Category: Password Management

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April 30, 2020

Massive Dark Web Dump Exposes Thousands of Passwords

A fresh batch of passwords just hit the Dark Web exposing thousands of passwords from major public health organizations and other entities. Find out more about it and how to protect your business.

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April 28, 2020

Passly Delivers Big Company Security at a Small Company Price

Every company is at risk for a cyberattack, no matter how big or small. Adding the complications that can come from a remote workforce makes it even more critical than ever for businesses to add strong, effective protections between cybercriminals and their data. See how Passly can do the trick without eating up your budget.

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April 21, 2020

Boost Remote Security and Ease Everyone’s Stress With This Tool

More technology brings more tools for work and entertainment – and more logins to remember. Everyone has too many these days, causing endless trouble for both users and techs. This phenomenon leads to endemic password reuse, weak passwords, and password mishandling. How can SMBs solve this problem? By making logins a one-stop-shop.

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April 07, 2020

Introducing Next-Level Secure Identity & Access Management With Passly

Get the first look at Passly, our new Secure Identity and Access Management solution that’s perfectly suited for today’s mobile workforce, featuring Secure Password Management, Single Sign-On, Multi-Factor Authentication and more!

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April 03, 2020

New Marriott Breach Underlines the Importance of Login Security

Bad actors were bad news for Marriott this week, as they once again reported a huge data breach. Over 5.2 million guest records were snatched by cybercriminals in January 2020. Their vehicle for entry? Employee login credentials.

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February 06, 2020

The Importance of Building Better Passwords

Good password hygiene is one of the easiest ways for businesses and consumers to protect their accounts from the millions of attacks threatening personal data every day.

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January 29, 2020

That relationship is toxic for you: Why you may need to swipe left on your favorite p@55wOrD$!

Since the start of the new year, we’ve been sifting through billions of compromised email addresses and passwords found on the Dark Web looking for interesting trends in password behavior. Rather than just give you the top 10 passwords to avoid, we wanted to take a closer look at user behavior when creating passwords and how those behaviors lead to predictability and potential exploits. Passwords are often deeply personal expressions of oneself with the goal of making them easier to remember. However, remembering which password is which is becoming increasingly difficult in our hyper-digital daily lives. In fact, it is estimated that average US adult has between 90 and 135 different applications that require a set of credentials (typically a username and/or email address and password combination) for access.

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November 20, 2017

Pa$$w0rds, the Dark Web, and a job I love.

Coming up with a strong password gives me a headache. About 3 years ago, I came up with the most (in my mind) brilliant password EV3R. You see, I used an 8 in the first part of the password to make the word Gr8 – great. Great! I could remember that, because it made me grin at my own cleverness every time I typed it. “You sneaky SOBs will never crack my code!”

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June 16, 2017

63% of Data Breaches Result From Weak or Stolen Passwords

In its recent 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon Enterprise confirmed many industry trends that we see at ID Agent every day. The most glaring blind spot for organizations is how stolen credentials are the primary means by which hackers exploit their vital systems.

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June 15, 2017

OneLogin – When Password Storing Goes Wrong

OneLogin, a company that provides single sign-on capabilities to safely store passwords of over 23 million users including 2,000 businesses, has suffered a compromise that included the ability to decrypt customer data. In a recent blog, the company revealed that an attack occurred May 31st at 2 am and was identified by a staff member around 9 am. Through that attack, sensitive information such as user information: passwords and emails, various keys from companies and login credentials for a slew of cloud applications were potentially compromised. In the OneLogin blog post, it was stated that they “…cannot rule out the possibility that the threat actor also obtained the ability to decrypt data.” And according to the email sent out after the breach, customers were instructed on steps they should take to proactively prepare themselves. They were advised to force a OneLogin Directory Password Reset for end users, update credentials on 3rd party apps for provisioning and to do numerous other things. The email also included further updates and information.

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