Here are some stats that will blow your mind: Every minute of every day, 48 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube, Google receives over 2 million queries, over 100,000 tweets are sent and nearly 600 new websites are created. Perhaps most shocking is that quietly in the background, all of this data is tracked and stored. But what happens to it after that?
Obviously, today’s Internet is filled with vast amounts of data. When only a few short years ago a search would yield varied results, today search engines, social networks and even advertisers have realized that information must be culled, filtered and targeted for their consumers. In order to do this, many of these services collect data about you. Whil…
$45 million ATM heist turns focus again on insider threats, controlling privileged access!
New wave of cyber-attacks on banks lend credence to the belief that insider threat is getting complex and cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting to siphon-off the login credentials of employees and administrative passwords of IT resources.
It is termed as the ‘massive 21st century bank heist’. A worldwide gang of cyber-criminals in multiple cities drained ATMs to the tune of $45 million in a matter of few hours last week. While federal investigation is going on, cyber-security experts generally feel that the crime of such a magnitude could not have been committed without deep insider knowledge and meticulous planning for several months. Some analysts even suspect that the hacks might have be…
AP Twitter account hack: Social media proves to be the most convenient platform for hackers!
Just a couple of weeks ago, we published this blog “Beware! Your social media password could let your business down!” and now comes the shocking news about the hack AP’s Twitter account, which created a big embarrassment to the world’s largest and most trusted news cooperative, besides causing panic waves in the Wall Street.
The overwhelming popularity of social media attracts the attention of cyber-criminals, who are looking for easy ways to harvest online identities. In fact, the job of cyber-criminals has become a lot easier in this ‘social media era’. The traditional attack vectors are losing their sheen as social media is fast emerging the most convenient pla…
Beware! Your social media password could let your business down!
Social Media emerges the most convenient platform for cyber-criminals; Using the same password across social media and business applications makes your business vulnerable to attacks!
Over 12 per cent of the world population is on social network and the number keeps growing exponentially. Those who do not own an account in Facebook or Twitter are now being viewed as those living in prehistoric times.
No doubt, social media is wonderful in helping you stay connected with friends, but the sheer popularity of social media attracts the attention of cyber-criminals looking for ways to harvest identities. Recent surveys by IT security analysts clearly indicate that social media has emerged the most convenie…
Could Your Jewelry Stop Hackers?
Google has been talking about an innovative idea to replace passwords with jewelry — that’s right, jewelry. Actually, the enabling technology could be hidden in jewelry, such as a ring, which would perform secure cryptographic transactions that would obviate the need for the user to enter a password.
Sounds very James Bond, but the technology operates similar to a Yubico key where the key is plugged into a USB port for authentication to other devices and applications. In this case, presumably the jewelry would communicate wirelessly with whatever was trying to authenticate the user. Great idea, until you lose your key (or ring).
Why you’re easy prey to hackers
So why does Google care so much about so…
Why should you care about streamlining the management of network device configs and passwords?
Enterprises depend on network availability for business continuity and network configuration data lies at the core of enterprise network administration. Network device configurations contain access credentials, SNMP settings, access control lists and other sensitive data that make them crucial to network security. Naturally, access to the devices is controlled through a password and access to the configurations is regulated through another password.
However, unfortunately, many organizations continue to neglect the crucial aspects of both Network Configuration Management and Device Password Management.
Lack of Proper Change Management Plan
Business needs are in a constant state of flux a…
Password Manager Pro Consolidates Leadership in Privileged Identity Management
First some statistics:
Global customer base grew by 45% during 2012; Grew 61 percent in Germany; Netherlands 52 percent; Australia 50 percent; Canada, UK and USA 45 percent; Middle East 36 percent
Won the goodwill of SMEs as well as a great number of large enterprises; New deployments include three of the world’s largest enterprises and 12 Fortune 500 corporations
More than 50,000 administrators and over 150,000 users log in every day and manage millions of privileged passwords
Password Manager Pro has one of the largest customer bases in enterprise privileged identity management market
Now, the details:
We have added 45 percent more customers to our global customer base in 2012. The soaring customer ba…
Beware: Hackers in your car, TV and light-bulbs?
We all know we should be careful transacting online, but are you thinking about cyber-security when you’re watching TV or driving your car?
If you’re like me, those flashy new products at last week’s CES show probably got you dreaming about upgrading some of your old-school gadgets. The trend today is moving away from stand-alone devices to futuristic “connected” devices, those that can talk to the cloud or even interact with your other systems and appliances.
From game consoles, iPads, smartphones, Blu-ray players and yes, even our cars, internet-enabled devices are growing exponentially, which increases the chance for cyber intrusions. Yet most consumers and businesses don’t realize t…
Triple Recognition for Password Manager Pro this year! World’s Mightiest Enterprises Repose Trust!
The IT divisions of three of world’s largest organizations – software maker, retail chain and virtualization platform provider have deployed Password Manager Pro to manage their privileged passwords this year!
With 2012 fast drawing to a close, we just looked back and reflected on the year just gone by. What a fabulous year it has been! Password Manager Pro has continued its winning streak all along!
While we have kept our existing customers across the globe very happy, the product has won the business and goodwill of a great number of large enterprises as new customers. With the addition of new customers in 2012, we are thrilled to see Password Manager Pro in action with over 50,000 administrators and ove…
Password Reuse, Insider Threats – The Most Dangerous IT Security Issues in 2012!
Deploying a password management solution would indeed be the best start towards information security this festive season!
2012 is fast drawing to a close. While looking ahead for a great holiday season and a wonderful New Year 2013, we just looked back and reflected on the year just gone by.
2012 had been fabulous in many counts, but when it comes to information security, it had indeed been a year of high profile security breaches and identity thefts across the globe. Individual users and mighty enterprises alike have fallen prey to hackers. High profile cyber-attack victims this year include Zappos.com, one of the largest online retailers dealing with shoes and apparels; Linkedin, Dropbox and numerous oth…
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