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Malicious bots make up nearly a quarter of all website traffic[1]. These bots are responsible for a whole host of problems, including account takeovers, spreading spam, and price and content scraping. The sheer scale of malicious bots crawling the web is equally alarming and eerie. Detecting bots is increasingly challenging for businesses. It’s estimated that approximately 54% of bots are …
Over time passwords have become a ubiquitous part of our digital activities. They’re something we expect to create and manage for all of our accounts, and yet with all of our online accounts, having unique passwords can be difficult. Despite this, they remain the most common way of locking unauthorized persons out of our systems and away from our sensitive …
Organizations using Active Directory must update their password policies to block and detect compromised passwords, but comparing password monitoring vendors in this area can sometimes be challenging. Often, organizations are not sure how to compare vendors and are not sure what questions should be asked when working with password monitoring vendors. By asking the right questions, you can pick the …
Today is World Password Day and organizations are unfortunately still reliant on archaic password strategies that put the onus on users to create and remember numerous complex and constantly changing password strings. It’s no wonder that this approach is an abject failure. Enterprises need to take steps to address the password problem and ensure that only strong, unique and uncompromised …
Earlier today, news broke that unknown activists have posted nearly 25,000 credentials belonging to the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization, the Gates Foundation and other organizations engaged in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. According to Souad Mekhennet and Craig Timberg at the Washington Post, “The lists, whose origins are unclear, appear to have first been posted …
Fraud and account take-over cost companies billions of dollars every year. Many of these successful attacks are the result of credential stuffing, a vulnerability created by users’ reuse of passwords across systems and websites. Because of the risk of exposed passwords, the US-based National Institute of Standards and Guidelines (NIST) recommends screening accounts against lists of commonly-used and compromised credentials, …
Exposed password screening is the process of checking currently used passwords against passwords that have been exposed in a publicly known data breach. Once these passwords are exposed, they are considered to be compromised passwords. In 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology updated the NIST password guidelines, recommending for exposed password screening. Since then, companies and organizations are …
Cybersecurity and infosec are constantly evolving. Today, organizations are doing everything in their power to harden their defenses, protect their internal networks, and secure data from increasing internal and external threats. The need to be ahead of bad actors causes new cybersecurity trends to emerge every year. The following 2020 cybersecurity trends are important ones to watch. #1: Automation for …
Enzoic CEO Michael Greene had a recent session with CyberEd. CyberEd.io provides the latest discussions on cybersecurity topics straight from industry leaders for the security practitioner on-the-go. Here is a quick summary of that session. Strong Authentication Hindering the User Experience Numerous options exist for strong authentication, but most involve introducing some form of friction into the user experience. User …
Identity Theft Protection: A Crucial Consideration in Today’s Heightened Environment Why IDShield Partners with Enzoic for Comprehensive Identity Theft Protection for Our Customers. By Guest Blogger: Allen Spence, Director, IDShield Product Leadership, LegalShield According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were over 1,200 reported breaches last year alone, which exposed over 400 million records. And as Time’s Patrick Lucas …
