Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

“What Bitcoin was to 2011, NFTs are to 2021.”. But naturally, at Carbonite + Webroot, we just wonder how they’ll be used and abused by cybercriminals or if they can be irrevocably lost like the password to a crypto wallet. An often used and helpful analogy is to certificates of authenticity (COA) like those used in the art world.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

China-linked cyber espionage group APT20 has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in recent attacks, cyber-security firm Fox-IT warns. The APT20 group has been active since at least 2011, but experts did not associate any campaign with this threat actors between 2016 and 2017. “Operation Wocao (??

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

According to the BBC, the data includes: Passport scans of both pupils and parents which date back to 2011. Ensure your RDP points are locked down with a good password and multi-factor authentication. There’s going to be quite a bit of concern for parents and teachers alike, with sensitive data being thrown into the mix.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

Is the demise of OTP authentication imminent? Reducing the risk from credential compromise is forcing regulators and industry leaders to mandate multifactor authentication (MFA) and re-assess the efficacy of OTP. Historical perspective of strengthening authentication. Mon, 05/09/2022 - 11:22.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Fast-forward a decade from now and imagine teaching emerging cybersecurity professionals about an obsolete thing called a password. Password problems because of the human factor. Manual and annoying for a long time, passwords were a key technology, beginning in the early digital age, to protect servers, accounts, and eventually email.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 23, 2021

LastPass is password management software that’s been popular among business and personal users since it was initially released in 2008. Like other password managers, LastPass provides a secure vault for your login credentials, personal documents, and other sensitive information. When it was acquired by LogMeIn Inc.

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NopSec

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The vulnerability traces back to code released in 2011, which is a significant amount of time for a hashing algorithm to find its way into hundreds if not thousands of projects. I can still recall dumping clear-text passwords from “yahoo.com” (like I said, it was 2014). November Preview: Critical Vulnerability in OpenSSL 3.0.x

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2022

The reputation is well-deserved when you consider that we (the cybersecurity team) tell users to create a unique password for each account to increase security. According to Gartner, 20 – 50% of help desk calls are for password reset – which is an expensive burden for any help desk.

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Elie

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This post looks at two-factor authentication adoption in the wild, highlights the disparity of support between the various categories of websites, and illuminates how fragmented the two factor ecosystem is in terms of standard adoption. reuse of passwords found in data breaches and phishing attacks. How prevalent is 2FA authentication?

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That story about the Flashback author was possible because a source had obtained a Web browser authentication cookie for a founding member of a Russian cybercrime forum called BlackSEO. The story on the Flashback author featured redacted screenshots that were taken from Ika’s BlackSEO account (see image above).

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 25, 2018

My relationship with 1Password stretches all the way back to 2011 when I came to the realisation that the only secure password is the one you can't remember. There's also a bunch of other ways 1Password can use the data to streamline how users protect their accounts and that's something we're actively discussing.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

With the EDB PostgreSQL Advanced Server, clients gain features like password profiles, enhanced audit logging, and data redaction. In 2011, McAfee added to their database security lineup with the acquisition of Sentrigo, which approached database security with an emphasis on privileged user activity and access. Microsoft Azure.

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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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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

From the first Roomba in 2002 to the first virtual assistant (Siri) in 2011, AI has slowly and steadily penetrated the consumer technology market, often with little comprehension from buyers that artificial intelligence is actually powering the functionality behind their favorite devices.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Accel Investments. Bessemer Venture Partners. Sequoia Capital.

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