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IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access

Krebs on Security

If you created an online account to manage your tax records with the U.S. was originally launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers who might be eligible for discounts at various retail establishments, such as veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders. account).

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SAML: Still Going Strong After Two Decades

eSecurity Planet

Application and software developers are responsible for establishing the necessary backend database and protocol for storing and accepting user account credentials. in 2010 and OAuth 2.0 Also read : Best Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors. Identity Managers. A graphic showing how SAML 2.0 The launch of OAuth 1.0

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SBECPA Protects Her Clients and New Business Venture with SiteLock [Case Study]

SiteLock

Eilenfield has worked in the accounting and tax preparation field for the last 13 years. She first realized her passion in college where she received a degree in Accounting, following in her father’s footsteps. Post-graduation she worked for accounting firms in Georgia, Texas and Virginia. Eilenfield, CPA.

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Millions of Arris routers are vulnerable to path traversal attacks

Malwarebytes

last official release 2010) has a path traversal vulnerability. The usernames and (sometimes encrypted) passwords of all administration accounts on the system. Various system and firewall logs. The muhttpd server 1.1.5 The latest release of muhttpd is version 1.1.7 released June 1, 2022).

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How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates

Krebs on Security

Many states also lacked the ability to tell when multiple payments were going to the same bank accounts. That’s a minor coup for a company launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers for the purposes of granting discounts for veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders.

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RSAC insights: SolarWinds hack illustrates why software builds need scrutiny — at deployment

The Last Watchdog

However, one possible scenario is that they obtained a targeted employee’s login credentials and then used that employee’s account to pivot to and take control of the build system, Pericin says. It is undisclosed how the Russia-sponsored attackers got control of the SolarWinds build machine.

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VulnRecap 3/4/24 – Ivanti, Ubiquiti, AppLocker Under Attack

eSecurity Planet

All sites incorporated the archaic FCKeditor plug-in, which stopped receiving support in 2010. The fix: To eliminate malware infections, perform a factory reset, upgrade to the latest firmware, change all default usernames and passwords, and adjust firewall rules to block exposure to unwanted remote management services.

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