In the current business landscape, the largest threat to an organization is a data breach. Data breaches end up costing businesses a significant amount of lost time and revenue and can lead to a loss in consumer confidence for the business as well. So then, what is the largest reason leading to a data breach? According to Verizon’s annual report, …
A Benchmark for Your Unsafe Passwords
News and warnings about data breaches and leaks abound at the moment, emphasizing the need for increased cybersecurity regardless of the industry. Microsoft’s Active Directory is often the perfect target for bad actors seeking to abuse compromised credentials. Despite the frequency of compromised credentials being the cause of data breaches, most organizations do not know whether their users’ passwords are safe. …
The Threat of Compromised Passwords
Over time passwords have become a ubiquitous part of our digital activities. They’re something we expect to create and manage for all of our accounts, and yet with all of our online accounts, having unique passwords can be difficult. Despite this, they remain the most common way of locking unauthorized persons out of our systems and away from our sensitive …
Pwned Passwords: The Epicenter of Your Cybersecurity Storm
New cybersecurity threats are continuously emerging in light of our increasingly connected world, AI, 5G, and other enterprise trends. In this ever-changing landscape, there is one constant: passwords remain the primary authentication method for accessing corporate systems and applications—and employees are notorious for utilizing pwned passwords. The use of pwned passwords, or passwords that have been previously exposed in data …
Microsoft Highlights The Risk of Stolen Passwords
Microsoft has just announced that a staggering 44 million accounts were vulnerable to account takeover due to the use of compromised or stolen passwords. This news comes on the back of the recent Disney+ launch, where password reuse resulted in cybercriminals taking over user accounts. There is mounting evidence that despite repeated warnings, users are still flying blind, and companies …