Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Setting Up an Instant Unique Login Then we want to set a password for that registered citizen account, because in order to deliver the service, we are asking for some personally identifiable information (PII) that we now need to protect as best we can. Yes, we know they’re probably going to reuse the password they remember best.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Thinkful forces a password reset for all users after a data breach. Study shows connections between 2000 malware samples used by Russian APT groups. Billions of users at risk. Portugues hacker faces hundreds of Charges in Football Leaks case. Portuguese hacker faces hundreds of Charges in Football Leaks case. APT or not APT?

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

To safeguard learning continuity in this environment, US lawmakers have passed legislation aimed at mitigating security and privacy risks for the K–12 community. However, federal policymakers promise the K–12 Cybersecurity Act is just the first step in addressing heightened security risks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2022

Computer networking has always had some form of protecting against risks. Those tools used to mitigate risks include perimeter defense, firewalls, security software, backups, etc. What recommendations do you have for individuals to help protect against cybersecurity-related risks?

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows. In total, there are 1,160,253,228 unique combinations of email addresses and passwords. This is when treating the password as case sensitive but the email address as not case sensitive. There are 21,222,975 unique passwords. It'll be 99.x%

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Data breaches Passwords Password Management Accountability 280

Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Either businesses or individuals, we are all in the same boat when it comes to the risk of data loss. The growing risks leave us with the fact that cybersecurity education is not a matter of choice anymore – it’s a matter of necessity. To pursue a career in the cybersecurity field and find a course to get started.

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Social Engineering Accountability Phishing Cybersecurity 40

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

To dig into some of these successes, we recently sat down with members of the Advantasure development team to discuss how our AppSec solutions and methodologies have helped them improve their development processes, reduce risk, and foster a more collaborative environment. ve had experiences where security runs the risk of being overlooked ???

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Engineering Software Technology Risk 62

Veracode Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

To dig into some of these successes, we recently sat down with members of the Advantasure development team to discuss how our AppSec solutions and methodologies have helped them improve their development processes, reduce risk, and foster a more collaborative environment. ve had experiences where security runs the risk of being overlooked ???

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Engineering Software Technology Risk 52

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It does appear that this is another example of attacks successfully penetrating a weak supply chain link, underscoring the importance of addressing third-party risks. Third-party risk. In that caper, criminals got away with Social Security numbers, passwords, and in some cases, fingerprints.

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Risk Government Cyber Attacks Authentication 133

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

It is sensitive because years of testing shows whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other proprietary data belonging to hundreds of thousands of systems at major companies around the globe. ” Further reading: Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions (PDF). Control corp.com.”

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel, like a password manager. Symmetric encryption is often used for drive encryption, WiFi encryption, and other use cases where speed performance is paramount and a password can be safely shared.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

From the 1960’s to 2000 infusion pumps were mostly electromechanical devices with some embedded electronics, but the turn of the century delivered “smarter” devices with better safety mechanisms and the possibility to program them, which slowly opened the door to information security challenges.

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Computers and Electronics Authentication Software Risk 145

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

With the EDB PostgreSQL Advanced Server, clients gain features like password profiles, enhanced audit logging, and data redaction. Through a portfolio of real-time protection and risk management products, Imperva is consistently listed as a top vendor. Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Microsoft Azure.

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Firewall Encryption Computers and Electronics Software 120

Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

With tools like Pegasus that can be abused on a global scale, we take on too big a risk. The requests for these lawful interception of electronic communication are made as per relevant rules under the provisions of section 5(2) of Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and section 69 of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2000”.

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Spyware Surveillance Mobile Government 119

ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

I went to Black Hat in 2000. What are the additional risks it introduces? My first day at ZDNet there was a virus blowing up and my editor asked if I could do a story on that. I said sure, then realized I didn’t know the first thing about computer viruses. So I learned. I went to smaller conferences.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? When I look at nuclear submarines and the software that runs them, it has to be zero defect, because lives are at risk. Lamb: A four digit PIN. Are you kidding me? Lamb: But it gets worse.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? When I look at nuclear submarines and the software that runs them, it has to be zero defect, because lives are at risk. Lamb: A four digit PIN. Are you kidding me? Lamb: But it gets worse.

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Hacking Mobile Software Technology 52

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? When I look at nuclear submarines and the software that runs them, it has to be zero defect, because lives are at risk. Lamb: A four digit PIN. Are you kidding me? Lamb: But it gets worse.

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Hacking Mobile Software Technology 40

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. This puts customers relying on them to secure their networks at risk.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

At 20:47 I found that the site gives a new error 404 Not Found nginx, tried to enter the server through SSH and could not, the password did not fit, as it turned out later all the information on the disks was erased. Due to my personal negligence and irresponsibility I relaxed and did not update PHP in time, the servers had PHP 8.1.2

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