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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Resilient multi-factor authentication and strong passwords are critical. Tue, 10/04/2022 - 05:20.

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Last Watchdog’s IoT and ‘zero trust’ coverage win MVP awards from Information Management Today

The Last Watchdog

In addition, my coverage of how the zero trust authentication movement is improving privacy and security at a fundamental level — Early Adopters Find Smart ‘Zero Trust’ Access Improves Security Without Stifling Innovation — won third place in the contest’s Hardware and Software Security category.

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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

Krebs on Security

Dubner said all customers are required to use multi-factor authentication, and that everyone applying for access to its services undergoes a rigorous vetting process. And in 2004, it emerged that identity thieves masquerading as customers of data broker Choicepoint had stolen the personal and financial records of more than 145,000 Americans.

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Q&A: Cybersecurity in ‘The Intelligent Era’

IT Security Guru

However, in a classic good versus evil showdown, AI also delivers the most effective defense by detecting subtle differences between authentic and synthetic IDs and in the ID document verification as part of the onboarding stage. Referencing Entrusts own 2025 Identity Fraud Report , there is a deepfake attempt every 5 minutes.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

It states that the yearbook for the Amtek class of 2004 is hosted at 41.wmpay[.]com. The yearbook photos for the Amtek class of 2004 are not indexed in the Wayback Machine at archive.org, but the names and nicknames of 16 students remain. However, it appears that the entry for one student — the Wmpay[.]com ru: Andrey Skvortsov.

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MY TAKE: A few reasons to believe RSAC 2023’s ‘stronger together’ theme is gaining traction

The Last Watchdog

I attended my first one in 2004, while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. Multi-factor authentication ( MFA ) has raised the bar, but MFA alone is not enough to slow, much less stop, moderately-skilled bad actors. about the role of advanced wearable authentication devices, going forward.

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Lenovo Patches Networking OS Vulnerability Dating Back to 2004

Threatpost

A bug in Lenovo’s Enterprise Networking Operating System could allow an attacker to launch an authentication bypass attack.