Passwords and Their Encryption Are Easy Prey for Cyber Criminals in Account Takeover Attacks

Mar 14, 2019 7:27:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Passwords serve as the foundation for most security today. But security vendor SpyCloud have recovered over 3.5 billion credentials, demonstrating just how insecure they really are.

Hackers take over Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn's Twitter account, make bomb threat at Tampa Airport

Feb 21, 2019 10:03:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Tampa police are investigating a bomb threat made against Tampa International Airport after hackers took over Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s Twitter account Thursday ...

8-Character Windows NTLM Passwords Can Be Cracked In Under 2.5 Hours

Feb 17, 2019 8:15:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

BeauHD posted in Slashdot: "HashCat, an open-source password recovery tool, can now crack an eight-character Windows NTLM password hash in less than 2.5 hours. "Current password cracking ...

A Hacker’s Dream: Half of IT Admins Reuse Passwords Across Multiple Accounts

Feb 7, 2019 7:04:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The most recent report from Ponemon shows how IT’s lack of password management is wildly misaligned with the organizations supposed concern for protecting data.

Voicemail Phishing Email Scams are Targeting User Passwords

Feb 5, 2019 7:15:09 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A devilishly ingenious scam plays on your user’s familiarity with business voicemail, seeking to compromise online credentials without raising concerns.

Brand-New Tool: Password Exposure Test Identifies Risky Users

Jan 15, 2019 9:29:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals are constantly coming out with new ways to hack into your network and steal your organization’s confidential information. According to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Report, ...

Easy Hacker Targets: Bad Password, IoT Devices, and no 2FA. Let's Make It Harder In 2019!

Jan 1, 2019 8:00:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Without proper security controls, compromising an IoT device is easy work for hackers, giving them access to potentially more than just the device. Let's make it harder for them in 2019!

Kanye West Tops Dashlane’s List of 2018’s “Worst Password Offenders”

Dec 14, 2018 10:00:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Dashlane today announced its third annual list of the “Worst Password Offenders.” The list highlights the high-profile individuals and organizations that had the most significant ...

75% of users reuse passwords across different accounts – this is up from 56% in 2014!

Nov 23, 2018 12:00:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We’ve always known users are the weakest link in your security chain, but new report data from SailPoint shows just how bad users are behaving in 2018 – and how it affects security.

[On-Demand Webinar] The Pesky Password Problem: Battle of the Red and Blue Team featuring Kevin Mitnick

Nov 2, 2018 11:25:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

What really makes a “strong” password? And why are your end-users tortured with them in the first place? How do hackers crack your passwords with ease? And what can/should you do about ...

212 Million Exposed Contacts Would Be a Scammer’s Dream

Oct 18, 2018 11:48:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A recent discovery of exposed data on a web-facing server owned by data aggregator and analytics provider Apollo demonstrates how data breaches empower scammers.

Users Sharing Passwords Put Organizations at Higher Risk

Oct 9, 2018 9:21:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals thrive on misuse of credentials, and users sharing them only makes the criminal’s job easier. The latest report from LastPass shows password sharing is rampant.

WSJ: "Forget Passwords. It’s Time for Passphrases."

Sep 19, 2018 9:45:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Mr. Henry Williams is a deputy editor for The Wall Street Journal in New York, and he reported on something we just also recommended. Here is an excerpt with a link to the full article at ...

[VIDEO] Password Sharing Means Not Caring

Sep 13, 2018 11:16:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

How Fast Can Your Domain Admin Password Be Cracked? 19% of employees of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) share their passwords with coworkers, according to a study by Switchfast. ...

One in five employees share their email password with co-workers

Aug 31, 2018 10:59:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Negligent employees remain the number one cause of data breaches at small businesses across America. So why do small businesses continue to struggle with good cyber security practices and ...

Scam of the Day: Sextortion, Old Passwords, and You

Jul 22, 2018 5:15:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The “Sextortion” phishing scam makes use of compromised password data, recipient gullibility, and visits to porn websites to separate victims from their money. The scam message comes from ...

"What Exactly Are The Risks Of Breached Passwords?"

Jul 7, 2018 9:08:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

First of all, the term means that a particular password is available in a data breach on the dark web–and there are billions of breached passwords out there. KnowBe4 just released a free ...

More than 70% of users prefer MFA over old style password / username

Jun 15, 2018 11:30:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

More than 70 percent of computer users will choose password-less multi-factor authentication (MFA) over traditional usernames and passwords, according to new behavior research. The ...

86% Of Passwords Are Terrible And Employees Reuse Them All The Time

May 2, 2018 7:18:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Troy Hunt, the founder of Haveibeenpwned came out with some brand new numbers that show there's bad news and there's more bad news. A few months ago he launched V2 of his Pwned Passwords ...

Bad news: 43% of login attempts 'malicious' Good news: Er, umm...

Feb 21, 2018 11:19:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Register in the UK reported: "An extraordinary 43 per cent of all attempted online account logins are malicious, Akamai claims in its latest internet security report. "Credential ...

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