April 20, 2022 How Accurate are Password Strength Testers? Password strength testers are becoming more common in the account sign-up process. Their purpose is to indicate whether the passwords chosen by users are weak, ... Read more
April 13, 2022 Microsoft Fixes 128 Vulnerabilities Including 2 Zero Day Bugs Microsoft has released patches to fix 128 vulnerabilities across its product range on April 2022 Patch Tuesday, including 10 flaws rated critical, and two zero-day ... Read more
April 12, 2022 Microsoft Windows Autopatch to Replace Patch Tuesday Microsoft intends to replace Patch Tuesday with a new Windows Autopatch managed service, which is due to be launched in July 2022. The new automated ... Read more
April 11, 2022 Five Best Practices for Corporate Password Management Yubico´s State of Password Management and Authentication Security Behaviors Report paints a very bleak picture of corporate password management. The bleak picture mirrors multiple recent ... Read more
April 4, 2022 Three Steps for Securing Your Password Manager Considering that your password manager contains “the keys to the kingdom”, securing your password manager should be a priority in order to prevent unauthorized third ... Read more
March 30, 2022 OCR Annouces 4 Financial Penalties to Resolve HIPAA Violations The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has imposed four financial penalties on healthcare providers to resolve violations of the Health ... Read more
March 24, 2022 Average Ransom Payments Increased by 78% in 2021 The average ransomware payment increased by 78% to $541,010 in 2021, according to the recently published 2022 Unit 42 Ransomware Threat Report from Palo Alto ... Read more
March 15, 2022 Why an 8-Character Password is No Longer Long Enough Passwords need to be unique and complex to resist brute force attacks by cybercriminals, but how long does it take a hacker to guess a ... Read more
March 9, 2022 Microsoft Issues Patches for 71 Vulnerabilities Including 3 Critical Bugs and 3 Zero-days Microsoft has provided patches to fix 71 vulnerabilities on March 2022 Patch Tuesday, including 3 critical bugs, 68 important issues, and three flaws that have ... Read more
March 5, 2022 A Brief Guide to Two Step Login Two step login is a security process used by many websites and apps to prevent unauthorized access to online accounts containing sensitive data. Also known ... Read more
March 3, 2022 A Guide to the Bitwarden Client Apps Bitwarden is the highest rated password manager on this website, and one of the reasons for its high rating is the comprehensive range of Bitwarden ... Read more
March 3, 2022 How to Share Passwords Securely Despite some sources suggesting that password sharing is a bad thing, families, friends, and work colleagues can share passwords securely. How else might your partner ... Read more
February 22, 2022 CISA Warns Critical Infrastructure Entities About the Risk of Foreign Influence Operations The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning to critical infrastructure organizations about the threat of foreign influence operations. Malicious actors ... Read more
February 21, 2022 Free Cybersecurity Tools to Adopt to Improve Your Security Capabilities Cybersecurity budgets are usually limited, so it is not possible to purchase multiple best-in-class cybersecurity solutions, but the good news is there are many free ... Read more
February 18, 2022 NSA Issues Best Practices for Choosing Cisco Password Types The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has recently issued guidance on the use of passwords to secure Cisco devices. Cisco devices are extensively used to ... Read more
February 10, 2022 These Critical Vulnerabilities in SAP Business Applications Require Immediate Patching SAP has released patches to fix a set of critical vulnerabilities in the SAP Internet Communication Manager (ICM), which is used by SAP business applications ... Read more
February 9, 2022 51 Patches Released by Microsoft on February 2022 Patch Tuesday Microsoft has released 51 patches on February 2022 Patch Tuesday to fix vulnerabilities, including one zero-day bug. There are considerably fewer patches than in recent ... Read more
February 8, 2022 Safer Internet Day 2022: Improve Well-Being Online and Privacy and Security Every year, a day is dedicated to making the Internet a safer place for children and young people; however, this year, rather than having a ... Read more
February 6, 2022 Bitwarden versus LogMeOnce No comparison of Bitwarden versus LogMeOnce is going to be an apples-for-apples evaluation; for although both password managers operate under a “zero-knowledge” vault-based model for ... Read more
February 4, 2022 California Attorney General Shares Tips for Avoiding Identity Theft California Attorney General Rob Bonta has provided Californians with tips for avoiding identity theft and fraud in recognition of Identity Theft Awareness Week 2022. Identity ... Read more
February 3, 2022 Cisco Releases Patches to Fix Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in its Small Business Routers Cisco has released patches to fix 15 vulnerabilities in its Small Business V160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers, several of which are critical flaws ... Read more
February 3, 2022 Zoho Vault Review The Zoho Vault password manager is one of multiple productivity, collaboration, and online security products developed by the Zoho Corporation; but, whereas the provision of ... Read more
February 3, 2022 NordPass Review Our NordPass review finds that the NordPass password manager is more than just an add-on for customers of NordVPN. NordPass can be used independently of ... Read more
January 24, 2022 F5 Releases Patches to Fix 25 Vulnerabilities in its BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, and NGINX Solutions F5, the multi-cloud management and application delivery and security solution provider has released 25 patches to address vulnerabilities in its BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, and NGINX Controller ... Read more
January 19, 2022 Password Boss Review Although Password Boss is allegedly “built for MSPs by an MSP”, our Password Boss review looks at the password manager from the perspective of individuals, ... Read more
January 18, 2022 Padloc Review The inclusion of a Padloc review in our password manager review series is attributable to the growing number of open source password managers on the ... Read more
January 6, 2022 Google Announces the Acquisition of the Israeli Cybersecurity Company Siemplify Google has confirmed the acquisition of the Israeli cybersecurity firm Siemplify as it continues its push into the cloud-based and enterprise cybersecurity market. Siemplify was ... Read more
January 4, 2022 LogMeOnce Review The LogMeOnce password manager claims to provide “password security with convenience”; however, as our LogMeOnce review demonstrates, there can be circumstances in which this password ... Read more
January 3, 2022 Patch Released to Fix Year 2022 Bug in Microsoft Exchange Microsoft has issued an update to fix a year 2022 bug in MS Exchange that has been causing on-premises Exchange servers to stop delivering emails. ... Read more
December 22, 2021 Microsoft Urges Customers to Patch These 2 Active Directory Vulnerabilities On November 2021 Patch Tuesday Microsoft released patches to fix two vulnerabilities in Active Directory that can be exploited to gain administrative AD privileges if ... Read more
