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Sponsored ContentPassword Reset Calls Are Costing Your Org Big Money
Research states that the average help desk labor cost for a single password reset is about $70. With this cost, what can an organization do to lessen the impact of password resets?
- December 06, 2022
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Sponsored ContentHow Windows 11's Enhanced Phishing Protection guards your password
One of the easier ways to steal a user's credentials is through a convincing fake login page or application. To help combat the constant risk of password theft, Microsoft added enhanced phishing protection in Windows 11 Version 22H2.
- December 02, 2022
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MFA Fatigue attacks are putting your organization at risk
A common threat targeting businesses is MFA fatigue attacks—a technique where a cybercriminal attempts to gain access to a corporate network by bombarding a user with MFA prompts. This article includes some measures you can implement to prevent these types of attacks.
- November 15, 2022
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Using Regex to Implement Passphrases in Your Active Directory
Passphrases provide a superior type of password for authentication as they allow you to create strong passwords you can remember. Furthermore, you can use regex (regular expression) to effectively help develop solid passphrases and ensure these do not contain weak elements. Let's see how.
- November 01, 2022
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How the "pizza123" password could take down an organization
The breach, the bitter taste of pizza123, and the plight of malicious push notifications demand caution when selecting and managing passwords.
- October 25, 2022
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Text message verification flaws in your Windows Active Directory
While text messaging-based MFA goes a long way toward protecting an org against compromised credentials, it also has vulnerabilities of its own. Orgs must look for ways around the flaws associated with test-based MFA by upgrading to multi-factor authentication. Learn more in this article from Specops Software.
- October 18, 2022
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Pass-the-Hash Attacks and How to Prevent them in Windows Domains
Hackers often start out with nothing more than a low-level user account and then work to gain additional privileges that will allow them to take over the network. One of the methods that is commonly used to acquire these privileges is a pass-the-hash attack. Here are five steps to prevent a pass-the-hash attack in a Windows domain.
- September 27, 2022
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Top 8 takeaways from the VMWare Cybersecurity Threat Report
VMware has recently released the 2022 edition of its annual Global Incident Response Threat Report. It is critically important for IT professionals to understand these trends and what they could mean for your organization's cyber security efforts. Let's break down VMware's 8 key findings and offer meaningful insights into each.
- September 20, 2022
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Securing your IoT devices against cyber attacks in 5 steps
How is IoT being used in the enterprise, and how can it be secured? We will demonstrate important security best practices and how a secure password policy is paramount to the security of devices.
- September 14, 2022
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Are Default Passwords Hiding in Your Active Directory? Here's how to check
One of the biggest cybersecurity mistakes that an organization can make is failing to change a default password. The question is, how can you track down default passwords in your Windows Active Directory once they're no longer useful?
- September 07, 2022
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The Benefits of Making Password Strength More Transparent
Google is in the process of developing a password strength indicator for its Chrome browser. The good news is that there is an easy way of starting users down the road to using strong passwords even before the new version of Chrome is released.
- August 16, 2022
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Using Account Lockout policies to block Windows Brute Force Attacks
A strong account lockout policy is one of the most effective tools for stopping brute force authentication attempts on Windows domains. Learn how to add one to your organization's Windows Active Directory.
- July 26, 2022
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3rd Party Services Are Falling Short on Password Security
Preventing the use of weak and leaked passwords within an enterprise environment is a manageable task for your IT department, but what about other services where end-users share business-critical data in order to do their work? They could be putting your organization at risk, and the team at Specops Software decided to see for sure.
- July 20, 2022
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Breaking Down the Zola Hack and Why Password Reuse is so Dangerous
In May of 2022, the wedding planning and registry site Zola suffered a major security breach due to a credential stuffing attack. due to password reuse. Here's what happened and what could have been done to prevent the attack.
- June 28, 2022
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Revisit Your Password Policies to Retain PCI Compliance
Organizations that are subject to the PCI regulations must carefully consider how best to address these new requirements. Some of the requirements are relatively easy to address. Even so, some of the new requirements go beyond what Windows native security mechanisms are capable of. Here is what you need to know.
- June 16, 2022
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Why Netflix isn't the Only One Bummed About Password Sharing
Carnegie Mellon found that as much as 28% of end-users willingly share passwords with others, and a Specops study found that of those who share passwords 21% of people don't know who else their password has been shared with. That's a lot of sharing going on.
- June 07, 2022
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Aligning Your Password Policy enforcement with NIST Guidelines
Although most organizations are not required by law to comply with NIST standards, it is usually in an organization's best interest to follow NIST's cybersecurity standards. This is especially true for NIST's password guidelines.
- May 31, 2022
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What is ISO 27001 and Why it Matters for Compliance Standards
ISO 27001 may seem like a big undertaking, but the certification can pay off in more ways than one—including overlap with compliance regulations. Read about the benefits of ISO 27001 and how to get started.
- May 17, 2022
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Using PowerShell to manage password resets in Windows domains
With breaches running rampant, it's common to force password resets on your Windows domain. This article shows how admins can use PowerShell to manage password resets and introduce software that makes it even easier.
- May 04, 2022
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How to Attack Your Own Company's Service Desk to spot risks
Specops Secure Service Desk is an excellent tool for keeping a help desk safe from social engineering attacks. Although Specops Secure Service Desk offers numerous features, there are three capabilities that are especially useful for thwarting social engineering attacks.
- April 28, 2022
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