eSecurity Planet

MARCH 8, 2022

The average internet user has somewhere around 100 accounts, according to NordPass research, meaning they have to track 100 different passwords or risk using the same one over and over. Users can share password files securely with encrypted transmissions. Bitwarden also complies with Privacy Shield, GDPR, and CCPA regulations.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 24, 2024

Data Security Trends: 2024 Report Analysis madhav Mon, 03/25/2024 - 05:08 Amid ongoing economic uncertainty and a progressively complex threat landscape, businesses are trying to navigate increasingly stringent regulatory requirements while bolstering their security posture.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords. Awareness events foster to shape human attitude, enhance a positive culture against cyber threats, and educate businesses and people about protective measures they can take to secure their sensitive personal data: Enable MFA.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions madhav Wed, 10/18/2023 - 05:25 This month is Cyber Security Awareness Month , highlighting how far security education needs to go in order to enable a secure interconnected world. How do passkeys differ from passwords?

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

You may not believe that dogs have much to do with privacy and security, but on September 20, 2021, New Jersey’s highest state court ruled that dog owners’ names and addresses were public and therefore not exempt from disclosure by a city dog licensing authority, but other information (such as dog breed and name) raised security concerns.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 5, 2023

On May 31, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed order against home security camera company Ring LLC (“Ring”) for unfair and deceptive acts or practices in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. The FTC’s proposed order would require Ring to (1) pay $5.8 The FTC’s proposed order would require Ring to (1) pay $5.8

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2019

This variant of Xbash is equipped to quietly uninstall any one of five popular types of cloud security protection and monitoring products used on such servers. Worldwide spending on information security products and services rose to $114 billion in 2018, up from $102 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.4 Use a password manager.

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WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2019

The latest update released by Mozilla for Firefox patches a flaw in Firefox Password Manager that can be exploited to access stored passwords. fixes a vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass the master password in Firefox Password Manager and access stored passwords. ” reads a post published by Ducklin.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 16, 2021

SMS text messages were already the weakest link securing just about anything online, mainly because there are tens of thousands of employees at mobile stores who can be tricked or bribed into swapping control over a mobile phone number to someone else. Since that time, no carrier has been able to replicate it. ” WHAT CAN YOU DO?

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data privacy is a concept that governs our everyday lives. It’s why, for the past fifteen years, 28 January has marked Data Privacy Day – an international event raises awareness about online privacy and educates people on the ways they can protect their personal information. Teach your children about data privacy.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2022

For this study, a data breach was defined as an intruder copying or leaking user data such as names, surnames, email addresses, passwords, etc. More than two thirds of American accounts are leaked with the password, putting breached users in danger of account takeover. Essential security tool.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Or a previously unknown security flaw gets exploited before it can be patched. The companies run by leaders and corporate board members with advanced security maturity are investing in ways to attract and retain more cybersecurity talent, and arranging those defenders in a posture that assumes the bad guys will get in.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Meanwhile, native security is increasingly being built into popular operating systems, and there’s a trend toward beefing up application security, as well. They seem to be attempting to address the consumer security market more holistically, while also expanding their customer base and geographical regions.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

The main problem for remote workers is the threat to online security. Start by checking to see what security protocols your company has in place. Here are some cybersecurity best practices tips that apply more than ever when it comes to remote workers carrying out their duties securely. Use strong passwords.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Instagram has suffered a serious security leak that might have exposed user’s passwords, revealed The Information website. Instagram notified some of its users that it might have accidentally exposed their password due to a security glitch. ” states a blog post published on The Information.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2020

The popular Zoom app is under scrutiny, experts have discovered a vulnerability that could be exploited to steal users’ Windows passwords. Security experts and privacy advocates believe that the Zoom is an efficient online video communication platform, but evidently it has some serious privacy and security solutions.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2021

Teaching children about good cyber security habits starts with helping them realize their power to learn to make smart choices. Often, messages about online security are presented as ‘to-do’ lists that can make even the most pliant of us feel like we are being preached to. Encourage privacy behaviors. Explain the abstract.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 10, 2022

Indeed, security-minded readers have often alerted KrebsOnSecurity about spam to specific aliases that suggested a breach at some website, and usually they were right, even if the company that got hacked didn’t realize it at the time. ” HaveIBeenPwned’s Hunt arrived at the conclusion that aliases account for about.03

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Adam Levin

MAY 24, 2019

Google announced a glitch that stored unencrypted passwords belonging to several business customers, a situation that had been exploitable since 2005. This issue has been fixed and, again, we have seen no evidence of improper access to or misuse of the affected passwords.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

According to the security company Resecurity , which discovered the listing, the data included victims’ name, age, gender, address, passport number and Aadhaar number (a 12-digit government identification number). It secured its systems, notified law enforcement and began investigating the incident. Boeing is “assessing the claim”.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This summer, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hosted its sixth annual PrivacyCon , an event focused on the latest research and trends related to consumer privacy and data security. Privacy – Considerations and Understanding. Privacy – Children and Teenagers. Algorithms. Internet of Things (IoT).

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 27, 2018

When I launched Pwned Passwords in August , I honestly didn't know how much it would be used. I made 320M SHA-1 password hashes downloadable and also stood up an API to query the data "as a service" by either a plain text password or a SHA-1 hash. The anonymity API isn't just great for privacy, it's also great for speed.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

A cyber survey conducted by the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed that ‘123456’ is still the most hacked password. million user accounts worldwide were using ‘123456’ as password, while 7.7 The NCSC discovered that 23.2 million users were using ‘123456789’.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

. — rely on that number for password resets. From there, the bad guys can reset the password of any account to which that mobile number is tied, and of course intercept any one-time tokens sent to that number for the purposes of multi-factor authentication.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 13, 2021

On April 29, 2021, the New York City Council passed the Tenant Data Privacy Act (“TDPA”), which would regulate the collection, use, safeguarding and retention of tenant data by owners of “smart access” buildings. Privacy policy. Security safeguards. The TDPA has been sent to the New York City Mayor’s desk for signature.

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WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

With iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, Apple is introducing passkeys—a more convenient and secure alternative to passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Remote access security is critical for protecting increasingly distributed work environments, ensuring that only authorized users can access your valuable information regardless of their location. Keys, such as strong passwords, unique codes, or biometric scans, can be given to trusted individuals to access your resources from a distance.

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Threatpost

MAY 11, 2021

GitHub adds support for FIDO2 security keys for Git over SSH to fend off account hijacking and further its plan to stick a fork in the security bane of passwords.

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WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 8, 2024

Plus: A media executive is charged in an alleged money-laundering scheme, a ransomware attack disrupts care at London hospitals, and Google’s former CEO has a secretive drone project up his sleeve.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 8, 2024

Who wants to wait in line, fumble for passwords, or answer endless security questions? Frictionless vs. Fort Knox : We crave frictionless experiences online, but strong security often means the opposite – think multi-factor authentication (MFA). Use long, complex passwords unique for each important account. Even better?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2019

Other problems for Facebook that admitted to have stored m illions of Instagram users’ passwords in plaintext. Yesterday, Facebook made the headlines once again for alleged violations of the privacy of its users, the company admitted to have ‘unintentionally’ collected contacts from 1.5 SecurityAffairs – Instagram, privacy).

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 14, 2022

Wegmans”) in connection with a cloud storage security issue. In April 2021, a security researcher informed Wegmans, a New York-based supermarket chain, that one of the company’s cloud storage containers hosted on Microsoft Azure was left unsecured and open to public access, potentially exposing customers’ personal information.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2019

Dragonblood researchers found two new weaknesses in WPA3 protocol that could be exploited to hack WPA3 protected WiFi passwords. passwords. A group of researchers known as Dragonblood (Mathy Vanhoef and Eyal Ronen ) devised new methods to hack WPA3 protected WiFi passwords by exploiting two new vulnerabilities dubbed Dragonblood flaws.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 21, 2023

Secure remote access protects remote business communications that are otherwise susceptible to network and remote protocol exploits. Because it creates connections between a client device and a host device, remote access must be secured. Even VPN, while marketed as a security tool, has weaknesses of its own.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

When assessing the overall security of cloud storage and choosing a solution tailored to your business, it helps to determine its features, potential risks, security measures, and other considerations. It excels in remote access, scalability, and security, with distributed storage options and privacy adherence capabilities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Google experts worked on OS hardening and the implementation of anti-exploitation mechanisms with a great attention to the user privacy. ” reads a post written by Vikrant Nanda and René Mayrhofer from Android Security & Privacy Team. ” concluded Google.

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