KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

Grimes Teaches Password Best Practices What really makes a "strong" password? How do hackers crack your passwords with ease? Password complexity, length, and rotation requirements are the bane of IT departments' existence and are literally the cause of thousands of data breaches. She's a shining star of your organization!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

“The analyst at Lockheed Martin emphasized that this attack could represent a “significant threat to the aviation industry.”” “Mail server, domain administrator and system administrator accounts were all affected, giving cyberespions access to the past and current passwords of more than 2,000 ICAO system users.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

used the password 225948. Constella finds the same password tied to webmaster@stairwell.ru (225948) was used by the email address 3k@xakep.ru , which Intel 471 says was registered to more than a dozen NeroWolfe accounts across just as many Russian cybercrime forums between 2011 and 2015. and admin@stairwell.ru

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. cybersecurity agencies, which highlighted the threats in a pair of warnings issued in recent days.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Take the following example, provided by Phish Labs: [CONTINUED] Blog post with screenshot: [link] Are Your Users' Passwords. Are your users' passwords…P@ssw0rd? Verizon's Data Breach Report showed that 81% of hacking-related breaches used either stolen and/or weak passwords. Thank you." - Y.K.,

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. With deep industry experience, Jeremiah Grossman was the Information Security Officer for Yahoo!,

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The CompTIA Security+ qualification is widely considered to be one of the best introductions to the cyber security industry. System administrator Network administrator Security administrator IT auditor Security analyst or security specialist Security consultant. CompTIA Security+. Potential job roles.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. Reconnaissance. Check Point.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2021

As industry analysts consider the next zero-day threats and the implications of more ransomware and supply chain attacks, we look at the attacks and what organizations can do to defend themselves against advancing threats. When administrators noticed suspicious behavior on Friday, Kaseya shut down VSA. VSA server breached.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Thousands of instances of a temperature control system made by Resource Data Management (RDM) are exposed to remote attacks because they were using default passwords and failed in implementing other security measures. RDM does not have any control over where our systems go and who install them.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

Sabotage A system administrator who lost his job at a paper mill served 34 months in prison after tampering with the control systems of his former employer and causing $1.1 He accessed servers via a VPN in his home, installing his own software and altering the industrial control systems.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators. Those messages -- between world leaders, industry CEOs, reporters and their sources, heath organizations -- are much more valuable than bitcoin. (If

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