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Once upon a time, the typical image of a hacker was a solitary figure: a tech-savvy teenager or young adult, operating out of their basement, motivated more by curiosity or the thrill of breaking into systems than by any concrete financial gain. Fast forward to today, and the landscape of cybercrime has undergone a seismic shift. No longer confined to the realms of individual mischief...

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As of December 8th, 2022, all TMPros-hosted Amazon Workspaces environments will require Multi-Factor Authentication. Users must type the 6-digit MFA passcode from the Duo app for each sign-in. MFA Enrollment Please refer to the email you receive regarding Duo "MFA Enrollment." Enrollment is the process that registers you as a user in Duo with a device capable of performing two-factor authentication. Follow the on-screen prompts to set...

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Google Chrome Sync users who save their passwords just got a very useful feature upgrade. This password checkup uses the same database as our Dark Web Breach Assessment but has the added benefit of already knowing your passwords. This allows Google to identify any compromised accounts you have saved in the browser. Check out: Change unsafe passwords in your Google Account We highly recommend immediately resetting...

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I've had a few people ask me about the vulnerability reported on Phys.Org in OpenID and OAuth. This is not inherently a vulnerability in OpenID, but rather a potential way to get information from a website that both implements an open redirect (a big no-no) and OAuth or OpenID. What does this mean? Are are you safe and secure using OAuth and OpenID?  The truth is OAuth...

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