“Wouldn’t it be nice if passwords simply didn’t exist? Some companies like Google are moving away from them, but it’ll take a seismic shift in the industry to get more people and services on board.”
Phishing scam uses Sharepoint and One Note to go after passwords
“Here’s a phishing email we received recently that ticks all the cybercriminal trick-to-click boxes. From BEC, through cloud storage to an innocent-sounding One Note document, right into harm’s way.”
This clever Netflix scam attempts to steal your credit card information
“The internet is a dangerous place. By now, many of us are savvy enough to avoid the most obvious scams and ploys online, but much like a mutating virus, this forces the bad actors to adapt.”
Got An Email From A Hacker With Your Password? Do These 3 Things
“Most every month, I will get contacted by readers who have received an email from a hacker who not only claims to have access to their computer but has the password to prove it.”
PSA: Hackers are trying to phish user credentials to LastPass .. be careful!
“One significant threat to using a password manager like LastPass is that if that account falls into the wrong hands you lose everything, which means attacks on those services are even more of a threat to users.”
Best password manager to use for 2020: LastPass, 1Password and more compared
“If you’ve always had a hard time keeping track of all your passwords, the coronavirus pandemic probably isn’t helping. What can help, however, is a password manager to oversee and handle the login credentials of each of your devices.”
LastPass, 1Password and other password managers can be hacked: What to do now
“UPDATED March 25 with further comment from Dashlane, and on March 27 with notification from RoboForm that one of the flaws has now been patched in the RoboForm Android app.”
FBI warns about attacks that bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA)
“The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent last month a security advisory to private industry partners about the rising threat of attacks against organizations and their employees that can bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions.”
Google Confirms Password Replacement For 1.7 Billion Android Users, Starting Now
“Google has announced that it is to start replacing passwords as a method of verifying identity online for Android users.”
Hackers using fake ‘Flash Player’ Google Chrome extension to steal credit card data
“Cybersecurity researchers are warning unsuspecting internet users about a year-old Chrome extension which steals credit card data from infected users via web forms on visited websites. The surreptitious extension is spread by means of JavaScript injection attacks i.e.”
