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2 New Cybersecurity Videos: Spear Phishing & Password Handling

Ragnar Sigurðsson — Tue, 17 May 2022 12:08:14 +0000

People often say that there are two things certain in life: death and taxes. However, that sounds bit bleak considering that summer has arrived. Perhaps we should paraphrase it to: “There are two things certain in this life: phishing and taxes”. We’ve just published two new cybersecurity videos about phishing and passwords that might help you […]

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AwareGO’s 3-Step Guide to A Strong Password

Ragnar Sigurðsson — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:45:02 +0000

Passwords – we all use them, we all need them, but we don‘t talk too much about them. Nor should we, ideally! However, we need to talk about good password habits. A strong password is a key to our online world, and if compromised, hacked, or stolen, it can be trouble.

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New Cybersecurity Awareness Video: Why Multi-Factor Authentication is Critical For Cybersecurity Defense

Ragnar Sigurðsson — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:43:40 +0000

AwareGO just released a new security awareness video that covers the need for multi factor authentication.

Since the dawn of the internet and online accounts hackers have been trying to find ways to get to people's passwords. They'll use multiple ways, from phishing or spear phishing to keylogging or hacking into big databases that store multiple passwords. Hackers also know that many people use the same password for everything. If they get your password for one account they'll try it everywhere to see if they'll get lucky.

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