Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The study also revealed that 94% of IT professionals say their organizations’ security policies around access management was influenced by breaches of consumer services in the last 12 months.

Passwords 115

Passwords Authentication Hacking Consumer Services 115

Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

“They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords. The Twitter hackers largely pulled it off by brute force, writes Wired on the July 15, 2020 hack. “Someone was trying to phish employee credentials, and they were good at it,” Wired reported.

Phishing 241

Phishing VPN Hacking Social Engineering 241

Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

At CoreLogic, he owned the Consumer Services product line and launched the first web-based API delivery platform in the consumer credit industry to deliver credit scores and credit report monitoring products to 19 of the top-20 financial institutions.

Identity Theft 52

Identity Theft Data breaches VPN Consumer Services 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

“The Xfinity Video Doorbell, integrated with our other Xfinity services, provides a convenient, secure way for homeowners to check in on their front door from anywhere, anytime,” said Matthew Ecker, VP, Consumer Services, Comcast Cable. “We

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Wireless Consumer Services Internet 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 16, 2021

In today’s digital world, using our mobile phones to consume services is now a part of everyday life. With the average person now spending 2 hours and 51 minutes on their phone each day, service providers like ecommerce sites and entertainment channels have had to adapt their interfaces so that they also work on a smartphone.

Authentication 89

Authentication Banking Financial Services Mobile 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 7, 2021

Originally developed for consumer services, the FIDO2 standard evolved and was adopted by Microsoft for Windows Hello. Passwordless authentication can provide stronger security, reduce risk of breaches, and alleviate password management pressure. FIDO Authentication. This has pushed FIDO to be part of an enterprise identity framework.

VPN 62

VPN Passwords Authentication Cyber Attacks 62

Spinone

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Most Popular Cloud Services Most of the services used by business organizations are enterprise-level services. 80% of enterprise level services are likely to have enterprise-grade security compared to consumer services at only 9.3%.

Threat Detection 40

Threat Detection Consumer Services Firewall Government 40

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Username and password logins emerged as the go-to way to control access to network servers, business applications and Internet-delivered consumer services. As computers shrank in size, and then pervaded into our homes and everyday workplaces, passwords stuck around. Passwords may have been very effective securing Roman roads.

Passwords 128

Passwords Authentication Data breaches Cyber Attacks 128

WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 1, 2022

Voice recognition—and data collection—have boomed in recent years. Researchers are figuring out how to protect your privacy.

Data collection 109

Data collection Consumer Services Technology 109

SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

The largest share of victims fell into the category Engineering & Manufacturing (30%), followed by Finance (14%), Professional & Consumer Services (9%), Legal (7%), and IT & Telecommunications (7%). According to our research , this malware affected almost 20 business sectors.

Ransomware 119

Ransomware Malware Encryption Cybercrime 119

SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

Energy and Utilities (10%), Finance (10%), Professional and Consumer Services (10%), Transportation (7%), and Healthcare (7%) were also at the top of their list. According to the victim list published by the threat actors, two-fifths (41%) of JSWorm attacks were targeted against companies in the Engineering and Manufacturing category.

Ransomware 103

Ransomware Encryption Malware Passwords 103

Troy Hunt

JUNE 30, 2022

It's also a slower hashing algorithm; still totally unsuitable for storing user passwords in an online system, but it can have a hit on the consuming service if doing huge amounts of calculations. And for what?

Passwords 305

Passwords Identity Theft Password Management Risk 305

SecureList

APRIL 23, 2021

7.60% of targeted ransomware attacks affected professional and consumer services companies, and 7.09% targeted financial firms. This is not surprising given the highly sensitive nature of their data and the often high value of such companies. It is also incredibly disruptive to businesses in this sector if their systems go offline.

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Ransomware Malware Mobile Encryption 99