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Password blacklists are receiving considerable attention. It’s clear why: weak and compromised passwords are a factor in nearly all hacking-related cybersecurity breaches. Best practices from NIST require organizations to disallow the use of any common and compromised passwords. And several cyber security companies offer password blacklists for this purpose. But authentication requires a username and password combination, so shouldn’t we …
Stealing corporate credentials has been a popular tactic among cybercriminals for many years now. Due to reused passwords, blurred boundaries between personal and professional accounts, and an expanded remote workforce, cyber vulnerabilities are everywhere. What is Corporate Account Takeover? A Corporate Account Takeover (CATO) is a kind of organization-specific identity theft where cybercriminals steal employee passwords to gain access to …
Even if your company hasn’t been hacked or experienced a data breach in the last few years, now is not the time to relax about cybersecurity. Data breaches at organizations of any size and in any industry can negatively impact the security of your company. They are interconnected events with cumulative effects. With each additional breach, regardless of whether your …
All the cool kids are doing it. Using leetspeak to chat online. Using leetspeak in multiplayer games. Even using leetspeak in passwords. And you know when the cool kids do something, there’s got to be a reason, right? Or maybe not. What we do know is leetspeak is a fairly common way to create “complex” passwords. When businesses require password …
The recent CISA Alert AA22-074A describes how Russian state-sponsored cyber actors gained access to a US NGO using compromised credentials and a flaw in default MFA protocols. This alert may help cybersecurity professionals understand that MFA alone is insufficient and the importance of securing each authentication layer. What happened, exactly?As early as May 2021, the FBI observed Russian state-sponsored cyber …
Let’s Ask An Expert. What Should We All Know About Passwords in 2022? It’s 2022 and even in the past year, the digital landscape has changed substantially. With new cryptocurrencies, telehealth, and e-commerce changes popping up every minute around us, it can be a challenge for businesses to know how to keep up. So, we’ve taken the opportunity to ask …
Not Kidding Around While chalkboards have long seemed artifacts from classrooms of the past, you might be surprised just how dramatically classrooms have changed just within the last ten years. Tablets and Chromebooks have replaced many textbooks and paper hand-in systems, plagiarism and cheating are detected in new ways, and sometimes, the classroom is no longer a physical space–e-learning and …
Identity Defined Security Alliance’s “Identity Management Project of the Year – SMB” recognized Enzoic’s customer West-Mark for the results of an initiative that eliminated compromised credentials from their environment. West-Mark, an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer of trucks and trailers, is an essential supplier for the US Department of Defense and the United States military. However, their high-stakes position in the …
Updated Best Practices for 2022 Identity Management Day is a chance to bring attention and information about identity management to organizations of all kinds, especially as the digital landscape expands. Presented by the Identity Defined Security Alliance and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA), it’s a much-needed opportunity to educate businesses and IT leaders on the importance of cybersecurity awareness and …
Freight Frights Over the past two years, as the pandemic’s effects on health, travel and the economy expanded, supply chain issues have established themselves regularly in the headlines. Practically every industry has been impacted, from a lack of used car parts to labor shortages. In an attempt to streamline systems, and connect globally, a massive push to digitize is underway: …
