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Sendgrid Under Siege from Hacked Accounts

Krebs on Security

Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. “And I just am not seeing anything this egregious in terms of viruses and spams from the other email service providers.”

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Report: Healthcare haunted by account security

SC Magazine

More than three-quarters of organizations in the sector had at least 500 accounts that expire, and even more than that had at least a thousand “ghost accounts” of former employees that were never closed. “When information that sensitive is open to every employee, or to too many accounts or too many users. .

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Account takeover fraud rates skyrocketed 282% over last year

Tech Republic Security

ATO is the weapon of choice for fraudsters leading up to the holiday shopping season, new data from Sift shows, and consumers place account security burden on businesses.

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How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

Krebs on Security

A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click “yes” to a Google prompt on his mobile device.

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How to Remove a Lost Device From Your Google Account

Tech Republic Security

Follow this guide to learn how to easily remove any device from your Google account and keep your account secure.

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Uncovering & Remediating Dormant Account Risk

Duo's Security Blog

The importance of gaining visibility into identity data Over the last two years, the security of an organization's identity ecosystem has become paramount. This visibility is the cornerstone of any robust identity security program. And finally, individual users often have multiple accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.)

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Facebook and Google Account Authentication | Avast

Security Boulevard

Earlier this month, our team wrote about the latest Facebook data breach and offered suggestions on how to improve your account security. Let's now walk through the steps you can take to enable two-factor authentication on your accounts.