Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The flaw being exploited in the wild already — CVE-2021-1732 — affects Windows 10, Server 2016 and later editions. CVE-2021-24078 earned a CVSS Score of 9.8, There is also a zero-day flaw in Google’s Chrome Web browser (CVE-2021-21148) that is seeing active attacks. which is about as dangerous as they come.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

CISA noted that Basic authentication is simple and pretty convenient but unsecured by design. And it’s incompatible with multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems , so admins might be discouraged from enabling it. or Microsoft Active Directory Authentication Library uses tokens that expire quickly and cannot be reused elsewhere.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2022

VMware has yet to address the CVE-2021-22048 privilege escalation vulnerability in vCenter Server disclosed in November 2021. VMware warns customers that it has yet to address a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22048 , in the vCenter Server. only) from Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

By all accounts, the most pressing priority this month is CVE-2021-31166 , a Windows 10 and Windows Server flaw which allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute malicious code at the operating system level. 5, 2021 to Microsoft was in Exchange Server.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Passwordless authentication is often described as improving both the usability and security aspects of both the employee and customer identity journeys. The post 5 Questions to Ask Your Passwordless Authentication Vendor appeared first on The Cyber Hut.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Our thanks to BSides Berlin for publishing their tremendous videos from the BSides Berlin 2021 Conference on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. The post BSides Berlin 2021 – Harsh Bothra’s ‘Exploiting Vulnerabilities In Cookie Based Authentication’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers from Proofpoint have found that cyber crooks are easily see foxing users of Multifactor Authentication (MFA) these days by buying phishing kits that have the ability to bypass MFA. After reading the article, you might get a feeling on how to proceed with Multi-factor Authentication and keep your online activity safe.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 10, 2021

With more staff working remotely, identity, authentication, and access (IAA) has never been more important. Market forecasts, drivers, and trends are explored.

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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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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Microsoft announced that users can access their consumer accounts without providing passwords and using more secure authentication methods. Microsoft says the feature will be rolled out over the coming weeks, it already provides passwordless methods to enterprise users since March 2021, and plans to roll out it for Azure AD accounts.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 13, 2021

According to the cloud-based hosting service provider GitHub, as of August 13th, 2021, account passwords are no longer accepted for validating Git operations. The announcement is not new as in July 2020 GitHub declared that all authenticated Git operations will necessitate the use of a private access token, OAuth token, or SSH key.

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability could be exploited by remote attackers to Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLCs). “An attacker who is able to extract the secret key would be able to authenticate to any Rockwell Logix controller.” ” reads the advisory published by CISA.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2021

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass issue (CVE-2021-20090 ) affecting home routers with Arcadyan firmware. Threat actors actively exploit a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20090 , impacting home routers with Arcadyan firmware to deploy a Mirai bot.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2021

VMware has addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance. VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21982 , in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance that could be exploited by attackers to bypass authentication. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

Atlassian fixed a critical flaw in its Jira software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540 , that could be exploited to bypass authentication. Atlassian has addressed a critical vulnerability in its Jira Seraph software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540 (CVSS score 9.9), that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 20, 2022

How to activate multifactor authentication everywhere. The impact of not having multifactor authentication (MFA) activated for all users is now well known by enterprises. Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation 2021 Report indicates that over 80% of breaches evolve phishing, brute force or the use of lost or stolen credentials.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2021

An authentication bypass flaw in the polkit auth system service used on most Linux distros can allow to get a root shell. An authentication bypass vulnerability in the polkit auth system service, tracked as CVE-2021-3560 , which is used on most Linux distros can allow an unprivileged attacker to get a root shell.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2022

Zoho addressed a new critical severity flaw (CVE-2021-44757) that affects its Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions. Zoho fixed a new critical severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-44757, that affects its Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The researcher Janggggg has published on Sunday a proof-of-concept exploit code for an actively exploited vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-42321 , in Microsoft Exchange servers. The CVE-2021-42321 is a high-severity remote code execution issue that occurs due to improper validation of cmdlet arguments. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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eSecurity Planet

MAY 4, 2023

In a major move forward for passwordless authentication, Google is introducing passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms. ” Google’s move will make passkeys an additional verification option alongside passwords and two-factor verification. . Microsoft began its own move toward passwordless in Sept.

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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.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Per the National Retail Federation, sales grew over 14% to nearly $900 billion in November and December 2021; if they grow at the same rate this year, holiday retail sales will top $1 trillion in 2022. The post Customer Authentication Tips for Safer Holiday Shopping appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

What’s Coming I’m excited to share that Cisco is announcing Duo’s passwordless authentication. Duo passwordless authentication will be available for public preview beginning summer 2021. Workforces are ready for passwordless authentication. The journey to passwordless authentication will be taken in steps and stages.

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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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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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Security Boulevard

APRIL 6, 2021

The post Announcing Zero Trust Authentication for Managed Devices and BYOD appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that the critical CVE-2021-44515 zero-day vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine Desktop Central has been under active exploitation by nation-state actors since at least October. ” reads the flash alert published by the FBI. ” reads the flash alert published by the FBI.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

USCYBERCOM is urging organizations to patch a critical CVE-2021-26084 flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center, ahead of the Labor Day weekend. . US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has issued an alert to warn US organizations to address Atlassian Confluence CVE-2021-26084 vulnerability immediately, ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Threat actors are actively exploiting the recently disclosed CVE-2021-26084 RCE vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence deployments. At the end of August, Atlassian released security patches to address the critical CVE-2021-26084 flaw that affects the Confluence enterprise collaboration product. ActionRequired patch immediately!

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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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