"It's now the role of businesses to take the responsibility off the end user, by coming up with a more intelligent strategy than a password expiry policy."More

Fourteen years is a long time for sensitive information like usernames and passwords to be sitting ducks, unencrypted and at risk of theft and corruption. More

The Australian Information Commissioner (OIAC) has released the latest quarterly report on the notifications under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme. More

New Zealanders are putting too much trust in smart devices and not necessarily applying some of their own ‘smarts’ to the process.More

SolarWinds acquired Passportal, which delivers MSP-focused password management and privileged client knowledge management tools that integrate with IT software products.More

Only 49% of respondents use antivirus software and even fewer – just 19% -  change their passwords regularly.More

For many cybersecurity professionals, the worries of the day often crawl into night-time routines - LogMeIn says better password practices can help.More

The study finds using a number of the top password managers is no better than putting your passwords in a text file and saving it to your desktop. More

Techday spoke to experts and executives in the security industry about the data leak and the implications on phishing and credential stuffing.More

Some shocking results include that 57% of respondents who have experienced a phishing attack have not changed their password behaviours.More

Dubbed “Collection #1”, the data set contains emails and passwords with over a billion unique combinations of email addresses and passwords. More

Erroneous alerts regarding potential missile strikes that caused civil disruption in Hawaii and Japan in recent history.More

There was a renewed global response to data security in 2018, placing pressure on organisations to assume more responsibility for the data they hold.More

“In one case, the attacker gained access and tracked the business’s emails for at least six months. They gathered extensive knowledge of the business’s billing cycles."More

Dell is asking all of its Dell.com customers to change their passwords after it detected ‘unauthorised activity’ on its network earlier this month.More

It’s an old adage in security that people are the weakest link – mostly because of human error.More

A good MFA solution would cover access for both types of applications, and enable access for both employees and third parties such as contractors.More

With the Facebook data breach still fresh in everyone’s minds, Cyber Smart Week couldn’t come soon enough.More

New developments in ‘zero log-in’ technology look set to redefine the authentication process as we know it and put paid to the dubious protection offered by passwords.More

“Passwords continue to be a challenge to cybersecurity in the workplace, and attacks continue to grow in number and complexity every year.”More

About 81% of mass breaches are caused by stolen or weak passwords, and just over half of data breaches involve some form of credential harvesting.More

Web development and coding platform GitHub has rolled out password and two-factor authentication revamps to make user accounts more secure.More

Ransomware continues to be a major concern for Australian consumers this year - and many are unsure if they have even been affected by it.More

“Cybersecurity is a problem we all face but 2FA is offered by a lot of service providers in either a too complicated or too unclear of a way."More