Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Just 24 percent of people use multi-factor authentication. Just 15 percent of people use a password manager. Just 35 percent of people have unique passwords for most or all of their accounts. Instead, it demands an increasing number of accounts and passwords to manage for each person.

Password Management 135

Password Management Passwords Antivirus Accountability 135

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We’d like to see more companies embrace new methods of authentication and wave passwords goodbye: Too many breaches have shown us that user education only works for those that were already doing the right things. This allows them to capture login credentials and even multi-factor authentication (MFA) tokens.

Malware 76

Malware Passwords Identity Theft Banking 76

Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

At first considered a reasonably dangerous threat (researchers now believe it’s a form of adware), Silver Sparrow is nevertheless a malware family of intrigue for showcasing “mature” capabilities, such as the ability to remove itself, which is usually reserved for stealth operations. Adware accounted for another 22 percent.

Malware 99

Malware Adware Software Passwords 99

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This includes your personally identifiable information as well as your online behavior and any authentication factors you use to verify your identity when accessing online services. This is particularly true for those sites that don’t require two-factor authentication. How to Protect Your Digital Identity.

Identity Theft 119

Identity Theft Passwords Data breaches Scams 119

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

SSH is a program used for securely gaining command line access to a remote Mac, Linux, or other Unix system, and the.ssh folder is the location where certificates used to authenticate the connection are stored. Some variants of the Shlayer adware have been seen using this technique.).

Malware 96

Malware Backups Adware Social Engineering 96