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MFA Trials Can Be a Burden or a Breeze – Five Tips to Quickly Spot Differences when Evaluating Multi-factor Authentication Solutions

February 14, 2020 By Sam Manjarres

MFA Trial Tips

If you are like most IT leaders evaluating multi-factor authentication solutions, you want to test it all and feel certain that you are selecting a solution that best meets the needs of your organization. Then, you consider your immediate challenges – including staffing and skills shortages along with a growing pile of IT tasks – and thoughts quickly turn to testing efficiency. … [Read more...]

OPM Breach Gets Worse – Daily Security Byte EP.97

June 15, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

You thought 4 million stolen federal workers' records was bad? Well, Friday we learned the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach might be even worse than first suspected. We also learned a small time cyber criminal has tried to take credit for the attack. Watch the video for these updates, and to learn why PII theft is so dangerous.   (Episode Runtime: 3:13) Direct … [Read more...]

Hacking Nation States & Crashing iPhones – WSWiR Episode 154

June 1, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Unfortunately, lots of security news suggests lots of cyber crime. If you want to stay protected, you need to keep up to date; but who has time? Hopefully our weekly InfoSec video can help. Last Friday's episode covered an IRS data leak, a mysterious text message that crashed iPhones, some scary new crowd-sourced ransomware, and more. Watch the YouTube video below for all the … [Read more...]

Hackers Hit the IRS – Daily Security Byte EP.88

May 26, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Today, the IRS admitted that criminal attackers leveraged one of their online apps to steal tax records from 100,000 victims. Watch they video to learn how they did it, and what the IRS intends to do to protect US taxpayers.   (Episode Runtime: 2:21) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1ej6xgkAjA EPISODE REFERENCES: IRS's official warning about the Get … [Read more...]

Fake Government Sites – Daily Security Byte EP.61

April 7, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

The FBI has warned US citizens to beware of fake government websites showing up in search results. Watch today's Daily Byte to learn about this latest phishing campaign, what blackhat SEO means, and how to avoid evil search results.   (Episode Runtime: 2:20) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLzIZsOJ9p4 EPISODE REFERENCES: FBI’s PSA advisory on fake … [Read more...]

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