U.K. Report: "We’re Doomed-Passwords Aren’t Strong or Secure"

A recent survey of over 2,000 U.K. broadband users shows that individuals don’t use good password hygiene or secure storage to protect themselves against future cyberattacks.

January 9, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

New Office 365 Phishing Attack Targets OAuth Apps Instead of Credentials

Trying to steal your username and password is so “yesterday.” The 2020 Hacker is now leveraging Office 365 OAuth APIs to gain control over user mailboxes with phishing tactics.

December 19, 2019 Javvad Malik

Dancing with Hackers

Dancing with the Stars pro Witney Carson announced on Twitter that her Facebook account had been hacked. Unknown miscreants gained control of Carson’s Facebook through a unique phishing ...

December 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Have Your Users Been Exposed in the 8.5 Billion Breached Records This Year?

Data breaches are getting bigger, the bad guys are getting more cunning, and the amount of compromised data is unfortunately continuing to rise. According to RiskBased Security, breach ...

December 5, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

63% of Workers Reuse Passwords For Multiple Work Devices and Applications

According to Enterprise Strategy Group, 63% of workers have reported using the same password for multiple work devices and/or applications. This just one statistic from ESG's upcoming ...

December 5, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

You Have Not Suffered A Data Breach But How Do You Prevent Credential-Stuffing Attacks?

Frequent data breaches and the widespread availability of automated tools to take advantage of the compromised information have greatly increased the efficiency of credential stuffing ...

November 18, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Malicious Actors the World Over Endorse This One Security Practice

If you're working the trenches in your organization's IT department, then one of your more consistently annoying headaches involves passwords. Users and their passwords are the ongoing ...

November 18, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-Up] Scam Of The Week: Thousands Of Hacked Disney+ Accounts Are Already For Sale On Criminal Sites

Apart from me, guess who has been anticipating the Disney+ channel?

October 18, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Don’t Fall Victim to Breach Fatigue

People shouldn’t let news of data breaches dissuade them from trying to protect their information, according to security researcher Ray [REDACTED]. On the CyberWire’s Hacking Human ...

October 15, 2019 Javvad Malik

What Footballers Wives Can Teach Us About Cybersecurity

Professional football (soccer for my American friends) is big around the world. The English Premier League is among the top in the world, attracting some of the best players, generating ...

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