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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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become of the most popular technologies in recent years, connecting real-world devices with the internet – such as connected cars, wearables and even virtual reality headsets. The Infosec Institute recently wrote a topic on the subject, which can be read here. Heartbleed: Almost a Year Later.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

To top it off, Duo is connected to our SIEM and our InfoSec team is able to review detailed logs and setup alerts to be able to keep everything secure.” As with any new technology, getting to a completely passwordless state will be a journey for many organizations.

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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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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. Infosec personnel should also help employees store those passwords safely such as via the use of a password manager.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 21, 2021

Some of the recent advances in authentication methods have removed the burden of remembering many passwords, as well as the necessity of a physical multi-factor token. Password managers – software that holds all the passwords in a “vault”, requiring a master password to unlock the vault. The InfoSec Perspective.

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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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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. Chris Wysopal is the Chief Technology Officer of Veracode. Abine says Blur Password Manager User Information Exposed. The post Episode 145: Read the whole entry. »

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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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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Scattered Spider target password managers. Having identified a new target account, the threat actor made another call to the help desk and requested a password reset for the domain administrator account, which also carried Okta Super Administrator privileges.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In the milestone 350th episode of the Shared Security Podcast, the hosts reflect on 15 years of podcasting, and the podcast’s evolution from its beginnings in 2009. They discuss the impact of a current hurricane on Florida, offering advice on using iPhone and Android satellite communication features during emergencies.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Scattered Spider target password managers. Having identified a new target account, the threat actor made another call to the help desk and requested a password reset for the domain administrator account, which also carried Okta Super Administrator privileges.

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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. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. Markstedter actively contributes to filling the infosec education gap.

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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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Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2021

Passwords are a hot topic on social media at the moment, due to the re-emergence of a discussion about good password management practices. There’s a wealth of password management options available, some more desirable than others. The primary recommendation online is usually a software-based management tool.

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