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Your phone is the key to your digital life. Make sure you know what to do if you lose it.

Vox

Access to just about everything I wasn’t already logged into on my computer was dependent on access to my phone, with my mobile-device-only password manager and multifactor authentication apps and text messages. Didn’t I delete my backups to free up storage space? Backup of data in the digital reality we’re in now is paramount.

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There’s a better way to protect yourself from hackers and identity thieves

Vox

Authenticator apps like Google Authenticator might seem intimidating, but they’re easy to use and safer than texts. If you’re using texts for two-factor authentication, it’s time to change to an app. And you always use two-factor authentication, or 2FA. How to choose and use an authenticator app.

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CIO Musings - Untitled Article

CIO Musings

Two Factor Authentication - Passwords are fatally flawed for lots of reasons, and provide only one layer of security, the "something you know". Bank of America uses text messaging. Get rid of it Backups - If you don''t protect your information, you will eventually loose it. Cloud based backups are about as easy as it gets.

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Canada data breach exposes government personnel information

Dataconomy

We have over 1.5TB of documents leaked + 3 full backups of CRM for branches (eu, na and au),” boasts the ransomware group on their dark web data leak site. Change your passwords, flick on multi-factor authentication, and keep a close eye on your online wallets and personal accounts. Smelling something fishy in your accounts?

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What's the Prescription for Cyber Resilience in Healthcare?

SecureWorld News

Or to be paid for taking care of patients, which has left them with piles of unpaid claims and almost no money in their bank accounts. [RELATED: Hospitals Seek Federal Help as Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Disrupts Payments ] The attack has left hundreds, if not thousands, of providers all over the U.S.

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The chaotic and cinematic MGM casino hack, explained

Vox

This was the backup plan; the group initially planned to hack the company’s slot machines but weren’t able to, the representative claimed. They’ve shut down major gas pipelines , banks , hospitals , schools , meat producers , governments , and journalism outlets. Ransomware attacks aren’t unusual these days.

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Data Center Physical Security Best Practices

Galido

and away from prisons, freeways, banks, pipelines, stadiums, and overcrowded areas. A guard should be at each perimeter entrance and should be able to authenticate traffic coming into the perimeter with a scanner. All entrances should have an automatic authentication method with biometric or face detection, logging and camera security.