Hunton Privacy

APRIL 3, 2020

Implementing a Virtual Private Network (“VPN”) solution to avoid direct exposure of the organization’s services on the Internet. If possible, organizations should enable two-factor authentication for VPN login. Finally, employees should be particularly aware of phishing attempts that have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Encryption Authentication Workplace security Communications 96

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

If there ever was such a thing as a cybersecurity silver bullet it would do one thing really well: eliminate passwords. Threat actors have proven to be endlessly clever at abusing and misusing passwords. So what’s stopping us from getting rid of passwords altogether? Passwords may have been very effective securing Roman roads.

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Passwords Authentication Data breaches B2B 129

Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

“They would just keep jamming a few individuals to get [remote] access, read some onboarding documents, enroll a new 2FA [two-factor authentication method] and exfiltrate code or secrets, like a smash-and-grab,” the CXO said. “Someone was trying to phish employee credentials, and they were good at it,” Wired reported.

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Phishing Authentication Passwords Cybersecurity 231