 4 million dollars , increasing 10% from 2020. LastPass is the most trusted name in secure password management. The impacts for businesses and consumers are enormous.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 8, 2021

One report found that attacks targeting RDP rose 30% in March 2020 as the work-from-home revolution began. Encryption Issues in Earlier Versions. At first, Remote Desktop may seem secure because it encrypts all sessions. A cybercriminal could exploit this weak encryption to use a man-in-the-middle attack and access your session.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Computers are secure than smart phones – If that was the case, then why the former encountered more malware attacks in the year 2020-21 and why is that the latter is not been used for only communications. To avoid such threats, better to install anti-malware solutions and authenticator apps to keep online activity safe and secure.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Design and deploy an authentication / authorization process. Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) Self-Sovereign Identity is a bold new frontier in Identity Management. Nation-state attackers have exploited high-severity vulnerabilities in legacy VPN platforms to breach networks. Establish an IoT identity lifecycle.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Authentication and password management. Passwords are one of the least safe user authentication methods, yet they are also frequently used for web applications for safeguarding online data. Authentication is the procedure of confirming that a person, organization, or site is who they say they are.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020. link] pic.twitter.com/cVIyB44o6q — Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) June 22, 2020. — Parisa Tabriz (@laparisa) January 26, 2020. Ingenious!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Computers are secure than smart phones- If that was the case, then why the former encountered more malware attacks in the year 2020-21 and why is that the latter is not been used for only communications. To avoid such threats, better to install anti-malware solutions and authenticator apps to keep online activity safe and secure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Tue, 11/10/2020 - 05:27. Identity and access management (IAM) solutions play a key role in preventing data breaches by securing apps and services at the access point. Read on to grasp the glossary of Identity Management, Access Management (AM), Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), Adaptive Authentication, Authorization and more.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Additional security all organizations should consider for a modest investment include: Active directory security : Guards the password storage and management system against attack for Windows, Azure, and other equivalent identity management systems. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023.

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