CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Password management company LastPass, which was hit by two data breaches last year , has revealed that data exfiltrated during the first intrusion, discovered in August, was used to target the personal home computer of one of its devops engineers and launch a second successful cyberatttack, detected in November.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

On November 30, 2022, password manager LastPass informed customers of a cybersecurity incident following unusual activity within a third-party cloud storage service. While LastPass claims that users’ passwords remain safely encrypted, it admitted that certain elements of customers’ information have been exposed.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2022

The update includes revisions surrounding the use of cloud services, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and password management. NCSC said the technical controls refresh reflects the impact of digital transformation, adoption of cloud services, and move to home/hybrid working on current working and cybersecurity norms.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 16, 2022

By Amanda Fennell, CSO and CIO, Relativity. While exploring phishing examples and best tools to manage passwords, offer to dive into how tools actually work. Think about password management. Amanda joined the Relativity team in 2018 as CSO and her responsibilities expanded to include the role of CIO in 2021.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

We have our normal password management processes, password storage tools, and encryption processes. A device with critical passwords is stolen. Doing so requires multiple backups, cloud resources, and tested backup and recovery processes. Then disaster strikes. Your servers are hit with ransomware or hacked.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

SAP CSO Justin Somaini. For consumers, that means boning up on account security – maybe getting a password manager. Somaini has the distinction of being the first CSO at Yahoo and also at Symantec. October is Cybersecurity awareness month.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2022

A new strain of ransomware has been making victims for the past two months, masquerading as a Google software update application and reusing an open-source password management library for encryption.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Password manager vendor Dashlane has announced updates to its suite of enterprise offerings. These include a new Dark Web Insights tool that provides a breakdown of compromised passwords, a standalone authenticator app for enabling account multi-factor authentication (MFA), and a low-cost starter plan for small businesses.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 19, 2020

We had a recent roll out of a password manager, for example. Behavioral changes such as the adoption and uses of technology like the password manager. "I'm not a tool guy, however, they do serve a purpose as we all know, and we've had great success in implementing a few over the last three-plus years that I've been here.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Behold the tale of kid who reuses their passwords & ends up pwn'd, then learns how to stay safe. We're on a mission to encourage unique passwords stored in a password manager with MFA on.

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