ASD tells Australia how to adopt DMARC to fight email spoofing attacks
ASD explains how and why organizations should implement DMARC.
ASD explains how and why organizations should implement DMARC.
Train your staff to catch phishing email, but you also have to implement two-factor authentication.
Microsoft buries the password a little bit more and brings it to Windows 10 201H1 testers.
Passwords are an archaic and painful way for users to securely authenticate themselves. They are one of the biggest issues that security teams need to deal with in an enterprise, they are constantly stolen or cracked due to user poor security practices.
Craig Ford | 27 May | Read more
Microsoft's Azure cloud authentication services are causing problems for customers for the second week in a row.
You an remotely breach some Cisco products by typing in a blank password.
Researchers find dozens of cybersecurity flaws in home and industrial robot components.
Who better to verify that Google is Google than Google?
Any service provider to the US government that relies on SMS for two-factor authentication may need to swap the method for something with fewer design weaknesses.
The FBI has issued a warning about hacker threats to US farmers that applies equally to Australian businesses that introduce networked machinery to agricultural processes.
Growing demand for wireless data has boosted usage of public Wi-Fi networks for mobile traffic offloading, but a wireless expert has warned that it's still early days for new standards boosting the security and roaming capabilities of public Wi-Fi services.
David Braue | 07 May | Read more
It can be weeks or months before conventional antivirus solutions can properly detect new malware signatures, security firm Damballa has warned after an analysis showed that 28 percent of malware took more than a week to be addressed through a signature update.
David Braue | 19 Feb | Read more
Microsoft is about to officially join the fight for authentication without pesky passwords. The company recently announced that Windows 10 will support the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) 2.0 specification. The end result is that instead of using passwords to log in to PCs, Microsoft services, and other third-party accounts, you'll also be able to use a fingerprint or eye scan--possibly integrated with a key fob for two-factor authentication.
Apple recently extended its two-step verification protections to two more services. The SMS-based security measure now covers FaceTime and iMessage in addition to iCloud and your Apple ID, as first reported by The Guardian.
It seems like consumer data is compromised in some massive data breach every other week. You should expect the companies you do business with to do everything possible to prevent data breaches and protect your data, but it's unreasonable to believe it will never happen. It's up to you to take additional steps to protect your own data, and minimize the potential fallout from a breach as much as you can. One of the best ways to do that is with two-factor authentication.
Tony Bradley | 14 Oct | Read more