Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication. Whether you want the ‘trick’ of a malevolent threat actor infiltrating your network by exploiting a compromised password or the ‘treat’ from the peace of mind associated with multifactor authentication, the choice is yours. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 05:29.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

If data is involved, threat actors want to get their hands on it and exploit it. Some notable cyber incidents in the past half-decade include: McDonald's (2021): The fast-food giant suffered a data breach that exposed customer and employee information in South Korea and Taiwan. Subway U.K. 2020): The sandwich chain's U.K.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 18, 2023

However, this new paradigm also comes with inherent risks, as cybercriminals constantly devise sophisticated methods to exploit vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access to crypto accounts. […] The post Strengthening Crypto Account Security: Beyond SMS 2FA appeared first on BlackCloak | Protect Your Digital Life™.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 26, 2022

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Twitter with a $150 million penalty for " deceptively using account security data for targeted advertising.". Twitter, like many other social media websites, asks users to provide their phone number and email address to better protect their account.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2024

What is Two-Factor Authentication? IdentityIQ Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security tool that requires you to verify your identity twice before you can gain access to a system. It helps prevent unauthorized access to your accounts by adding another layer of security at the point of login.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Still, Palant and others impacted by the 2022 breach at LastPass say their account security settings were never forcibly upgraded. To automatically populate the appropriate credentials at any website going forward, you simply authenticate to LastPass using your master password.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2020

shared a screenshot of the data breach notification email sent by the trading platform to its users, the message said that almost all of the leaked accounts don’t belong to Poloniex accounts. . The Poloniex exchange’s support team confirmed on December 30 the authenticity of the message in a public Tweet.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

One of the primary reasons behind this massive rise in account takeover is the relative ease with which it can be done. With more than 15 billion login credentials available on the dark web because of data breaches, millions of online accounts remain at risk of unauthorized access. Netflix accounts for around $0.76

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Pen Test Partners

MARCH 23, 2025

Reviewing and disabling compromised credentials Change passwords on affected accounts. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) if it wasnt in place already. Disable accounts you suspect are compromised until you can investigate. Data breaches come with legal obligations, particularly under GDPR.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

After getting an Uber employee’s login credentials, likely purchased from the dark web, the hacker then used social engineering to get around Uber’s multi-factor authentication. But I thought Multi-factor authentication was supposed to stop these kinds of attacks? Not sure where to start or curious to know more?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The SafeNet Trusted Access pack for Cortex XSOAR amplifies the overall enterprise security posture by enabling real-time control of suspicious access activity and authentication events, and decreasing workload for the SOC. STA sends alerts to Cortex XSOAR that indicate user account security risks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2022

You can also choose multi-factor authentication to protect your account, including fingerprint and facial recognition options. There’s also a dark web monitoring feature available as an add-on, so you can see if your credentials have been part of a data breach. Also read: Hackers Leak 87,000 Fortinet VPN Passwords.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Keep your online accounts secure Respect your privacy Capture and share with care Take care of your data Take care of your device Be wary of certain sites and content online Be kind. Keep your online accounts secure. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). C O N T E N T S. 7 Internet safety tips.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2024

Once installed, the malware hits your browser, whether Chrome, Firefox, or Brave, and extracts cookies and sensitive data. Without your knowledge, this virus captures your session and personal information, placing you in danger of account takeovers and data breaches.

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Spinone

MARCH 25, 2019

Google Drive is arguable one of the top public cloud options for storing and accessing data in the public cloud provides a number of really great features, functionality, and benefits to tenants. With public cloud services and especially with data housed there, security is one of the top concerns for cloud today.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 5, 2024

Protecting the data of individuals and organizations is essential in the digital age, and AI and machine learning can advance data protection strategies in a way that would not be possible with more traditional programs. Machine learning can protect data from exposure to data breaches and other threats.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Account hacking. Account security is always a priority issue. Even if employees use only official clients, the security of messages potentially containing sensitive data often rests on the owner’s good faith, as does what actual information ends up in the dialog with the chatbot.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2020

This knowledge then enabled them to target additional employees who did have access to our account support tools. ". The hackers then used this level of account support to get through two-factor authentication (2FA) and access 130 widely followed Twitter accounts: Tweeting from 45. Downloading the Twitter Data of 7.

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