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Published on May 6, 2024

via This Is Money It can take less than six hours to hack 90 per cent of passwords, leaving your online identity, personal data, and bank accounts clicks away from any hacker worth their salt. Gone are the halcyon days of choosing passwords such as…

Published on May 1, 2024

via HackerNews More than 225,000 logs containing compromised OpenAI ChatGPT credentials were made available for sale on underground markets between January and October 2023, new findings from Group-IB show. These credentials were found within information stealer logs associated with LummaC2, Raccoon, and RedLine stealer malware. "The number…

Published on April 26, 2024

Via AIMultiple Digital information is constantly being shared and stored on cloud and connected services. According to IBM, the average cost for a data breach involving 50 million to 65 million records is more than $400 million.1 Protecting sensitive data is the backbone of cybersecurity, and encryption has…

Published on April 17, 2024

Via Forbes Data privacy laws in the U.S. have become a complex patchwork of local, state and national regulations. At the beginning of 2023, five states' privacy laws were set to go into effect, and another eight states established privacy laws that went and/or will…

Published on April 12, 2024

Via BleepingComputer It should take more than eight characters to bring a business to a halt. However, the relentless onslaught of password-based cyber attacks underscores the alarming ease with which cybercriminals can exploit vulnerable credentials to inflict damage. Password attacks take many forms: from phishing…

Published on April 3, 2024

Via BleepingComputer Frustrating for both users and administrators, password management can be a challenge to manage in any organization. One lost or stolen password may be the crack in your organization's foundation, allowing an attacker to slip in. Conventional password recommendations have held that regular…

Published on March 29, 2024

Via ItSecurityWire Data protection tools keep changing with the latest data privacy requirements. To comply with them, businesses must ensure that systems process the right data under the new privacy regulations in 2024. Stricter data privacy laws drive the increasing use of data security and…

Published on March 15, 2024

via TechRadar What's in store for internet security and privacy next year? It's that time of the year again, so while we wait for the final tick of the clock, let's look back over the past 365 days in the world of cybersecurity and predict…

Published on March 14, 2024

via Skillademia Passwords have been the status quo for online security, but significant cracks are starting to show. As threats like phishing scams persist, tech leaders are shifting to more advanced login methods. Passkeys, which use device biometrics instead of passwords, are gaining steam at companies like…

Published on March 13, 2024

via Planet Mainframe The first mainframe computer was invented almost one hundred years ago, in the late 1930s, when a Harvard University researcher needed help solving a series of equations. Since then, mainframes have consistently been an undeniable resource to organizations and enterprises across the…