Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

SHA-1 was officially deprecated by NIST in 2011 and its usage for digital signatures was prohibited in 2013. Challenges toward post-quantum cryptography: confidentiality and authentication. Since 2005, SHA-1 has been regarded as unsafe against well-funded adversaries. Since 2020, chosen-prefix attacks against SHA-1 are feasible.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2021

Adding to the complexity are bring your own device (BYOD) policies, the prevalence of smartphones and tablets, and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT). NAC was the highest IT security spending priority in eSecurity Planet’s 2019 State of IT Security survey – and is also one of the technologies users have the most confidence in.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

The Safran Group is also involved in developing cutting-edge technologies beyond aviation, such as modules currently in use in the James Webb Telescope, the world’s largest optical telescope in space. The leak also included the JWT secret key, another type of token, which is usually used for authentication.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 6, 2022

And although the original SSL technology is now entirely defunct, the name lives on in IT terminology—security certificates are often still referred to as “SSL certificates,” though it would be more accurate to call them TLS certificates. The internet is by far the most ambitious data repository ever imagined. Ready to get started?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

At the same time, WAF technology is increasingly a part of more comprehensive security solutions like next-generation firewalls (NGFW), unified threat management (UTM), and more. From the 1998 MIT Entrepreneurship Competition to today, Akamai Technologies is now a top provider of WAF solutions. Microsoft Azure. Signal Sciences.

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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. How prevalent is 2FA authentication? reuse of passwords found in data breaches and phishing attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2021

Cofense , a Leesburg, VA-supplier of phishing detection and response solutions, has set out to take another human trait – our innate willingness to help out, if we can — and systematically leverage our better instincts to help fix this while combining advanced automation technology to stop phishing attacks fast.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. And if you could initiate a heartbeat before authentication was complete on the site, you could smash and grab the encrypted information before anyone even knew who you were.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. And if you could initiate a heartbeat before authentication was complete on the site, you could smash and grab the encrypted information before anyone even knew who you were.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Immediately following the bombshell report, multiple companies that had previously relied on Supermicro's technology, and Supermicro itself, denied the veracity of the claims. Any threats coming from the internet must be stopped at the endpoint. Make multi-factor authentication (MFA) a norm.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Certificate authentication plays a major role in securing online resources , and most organizations utilize certificates to secure communication between both hosted resources and those that are accessed. It is a more secure way of authenticating users compared to the legacy username and password mechanism.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. And if you could initiate a heartbeat before authentication was complete on the site, you could smash and grab the encrypted information before anyone even knew who you were.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

As at Black Hat events in the past, I got to participate in meaningful conversations about the intersection of usage of Cisco and 3 rd party products, tweak our API plans and clearly express the needs we have from our partner technologies to better serve our customers in common. We also deployed ThousandEyes for Network Assurance.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Sometimes complex technology doesn't necessarily raise the barrier for entry for cyber criminals. And in a moment, we'll see how complex technology with more features doesn't necessarily raise the barrier for entry for cyber criminals. Sometimes, as with our cars, it does the exact opposite. There is no easy way around it.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Today the nonprofit Volatility Foundation is a top digital forensics vendor because of its innovative memory forensics technology. Available as a free and open-source tool, Xplico’s primary objective is to extract application data from an internet traffic capture. Magnet Forensics. Market Size. billion in 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Started in 1987, the telecommunications provider has become a multinational technology whale. At just $42M, Huawei added HexaTier’s patented technology offering cloud-based databases (DBaaS) security via a reverse proxy on endpoints. IBM comes with a presence in 170 countries and is the second oldest vendor on our list.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1903 — Wireless Telegraphy — During John Ambrose Fleming’s first public demonstration of Marconi’s “secure” wireless telegraphy technology, Nevil Maskelyne disrupts it by sending insulting Morse code messages discrediting the invention. 1988 — The Morris Worm — Robert Morris creates what would be known as the first worm on the Internet.

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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. Bessemer Venture Partners. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security. Evolution Equity Partners.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

” But the security community and other technology leaders have started raising the alarm, worried about the program’s potential to write malware and spread mis- and disinformation. Security pros of ChatGPT AI can be a powerful tool for cybersecurity and information technology professionals.

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