Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released NIST Special Publication 800-63B Digital Identity Guidelines to help organizations properly comprehend and address risk as it relates to password management on the part of end users.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

divya Fri, 10/11/2024 - 08:54 As user expectations for secure and seamless access continue to grow, the 2024 Thales Consumer Digital Trust Index (DTI) research revealed that 65% of users feel frustrated with frequent password resets. By eliminating stored credentials and biometrics, Badge ensures there is nothing to breach.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

House Oversight and Homeland Security committees last week, SolarWinds’s former and current CEOs blamed an intern for creating a weak FTP server password and leaking it on GitHub – an act which may or may not have contributed to a supply chain hack that impacted users of the tech firm’s Orion IT performance monitoring platform.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2022

While modern Microsoft Windows operating systems by default will ask users whether they want to run a downloaded executable file, many systems set up for remote administration by MSPs disable that user account control feature for this particular application. ET: Included statement from ConnectWise CISO. Update, 7:25 p.m.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2022

"If your website authentication form prevents users from pasting in their password, or from using their password manager you need to fix it immediately. You are enabling and encouraging users to create and use poor passwords.". . Do a search for the top 200 most common passwords in your favorite search engine.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Which topics should CEOs, CIOs and CISOs have on their radar when it comes to Identity and Access Management ( IAM ) and cyber security risks in 2022? CIOs and CISOs looking to implement a modern approach should combine the Zero Trust strategy with a strong, hybrid IAM solution to sustainably limit access and protect their data and resources.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

FIPS-203 enables legal PQC deployment, prompting CISOs to overhaul encryption strategies. Simic Bojan Simic , CEO, HYPR The era of passwords will further decline as credential misuse rises, with AI both aiding and challenging security efforts. Securing AI poses challenges due to unpredictable backends and access to sensitive data.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 7, 2024

Foster accountability among your team by employing software that prompts users to install updates on their individual devices. Hackers Advantage Software can execute thousands of password attempts within minutes, aiming to infiltrate systems. Unfortunately, many individuals do not prioritize creating strong passwords.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

How often do you scrub your data or delete accounts you are no longer using?". . Do you use the same password across multiple accounts? The post Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 11/25 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Insight #2. ". Are you doing asset discovery well?". . Insight #3. ".

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Setting Up an Instant Unique Login Then we want to set a password for that registered citizen account, because in order to deliver the service, we are asking for some personally identifiable information (PII) that we now need to protect as best we can. Yes, we know they’re probably going to reuse the password they remember best.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 7, 2024

What changed, and what is NIST's updated password guidance and the role of password strength in 2024?” One area where best practices have evolved significantly over the past twenty years is password security best practices. What are the key takeaways from NIST's updated password guidance?”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 12, 2022

In this blog, we’ll look at the root causes of concern for today's CISO and share some practical strategies to deter cybercriminals. The CISO role can be an unenviable one. But the reality is that even brochureware sites offer rich assets for cybercriminals keen to harvest user passwords and credentials.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2025

“For CISOs and security leaders, the goal isn’t just detectionit’s the remediation of these vulnerabilities before they’re exploited,” said Fourrier. With attackers increasingly targeting NHIs, such as service accounts and applications, GitGuardian integrates Secrets Security and NHI Governance.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2025

This surge is driven by a convergence of factorsfrom a spike in ransom ware attacks to the digital transformation of healthcarethat CISOs and healthcare executives must understand and act upon. Understanding these factors can help CISOs and healthcare leaders prioritize their security strategies.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Enforce strong passwords and implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) — by educating users about using a unique password for each account and enforcing higher security for privileged accounts (administrators, root). Accounting for humans.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2023

An attacker accessing a privileged account doesn’t begin with a root or administrator account. An attack on a privileged account usually starts with the theft of an average user’s credentials. Passwords are the starting point for fraud, where bad actors disguise themselves as legitimate users.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

While technically part of the c-suite, CISOs historically received less attention within a company than your average CEO or chief financial officer. CISOs] are in more conversations, they’re asked for input,” said Leo Taddeo, chief security officer for Cyxtera. Our profile is certainly getting higher. Failure to communicate.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

million active and inactive customer data, including email addresses, original WordPress admin passwords, Secure File Transfer Protocol (sFTP) and database credentials, and SSL private keys. According to initial investigations, the intruder used a compromised password to access legacy code in GoDaddy’s environment to steal data.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

In today’s complex IT landscape, one of the biggest problems faced by a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and their IT security team are forgotten and stolen passwords. On average, employees lose 11 hours per year resetting passwords and an average company spends ~$5M per year on setting and resetting passwords.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 23, 2025

Phishing accounted for nearly 25% of all breaches. The 2025 DBIR is a call to arms for CISOs and security leaders to rethink how they detect, respond to, and recover from breaches. Agnidipta Sarkar , Vice President, CISO Advisory, at ColorTokens: "Awareness is a battle that organizations can never truly win.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

The hack of Words with Friends in 2019 was high-profile, but today’s columnist, Yuval Elddad of CYE, says CISOs at all gaming companies have to take a closer look at the growing threats to online gaming platforms. In 2019, Zynga’s popular online game, Words with Friends , was hacked, resulting in the breach of 218 million user accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Think about your bank account, it is very important for you to know that when you deposit a check into your account the right amount is deposited. The criminals encrypt your data with a password or phrase that only they know, and then hold your data hostage until you pay a ransom. still available for you to use.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2025

Instead of brute-forcing a password, they might query an API a thousand different ways to figure out how it handles permissions, or what kind of response it gives under certain edge conditions. LW: What’s the biggest misconception CISOs have about API protection? We’ll move beyond perimeter enforcement and into runtime accountability.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2025

"Scattered Spider has proven to be a highly adaptive and efficient adversary, leveraging sophisticated social engineering, particularly against IT help desks, and exploiting identity and access management weaknesses to breach organizations," said VJ Viswanathan , Founding Partner, CYFORIX (Former CISO & Sr. Atera, AnyDesk).

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 10, 2021

If there is one attack vector in particular that keeps CISOs up at night, it is spear phishing attacks via email. These phishing attacks attempt to obtain sensitive information such as personal credentials, credit card numbers, or specific account information. Or IT emailing you to update your password for a recent security update?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 10, 2022

A report last week by the New York Attorney General’s Office put a spotlight on the ongoing threat of credential stuffing, a common technique used by cybercriminals that continues to spread and is helping to fuel the push for security practices that don’t involve usernames and passwords. Password Reuse.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Passkeys and The Beginning of Stronger Authentication madhav Fri, 02/02/2024 - 05:23 How passkeys are rewriting the current threat landscape Lillian, an experienced CISO, surveyed the threat landscape. Despite solid cybersecurity defenses within her enterprise, the reliance on age-old passwords left it vulnerable.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

A statement shared by Mailchimp CISO Siobhan Smyth with TechCrunch revealed that the company discovered the security breach on March 26. A threat actor gained access to a tool used by the company’s customer support and account administration teams. We are trying to determine how many email addresses have been affected.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In the 2022 Duo Trusted Access Report: Logins in a Dangerous Time , we examine the dramatic shift beyond discussions of password complexity to those where investing in multi-factor authentication (MFA) and passwordless technology are mandatory costs of doing business. Get the full report to explore all of the data. of all authentications.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Compromising that could make other unrelated accounts vulnerable. Account takeovers can be used to steal money at its very root; and fraudsters can also use this to access loyalty accounts for airlines, hotels, etc., as well as insurance and merchant accounts, to commit insurance fraud and wire fraud.

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Notice Bored

AUGUST 5, 2022

Security Posture suggests a confusing mix of application and account security metrics. A glossy, nicely-constructed and detailed PowerPoint slide deck by Microsoft Security caught my beady this morning.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 13, 2025

The Security Gap JPMorgan Chases CISO Didnt MentionAnd Why Its in YourBrowser When the CISO of JPMorgan Chase issues a public letter to all technology vendors, the industry pays attentionand rightfully so. In other words, everything the CISOs letter warns about is already playing out inside thebrowser.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

I spoke with Maurice Côté, VP Business Solutions, and Martin Lemay, CISO, of Devolutions , at the RSA 2020 Conference in San Francisco recently. Devolutions is a Montreal, Canada-based company that provides remote connection in addition to password and privileged access management (PAM) solutions to SMBs. That’s our goal.”

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

We started with usernames and passwords – something you know. Passwordless is the modern authentication method that does not rely on passwords, eliminating the risks that come with weak, lost, or stolen credentials. We added multi-factor authentication (MFA) – something you know and something you have or are. What is passwordless?

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 12, 2022

CISOs and security professionals work to limit this burgeoning threat landscape, however, it’s a work in progress. . 60% of Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite tenants have been targeted with IMAP-based password-spraying attacks, according to researchers. Attackers target Citrix with insecure legacy protocols.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Go Beyond FIDO Standards: Best Practices When Deploying FIDO Security Keys in Enterprise madhav Thu, 02/20/2025 - 06:22 Initially designed for the consumer market, the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) standard aims to replace passwords with more secure authentication methods for online services. While recent versions, like FIDO2.1, standard (i.e.,

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 7, 2022

I've spent my 20-plus-year career in cybersecurity, working closely with IT administrators, CIOs, CISOs, architects, and others to understand what they're up against and the capabilities that would truly help them sleep better at night. Breaches containing usernames and passwords increased 450% in 2020, totaling 1.48

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