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How to Keep Your Secrets Safe: A Password Primer

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There are two kinds of companies in the world: those that have been breached by unethical hackers, and those that have been breached and don’t know it yet. Hackers are relentless. Today’s cyberattacks have evolved into high-level espionage perpetrated by robust criminal organizations or nation-states. In the era of software as a service (SaaS), enterprise […]

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The State of Credential Stuffing Attacks

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Credential stuffing has become a preferred tactic among digital attackers over the past few years. As reported by Help Net Security, researchers detected 193 billion credential stuffing attacks globally in 2020. Financial services groups suffered 3.4 billion of those attacks. That’s an increase of more than 45% year over year in that sector. In H1 […]

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One-Time Password Security Might Fail 80% of the Time. IAM is Better

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A one-time password (OTP) is an automatically generated sequence of characters that authenticates a user for a single transaction or login session. OTP is a widely popular security strategy, but does it provide true password safety?  This type of password security is certainly better than traditional, static passwords. But recently security analysts discovered that you […]

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Why the Future Needs Passwordless Authentication

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As of September, Microsoft users no longer have to rely on passwords when logging in to their accounts. The Redmond-based tech giant noted that users could instead use its authenticator app, Windows Hello; a physical security key or a verification code sent via SMS-based text message to sign in to Outlook, OneDrive and other Microsoft […]

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Cybersecurity First: Becoming GOAT

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As we close off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, let us examine how we can become the cyber GOAT: ‘greatest of all time’. Sure, there will be plenty this week on cybersecurity training, making security a priority, more investments into products and processes and all that fun stuff. But we’re not going to talk about that right […]

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OneLogin Hack – Encrypted Data Compromised

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The OneLogin hack is blowing up now it seems like whoever got access can also decrypt encrypted customer data which is just about AS BAD as it can get for a password/identity management service. Now I’m a HUGE supporter of password management tools as I’ve mentioned many times here, so anyone who signed up for […]

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