Tag: Password

November 24, 2020

Every data breach and online attack seems to involve some kind of phishing attempt to steal password credentials, to launch fraudulent transactions, or to trick someone into downloading malware. Indeed, Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report finds that phishing is […]

November 2, 2020

Many businesses are currently looking at how to bolster security across their organization as the pandemic and remote work situation continues to progress towards the end of the year. As organizations continue to implement security measures to protect business-critical data, […]

October 29, 2020

While passwords are the most popular account security tool, they aren’t necessarily the safest option. Security experts agree that human beings are the weakest link of any security system. Most often, users create weak passwords, store them as plain text, […]

August 29, 2020

Remote workers use countless passwords for many daily activities and tasks. Since these passwords protect the organization’s most sensitive data, cybercriminals are always making efforts to capture, compromise, or gain access to corporate devices. Luckily, there are several password hygiene […]

August 25, 2020

Over the past several years, experts have recognized that perhaps the best password strategy for your application logins is to have no password at all, what has been often labeled as “passwordless.” It is a bit of a misnomer, as […]

August 6, 2020

A high-risk vulnerability (CVE-2020-13699) in TeamViewer for Windows could be exploited by remote attackers to crack users’ password and, consequently, lead to further system exploitation. About TeamViewer TeamViewer is an application developed by German company TeamViewer GmbH and is available […]

June 15, 2020

Every day, 99% of professionals choose convenience at the expense of their enterprise security by reusing passwords—either across work accounts or, even more alarmingly, between work and personal accounts. Taking comfort in password-protected entry points may cause any business to […]

May 22, 2020

The demise of the password has been picking up speed since Bill Gates sounded its death-knell in 2004. While famed as one of the oldest security tools in the world of software and the internet, passwords are increasingly letting users […]

April 28, 2020

Scammers have turned to employment worries as their latest lure for Zoom phishing scams. SophosLabs sent us several examples of spam messages received in the last few days that said, rather worryingly: —sample 1— Subject: You are invited to join […]

March 3, 2020

Passwords have been around since ancient times and they now serve as the primary method for authenticating a user during the login process. Individuals are expected to use unique username and password combinations to access dozens of protected resources every […]

February 24, 2020

Recent guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) highlights that the password length is much more important than password complexity. The recommendations are part of the Protected Voices initiative launched by the FBI to help 2020 political […]

February 13, 2020

Weak passwords can hurt any organization’s security efforts and make any device easily hackable, but could they also be the greatest point of failure for internet of things (IoT) security? Weak passwords certainly put companies deploying IoT devices at greater […]

February 12, 2020

Google’s online password manager – found at passwords.google.com – includes a feature which lets you scan your passwords to see if any have been leaked in security breaches. Now, the company is bringing this Password Checkup tool to Chrome. Password […]

December 18, 2019

SplashData released their “Worst passwords of 2019” list, which includes the top 25 most dangerous and most commonly leaked passwords. In an interesting turn of events, password has for the first time in the list’s history been knocked out of […]

December 11, 2019

Passwords are the dominant way online services manage access to our personal and work-related lives. But oftentimes, they’re more of a headache than a security tool. HYPR released the findings of a two and a half year Password Usage Study, […]

December 10, 2019

Organizations handling highly sensitive data belonging to U.S. residents are not doing enough to protect their customers’ personal information, as a recent discovery illustrates. A group of pen testers have found more than a quarter of a million applications for […]

November 8, 2019

Good passwords are messy. They’re long, chaotic, and very difficult to memorize. That’s what makes them so strong. To keep them good and useful, though, requires a tool — a password manager. The idea at the core of most password […]

October 21, 2019

A class-action lawsuit targeting Equifax has revealed a series of appalling internal security practices that led to the data breach incurred by the credit reporting agency in 2017. The lawsuit is not your typical class action involving Equifax customers. Rather, […]

October 10, 2019

While more businesses are investing in security measures like multifactor authentication (MFA), employees still have poor password habits that weaken companies’ overall security posture, according to LastPass. Given that stolen and reused credentials are linked to 80 percent of hacking-related […]

October 9, 2019

Yet another non-password protected cloud database has come to light, this time exposing a raft of highly personal information on healthcare workers and traveling nurses – including drug tests and arrest records. The incident showcases the unfortunate reality that cloud […]