Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use ‘admin’ as a password It seems even administrators need to read my password primer. Back to Basics – A Password Primer
Password Fatigue – Back to Basics
I have been writing a mini-series about passwords over on CyberAwake and each time I think I have finished, something in the news causes me to write another chapter, which brings me to password fatigue. Just yesterday I was in a Teams meeting with a new client, where they were …
How to look after your LinkedIn account
Before we start go to your LinkedIn account now and check: Threat actors are hacking into and taking over LinkedIn accounts by apparently using the simplest of hacks – brute-forcing or using leaked credentials. LinkedIn and Microsoft are not helping the situation by dragging their feet and being “out of …
Are your passwords on this list?
They shouldn’t be but you never know: Top 200 Most Common Password List 2021 The infographic above will put you on the right track. My preference where possible is to go passwordless:
Be careful of security theatre and user security fatigue
Would your Global Administrator account security up to our standard? Protecting credentials is an important step in any cyber security plan. One of the first things we always do when taking on a cyber security client, before we even embark on the fact finding and documentation, is make sure everyone …
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