Mitigating Credential-Stealing Malware with Two-Factor Authentication
Learn how you can mitigate credential-stealing malware and protect yourself from all kinds of information security threats.
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Password Palpitations — The Ongoing Threat of LM Hashing
How do we protect sensitive information from prying eyes on our computers and networks? The simple answer is to deploy controls to monitor and restrict the transfer or viewing of sensitive data on those shared resources.
Why 2 Factor Authentication Hinges on the User Experience
With Twitter’s recent move to “push” and public-key cryptography, we and many others were glad to see them move away from SMS-only 2 factor authentication. Not only did they add better security, but they are also providing their users with a much more appealing experience.
Penetration Testing and Two Factor Authentication
> In the world of security assessments, penetration testing often stands out as "the service I need to have done" when businesses are desiring to seek out a third-party evaluation of their security posture. However, there can be a large gap between the reality of penetration testing versus what a company actually needs to have done.
Spear Phishing: How Attackers Use Email to Steal Privileged Information, Install Malware & Make Your Life Miserable
Just like real fishing, criminals engaged in phishing dangle tempting bait in front of users in the hope that they can lure them into revealing their login credentials. If you have an email account, you’ve received at least one real looking email, seemingly from a financial institution like a bank or Paypal, asking you to provide your user name, password, or social security number.