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Secure by Design: UK Enforces IoT Device Cybersecurity Rules

Data Breach Today

Law Bans Universal Default Passwords; Requires Bug-Reporting Channels, Update Plan Say goodbye to buying internet of things devices in Britain with a default or hardcoded password set to "12345," as the country has banned manufacturers from shipping internet-connected and network-connected devices that don't comply with minimum cybersecurity standards. (..)

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[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] Password Security: Do Not Get Bit by Count Hackula

KnowBe4

Our login credentials of a username and password are sometimes all that stands between our personal identifiable information and cybercriminals. Count Hackula could be waiting in the shadows to bite on your weak or reused password.

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How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords

Krebs on Security

A recent phishing campaign targeting Coinbase users shows thieves are getting cleverer about phishing one-time passwords (OTPs) needed to complete the login process. And it was fairly successful, according to Alex Holden , founder of Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm Hold Security. million Italians. For example, on Oct.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. Historically, October has always been an important month for the cybersecurity community and a month of major cybersecurity events. October is for the cybersecurity world what Oktoberfest is for beer lovers.

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Top 2023 Security Affairs cybersecurity stories

Security Affairs

These are the Top 2023 Security Affairs cybersecurity stories … enjoy it. DARKBEAM LEAKS BILLIONS OF EMAIL AND PASSWORD COMBINATIONS DarkBeam left an Elasticsearch and Kibana interface unprotected, exposing records from previously reported and non-reported data breaches. TWO SPYWARE SENDING DATA OF MORE THAN 1.5M

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Your Phone May Soon Replace Many of Your Passwords

Krebs on Security

Apple , Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. “I worry about forgotten password recovery for cloud accounts.” Image: Blog.google.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s how and why ‘trust’ presents an existential threat to cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

This neglect is not only a threat to personal data, but also a threat to corporate security. According to our survey, the majority of consumers (77 percent) are confident they can identify, and report suspected malicious cyber activity despite general apathy toward proactively securing their devices and personal data. Confidence gap.