Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Founded in 2001 and based in Milwaukee, Wisc., VFEmail’s Twitter account responded that “external facing systems, of differing OS’s and remote authentication, in multiple data centers are down.” Strangely, not all VMs shared the same authentication, but all were destroyed. Just attack and destroy.”

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

Related: How ‘PAM’ improves authentication. Some context about remote desktop controls: Back in 2001, when company networks were assembled around on-premises data centers, Microsoft began including RDC in all versions of Windows. Password concierge. SMBs today face a daunting balancing act.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 26, 2022

These communications on the backend of username and password login processes ensure users get authenticated by the overarching identity manager and authorized to use the given web service(s). Context: Authentication vs. Authorization. Despite the recent prevalence of OAuth and OIDC for authentication and authorization, SAML 2.0

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

The protocol relies on encryption, authentication and peer-to-peer protocol (PPP) negotiation. In essence, that means it only needs a username, password, and server address to create a connection. First released in 2001, the OpenVPN protocol has become one of the most popular and widely used protocols.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

For users familiar with password management and the value of complex passwords, this makes sense. By 1999, its successor – the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol – offered a more robust cryptographic protocol across technical components like cipher suites, record protocol, message authentication , and handshake process.

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Encryption Computers and Electronics Password Management Passwords 138

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. She connects him to any phone number he requests for free.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cryptographic keys can be random numbers, products of large prime numbers, points on an ellipse, or a password generated by a user. AES or the Advanced Encryption Standard was adopted in 2001 by the US National Institute of Standards and Testing (NIST) as the standard for symmetric encryption.

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