eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This creates a lot of opportunities for hackers to gain access to company resources because users often reuse passwords or mirror patterns in creating them. The recent boom in remote work due to the Covid-19 pandemic has further amplified the need to secure network endpoints , in which effective password management plays a big role.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2021

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. military members and government employees. 2015 by criminals who social engineered PayPal employees over the phone into changing my password and bypassing multi-factor authentication. .”

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

In a statement by Xavier Chango, the National Head of Forensic Science, "It's a military-type explosive, but very small capsules." DOS boot sector viruses, password guessing, USB autorun malware, misconfigurations, etc.), Per the Ecuadorian government, these attacks were fueled by attempts to intimidate the media.

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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. Cities Around the World in Color.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. Below we outline 18 industry tips for actions you can take to reduce your risk of a ransomware attack: Action. Preventing ransomware. Description. Staff Awareness.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

Use PasswordIQ to find which users are sharing passwords and which ones have weak passwords See the fully automated user provisioning and onboarding Find out how 60,000+ organizations have mobilized their end-users as their human firewall. Executive Reports - Create, tailor and deliver advanced executive-level reports NEW!

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KnowBe4

APRIL 18, 2023

However, once the user downloads and extracts the file, the Redline Stealer (aka RedStealer) malware is activated and is capable of stealing passwords and downloading further malware onto the user's device." PS: [Yours Truly at DarkReading] How Password Managers Can Get Hacked. What follows all too often one can readily imagine.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

These controls include: Active Directory (AD): Manages users, groups, and passwords as a fundamental access control for an organization and the basis for most other security tools. For more specialized network security architecture information, consider reading about cloud security best practices and tips.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is increasingly focused on "Cognitive Warfare," a term referring to artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled military systems and operational concepts. This involves influencing the thinking of decision-makers, military commanders, and the general public in rival countries. efforts to support Taiwan.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. One-Time Passwords (OTPs), passwords, or credit card numbers). What they refer to is the Viasat hack. government.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. You had to figure out how to configure Kermit, get passwords to get on. Here’s Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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KnowBe4

MAY 23, 2023

This sophisticated toolkit grabs a blurred image of an Excel spreadsheet with a superimposed box hosting a Microsoft 365 logo and a spinning wheel (as if to convey the document is trying to load). street legal F1 Hypercar.

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