November 20, 2018
Stay Cyber-Safe When Shopping Online
We were thrilled to see how many of our MSP Partners utilized the resources we provided to help educate their customers during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October.
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September 28, 2018
Update: Facebook Breach Information is Now For Sale on the Dark Web
Update, October 4, 2018: Our cybersecurity division has confirmed that the individual account information associated with the Facebook breach is now being sold on popular Dark Web markets for $3 to $12. In comparison, a database of 2 million users is typically sold on the Dark Web for about $30. This means the infamous hackers could see an unusual payday of $150 to $600 million.
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April 26, 2018
A New Wave of Brute Force Attacks: Here’s What You Should Know
Last month, the United States Department of Justice indicted nine Iranian hackers for a wave of brute force attacks. These attacks resulted in the digital theft of more than 31 terabytes in information worth $3 billion in intellectual property.
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April 12, 2018
Zappos Lawsuit Drives Home Need for Ongoing Credential Monitoring
Pay attention to this one! 6+ years later, Federal appeals court rules that data breach resulting in the theft of PII, even though the PII had not yet been used in any illegal activity, was harm enough to allow lawsuits to proceed against the company whose systems were compromised!
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March 27, 2018
ID Agent Is Experiencing Major Growth
ID Agent started small — a handful of Partners, a few team members, and a solution we really believed in. Since then, a few things have changed. We have a larger team now, and a lot more Partners. But, we still provide credential monitoring solutions that are helping MSPs all over the world grow. The first part of 2018 has come with a lot of excitement for ID Agent, and we know much of that excitement is thanks to our Partners. There are a few developments that we want to share in this article, and we hope to show our Partners and potential Partners how much of an impact our solutions can have on their businesses.
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March 06, 2018
Dark Web ID’s New API and Integration Benefits
When you’re working hard to identify and address your customers’ security compromises, you probably wish there was a way to do so faster, easier, and more accurately. With ID Agent’s new API (application programming interface) for its Dark Web ID™ solution, this wish becomes a reality.
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February 19, 2018
Why You Should Add Dark Web Monitoring to Your Service Offering
A large-scale data breach has the power to cripple any organization, including your customers’ companies. Unfortunately, these data breaches usually start with compromised credentials sold to the highest bidder on the dark web. Right now, all that stands in the way of your customers and a massive, costly breach is a few passwords — unless you’re offering dark web monitoring as a service.
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February 13, 2018
A Love Letter to the Channel
8 months ago, I had never heard the terms MSP, MRR, or even Managed Service Provider… and now I can’t image my life outside of this space. This is my story and love letter to the MSP space and the people who make up the community, and the channel we are committed to serve.
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November 30, 2017
I Now Have Everything I Need to Exploit You.
MSPs should read this, then enroll themselves and every customer in SpotLight ID NOW Chances are, you’ve come across cleverly-crafted ads on sites like CNN.com, Facebook, Yahoo and others that say something like, “Use this site to find out anything… about anyone.” If you are like most good citizens, you probably passed up on the opportunity to use one of these sites to dox, or to search for and publish private or identifying information about an individual on the Internet, typically with malicious intent. Good for you!
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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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