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May 1 is World Password Day, a day for organizations to remind their employees of the importance of using strong passwords and practicing good password hygiene to protect personal and work accounts. It’s a time for...more
HaveIBeenPwned is a website that allows users to check whether their data has been involved in data breaches. The website’s creator, Troy Hunt, was the subject of a phishing attack earlier this week....more
If you are a GrubHub customer, read carefully. The app has confirmed a security incident involving a third-party vendor that allowed an unauthorized threat actor to access user contact information, including some customer...more
In today's digital landscape, robust password management is critical to information security. With the increasing complexity of cyber threats, ensuring secure access to sensitive information has become more critical than...more
CyberArk, an identity security provider, has issued a new report on employee risk that is a must-read for IT Professionals and executives. The report highlights several findings that are directly related to the risks...more
Verizon’s 2024 Data Breach Report, a must-read publication, was published on May 1, 2024. The report indicates that “Over the past 10 years, the use of stolen credentials has appeared in almost one-third (31%) of all...more
Consumers use cell phone numbers to authenticate their identities across a variety of accounts, such as those held with wireless providers, financial institutions, healthcare providers, and retail websites. One common example...more
On January 12, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released a new Industry Letter on the use of self-service password reset (“SSPR”) services, which enable users to reset their own password...more
On December 1, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), National Security Agency (“NSA”), Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), and the Israel National...more
NordPass (the purveyor of a password manager) has assembled a list of the top 20 passwords in healthcare, based on usage by the world’s largest companies. According to NordPass’s analysis, the “top” 20 passwords are: -...more
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to an end and the spooky season of Halloween is upon us, no one wants to live through a cybersecurity horror story. There are some simple precautions every business and household can...more
It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this year marks the 20th anniversary of the campaign. Introducing “Secure Our World” as the central theme, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) is on a...more
We have posted blogs before on sharing genetic information and the risk associated with the disclosure of such sensitive information. Unfortunately, our concerns have been realized....more
On August 3, British researchers published an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) article explaining how the sounds of typing on a laptop keyboard can be heard and that deep learning can be used to...more
It’s been several years since I have written about password hygeine. I have been hoping that a better security solution would be widely adopted and while I hear rumors in that regard, passwords still reign supreme. So when I...more
In August 2022, LastPass – one of the largest password managers in the world – suffered a cyber breach resulting in the theft of thousands of password vaults of both individual and corporate users. Password managers are an...more
There are pros and cons to using a password manager. The biggest pro is that it is difficult to keep all of our passwords organized and safe. The biggest con is that if the password manager is compromised, and the master...more
Creating passwords needs to be a challenge, not for you to remember but for others to guess. Yet, the digital world is changing. A single sign-on password is pretty easy for unsavory characters to hack. Statistics indicate in...more
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In previous posts on the Porter Hedges Anti-Corruption & Compliance Blog, our team has discussed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) proposal to amend its rules and require disclosures related to...more
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When you are educating your employees about the importance of maintaining a complex password or passphrase, share this story to show why it is so important and to emphasize not to use same or similar passphrases across...more
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