Erroneous alerts regarding potential missile strikes that caused civil disruption in Hawaii and Japan in recent history.

There was a renewed global response to data security in 2018, placing pressure on organisations to assume more responsibility for the data they hold.

“In one case, the attacker gained access and tracked the business’s emails for at least six months. They gathered extensive knowledge of the business’s billing cycles."

Dell is asking all of its Dell.com customers to change their passwords after it detected ‘unauthorised activity’ on its network earlier this month.

It’s an old adage in security that people are the weakest link – mostly because of human error.

With the Facebook data breach still fresh in everyone’s minds, Cyber Smart Week couldn’t come soon enough.

New developments in ‘zero log-in’ technology look set to redefine the authentication process as we know it and put paid to the dubious protection offered by passwords.

“Passwords continue to be a challenge to cybersecurity in the workplace, and attacks continue to grow in number and complexity every year.”

About 81% of mass breaches are caused by stolen or weak passwords, and just over half of data breaches involve some form of credential harvesting.

Web development and coding platform GitHub has rolled out password and two-factor authentication revamps to make user accounts more secure.

Ransomware continues to be a major concern for Australian consumers this year - and many are unsure if they have even been affected by it.

“Cybersecurity is a problem we all face but 2FA is offered by a lot of service providers in either a too complicated or too unclear of a way."

“The best password is no password at all. Today’s threat actors are targeting the weakest point of your company’s security – your people." - Okta CEO

“Organisations need to invest further in strategies to ensure trust, transparency and choice are front and centre."

“Apps can monitor network activity even without requesting any sensitive permissions."

More than 330 million Twitter users are being urged to change their passwords after an internal system glitch caused the passwords to be exposed.

What’s in a password? A lot, actually. Your passwords are the gateway to you and your company’s most important documents and assets.

Microsoft hails the death of passwords. What are other security experts saying? Comments from Malwarebytes, CyberArk, Vault Systems, ESET & SailPoint.

Centrify, a provider of Zero Trust Security are calling for the end of password protection.

91% of the 2000 respondents know that using the same password for multiple accounts is a security risk, but 59% continue to do it anyway.

Accounts were compromised because he re-used the password “dadada”. Six characters, all lowercase. If anyone should know better, it’s Zuckerberg.

Barracuda Networks is tracking a potentially dangerous ‘URL file outbreak’ that distribute the Quant Loader Trojan.

Of course, identity theft isn’t a purely online phenomenon. Criminals can use details found in the post or from discarded documents.

“Attackers are attempting to encourage the recipient to open the attachment by using urgent language to make the message appear important."