You’ve seen the memes and the warnings on social media — answering questions about your life history is ruining your password safety. It’s giving the bad guys the information they need to figure out your passwords and get the answers to your security questions.
But is that true? Are people lurking on social media waiting for you to reveal your favorite school teacher and your prom date? Someone with a grudge against you may use that information to do some damage, but in general, cyber criminals aren’t micro-targeting individuals. Rather, they are more likely to use a social engineering attack, like a malicious video or phishing email based on your social media algorithms, to gain access to your network and data.
No one should share sensitive information about themselves (which can be used for many other nefarious reasons). But this being a direct route to a password is one of the many myths that swirl around password safety.
Without a doubt, password security is vital for an organization. Access credentials, including passwords, are the gateway into your network. Yet, the password continues to be a security hot spot. Employees are usually the weak link in credential failures. But, that could be due to a lack of awareness of how threat actors actually harvest password information. Once these myths about passwords are disputed, organizations can improve on their security awareness training surrounding password hygiene.
Password Safety Myth No 1: Never Write Down Your Password
Fact: For decades, the most common advice surrounding password security was to never write it down. While you don’t want to tape your password to your computer screen and then share a photo of it on social medi ..
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