MFA Tip Sheet
Make Life Difficult for Cybercriminals
You don’t have to make life easy for cybercriminals – and you don’t have to be tech savvy to adopt the behaviors that make their jobs tough. They log off empty-handed, and you can enjoy the internet and all the scrolling, shopping, and clicking you can handle!
We present to you a few 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
Zestix invaded more than 50 multinational companies because a few people never turned on multifactor authentication. And if some of the biggest companies in the world can go down, it would be very easy for Zestix for zestily 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 or thumbprint) whenever possible - Don’t reuse passwords or iterations (like adding $ to another password)
- Turn on MFA for every account!