SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

One year ago in February, the major eBay hack was in progress, eventually resulting in over 233 million passwords being stolen. 10 Million Passwords Leaked Online. Security consultant Mark Burnett leaked 10 million usernames and passwords online through his personal blog last week, in a very risky move. Worst Passwords of 2014.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 8, 2019

Also: we continue our series on life after the password by speaking to Ian Paterson, the CEO of behavioral authentication vendor Plurilock. Also: we continue our series on life after the password by speaking to Ian Paterson, the CEO of behavioral authentication vendor Plurilock. The Persistence of Passwords.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2019

Through the course of this year, Gartner forecasts that the infosec market will climb 9 percent to $124 billion. Yet, technology alone isn’t all that’s required. Use a password manager. It’s clear that we will continue to be reliant on usernames and passwords to access online services for some time to come.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Markstedter actively contributes to filling the infosec education gap.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Popular password manager LastPass announced that some of their source code was stolen, but that no customer passwords were compromised in a recent data breach disclosure, an Israeli researcher has discovered a new method to exfiltrate data from air-gapped systems using the LED indicators on network cards, and details about the Twitter whistleblower (..)

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. For a variety of reasons, I will no longer be sharing these updates on Twitter. ” SEPTEMBER.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 8, 2022

In honor of the day coming up on April 12, I spoke to the below industry experts on how both individuals and organizations can strengthen identity management all year round. The post Celebrate Identity Management Day by Taking Identity Security Seriously appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In the spirit of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), my colleague Ashvin Kamaraju wrote about how organizations can use fundamental controls to secure their information technology. These guidelines should include the following: Set up a Strong Password Policy. Effective digital security doesn’t end at “Secure IT,” however.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 21, 2021

Most home users have their computer configuration set to allow full access to everything once a password is entered. Every information security professional has been on the receiving end of a frustrated person who does not understand the reasons for password complexity. The InfoSec Perspective. Beyond The Yes And No.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

The truth is technology has grown at an exponential rate and so has cybercrime. Use strong passwords, and ideally a password manager to generate and store unique passwords. At Social-Engineer LLC, our purpose is to bring education and awareness to all users of technology. Update your software. Rosa Rowles.

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Daniel Miessler

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

And the media doesn’t help either, not to mention InfoSec marketing departments. As far as they’re concerned, if you don’t say the name of your password manager 7 times before bed the Dark Web will haunt your closet. People talk about it like it’s the Internet Demogorgon.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

Vamosi: Within InfoSec there's an informal use of AppSec as well. I know that whenever I get a piece of new technology, I'm all excited. Don't use familiar passwords seriously. If you want nothing to connect back to you choose an entirely new set of passwords. Maintaining OpSec is everyone's responsibility.

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