In a joint effort, tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft announcedon May 5th, World Password Day that they have committed to building support for passwordless sign-in. Across all of the mobile, desktop, and browser platforms that these big tech companies control in 2022. Effectively, this means that passwordless authentication will come to all major device platforms in the not too […]
Our mobile devices are now the keys to our communication, finances, and social lives, making them lucrative targets for cybercriminals. Whether you use a Google Android or Apple iOS smartphone, threat actors are constantly evolving their tactics to break into them. This includes everything from basic spam and malicious links sent over social media to malware […]
Cyber attackers regularly exploit unpatched software vulnerabilities, but they continuously target security misconfigurations to gain initial access into victims systems. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI and NSA, as well as cybersecurity authorities from Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and the UK, have created a to-do list for defenders in today’s heightened […]
While robust passwords go a long way to securing your valuable online accounts, hardware-based two-factor authentication takes that security to the next level. Password policy compliance is important, and a crucial step to securing your online life. Some of your online accounts for example, Google Account or Dropbox, might be so important and contain such […]
What’s your most valuable online account, the one most deserving of protection? If you use a Microsoft account to sign in to a Windows PC, that account and its associated email address should be the one you guard most. That’s especially true if you use that Microsoft account for OneDrive storage and documents that you […]
It’s no secret that there are many dangers when protecting online accounts with only basic password-based authentication. Despite this, the transition to stronger forms of authentication has been slow. As consumers and businesses become wiser to the imperative of better protecting their accounts, they realize that two- and multi-factor authentication is a must have. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recommends 2FA for all […]