Passwords continue to be one of the most hated parts of computing. Not only are they annoying to all of us who have to use them, but they also tend to be a common way that computers and online services are breached.
Here are some tips and links to previous BTH articles that will make your life easier and a lot more secure when it comes to authentication.
In late 2013, after the Adobe data breach, Australian cybersecurity expert, Troy Hunt, created the free web service, HaveIBeenPwned (HIBP), “as a free resource for anyone to quickly assess if they may have been put at risk due to an online account of theirs having been compromised or ‘pwned’ in a data breach.”
What does “pwned” mean? In this context, it basically means that…
This week on Between the Hacks, it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, potentially steep fines for paying a ransom, a New Jersey hospital pays a ransom to prevent sensitive data leakage, a warning about election misinformation, and a tool to test website privacy.
Today starts the 17th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month which is held every October and was created as a collaborative effort between governments and private industry to ensure that everyone has the resources they need to stay safer and more secure online. Read more…
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This week on Between the Hacks, new social media phishing campaigns, Microsoft reports of ZeroLogon attacks, a sports official data breach, and the EFF releases a new tool.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month starts in seven days and Between The Hacks is a Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020 Champion. For the month of October, Between The Hacks, along with hundreds of other Champion organizations, will share and promote practices that support a safe and secure Internet experience.
This week on Between the Hacks, a ransomware attack results in human death, The U.S. House passes an IoT security bill, the Mozi botnet makes up 90% of IoT traffic on the Internet and a tool to create and protect your online brand.
In two weeks, the 2020 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) will begin and Between The Hacks is a Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020 Champion. Cybersecurity Awareness Month Champion organizations, which include companies, schools, school districts, colleges and universities, nonprofits and government entities, represent those dedicated to promoting a safer, more secure and more trusted Internet according to the National Cybersecurity Alliance.
For the month of October, Between the Hacks, along with hundreds…
Between the Hacks is taking a short break. There is a lot going on in the world right now and many of you may feel overwhelmed. Please remember to take some time to focus on your health, life and family, for only then can you be your best.
I want to thank all of the readers and supporters of Between The Hacks and promise that BTH will soon return to sharing cybersecurity tips, news and reviews with the inter-webs.
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This week on Between the Hacks, Black Hat keynote addresses election security, more fallout from the Blackbaud breach, the NSA warns of location tracking abuse, 20 GB of Intel data is leaked and watch the DEF CON YouTube channel.
This week on Between the Hacks, data breaches galore, three arrested in the Twitter hack, will TikTok be banned?, the dumpster fire of the week and a nostalgic tool that’s useful and fun.
It’s August 2020 and many families take this time to go on vacations. COVID-19 has caused many people to delay or cancel those plans so instead of Beach Week, here at Between The Hacks, we are dubbing this week as Breach Week.
Why? Because there was an unusually large number of data breaches made public this week. Avon, Drizly, Dave.com, Havenly and many others had data breached publicly online this week. So if you didn’t make it to the beach this year, put on your swimsuit, grab a frozen, fruity drink and relax as you learn which companies were breached, check if you were impacted, and learn how to be alerted if you are impacted by data breaches in the future.
About three months ago I started drafting a blog about vulnerabilities. This is a topic that I speak about frequently and is often misunderstood so I thought it would make for an easy and informative blog.
What I discovered is writing about this topic demands a lot more work than just speaking about it and this one blog has turned into many. So this week I am finally going to start a blog series on vulnerabilities where I will explain vulnerabilities at a level where the average computer user can understand the topic…
This week on Between the Hacks, Garmin is under attack, a Twitter hack update, a data breach involving a university and non-profit cloud vendor, critical Adobe patches, and the DEF CON documentary.
This week on Between the Hacks, hacked Twitter accounts used in a bitcoin scam, a critical Windows server vulnerability, the UK proposed IoT security standards, the Internet goes down on Friday and a riveting book about how wormable malware created an enormous botnet.
Pharming is a type of cyberattack that redirects a website’s traffic to a malicious site that appears to be the real site. Pharming is used frequently in phishing attacks to trick a victim into sharing login credentials, banking information, or other sensitive data with the attacker…
This week on Between the Hacks, billions of leaked credentials found on the dark web, home routers found to be vulnerable, Instagram star extradited to the U.S. to face charges for BEC attacks, more news about clipboard snooping and The Internet’s Own Boy.
Phone scams are almost as as old as the telephone itself. In fact, most of us have likely been the target of a vishing attack but were not aware of the term, vishing. According to Proofpoint’s 2020 State of the Phish Report, only 25% of those polled were able to accurately define the term, vishing.
The term, vishing is a combination of the word voice, and the word, phishing (voice + phishing = vishing).
Vishing is a form of phishing that uses voice calls rather than email, to trick a victim into divulging personal, sensitive or confidential information to an attacker...
