Not exact matches
Employees accidentally let hackers in by creating
weak passwords, accessing seemingly innocent social networking apps, clicking
on legitimate - looking links or unknowingly downloading malicious files.
That doesn't bode well for your security, since there's a statistical likelihood that you also used a
weak password or re-used existing login credentials
on other more sensitive accounts.
It allows you to store all your
passwords, PIN codes, documents and credit cards; change
weak or duplicate
passwords to improve your security and save time
on the web by signing in to accounts with a single click.
Nor would it be productive or popular for law societies to proactively embark
on an aggressive campaign to discipline lawyers for poor technological practices, like, for example, using
weak passwords.
On the other hand, many of the security vulnerabilities are the same as they've always been:
weak passwords, unsafe storage and remote access habits, and outdated software.
LastPass offers the LastPass Security Challenge, which identifies the
weak and duplicate
passwords you should focus
on changing.
The majority of people use very
weak passwords and reuse them
on different websites.
Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology, a vendor behind DVRs and internet - connected cameras, said
on Sunday that security vulnerabilities involving
weak default
passwords in its products were partly to blame.
Unlike other botnets that rely
on PCs, the Mirai malware targets internet - connected devices such as cameras and DVRs that have
weak default
passwords, making them easy to infect.
If you're using
weak passwords, or reusing
passwords on multiple websites, you need to change your ways today.
LastPass goes
on to note that any users who may have a
weak master
password should change theirs quickly, and it will notify any users who may have been compromised via email.
«If you want to move the needle and focus
on the causes of the vast majority of breaches out there, then go back to insecure remote access,
weak or default
passwords and unpatched or outdated software,» Lance says.
This signals a continuing trend towards generalized attacks against end - users, spurred
on by «
weak, guessable
passwords and poor
password management».