Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 Week 2

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 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.

• Dozens of Major Data Breaches Linked to Single Threat Actor (Security Week)

• 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!