Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2023

Countless websites and online services use SMS text messages for both password resets and multi-factor authentication. A major portion of Kroll’s business comes from helping organizations manage cyber risk. This may require stepping through the website’s account recovery or lost password flow.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 9, 2021

This week let’s go back to security basics with password hygiene—the simplest, and yet often overlooked step in account security. Passwords …. The post Five worthy reads: Password hygiene – The first step towards improved security appeared first on ManageEngine Blog.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Yes, one lapse on a spam email, one inadequate password, one abandoned account, or a malfunctioning asset can cause havoc. . They should also detect and track resources instantaneously, perform constant risk assessment, as well as immediately isolate untrustworthy resources from the entire network.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 17, 2022

Sensitive information including passwords and financial information can be exfiltrated and ransomware can be deployed to block access to critical data. Change passwords regularly. The potential for hacks and scams is limited to the imagination of the person or group performing them. Create a culture of cybersecurity and data hygiene.

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Jane Frankland

AUGUST 18, 2020

That could be through common hacking techniques like phishing, bait and switch, cookie theft, deep fake , password cracking , social engineering , and so on. Whilst managing cyber risk does require you to use risk management standards and frameworks, it’s not a case of using one over another. But know this.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

CVE-2023-20198 (Cisco IOS XE Web UI): This vulnerability allows unauthorized users to gain initial access and issue a command to create a local user and password combination, resulting in the ability to log in with standard user access. This exploit occurs even without user interaction.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 17, 2020

Here are a few things you can do to protect your privacy while working and schooling from home: Update default passwords : Many webcams come with a default login and password, typically something like admin / admin. Change these default settings to something difficult for others to guess, and don’t re-use passwords from other accounts.

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Digital Guardian

JULY 9, 2021

Ransomware negotiators, cyber risks to the financial system, and why traditional passwords are here to stay - catch up on all of the week's infosec news with the Friday Five!

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

The challenge of embracing digital transformation while also quelling the accompanying cyber risks has never been greater for small- and mid-sized businesses. Somehow SMBs must keep pace competitively, while also tamping down the rising risk of suffering a catastrophic network breach. Password concierge.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

A compromised login and password combination provides an easy point of entry into business networks and emails if two-factor authentication is not in place, creating the potential for larger scale spear-phishing or ransomware attacks, and, of course, financial account attacks of every stripe. Typosquatting relies on an attention deficit.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Password change is necessary for every one month- Google is offering free advice to its users to change your passwords on a frequent note as it helps protect an online account from password spray attacks, brute force attacks and data breaches.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 4, 2021

With the increasing threat landscape and recent workplace shifts to support remote users, many companies are deploying a Zero Trust security model to mitigate, detect, and respond to cyber risks across their environment.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2021

Using a strong, unique password is a simple thing, but people consistently fail to do so. Prior to joining XM Cyber, he worked for seven years at Skybox Security, where he reached the position of Global Director of Solutions Architecture, before eventually moving to Cato to run the Security Services.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2019

First, there’s a tool called the Rapid Cyber Risk Scorecard. NormShield, the Vienna, VA-based, cybersecurity firm that supplies this service, recently ran scores for all of the 26 declared presidential candidates — and found the average cyber risk score to be B+.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And sometimes, 23% of them experienced cyber-bullying and around 20% of them became a victim of a romance scam. Just by creating awareness among employees, using proactive security solutions, deploying MFA, using password managers can help in mitigating most of the cyber risks to a large extent. .

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

RiskLens is the leader in cyber risk quantification . Flagstar hasn’t made public the details of the attack, but let’s assume for analysis that the bank was hit with a system intrusion attack, in other words, code exploitation, brute force password guessing or other tactics that gave cyber criminals a foothold on the network.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

Devolutions is a Montreal, Canada-based company that provides remote connection in addition to password and privileged access management (PAM) solutions to SMBs. Productivity is also a concern, with multiple tools requiring passwords. Lemay As Lemay explains, “You forget there’s a need for a password. That’s our goal.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 3, 2023

A cyber attack launched and identified on March 26th of this year has triggered the incident response teams of Western Digital (WD) to take appropriate steps to mitigate the cyber risks of the incident. Thus, prompting the users to take the company help to recover data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

Additionally, the company also decided to change the passwords of its 3700 employees and contractors. . On April 25th,2021 MTA Officials migrated all of their VPN operations to other private networks to cut down any cyber risks. . .

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Using strong, unique passwords for dating apps and online stores is also a good idea." "Never share sensitive information like address, phone number, or banking details with someone you just met online. Someone genuine would not be asking for that information," Machin said.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In this episode of Security Ledger Podcast (#163) sponsored by LastPass: companies are spending more than ever on cyber security, but feel less secure. Kevin Richards of the insurer Marsh joins us to talk about that company's Cyber Risk Perceptions Survey. Kevin Richards is the Global Lead for Cyber Risk Consulting at Marsh.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Even events like the World Cup are being used by cyber criminals to target unsuspecting victims through things like fake streaming sites designed to steal private information. With the rise in social media, criminals have more platforms with which to target potential phishing victims.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Some users may not have changed their password, or this process might still be ongoing. Per a public statement from AnyDesk on February 2, 2024, “ as a precaution, we (AnyDesk) are revoking all passwords to our web portal, my.anydesk.com, and we recommend that users change their passwords if the same credentials are used elsewhere.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) of UK conducted the survey and came to the above stated conclusion that shows how relaxed are businesses for cyber security. And sometimes cyber criminals are using email services to trick employees into making fraudulently large financial transfers via new business deals or contracts.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Issued a few days after the killing, the report assesses cyber risks of North American electrical utilities, identifying 11 hacking groups that target energy sector companies. The report goes on to describe how a group of state-sponsored hackers, referred to as Elfin or APT33 , carried out extensive “password-spraying” attacks.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The post Episode 195: Cyber Monday Super Deals Carry Cyber Risk appeared first. Read the whole entry. » » Related Stories TV Maker TCL Denies Back Door, Promises Better Process Security Holes Opened Back Door To TCL Android Smart TVs Episode 188: Crowdsourcing Surveillance with Flock Safety.

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Dark Reading

MAY 11, 2022

Analysis finds 687 million exposed credentials and personally identifiable information (PII) among Fortune 1000 employees, and a 64% password reuse rate.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 5, 2022

Do you remember all the passwords to your various accounts and profiles? How many times have you forgotten your login details, attempted to reset your password, and faced the painful reminder, ‘your new password cannot be the same as previous’?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2025

AI-powered social engineering makes scams more convincing, while stolen passwords enable criminals to log into corporate networks and move laterally unnoticed. But unlike passwords, biometric data cant be changed if stolen. Are We Sacrificing Safety for Simplicity? But at what cost?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2021

In what is known to our Cybersecurity Insiders, the penalty was pronounced by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as Pearson made false and misleading statements on the 2018 data breach that witnessed millions of student usernames and passwords stolen along with admin level login credentials of over 13,000 school and university pupils.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

And threat actors rely on brute force attacks, credential harvesting, spear phishing and password spray techniques to wade into the military computer networks. At the same time, keeping the OS patched with related security updates in a timely manner can also help in keeping the hackers at bay.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2021

The system was also only accessible using a shared TeamViewer password among the employees. Therefore, it is vital to be proactive rather than reactive to reduce these cyber-risks. Vaulting Shared Passwords. While a shared password can be convenient, it’s a huge exposure. Privilege Elevation.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

While no plaintext passwords or financial data was stolen, the hack did expose answers to security questions. SolarWinds employees claim that the attack resulted from a weak password that an intern had used – “solarwinds123”. All of that could’ve been avoided had SolarWinds implemented a strong password policy.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 4, 2021

While Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are beneficial to organizations due to their simplicity of gathering all administration data into one place, they are also a tremendous cyber risk. Teach safe and adequate password hygiene. This means that education and communication can go a long way in protecting the system.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Dashlane is a leading password manager designed to simplify and secure your digital life. It consolidates your passwords into a single, encrypted vault. Dashlane is a popular and highly regarded password manager that provides robust security and convenient features to keep your credentials safe. How Does Dashlane Work?

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 20, 2021

In some cases, Voice-over-IP numbers are not acceptable as cellphone numbers either – meaning that registrants must increase their cyber-risk by providing their actual cellphone numbers to a party that has offered no information about how that data will be protected.

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