LastPass the popular password manager, has suffered yet another major breach. This has put customers’ online passwords at risk and endangered their data. In late December, LastPass CEO Karim Toubba acknowledged in a blog post that a security incident the company disclosed in August eventually led to an unauthorized party stealing customer account information and sensitive vault data. […]
10 Holiday Cybersecurity Alert Tips
Happy Thanksgiving!It’s Holiday Season for the cyber crooks as well as all of us.But not the way you might think. They go into scam-overdrive mode.Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the busiest online shopping days and the bad guys are planning to get rich with your money. So, here are 10 Holiday Cybersecurity Alert Tips: […]
Don’t reuse passwords! (and other password guidelines)
Last week, 530,000 Zoom accounts and passwords were for sale on the dark web (5 for a penny). Investigators think that the accounts were not ‘hacked’ or stolen from Zoom or exposed by a vulnerability. Instead, the account list was likely created from an old data breach. This is called credential stuffing. The crooks take […]
Staying productive and sane while working from home
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has required social distancing and shelter in place directives that have forced a large number of people to work from home. While working from home does allow us to avoid a commute and even work in sweats and a t-shirt, it comes with challenges. Going to work in an office provides structure and focus. […]