To celebrate Password Day, I wanted to share some new research that takes a look at how secure social media accounts are. As you may have read in my blog from yesterday, the Associated Press was recently the target of a Twitter account hack. The account was recovered, but not before hackers managed to send Read more…
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You probably have more than one account protected using password security. According to Microsoft Research, you probably have at least 25. Those accounts probably include a mix of both personal and business accounts, spanning many services such as email, calendaring, collaboration, banking, instant messaging, and social networking. And the list goes on and grows daily. Read more…
Tags: Identity, Identity CoE, password security
It has become increasingly common for personal and professional social media accounts to become ‘hacked’, or taken over by someone who doesn’t own the account. Twitter’s help center points out that this occurs from weak passwords, a pre-existing password-collecting virus on your computer or by entrusting your login credentials to malicious third-party websites and applications. Read more…
Tags: #ChatSTC, hacking, intel, mcafee all access, password security, SafeKey, social media passwords, twitter
If you’re a security professional like me, you are likely quite sensitive to the reports around the number of data breaches impacting businesses today. To confirm that we are developing solutions to address the needs of businesses and the concerns of IT professionals, McAfee commissioned a survey with industry analyst Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). ESG Read more…
Tags: cloud, Identity Management, Network Security, password security
Do you use the same smartphone at home and at work? Whether your company allows employees to bring in personal devices or issues office-specific phones and laptops, those devices likely contain sensitive corporate and personal information. Unfortunately, many people use these devices in ways that can jeopardize the security not only of your personal data Read more…
Tags: app security, byod, mcafee all access, McAfee Mobile Security, McAfee SafeKey, password security
Bitcoin, a new form of electronic money, nabbed global attention yesterday after a hack attack forced a dramatic fall in its value. After trading as high as $147 just a few days prior, the hack knocked an entire bitcoin service offline “indefinitely,” crippling others as the exchanges fought off hack-related trading lags. Wait – What Read more…
Just this weekend, some 50 million Evernote users, myself included, were asked to reset our account passwords after their security team saw signs of an attempted attack on information, including usernames, passwords, and application-linked email addresses. Luckily, there is no evidence to suggest that payment information for Evernote Business or Evernote Premium account holders has Read more…
Tags: Evernote, McAfee Consumer Threat Alert, password security, safe password tips, security breach
McAfee released the study Love, Relationships, and Technology: When Private Data Gets Stuck in the Middle of a Breakup, which examines at the pitfalls of sharing personal data in relationships and discloses how breakups can lead to exposure of private data. Nearly two-thirds of smartphone owners have personal and intimate information (such as revealing photos, bank account Read more…
Tags: #SextRegret, breakups, love, Mobile, mobile security, password security, passwords, privacy, relationships, survey, technology, Valentine's Day
It seems that almost every site on the Web requires a password. At least twice a week, I get an email from someone who wants me to join yet another site, which requires yet another username and password. You can cop out and use the same username and password combination, but that’s always possible since some Read more…
Tags: Mac passwords, mobile passwords, password management, password security, passwords, PC passwords
Do you? I do and I’ve been doing it since I said “I do.” And if you are married or at least in a committed lifelong relationship, knowing each other’s passwords is probably expected. Today, sharing passwords has become a sign of commitment, a signal of love and devotion, like a varsity sweater or friendship Read more…
Tags: #SextRegret, breakup, love, mobile security, password security, passwords, relationships, technology, Valentine's Day
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