SecureWorld News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The University of Michigan experienced an internet outage on August 27th that affected students, faculty, and staff across all three campuses just as the fall semester was kicking off. Students and faculty were also unable to connect to the internet on their personal devices. The outage began at approximately 1:40 p.m.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Zoho urges customers to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus that is actively exploited in the wild. Zoho has released a security patch to address an authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40539, in its ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Last Watchdog sought commentary from technology thought leaders about lessons learned in 2021– and guidance heading into 2022. In 2021, large supply chain attacks successfully exploited critical vulnerabilities. One way to achieve this is to embrace a passwordless approach to authentication. Paul Ayers, CEO, Noetic Cyber.

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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 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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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In 2021, we endured the fallout of a seemingly endless parade of privacy controversies and milestone cyber attacks. Last Watchdog sought commentary from technology thought leaders about lessons learned in 2021– and any guidance they might have to offer heading into 2022. Related: The dire need to security-proof APIs.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This post has been updated for 2021. Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. At this point, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has permeated most applications, becoming a minimum safeguard against attacks. Rise of multi-factor authentication.

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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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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

When the number of computers on the internet could be counted with two hands, there was the password. Lo was the first word sent across the internet. What’s Coming I’m excited to share that Cisco is announcing Duo’s passwordless authentication. Workforces are ready for passwordless authentication. It has to be simple.

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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. The advisory entails the top 15 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that were routinely exploited by malicious cyber actors in 2021, plus another 21 frequently exploited CVEs.

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McAfee

MAY 10, 2021

Even as the internet kept us connected with family and friends during the pandemic, people remain understandably eager to reconnect in person as vaccines roll out and restrictions ease. People are m ore c onnected and m ore p rotected in 2021 . In fact, people are making travel plans accordingly. Stay Updated? .

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

A router is a gateway from the internet to a home or office — despite being conceived quite the opposite. During 2020 and 2021, more than 500 router vulnerabilities were found. The nvd.nist.gov website presents different figures, but they too show a significant increase in the number of router vulnerabilities found in 2020 and 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

Internet security best practices mandate unique credentials for each online account; doing so would be impossible without a solid password manager like Dashlane. This software uses patented security architecture with 256-bit encryption, plus built-in two factor authentication. Dashlane disadvantages: authentication and affordability.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Fast and Safe Protection for 5G Subscriber Privacy and Authentication. Fri, 10/22/2021 - 06:18. The protection and authenticity of subscriber authentication and privacy in 5G networks is equally important to requirements for increased reliability and low latency. Meet us at the MWC Los Angeles 2021. cloud adoption.

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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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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. A Safer Internet of Things. The post The Internet of Things Is Everywhere.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2021

Adair said while the exploits used by the group may have taken great skills to develop, they require little technical know-how to use and can give an attacker easy access to all of an organization’s email if their vulnerable Exchange Servers are directly exposed to the Internet.

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Google Security

JUNE 3, 2022

Posted by Harshvardhan Sharma, Information Security Engineer, Google 2021 was another record-breaking year for our Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP). 2021 saw some amazing work from the security research community. We paid a total of $8.7 million in rewards, our highest amount yet.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 30, 2021

Here is the most recent vulnerability report, including the top CVE list for the second quarter of 2021. The X-axis above depicts all vulnerabilities found in the second quarter from 1 April to 30 June 2021. The CVE Dirty Dozen for Q2 2021. vulnerability – CVE-2021-1675. Web application exploits continue to dominate.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2021

The start of 2021 brings forth a cyber security crossroads. Additional authentication is also needed in case potential complications are indicated. Ransomware and fileless malware breaches will rapidly continue to destabilize businesses in 2021. Related: Breaches spike during pandemic. All too many vectors.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Threat actors were spotted exploiting the CVE-2021-26084 vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence enterprise collaboration product a few days after it was patched by the vendor. Last week, Atlassian released security patches to address the critical CVE-2021-26084 flaw that affects the Confluence enterprise collaboration product.

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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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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2024

The seller, who goes online with the moniker MajorNelson, claims that the data was obtained from an unamed AT&T division by @ ShinyHunters in 2021. “It should be noted before anyone hits us with an “aktschually” – the data was stolen in 2021. The archive contains 73.481.539 records.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 9, 2021

On August 3, 2021 a vulnerability that was discovered by Tenable was made public. The vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-20090. Under the description of CVE-2021-20090 you will find: “a path traversal vulnerability in the web interfaces of Buffalo WSR-2533DHPL2 firmware version <= 1.02 Router firmware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Experts warn of an ongoing hacking campaign that already compromised at least nine organizations worldwide from critical sectors by exploiting CVE-2021-40539. In the middle of September, the FBI, CISA, and the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warned that nation-state APT groups were actively exploiting the CVE-2021-40539 flaw.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

It is set in 2021, after all. Any Device, Any Location, Any Service From Beijing to Newark, Johnny accesses the Internet from borrowed computers and back alleys. Any Device, Any Location, Any Service From Beijing to Newark, Johnny accesses the Internet from borrowed computers and back alleys. I admit it.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 2, 2022

So full, in fact, that the entire SASE vendor market grew 37% in just a year between 2020 and 2021. The SASE landscape is full of vendors. It’s clear that SASE is on the top of everyone’s minds. SASE is the evolution of networking and security – an architecture that converges them into a single, cloud delivered service.

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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. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are the smart consumer and business systems powering the homes, factories, and enterprise processes of tomorrow. The Forrester Wave for ICS Security Solutions released earlier this month for Q4 2021 placed Cisco atop the ICS/OT security industry. Read more: Top Application Security Vendors for 2021.

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McAfee

JANUARY 5, 2022

CVE-2021-43798: Grafana path traversal. However, if your organization is using this software, you probably should have followed the disclosure last month, lest your “/etc/passwd” files are now known to the whole internet. CVE 2021-44228: Log4Shell . CVE-2021-43527: Big Sig . What is it? . htaccess prompt or similar.

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. billion to $120 billion of the revenue in 2021, which is more than half of the estimated gaming industry value. billion in the first half of 2021. billion in the first half of 2021.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2022

“This allows attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to force domain controllers to authenticate to the attacker using NTLM authentication,” Wiseman said. ” “CVE-2021-36942 was so bad it made CISA’s catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ,” Wiseman said. in certain situations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Below is the list of flaws exploited by the ransomware gang’s affiliate: CVE-2021-27876 : The communication between a client and an Agent requires successful authentication, which is typically completed over a secure TLS communication. CVE-2021-27877 : An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

The seller, who goes online with the moniker MajorNelson, claims that the data was obtained from an unnamed AT&T division by @ ShinyHunters in 2021. It should be noted before anyone hits us with an “aktschually” – the data was stolen in 2021. The archive contains 73.481.539 records. “It It was leaked online today.”

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CSO Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

The attack is capable of bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA) and has targeted over 10,000 organizations since September 2021. According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), BEC attacks have led to over $43 billion in losses between June 2016 and December 2021.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 7, 2023

CVE-2021-40539 is a REST API authentication bypass vulnerability in ManageEngine’s single sign-on (SSO) solution which results in remote code execution (RCE). Noteworthy is that this vulnerability also made it into the top 5 routinely exploited vulnerabilities of 2021. We are not learning from history.

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