Adam Shostack

AUGUST 21, 2019

If you needed more reasons to move away from using SMS-based authentication, and treating phone companies as trusted, “ AT&T employees took over $1 million in bribes to plant malware and unlock millions of smartphones: DOJ “ Abuse reporting systems are being abused. You need to threat model and play the chess game.

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Media Authentication Malware Personal Security 113

Cisco Security

JUNE 30, 2022

Mobility, BYOD (bring your own device), cloud, increased collaboration, and the consumerization of IT have necessitated a new type of access control security– zero trust security. Supply chain attacks have become one of the biggest security worries for businesses. Data privacy is getting personal .

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Digital transformation Data privacy Identity Theft Data breaches 145

Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 23, 2021

In early 2019, we embarked on a project to improve the Duo Mobile user authentication experience. Before we do that, I wanted to take some time to share with you exactly how we’re making it easier for users to authenticate using Duo Mobile. Fighting Fraud by Humanizing the Push Screen Authentication is hard!

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Mobile Accountability Authentication Education 105

Webroot

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Businesses should include the risks of social engineering scams, like romance scams, in their cybersecurity training programs, highlighting how personal security practices impact professional security. This transparency can be crucial in preventing security risks to the business.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2019

Instead, they need to look inwardly and adjust their own security practices instead. Get a password manager (8 years on and I still use 1Password every day), create strong and unique passwords on every account and enable 2-factor authentication where available.

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SC Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Here are some best practices to consider when giving users a more efficient and secure way to login: Beware of shared secrets. Does the organization use a shared secret to authenticate users? When adding security to the login process, it’s imperative to make sure it doesn’t inhibit user productivity. Eliminate passwords.

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Passwords Authentication Identity Theft Risk 54

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Incorporate personal security best practices, such as two-factor authentication and encryption, in all your online interactions. Today, our mobile devices serve not just as communication tools but also as gatekeepers to our digital identities, especially with the rise of mobile-based multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Retail Cybersecurity Financial Services Mobile 83

Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

businesses gain the flexibility to define and deploy personalized security measures aligned with their specific cardholder data environment (CDE) setup. The innovative Customised Approach empowers well-established organisations to intricately specify their existing security controls to fulfil the objectives for each requirement.

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Identity IQ

MAY 13, 2024

How to Help Protect Yourself from a Data Breach While the threat to your personal security can be extremely unsettling, regular privacy scans, strong passwords and authentication, updated software, and being mindful as to what you share online, are major preventative measures you can practice daily to significantly help mitigate this risk.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

They eliminate vulnerabilities, protect inactive ports, and provide robust user authentication. Use preventive controls to restrict access and secure data , reducing the attack surface. These controls secure sensitive information in cloud environments.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month taught us the importance of safe practices such as the use of multifactor authentication, strong passwords, and VPNs. Only through learning about the tactic’s scammers use can we truly continue to improve our own personal security.

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Scams Phishing Social Engineering Risk 59

Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

As I mentioned earlier, they partnered with HIBP to help drive people interested in personal security towards better personal security practices and obviously there's some neat integration with the data in HIBP too (there's also a dedicated page explaining why I chose them ). What can you do if you were in the data?

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Data breaches Passwords Password Management Accountability 280

Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

An important lesson in security is that operating at max capacity isn’t sustainable all the time, and planning for rest and overflow in our personal security planning is no different.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Class breaks are endemic to computerized systems, and they're not something that we as users can defend against with better personal security. It didn't matter whether individual accounts had a complicated and hard-to-remember password, or two-factor authentication. For Twitter users, this attack was a double whammy.

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