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Enhancing Cybersecurity Awareness: A Comprehensive Guide

CyberSecurity Insiders

Be Skeptical of Phishing Attempts: Phishing is a prevalent cybercrime technique that involves tricking individuals into divulging their sensitive information. Utilize a password manager to securely store and generate strong passwords.

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Exposing the ransomware lie to “leave hospitals alone”

Malwarebytes

Over time, swatting has evolved from a dangerous type of prank to a cybercrime that can be ordered as a service. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else. Better yet, let a password manager choose one for you.

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Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft

Schneier on Security

Don't reuse passwords for anything important -- ­and get a password manager to remember them all. Do your best to disable the "secret questions" and other backup authentication mechanisms companies use when you forget your password­ -- those are invariably insecure.

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PharMerica breach impacts almost 6 million people

Malwarebytes

.” An extra point of concern is that a relative large part of the people affected by the breach have passed away, which makes it unlikely that relatives will regularly monitor their credit reports, making any cybercrime related to the stolen data even more difficult to detect and stop. Change your password.

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Clouding the issue: what cloud threats lie in wait in 2022?

Malwarebytes

It’s a bit like the difference between using an online, cloud based password manager run by a third-party company, or running a totally local password manager operated by you and you alone. Targets who keep all files in the cloud only (no local or offsite backups) are great marks for blackmailers.

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A Cyber Security Checklist for the Modern Small Business [Top 8 Tips]

SiteLock

This is especially true today considering the fact that cybercrime continues to be a serious threat for businesses and users. When cybercrime happens to your company website, you can lose money, credibility, and customers. As an added security measure you should use two-factor authentication or a password manager.

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What Is REvil Ransomware?

SiteLock

It’s actively promoted on cybercrime forums as the best choice for attacking business networks (which is a highly lucrative option for cybercriminals). It also deletes Windows copies of files and other backups to prevent file recovery. Use a password manager to generate and track your passwords.