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New insider attack steals passwords by reading thermal energy from keyboards
After entering a password, your regular computer keyboard might appear to look the same as always, but a new approach harvesting thermal energy can illuminate the recently …

Microsoft offers new Azure AD tool to nix easily guessed passwords
Predictable, easy-to-guess passwords are often the weak link that ends up breaking the security chain and attackers know this. “They know to account for character …

Unrestricted access to systems and files exposes organizations to cybercrime
UK organisations are leaving themselves vulnerable to cybercrime with over a third of 18-24-year-olds able to access any files on their company network, and only one in five …

How employee behavior impacts cybersecurity effectiveness
A recent OpenVPN survey discovered 25 percent of employees, reuse the same password for everything. And 23 percent of employees admit to very frequently clicking on links …

Password pattern analysis: Risky, lazy passwords the norm
Dashlane announced the findings of an analysis of over 61 million passwords. The analysis was conducted with research provided by Dr. Gang Wang, an Assistant Professor in the …

Sometimes employees follow cybersecurity best practices beyond company policies
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of employees use a company-approved device for work. However, less than half (40%) of those who use a personal device are regulated when using that …

Twitter reveals security blunder, asks users to change their passwords
330 million Twitter users around the world have been urged to change their account password after a glitch resulted in some of them being stored in plaintext format inside the …

Password behaviors remain largely unchanged
Despite today’s increased threat landscape and heightened global awareness of hacking and data breaches, password behaviors remain largely unchanged. Data from a survey …

Most top travel websites fail to protect user security
Dashlane examined password and account security on 55 of the world’s most popular travel-related sites, and found that 89% of sites leave their users’ accounts perilously …

Realistic, well-positioned Reddit clone is out to grab users’ login credentials
A convincing clone of the popular social news aggregation and discussion site Reddit has been spotted on the reddit.co domain. The author is obviously counting on users not to …

Authentication today: Moving beyond passwords
A new global study from IBM Security examining consumer perspectives around digital identity and authentication, found that people now prioritize security over convenience …

Security in the enterprise: Things are looking up!
Cybersecurity is quickly becoming the number one business priority, says identity and access management company Okta. Based on the results of an analysis of authentication and …
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