Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Week 2
Enable MFA on all online accounts
You don’t have to make life easy for cybercriminals, and you don’t have to be tech-savvy to adopt the habits that make their jobs harder. They log off empty-handed, and you can enjoy the internet, scrolling, shopping, and clicking as much as you can handle!
Each week in October, we will present you with real scammers. While some of them have been arrested, more are following in their footsteps, and we want you to make their lives difficult.
Meet Zestix
MFA is such a pain for Zestix.
Zestix breached more than 50 multinational companies because a few people never enabled multifactor authentication. And if some of the biggest companies in the world can go down, it would be very easy for Zestix to hijack any of our accounts if we only protect it with a password. After swooping up stolen passwords on the Dark Web, criminals can break into many accounts that don’t enable MFA. They can also get their hands on passwords lost in data breaches and spray them all over the internet with automated software. Unfortunately, it’s easy to nab a password these days... and criminals love it when it’s all they need.
DON’T MAKE LIFE EASY FOR ZESTIX
Enable multifactor authentication (MFA) on every account that offers it
Use an authenticator app (Duo, Google Authenticator, and Microsoft Authenticator, for example) or biometrics (like FaceID) whenever possible
Don’t reuse passwords or iterations (like adding $ to another password)
Turn on MFA for every account!
Make life difficult for Cybersecurity Criminals
You don’t need to know how all the scams work. You don’t need expensive tools. You don’t need to be an expert. Here’s what you should do to Stay Safe Online:
Every password should be at least 16 characters long, unique to the account, and a random mix of letters, numbers, and symbols
Use a password manager to create and store your passwords
Enable multifactor authentication for every account
Keep your software updated
Scrutinize every unexpected inbound message, especially if it seems urgent or requests payment
