Cisco Security

MARCH 15, 2022

On March 15, 2022, a government flash bulletin was published describing how state-sponsored cyber actors were able to use the PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527) in addition to bypassing Duo 2FA to compromise an unpatched Windows machine and gain administrative privileges. This activity was documented as early as May, 2021.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2021

GitHub announced a security update due to a bug causing issues with the authentication of sessions. On March 2, GitHub received an external report of anomalous behavior for their authenticated GitHub.com user session. This would give them the valid and authenticated session cookie for another user. How did GitHub fix the issue?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 4, 2023

In a major move forward for passwordless authentication, Google is introducing passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms. Passkeys can be created within Google accounts at g.co/passkeys. Still, passkeys do allow anyone with physical access to your unlocked device to access your account.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 5, 2022

For about six months, more than 100 National Health Service (NHS) employees in the United Kingdom had their email accounts used in various phishing attacks, some of which intended to steal Microsoft logins.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 29, 2022

According to Twitter , it’s supposed to let people know “that an account of public interest is authentic.” ” That’s great, so long as the account is authentic, but what if, one day, it suddenly isn’t? Your blue badge Twitter account has been reviewed as spam by our Twitter team.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Microsoft warns that the Russia-linked APT28 group is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-23397 Outlook flaw to hijack Microsoft Exchange accounts. The vulnerability is a Microsoft Outlook spoofing vulnerability that can lead to an authentication bypass. ” reads trhe announcement published by DKWOC.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

China-linked group UNC3886 has been exploiting vCenter Server zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 since at least late 2021. Mandiant researchers reported that China-linked APT group UNC3886 has been exploiting vCenter Server zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-34048 since at least late 2021. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Threat actors have launched a phishing campaign targeting more than 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts in an attempt to hijack them. Researchers from Abnormal Security uncovered a phishing scam aimed at hijacking at least 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts. Using this trick, threat actors were able to bypass multi-factor authentication.

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Pentester Academy

MARCH 23, 2023

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. Technical difficulty: Beginner Introduction In 2021, a high-risk vulnerability was found in Moodle. The CVE assigned to this vulnerability is CVE-2021–21809.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Twitter confirmed that the recent leak of members’ profile information resulted from the 2021 data breach disclosed in August 2022. Twitter confirmed that the recent data leak of millions of profiles resulted from the 2021 data breach that the company disclosed in August 2022. Source: Twitter account @sonoclaudio.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2021

CVE -2021-27651. This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2021-27651. of Pega Infinity, the password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.”. of Pega Infinity, the password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.”.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Experts spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. ” Experts believe that FlyTrap belongs to a family of trojans that employ social engineering tricks to compromise Facebook accounts as part of a session hijacking campaign. .

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2021

SMS authentication codes are back in the news, and the word I’d use to summarise their reappearance is “embattled.” ” I can still remember a time where two-factor authentication (2FA), authentication grids, regional lockouts, Yubikeys, and offline authentication apps simply did not exist.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. By using the services, cybercriminals can gain access to victims’ accounts to steal money.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Threat actors behind the Twilio hack also gained access to the accounts of 93 individual users of its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service. The company has more than 5,000 employees in 17 countries, and its revenues in 2021 are US$2.84 We have since identified and removed unauthorized devices from these Authy accounts.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2022

Microsoft observed a large-scale phishing campaign that used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords, hijack a user’s sign-in session, and bypass the authentication process even when the victim has enabled the MFA. and certificate-based authentication. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

Researchers found a critical vulnerability in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager that could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass authentication. The authentication bypass flaw affects HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager (EIM) version 1.21. ” reads the security advisory published. Rated critical, with a CVSS score of 9.8,

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

million accounts was caused by the exploitation of a zero-day flaw. million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. “This bug resulted from an update to our code in June 2021. Twitter confirmed that the recent data breach that exposed data of 5.4

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold. In 2021, IC3 received 1,611 SIM swapping complaints with adjusted losses of more than $68 million.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Not All Authentication Methods Are Equally Safe. There is broad recognition by security leaders that stronger authentication is foundational to preventing data breaches. While the concept of multifactor authentication is comprehensive, the devil is hiding in the implementation detail. Distinct user authentication journeys.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

billion Azure AD brute force authentication attacks and detected 35.7 billion phishing emails with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 in 2021. Enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) and passwordless authentication would allow customers to protect their accounts from brute force attacks. ” states Microsoft.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The year 2021 was eventful in terms of digital threats for organizations and individuals, and financial institutions were no exception. share in 2020 to the second most common in 2021 with 12.2%. The mass change in cybercriminals’ objectives and methods seen in 2020 continued in 2021. Phishing: In 2021, 8.2%

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2022

cybersecurity agencies joined their counterparts around the globe to urge organizations to address the top 15 vulnerabilities exploited in 2021. Microsoft occupied more than half the list, with Exchange Server accounting for eight of the vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-44228. CVE-2021-40539. CVE-2021-34523. “U.S.,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

Passwordless authentication as a default parameter can’t arrive too soon. That’s the upshot of a new report, The State of Passwordless Security 2021 , put out by HYPR , a New York City-based supplier of advanced authentication systems. Related: Top execs call for facial recognition to be regulated. city water supply.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 05:29. Whether you want the ‘trick’ of a malevolent threat actor infiltrating your network by exploiting a compromised password or the ‘treat’ from the peace of mind associated with multifactor authentication, the choice is yours.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

“Unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021. Review domain controllers, servers, workstations, and active directories for new or unrecognized user accounts. Use double authentication when logging into accounts or services. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2022

Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who’ve had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The post NIST Password Guidelines 2021: Challenging Traditional Password Management appeared first on VeriClouds. The post NIST Password Guidelines 2021: Challenging Traditional Password Management appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

ENISA published a report that includes anonymised and aggregated information about major telecom security incidents in 2021. ENISA published a report that provides anonymized and aggregated information about major telecom security incidents in 2021. The number of Incidents caused by human errors is the same as in 2020.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

On March 15, 2022, a US government flash bulletin was published describing how state-sponsored cyber actors were able to exploit certain authentication workflows in combination with PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527) to gain administrative access to Windows domain controllers.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. But the same campaign relied on takeovers of AD FS servers to overtake Microsoft 365 accounts for espionage purposes. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

We don’t know much about the source of the November 2021 incident, other than GoDaddy’s statement that it involved a compromised password, and that it took about two months for the company to detect the intrusion. What else do we know about the cause of these incidents?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 8, 2021

Hardware-based PKI provides strong passwordless authentication. Thu, 07/08/2021 - 08:40. The need to manage users and authenticators in a secure and timely way is important with any PKI-based deployment. Certificate-based and software authentication solutions and OTP. PKI and Credential Management. PKI Management.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

To my mind, this just reinforces the need to remove mobile phone numbers from all of your online accounts wherever feasible. The HaveIBeenPwned project, which collects and analyzes hundreds of database dumps containing information about billions of leaked accounts, has incorporated the data into his service. According to a Jan.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Adoption of two-factor authentication has substantially increased since we began conducting this research in 2017. SMS Text Message Remains the Most Used Authentication Method SMS (85%) continues to be the most common second factor that respondents with 2FA experience have used, slightly up from in 2019 (72%).

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2021

How to identify a spoofed email How to prevent email spoofing in 2021 Email spoofing is a constantly evolving threat. How to prevent email spoofing in 2021. The Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) protocol is one of the most effective defenses against email spoofing. What is email spoofing?

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