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What are the Benefits of a Password Manager?

Identity IQ

What are the Benefits of a Password Manager? IdentityIQ Passwords are essential when keeping your information safe on your devices. But unfortunately, many people use weak or the same password, making it easy for hackers to crack them. Research shows that 52% of people reuse passwords for multiple accounts.

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Taking on the Next Generation of Phishing Scams

Google Security

Posted by Daniel Margolis, Software Engineer, Google Account Security Team Every year, security technologies improve: browsers get better , encryption becomes ubiquitous on the Web , authentication becomes stronger. Password managers that can validate the identity of the web page before logging in.

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YouTube Accounts Hijacked by Cookie Theft Malware

Hacker Combat

Google has reported that it disrupted the phishing attacks where threat actors had tried to hijack various YouTube accounts using cookie theft malware. The hijacker’s intent was to use those accounts to promote different crypto-currency scams. . The malware has the ability to steal passwords and cookies.

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G Suite Security: Top 6 Risks to Avoid

Spinone

Here are some clear signs that are signaling that your G Suite email security is under a threat and there is a phishing scam in front of you : Odd email addresses in From and Reply to fields; an unusual mix of people you are in the copy with; Sense of urgency. There is a 90% probability it’s a phishing scam.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Bee: I have to put in 16 letters and digits to get into my FreshDirect account. That secures the integrity of the system -- that the data isn’t altered. Lamb: A four digit PIN.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Bee: I have to put in 16 letters and digits to get into my FreshDirect account. That secures the integrity of the system -- that the data isn’t altered. Lamb: A four digit PIN.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Bee: I have to put in 16 letters and digits to get into my FreshDirect account. That secures the integrity of the system -- that the data isn’t altered. Lamb: A four digit PIN.

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