Biometrics Are Less Secure Than Passwords

by Dovell Bonnett | Sep 25, 2015 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Identity Theft

Biometrics give a false sense of security. On Sept 23, 2015, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revised the number of stolen fingerprint files to 5.6 million! Why should you care? Some security pundits believe that biometrics are far more secure than passwords. They...

ZeroAccess botnet disrupted

by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 8, 2013 | Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Online Security

By Microsoft, the FBI, Europol and industry partners. It’s about Time! In the past I have written many blogs about how software companies and OS developers need to start taking security more seriously.  While Microsoft has been a focus of mine, it...

Would you like some Salt on your Hash?

by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 7, 2013 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Logical Access Control (LAC), Network Access Control (NAC), Password Management

Salted Hash – The one-way encryption for password security. Ok, I’m not talking about that potato hash you love with your eggs.  I am talking about the encryption hash that needs to be used to safeguard computer data files like passwords....

Businesses Can Stop Identity Theft

by Dovell Bonnett | Nov 15, 2013 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Power LogOn

87% of all business owners who seriously inquire about Power LogOn® end up buying it. Before I go into why, here are some new findings from Javelin Strategy & Research’s latest report 2013 Identity Fraud Report: Data Breaches Becoming a Treasure Trove...

Are you an SEO Cyber Mule? I was.

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 28, 2013 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Online Security

An SEO Cyber Mule or SEO Hack is when unauthorized links are embedded into your website without your knowledge for the sole purpose of increasing Google rankings. For Google to increase a site rankings they look for the number of one-way backlinks. That’s why...

Cyber Authentication – Google Weak on Password Management Systems

by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 13, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Identity Theft, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Social Networking

When it comes to cyber authentication, the weakest link is the user. Cyber authentication is a hot topic in today’s world of Malware, Cyber Warfare, BYOD, Cloud Computing and Hackers. In a recent Google Password Management blog, “Google Password...

Chicken Little Warns About Network Access Authentication

by Dovell Bonnett | Nov 20, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Smartcards

USB Smart Card Readers for Network Access Authentication are Still Safe. A number of online computer news sites are abuzz about a security team’s prototype malware that hijacks USB smart card readers. It seems that a research team out of Luxembourg has issues a...

Hackers aren’t always responsible for Security Breach

by Dovell Bonnett | Oct 9, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Multifactor Authentication,, Power LogOn

Security breach exposes roughly 100,000 IEEE members’ User IDs and Passwords On Sept. 24 2012 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) confirmed that nearly 100,000 of its members User Names and Passwords were publicly exposed from a...

Employees Are Not Evil…

by Dovell Bonnett | Sep 4, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn, Social Networking

They Are Just Drawn That Way Paraphrasing a line from Jessica Rabbit from the movie Roger Rabbit seems the appropriate comment from Geoffrey A. Fowler’s article “What’s a Company’s Biggest Security Risk? You.” Hence the headline:...

Large Password and User Names Heist

by Dovell Bonnett | Jul 25, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management

8.24 Million Passwords and User Names stolen and posted by hackers. If you use the online gaming site Gamigo, if your user name was your email address and you use the same password elsewhere then you need to be very, very concerned.  Cyber criminals will now...