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SHARED INTEL: Coming very soon — ‘passwordless authentication’ as a de facto security practice

The Last Watchdog

As a tradeoff for enjoying our digital lives, we’ve learned to live with password overload and even tolerate two-factor authentication. I had a chance to discuss this seminal transition with George Avetisov, co-founder and chief executive officer of HYPR , a Manhattan-based supplier of advanced authentication technologies.

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PgMiner botnet exploits disputed CVE to hack unsecured PostgreSQL DBs

Security Affairs

The PGminer botnet targets Postgress that have default user “ postgres ”, and performs a brute-force attack iterating over a built-in list of popular passwords such as “ 112233 “ and “ 1q2w3e4r “ to bypass authentication. SecurityAffairs – hacking, PGminer). ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks Unit42.

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Microsoft: Two New 0-Day Flaws in Exchange Server

Krebs on Security

In customer guidance released Thursday, Microsoft said it is investigating two reported zero-day flaws affecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. ” These web-based backdoors offer attackers an easy-to-use, password-protected hacking tool that can be accessed over the Internet from any browser.

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PoC exploit code for ProxyNotShell Microsoft Exchange bugs released online

Security Affairs

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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ukraine Nabs Suspect in 773M Password ?Megabreach?

Krebs on Security

The SBU said they found on Sanix’s computer records showing he sold databases with “logins and passwords to e-mail boxes, PIN codes for bank cards, e-wallets of cryptocurrencies, PayPal accounts, and information about computers hacked for further use in botnets and for organizing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.”

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FBI Arrests Alleged Owner of Deer.io, a Top Broker of Stolen Accounts

Krebs on Security

District Court for the Southern District of California allege Firsov was the administrator of deer.io, an online platform that hosted more than 24,000 shops for selling stolen and/or hacked usernames and passwords for a variety of top online destinations. An example seller’s panel at deer.io. Click image to enlarge.

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Lab Walkthrough?—?Moodle SpellChecker Path Authenticated RCE [CVE-2021–21809]

Pentester Academy

Lab Walkthrough — Moodle SpellChecker Path Authenticated RCE [CVE-2021–21809] In our lab walkthrough series, we go through selected lab exercises on our INE Platform. Also, to access the upgrade.txt file, we do not need any authentication. This is extremely similar to CVE-2013–3630, just using a different variable. and 3.8.0.