June 27, 2022 Why Don’t People Use Password Managers? With so many passwords to create and remember, keeping track of those passwords can become a problem. Best practices for creating passwords include setting a ... Read more
June 16, 2022 Thousands Arrested in Interpol-Led Operation Targeting Social Engineering Scammers An international law enforcement operation led by Interpol that involved police forces in 76 countries has seen more than $50 million seized and thousands of ... Read more
June 9, 2022 Is SharePoint HIPAA Compliant? It may be one of the most popular cloud services worldwide, but is SharePoint HIPAA compliant? Microsoft’s SharePoint Online service offers a collaborative cloud-based platform ... Read more
June 8, 2022 Medical Data of 2 Million Individuals Stolen in Shields Health Care Group Cyberattack The personal and healthcare data of up to 2 million patients has been compromised in a hacking incident at Shields Health Care Group. Shields Health ... Read more
May 27, 2022 Dashlane versus Zoho Vault Our Dashlane versus Zoho Vault comparison demonstrates that you don´t have to pay vast sums of money to be secure online. Indeed, as Dashlane customers ... Read more
May 24, 2022 Dashlane versus RoboForm Our comparison of Dashlane versus RoboForm looks at why this once-popular password manager is falling out of favor, and whether Dashlane customers should consider RoboForm ... Read more
May 20, 2022 Dashlane versus Keeper Our Dashlane versus Keeper comparison is aimed at customers of Dashlane who are dissatisfied with the recent “web-first” changes to the password manager and price ... Read more
May 18, 2022 RememBear versus LastPass Our comparison of RememBear versus LastPass focuses on the options available to personal password manager users because a) there are a lot of dissatisfied personal ... Read more
May 16, 2022 $150 Million Investment Plan Proposed for Improving Open-Source Security At the Open Source Security Summit II in Washington D.C. last week, leaders of the open source community suggested a 2-year $150 million investment plan ... Read more
May 14, 2022 What is Credential Stuffing? Credential stuffing attacks are common causes of data breaches. Here we explain what a credential stuffing attack is, why they are often successful, and steps ... Read more
May 13, 2022 EU Reaches Agreement on New Cybersecurity Regulations for Critical Infrastructure Organizations New legislation is being introduced in the European Union (EU) to ensure critical infrastructure organizations are better protected against destructive cyberattacks. Current legislation covering the ... Read more
May 10, 2022 3 Zero-Days Among 95 Flaws Patched by Microsoft on May 2022 Patch Tuesday Microsoft has released patches to correct 75 flaws in its products on May 2022 Patch Tuesday, including 3 zero-days, one of which is being actively ... Read more
May 8, 2022 HIPAA Compliance Software HIPAA compliance software is an application for overcoming the challenges of complying with HIPAA. Depending on the capabilities of the software, it can help compliance ... Read more
April 25, 2022 Why Leet Substitution has Little Impact on Password Strength While some sources advocate substituting letters with symbols to make passwords harder to crack, evidence exists that leet substitution has little impact on password strength. ... Read more
April 16, 2022 What is Password Hashing? Password hashing is a security measure often used to convert a plain text password into a seemingly random string of letters and numbers. The theory ... Read more
April 14, 2022 What are Hidden Passwords? Hidden passwords are a feature of most commercial password managers. The feature allows system administrators to change the appearance of shared read-only passwords so they ... Read more
March 31, 2022 Time for A Rethink on Your Password Policies If you own a business, you will appreciate the need to close all your windows and lock your doors when you finish work for the ... Read more
March 28, 2022 Thursday 31st March is World Backup Day There are numerous “cybersecurity holidays” throughout the year, but none are as important as World Backup Day on Thursday – a day dedicated to encouraging ... Read more
March 25, 2022 Losses to Cybercrime Increased 64% in 2021 to $6.9 Billion The 2021 Internet Crime Report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) shows there was a 64% increase in losses to cybercrime in 2021, ... Read more
March 17, 2022 Almost 500,000 Patients Affected by Mon Health Data Breach In December 2021, Monongalia Health System (Mon Health) started notifying almost 400,000 individuals about a business email compromise attack, where threat actors compromised email accounts ... Read more
March 6, 2022 Recommended Password Manager Capabilities for SOC 2 Audits An SOC 2 certification is a valuable attestation for businesses such as cloud service providers, software providers, web marketing companies, and financial services organizations, as ... Read more
March 5, 2022 Poor Cybersecurity Practices Put Organizations’ Security at Risk A recent survey commissioned by Mobile Mentor has revealed poor cybersecurity practices are commonplace working in highly regulated industries and those bad practices are a ... Read more
February 25, 2022 Association with Crypto Sees Customers Looking For 1Password Alternative The 1Password password manager is one of the most popular password managers; however, a recent update that added new features to the platform has attracted ... Read more
February 16, 2022 46% of Emails in 2021 Were Spam The Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has released its 2021 Spam and Phishing Report which identifies the key annual trends in spamming and phishing. The report ... Read more
February 14, 2022 Bipartisan Bill Proposes Creation of Commission to Investigate U.S. Health Data Privacy Laws Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. to create a commission to analyze federal and state health data privacy laws and make recommendations for ... Read more
February 7, 2022 LastPass versus 1Password Ever since LastPass announced it was limiting it free password manager service in February 2021, there has been a plethora of LastPass versus 1Password comparison ... Read more
January 10, 2022 Developer Changes Open Source Libraries Corrupting Thousands of Applications The developer of two widely used open-source libraries has intentionally added an update to brick the many thousands of applications that depend on those libraries. ... Read more
January 4, 2022 1.3 Million Record Data Breach Reported By Florida’s Broward Health A major data breach was reported by Florida’s Broward Health on January 1, 2022, that involved the personal and protected health information of more than ... Read more
December 31, 2021 Major Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in December 2021 2021 has been a particularly bad year for healthcare data breaches and the attacks did not let up in December. 4 major healthcare data breaches ... Read more
December 17, 2021 Healthcare Providers Fined $425,000 by New Jersey for HIPAA and Consumer Fraud Act Violations The New Jersey Attorney General and the Division of Consumer Affairs have announced a settlement has been agreed with three New Jersey healthcare providers to ... Read more