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Personal Pest Control: Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Manage episode 511215148 series 3009097
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and it's time to clean house! Let's get rid of all those dust bunnies (weak passwords) and vacuum under the sofa cushions (no multi-factor authentication) and even do a check under the bed for that half-eaten Pop Tart (vulnerable emails). Hear about a few instances where poor cybersecurity led to unfortunate consequences, so you can avoid the same fate.
Resources
- $61K, gone just like that for Oro Valley couple.
- Dream Kitchen Renovation Ruined by a Scam
- PassGAN: A Deep Learning Approach for Password Guessing
- Historic UK KNP transport firm collapses after ransomware attack
- Hacker leaks account data of 12 million Zacks Investment users
- Researchers Instantly Crack Simple Passwords With AI
- Lost $45k to Wire Fraud Scam on E*TRADE – Even with MFA Enabled.
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80 episodes
Manage episode 511215148 series 3009097
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and it's time to clean house! Let's get rid of all those dust bunnies (weak passwords) and vacuum under the sofa cushions (no multi-factor authentication) and even do a check under the bed for that half-eaten Pop Tart (vulnerable emails). Hear about a few instances where poor cybersecurity led to unfortunate consequences, so you can avoid the same fate.
Resources
- $61K, gone just like that for Oro Valley couple.
- Dream Kitchen Renovation Ruined by a Scam
- PassGAN: A Deep Learning Approach for Password Guessing
- Historic UK KNP transport firm collapses after ransomware attack
- Hacker leaks account data of 12 million Zacks Investment users
- Researchers Instantly Crack Simple Passwords With AI
- Lost $45k to Wire Fraud Scam on E*TRADE – Even with MFA Enabled.
Join our Patreon to listen ad-free!
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