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Flaw allowing identity spoofing affects authentication based on German eID cards

Security Affairs

The authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed, an attacker could impersonate any other citizen. The nightmare comes true, the authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed and a flaw could allow an attacker to allow identity spoofing and changing the date of birth. tax service).

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. That same email address also is tied to two forum accounts for a user with the handle “ O.R.Z.” account on Carder[.]su

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Instagram to enhance security of its users

CyberSecurity Insiders

Instagram, the subsidiary of Facebook company, has announced that it is going to roll out an additional security feature that allows its users to review their login info, data related to other accounts that share the login info, and recovery contact information.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. bank accounts. ws was registered to an Andrew Artz.

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The Unsexy Threat to Election Security

Krebs on Security

But according to a report quietly issued by a California grand jury this week, more attention needs to be paid to securing social media and email accounts used by election officials at the state and local level. Public confidence is at stake, even if the vote itself is secure.”

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Over 61% of Exchange servers vulnerable to CVE-2020-0688 attacks

Security Affairs

Knowledge of a the validation key allows an authenticated user with a mailbox to pass arbitrary objects to be deserialized by the web application, which runs as SYSTEM.” A remote, authenticated attacker could exploit the CVE-2020-0688 vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on a server and take full control.

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GUEST ESSAY: Where we stand on mitigating software risks associated with fly-by-wire jetliners

The Last Watchdog

Government Accountability Office in 2020 about increasing risk due to connected aircraft technology developments. So watch out for weak encryption protocols, insufficient network segregation, or insecure user authentication mechanisms. There was another warning from the U.S.

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