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Concerns About Infostealer Malware on the Rise

| | Authentication, credentials, identity and access, infostealer, Malware, SpyCloud
A SpyCloud report found more than half of respondents are extremely concerned about their ability to thwart attacks that exfiltrate authentication data ...
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Passkeys Can Make Passwords a Thing of the Past

| | Breach, credentials, data, FIDO, Passkeys, passwordless, passwords
We all seem to have a love/hate relationship with passwords. Over time, we have learned to live with them–even when, time and again, they show how bad they are at securing our ...
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Buyers Beware: Cybercriminals Target Your Online Credentials

| | access, credentials, Cybersecurity, identity, pii, Web security
The data tells a compelling story for buyers worldwide: Across all industries surveyed, the most common attack methods in 2022 were stolen credentials, ransomware and phishing. And attackers are typically targeting payment ...
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CrowdStrike Adds Honeytokens to Deceive Cybercriminals

| | access management, Credential Compromise, credentials, CrowdStrike, cyberattack, honeytokens, identity
CrowdStrike has extended the capabilities of its Falcon Identity Protection to make it simpler to employ honeytokens to identify compromised credentials that could be used to launch a cyberattack and the tools ...
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Do You Need an Enterprise Browser to Secure Your Organization?

| | browser, browser attacks, credentials, Endpoint security, Password, Web security
Web browsers are a useful mechanism for handling many functions and types of media in one place, but they also present security risks and are common targets for hackers. Browser security refers ...
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When Digital Devices Meet Analog Laws: The Digital License Paradox

| | credentials, Cyberlaw, Data Security, digital license plates, geolocation, identity, Privacy
When California allowed car owners to opt for “digital license plates” which could be customized to add personal messages, few who opted into the new technology suspected that they were permitting the ...
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How Credential Misuse Threatens Cloud Operations

| | Cloud Identity, Cloud-native, credentials, iam, JIT, security
Cloud-native security is a rapidly evolving section of the industry reacting to the increasing threats unique to organizations that are exclusively or primarily operating on cloud applications and platforms. In a report ...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 1, 2022

| | credentials, Featured Articles, Kaspersky Lab, Malware, router, VERT News, VPN, vulnerability, Windows
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us ...
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Teleport Embraces FIDO to Eliminate IT Infrastructure Passwords

| | credentials, Critical Infrastructure, FIDO, Teleport
Teleport announced the latest version of its IT infrastructure access platform supports the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance web authentication standard to eliminate the need for usernames, passwords, private keys and other ...
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World Password Day is Dead. Long Live World Password Day!

World Password Day is Dead. Long Live World Password Day!

| | credentials, Featured Articles, IT Security and Data Protection, MFA, Multi-Factor Authentication, Password
In 2002 I sat in a local bookstore in Jackson Hole, WY that offered a few Internet-connected computers for hourly use. After chatting with the owner and petting the resident store dog, ...
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