Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

Dubner said all customers are required to use multi-factor authentication, and that everyone applying for access to its services undergoes a rigorous vetting process. In 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the U.S. Also in 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that ssndob[.]ms

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

I immediately suspected that Experian was still allowing anyone to recreate their credit file account using the same personal information but a different email address, a major authentication failure that was explored in last year’s story, Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do. 9, 2022 and Dec.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Among those is CVE-2022-22005 , a weakness in Microsoft’s Sharepoint Server versions 2013-2019 that could be exploited by any authenticated user. “However, given the number of stolen credentials readily available on underground markets, getting authenticated could be trivial. .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2021

The patches released today fix security problems in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 , 2016 and 2019. The software giant typically releases security updates on the second Tuesday of each month, but it occasionally deviates from that schedule when addressing active attacks that target newly identified and serious vulnerabilities in its products.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

“In fact, large aggregations of stolen credentials have been around since 2013-2014. Finally, if you haven’t done so lately, mosey on over to twofactorauth.org and see if you are taking full advantage of the strongest available multi-factor authentication option at sites you trust with your data.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 13, 2021

Microsoft released updates to fix four more flaws in Exchange Server versions 2013-2019 ( CVE-2021-28480 , CVE-2021-28481 , CVE-2021-28482 , CVE-2021-28483 ). Interestingly, all four were reported by the U.S. National Security Agency , although Microsoft says it also found two of the bugs internally.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Authentication panel of the WorldClient component Implanting the MDaemon server The persistence method used by the threat actor was based on WorldClient allowing loading of extensions that handle custom HTTP requests from clients to the email server. tmp ~dfae01202c5f0dba42.cmd cmd c_27803.nls nls c_12058.nls

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 10, 2020

was responsible for $17 million worth of stolen credential sales since its inception in 2013. Firsov is slated to be arraigned later this week, when he will face two felony counts, specifically aiding and abetting the unauthorized solicitation of access devices, and aiding and abetting trafficking in “false authentication features.”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2023

The Outlook vulnerability ( CVE-2023-23397 ) affects all versions of Microsoft Outlook from 2013 to the newest. ” “The vulnerability effectively lets the attacker authenticate as a trusted individual without having to know the person’s password,” Breen said.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

“I was able to answer the credit report questions successfully, which authenticated me to their system,” Turner said. That’s because Experian does not offer any type of multi-factor authentication options on consumer accounts. But now he’s wondering what else he could do to prevent another account compromise.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2021

” Demirkapi found the Experian API could be accessed directly without any sort of authentication, and that entering all zeros in the “date of birth” field let him then pull a person’s credit score. ” Demirkapi’s Experian credit score lookup tool.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 23, 2024

The proliferation of new top-level domains (TLDs) has exacerbated a well-known security weakness: Many organizations set up their internal Microsoft authentication systems years ago using domain names in TLDs that didn’t exist at the time. ” Caturegli said setting up an email server record for memrtcc.ad

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Unlike the four zero-days involved in the mass compromise of Exchange Server systems earlier this year, CVE-2021-42321 requires the attacker to be already authenticated to the target’s system. As Exchange zero-days go, CVE-2021-42321 appears somewhat mild by comparison.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

. “To make sure that your Exchange organization is better protected against the latest threats (for example Emotet, TrickBot or WannaCry to name a few) we recommend disabling SMBv1 if it’s enabled on your Exchange (2013/2016/2019) server.” It also provides an authenticated inter-process communication mechanism.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In customer guidance released Thursday, Microsoft said it is investigating two reported zero-day flaws affecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2020

organizations between January 2013 and July 2019. economy Manipulating identities Threat actors seek out AD for the same reason corporations rely on it: AD is the hub of authentication, supplying Single Sign-On (SSO) access across the entire company network. Ransomware continues to endure as a highly lucrative criminal enterprise.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

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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Penetration Testing

JANUARY 28, 2025

A significant security vulnerability has been identified in the Deepin desktop environment’s dde-api-proxy service, earning the designation CVE-2025-23222 The post Authentication Bypass in Deepin D-Bus Proxy Service (CVE-2025-23222): A Critical Design Flaw Exposed appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2020

It seems that the huge trove of data was the result of a data breach that took place in 2017, the oldest entries are dated back as 2013. The dump was discovered by a Dubai-based cybersecurity firm Rewterz ( @rewterz ) that confirmed its authenticity and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is investigating the matter.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Yahoo data breach (2013). Summary: Yahoo believes that "state-sponsored actors" compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published new details about the identity of “Rescator,” a Russian cybercriminal who is thought to be closely connected to the 2013 data breach at Target.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 21, 2022

Auth0 is a cloud identity platform that helps developers deal with authentication and authorization. It was founded in 2013 by Woloski (CTO) and Eugenio Pace (CEO) via remote partnership while Woloski lived in Argentina and Pace in the US. He currently acts as its CTO, a role to which brings a forward-looking dynamism.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 22, 2025

In response to ongoing security threats and privacy violations, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published significant updates to the HIPAA Security Rulethe first substantial revision since 2013. Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) : Use MFA to secure access to sensitive systems.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

By 2013, new LastPass customers were given 5,000 iterations by default. To automatically populate the appropriate credentials at any website going forward, you simply authenticate to LastPass using your master password. The more iterations, the longer it takes an offline attacker to crack your master password.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

DomainTools says there are more than 1,300 current and former domain names registered to Mihail Kolesnikov between 2013 and July 2023. Either way, it’s clearly a pseudonym, but there are some other commonalities among these domains that may provide insight into how Snatch and other ransomware groups are sourcing their victims.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2022

World Password Day is celebrated in May every year and is being done since 2013 as a group of Cybersecurity Professionals declared the first Thursday of May every year as the day to celebrate as the security day of our online lives. But Microsoft Authenticator app doesn’t offer such troubles. percent of accounts from being compromised.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

CVE ID Vulnerability Name Due Date CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability 03/21/22 CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability 03/21/22 CVE-2021-21973 VMware vCenter Server, Cloud Foundation Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) 03/21/22 CVE-2020-8218 Pulse Connect Secure Code Injection Vulnerability 09/07/22 CVE-2019-11581 (..)

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

Did you know that this unconventional celebration got its start in 2013, and that it’s now an official holiday on the annual calendar? Use multi-factor authentication. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is the process of protecting your digital password with a physical form of identification.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report advises organizations to deploy multifactor authentication throughout all systems and discourage password reuse. The combination of prominent media-reported mega breaches and less famous identity thefts have promoted the industry to adopt passwordless authentication methods.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

” The report states the BMDS did not implement security controls such as multifactor authentication, vulnerability assessment and mitigation, server rack security, protection of classified data stored on removable media, encrypting transmitted technical information, physical facility security such as cameras and sensors. .

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Nearly a year later, Exchange Server admins are met with another threat: ProxyNotShell, which in fact is a vulnerability chain comprising two actively exploited flaws: CVE-2022-41040 is a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that an authenticated attacker can exploit for privilege escalation.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

In March 2013, several impossibly massive waves of nuisance requests – peaking as high as 300 gigabytes per second— swamped Spamhaus , knocking the anti-spam organization off line for extended periods. As it now stands, CoAP does not require authentication to reply with a large response to a small request, Shin told me.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2019

“Recently I came across a blog from the ZDI, in which they detail a way to let Exchange authenticate to attackers using NTLM over HTTP. Mollema demonstrated that it’s possible to transfer automatic Windows authentication by connecting a machine on the network to a machine under the control of the attacker.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

they impact Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019, an authenticated attacker can trigger them to elevate privileges to run PowerShell in the context of the system and gain arbitrary or remote code execution on vulnerable servers. It's perhaps just Exchange 2013 that requires a tweak. Can confirm.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Keeping devices updated with the latest software, using multi-factor authentication, segregating management interfaces of network devices from the internet and changing passwords once or twice in a month is being advised by NCSC to safeguard their IT assets from being attacked by Cyclops Blink malware. Now some statistic facts about malware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The IT giant has promptly started the investigation into the two zero-day vulnerabilities that impacts Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. Successful exploitation of the CVE-2022-41040 can allow an authenticated attacker to remotely trigger CVE-2022-41082. . ” reads the advisory published by Microsoft.

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