The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

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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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

From the start, two-factor authentication, or 2FA , established itself as a simple, effective way to verify identities with more certainty. Related: A primer on IoT security risks The big hitch with 2FA, and what it evolved into – multi-factor authentication, or MFA – has always been balancing user convenience and security.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2019

The privilege escalation vulnerability ( CVE-2019-0211 ) affecting the Apache HTTP server could be exploited by users with the right to write and run scripts to gain root on Unix systems. — Mark J Cox (@iamamoose) April 2, 2019. The second one, tracked as CVE-2019-0215 , affects Apache 2.4.37 releases 2.4.17 and 2.4.38.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

Microsoft has released its April 2019 Patch Tuesday updates that address over 70 vulnerabilities, including two Windows zero-day flaws. Microsoft has released the April 2019 Patch Tuesday updates that address 74 vulnerabilities, including two Windows zero-days under active attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

A security expert disclosed technical details of a new unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2019-9510) that affects Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-9510, could be exploited by client-side attackers to bypass the lock screen on remote desktop (RD) sessions. Log out when done or away!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Cisco released security updates for Cisco IOS XE operating system to address a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass authentication. “An exploit could be used to bypass authentication on Cisco routers configured with the REST API support for Cisco IOS XE Software.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

A recently fixed local privilege escalation flaw in windows (CVE-2019-0803) had been exploited by bad actors to deliver PowerShell Backdoor. The flaw could allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. The CVE-2019-0859 was the fifth Windows zero-day discovered by Kaspersky experts in a few months.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2019

Several security experts have developed PoC exploits for wormable Windows RDS flaw tracked as CVE-2019-0708 and dubbed BlueKeep. Experts have developed several proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the recently patched Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-0708 and dubbed BlueKeep. Patch now or GFY!

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Experts from Qualys Research Labs discovered four high-severity security flaws in OpenBSD, one of which is a type authentication bypass issue. Researchers from Qualys Research Labs discovered four high-severity security vulnerabilities in OpenBSD, a type authentication bypass issue and three privilege escalation bugs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2019

Experts from Qihoo 360 disclosed technical details of the actively exploited Windows zero-day flaw CVE-2019-0808 recently patched by Microsoft. Researchers at the security firm Qihoo 360 disclosed technical details of the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2019-0808 that was recently patched by Microsoft. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SC Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

National Security Agency, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI, as well as Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre – the campaign dates back to at least the middle of 2019 and has targeted hundreds of U.S. Adding multi-factor authentication will go a long way in remediating the threat.”.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Microsoft October 2019 Patch Tuesday addressed a total of 59 vulnerabilities. Microsoft addressed two critical remote code execution flaws , tracked as CVE-2019-1238 and CVE-2019-1239, in the VBScript engine, both tie the way VBScript handles objects in memory. ” reads the security advisory for the CVE 2019-1166.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Experts found a new version of the Cerberus Android banking trojan that can steal one-time codes generated by the Google Authenticator app and bypass 2FA. The malware-as-a-service Cerberus has emerged in the threat landscape in August 2019 , it is an Android RAT developed from scratch that doesn’t borrow the code from other malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

Microsoft Patches Over 90 Vulnerabilities With August 2019 Updates. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2019 address more than 90 flaws, including two new ‘ wormable ‘ issues in Windows Remote Desktop Services. The vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2019-1181, CVE-2019-1182, CVE-2019-1222 and CVE-2019-1226.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2019

Microsoft has released the January 2019 Patch Tuesday updates that address 51 vulnerabilities in Windows OSs and other products. A close look at the list of issues addressed with the Microsoft January 2019 Patch Tuesday reveals that 7 flaws are rated critical, none was exploited in attacks in the wild.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. 2019 will continue these trends but at a faster pace. Upcoming government standardization efforts will continue to increase substantially in 2019. About the author: Matt Burke.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2024

I bring all this up, because in 2019 Microsoft ditched its clunky browser source code and launched its Edge browser, based on open-source Chromium. Related: Why proxies aren’t enough Microsoft had used illegal monopolistic practices to crush Netscape Navigator thereby elevating Internet Explorer (IE) to become far and away the No.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2019

SAP addressed two critical vulnerabilities (Hot News) as part of the October 2019 Security Patch Day. SAP has released its October 2019 Security Patch Day updates that also address two critical vulnerabilities (Hot News) with CVSS scores of 9.3 ” reads the analysis published by security firm Onapsis. the flaw affects version 3.0

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In SiteLock’s 2019 Website Security Report , we analyzed 6 million websites in our sample data to determine the most prevalent cyber threats websites face today. According to the 2019 Verizon Security Report , 34% of breaches involved internal actors. However, those aren’t the only ways to gain unauthorized access to database content.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2019

Microsoft has addressed an important vulnerability (CVE-2019-1105) in Outlook for Android, potentially affected over 100 million users. Microsoft has addressed an important flaw tracked as CVE-2019-1105 that affects versions of Outlook for Android app before 3.0.88. ” reads the security advisory published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

Microsoft releases Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2019 that address 88 vulnerabilities in Windows OS and other products. The flaws were disclosed by the researcher SandboxEscaper over the past weeks, below the list of the issue: CVE-2019-0973 CVE-2019-1053 CVE-2019-1064 CVE-2019-1069. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Researchers discovered a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-14899 that can be exploited to hijack active TCP connections in a VPN tunnel. The CVE-2019-14899 vulnerability affects many Linux distros and Unix operating systems (i.e. SecurityAffairs – CVE-2019-14899 , hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The authentication bypass (CVE-2019-19521) is remotely exploitable.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

” In a Windows network, NTLM (New Technology LAN Manager) is a suite of Microsoft security protocols intended to provide authentication, integrity, and confidentiality to users. As part of the update, Microsoft has enabled Extended Protection for Authentication (EPA) by default with the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14).

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Security Boulevard

JULY 29, 2021

million in 2019 – organizations are realizing that yesterday’s user authentication tools no longer suffice. Continue reading "A Modern Approach to Authentication for Modern Times – Simple, Accurate & Frictionless". Continue reading "A Modern Approach to Authentication for Modern Times – Simple, Accurate & Frictionless".

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 14, 2019

The ability to narrow the gap between taking advantage of digital transformation without compromising security was a reoccurring theme at our 2019 annual Data Security Summit on May 1. For more key findings and security best practices, download a copy of the new 2019 Thales Data Threat Report — Federal Edition.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address authentication issues affecting Windows Server. Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to fix authentication failures related to Kerberos delegation scenarios impacting Domain Controllers (DC) running Windows Server.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2019

Now that 2019 has arrived, what should corporations be doing to comply with the various data security and privacy regulations? What resolutions should be made in 2019 to make it easier to comply? The post Resolve to Comply in 2019 appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

According to Armis, an attacker can send undocumented commands in the Unified Messaging Application Services protocol of a Modicon controller to force the device to bypass existing authentication protections and leak a hash. Though they were patched, Armis researchers were able to leverage them in new ways to make the attack work.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 8, 2021

Interesting paper: “ Shadow Attacks: Hiding and Replacing Content in Signed PDFs “: Abstract: Digitally signed PDFs are used in contracts and invoices to guarantee the authenticity and integrity of their content. In 2019, Mladenov et al. A user opening a signed PDF expects to see a warning in case of any modification.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2019 address 80 flaws, including two privilege escalation issues exploited in attacks. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2019 address 80 vulnerabilities, including two privilege escalation flaws that have been exploited in attacks in the wild. Pierluigi Paganini.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 23, 2019

According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2019 Executive Opinion Survey , it’s cyberattacks. When reflecting on 2019, it’s clear why that is. Below, I’ll recap notable incidents from 2019, expand upon their commonalities, and explore a few lessons to learn as we enter a new year. What keeps executives up at night?

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2021

Separately, it seems that the SVR conducted a dry run of the attack five months before the actual attack: The hackers distributed malicious files from the SolarWinds network in October 2019, five months before previously reported files were sent to victims through the company’s software update servers. We know at minimum they had access Oct.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 10, 2023

The 2023 list provides an update to the original list, published in 2019. Broken object level authorisation API vulnerabilities have been number one on the OWASP list since 2019 and have kept their top spot in the 2023 version. This API authentication security vulnerability has kept its number two spot on the OWASP list since 2019.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In our recently launched 2019 Data Threat Report-Global Edition , we found that 97% of enterprises are using sensitive data within digitally transformative technology but, only 30% are encrypting that data. It is a proof point that our REST API crypto solutions can easily be implemented in traditional as well as ground-breaking environments.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

“Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting. Enforce MFA on all VPN connections [ D3-MFA ].

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2019

Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2019 address 64 flaws, including two Windows zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in targeted attacks. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2019 address 64 vulnerabilities, including two Windows zero-day flaws that have been exploited in targeted attacks. ” reads the security advisory.

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