Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I am having a break this week from the “Wednesday Bit”, but what I do have for you is my today is my completed Phishing Email Primer. However my track record for these Back-to-Basics mini-series is that they do not stay “complete” for very long, so do keep an eye …
Following Monday’s post about Microsoft stopping basic authentication for personal accounts, in favour of MFA/token based security, here is a reminder why organisations need to enforce MFA: Scathing report on Medibank cyberattack highlights unenforced MFA (bleepingcomputer.com) No excuses, that includes your very busy CEO and Josephine in accounts who has …
Microsoft has announced that of 16 September 2024, basic authentication (using an email address + password) will no longer be an option for personal Microsoft accounts, i.e. Outlook.com, Hotmail.co.uk and Live.com. Microsoft: New Outlook security changes coming to personal accounts (bleepingcomputer.com) To access these accounts users will need to set …
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Threat actors are always looking for good sources of valid (stolen) email and password combinations – and there are many hundreds of millions available to them. 361 million stolen accounts leaked on Telegram added to HIBP (bleepingcomputer.com) Once they have these credentials, the threat actors will be trying them out …
If so it is time to speak to your cyber security support and check if your customer’s data has been compromised? Ticketmaster confirms massive breach after stolen data for sale online (bleepingcomputer.com) The ransomware gang, Shiny Hunters, has tried to sell the Ticketmaster data on the Dark Web. Here is …
