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Thanksgiving Turkey Award – Worst Passwords of 2020

If the Pandemic wasn’t enough to deal with, we still have to deal with people and their poor password choices.

Three passwords security controls that really make a difference.

Make your passwords longer than 12 characters
Use a password manager to create and remember long random passwords that are different for every location or resource.
Use two-factor authentication everywhere you can.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving – Be sure to watch the video below.

Top 200 Worst Passwords of 2021 from NordPass

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authentication, Humor, passwords

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Senate renews warrantless collection of web histories

Does all this COVID-19 related ruling by Executive Order give you the Constitutional willies? Well, the Legislative Branch is doing its best to keep pace in the race to see which branch of the government can violate our rights the most. The government can keep on surveilling your online ...

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account hijacking, authentication, law and policy, passwords, ransomware, Weekend Update

BEC, bot-net, extortion, managed service provider, Mirai, MSP, updates

Zoom’s Crash Course in Cybersecurity

The video conferencing application Zoom has had it’s share of security related problems lately. Any time they name a cyber-attack after you (Zoom bombing) it’s bound to be a bad thing. Zoom bombing, if you haven’t heard, is the video conference equivalent of photo bombing. Some miscreant sneaks into your meeting and takes over the screen to share some NSFW imagery or hate speech or cat videos. Zoom meeting videos have ...

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account hijacking, authentication, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, encryption, insider threat, social engineering, Software vulnerability

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How Secure is Your Tech Support Company?

Is your computer technology Managed Service Provider (MSP) the weakest link in your supply chain security program? Are they the easiest point of entry for an attacker? Your contracted tech support provider holds keys to your computer network that are coveted by cyber-attackers. MSPs are commonly targeted by cyber-criminal groups and other bad actors because MSPs ...

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account hijacking, authentication, cybersecurity, insider threat, multi-factor authentication, Phishing, social engineering

managed service provider, MSP, supply chain security, third party vendor security

Vigilance – How to Monitor Your Online Security

There is only one person that you can rely on to keep you protected in your online life – and that person is YOU! Because the bad actors on the network target people more frequently than machines, this means that we more likely to be the first point of contact in an exploit. We are ultimately responsible for keeping our online life ...

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credit bureaus, credit cards, credit freeze, credit report

How Stolen Credentials Are Used

Someone has stolen your user ID and password from a website where you have an account. Are you at risk? What are they going to do with it?

Unfortunately, even with the best security, passwords are stolen all the time from websites and cloud service providers. There are over 15 billion stolen credentials. Usually the passwords are solved using off-line brute force password cracking methods, and then packaged up and sold ...

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DEC

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Guest Post – Cybersecurity Trends to Know in 2019

Here’s a contribution from Orla Forrest at Irish cloud services provider Paradyn.

In this guide, we examine some emerging innovations that are helping organisations to bolster their security in 2019.

In 2019, organisations are facing an ever-growing range of cyber-threats. In fact, according to a 2018 study from Bromium, the cybercrime economy was estimated to be worth $1.5 trillion. ...

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artificial intellegence, authentication, cybersecurity, Internet of Things, privacy

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Mis-Adventures in Biometrics

Recently there were a couple of notable fails in biometric authentication. The fingerprint reader in Samsung’s Galaxy S10 and Note10 smartphones will allow any finger to open the phone if the user has installed a cheap screen protector film. In security parlance, this is a “fail-open” or “false positive” scenario. An update is pending. And Google’s new Pixel 4 phone’s facial recognition ...

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NOV

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Keeping Your Personal Information Protected

Your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is one of the top targets of cyber-criminals. This information is valuable because it can be used for identity, fraud, tax refund fraud, loans and credit card applications, money transfers, phishing and spam campaigns, blackmail and extortion, fraudulent medical insurance claims, online shopping, and so much more. This information is packaged and sold on the Dark Web, ...

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account hijacking, authentication, cybersecurity, Dark Web, email, Identity Theft, passwords, social networks

Password Managers Look For Breached Passwords

Creating and remembering strong (long) passwords is a chore, and leads to poor security practices such as shorter passwords, reuse of passwords, and writing down passwords in a password list or book that could be stolen. The best way to create strong passwords and store them for use is a password manager.

The easiest password managers are found in popular web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Safari uses the ...

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OCT

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