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The Resurgence of Zero Trust: Why it’s Essential for CISOs and CIOs to Include in Their Strategy

CyberSecurity Insiders

History of Zero Trust Its widely accepted that the concept of zero trust was first introduced by John Kindervag, a former Forrester Research analyst, in 2010. While the idea of zero trust has been around for decades, it has gained renewed attention due to the evolving threat landscape and the increasing need for robust cybersecurity measures.

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Key aerospace player Safran Group leaks sensitive data

Security Affairs

Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account. The leak also included the JWT secret key, another type of token, which is usually used for authentication. If attackers had access to this key, they could create an admin account and have privileged access to a website.

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100,000 WordPress sites using the Contact Form 7 Datepicker plugin are exposed to hack

Security Affairs

An authenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to create rogue admins on WordPress sites using Contact Form 7 Datepicker plugin. 2020 – An authentication bypass vulnerability in the InfiniteWP plugin that could potentially impact by more than 300,000 sites.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2019 patch 93 bugs, including 2 dangerous wormable issues

Security Affairs

This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction.” ” reads the security advisory for the CVE-2019-1181.”An An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

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Data of 2 million MyFreeCams users sold on a hacker forum

Security Affairs

At the time of this writing, the threat actor has deleted its post, as well as its account, and emptied the cryptocurrency wallet used for the sale. CyberNews contacted MyFreeCams which confirmed the authenticity of the data and notified affected users. ” reported CyberNews. . ” reported CyberNews.

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MY TAKE: Identity ‘access’ and ‘governance’ tech converge to meet data protection challenges

The Last Watchdog

A separate set of startups soon cropped up specifically to handle the provisioning of log on accounts that gave access to multiple systems, and also the de-provisioning of those accounts when a user left the company. The IAM vendors took single sign-on to the next level, adding multi-factor authentication and other functionalities.

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Identity-based Cryptography

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

IBC is mostly suitable to be deployed in an enterprise environment due to its light-weight key management, built-in key recovery and accountability. 8,9]) combines signature and encryption in a secure way, providing efficient joint authentication and encryption. of Eurocrypt’10, 2010. In CRYPTO, 2010.