SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. IT threat evolution in Q2 2022. While fileless malware is nothing new, the way the encrypted shellcode containing the malicious payload is embedded into Windows event logs is. Non-mobile statistics. Mobile statistics. Targeted attacks. Other malware.

Mobile 84

Mobile Ransomware Malware Encryption 84

McAfee

OCTOBER 26, 2021

What cyber security threats should enterprises look out for in 2022? Skilled engineers and security architects from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye offer a preview of how the threatscape might look in 2022 and how these new or evolving threats could potentially impact the security of enterprises, countries, and civilians.

Cybercrime 118

Cybercrime Ransomware Risk B2C 118

BH Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2022

Many professionals agree multi-factor authentication (MFA) can improve security, but a recent discovery showed that it’s no panacea either. Microsoft’s extensive blog has more details. It’s now accepting applications to start in September 2022. A detailed primer on end-to-end encryption for those writing public policy.

Cybercrime 52

Cybercrime Accountability Phishing Authentication 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The OpenSSL project has issued security updates to address a couple of high-severity vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786 , in its cryptography library. ” reads the advisory published by the CVE-2022-3786. SecurityAffairs – hacking, encryption). The flaws impact versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.6

Encryption 104

Encryption Authentication Hacking Software 104

Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In November 2022, we announced the general availability of Duo Passwordless. With this release, many high security and low friction authentication methods were made available. WebAuthn allows servers to register and authenticate users using Public Key Cryptography. How do users enroll? What makes these methods so secure?

Authentication 55

Authentication Encryption eCommerce Phishing 55

SecureWorld News

MARCH 28, 2023

It affects Catalina and subsequent macOS versions riding on Intel M1 and M2 CPUs," according to an Uptycs blog post. " Phil Stokes of SentinelOne wrote in a recent blog post: "Perhaps prized above all data on a user's Mac is the user's keychain, an encrypted database used to store passwords, authentication tokens, and encryption keys.

Passwords 82

Passwords Encryption Malware Spyware 82

Security Boulevard

APRIL 25, 2022

Mon, 04/25/2022 - 19:06. Neil Madden, a Security Architect at ForgeRock who discovered the vulnerability, said in a blog post that “you should stop what you are doing” and immediately install the fixes in the Oracle April 2022 Critical Patch Update. Encryption. brooke.crothers. Java version 15 and above affected.

Policy Compliance 69

Policy Compliance Authentication Encryption Education 69

NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As we were preparing our slides and tools for our DEF CON Cloud Village Talk ( What the Function: A Deep Dive into Azure Function App Security ), Thomas Elling and I stumbled onto an extension of some existing research that we disclosed on the NetSPI blog in March of 2023.

Encryption 138

Encryption Accountability Penetration Testing Authentication 138

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 5, 2022

Fri, 08/05/2022 - 00:05. SSH authenticates the parties involved and allows them to exchange commands and output via multiple data manipulation techniques. As Justin Elingwood of DigitalOcean explains , SSH encrypts data exchanged between two parties using a client-server model. How Secure Shell (SSH) Keys Work. Scott Carter.

Encryption 59

Encryption Authentication System Administration Firewall 59

Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We have a lot of thoughts on passkeys – some of which we’ve shared in other posts in this passkey blog series – and today we’re going to explore how passkeys stack up against passwords from the perspective of cloud platforms. That’s why many tech companies are turning to passkeys as a more secure and convenient replacement.

Passwords 79

Passwords Password Management Authentication Threat Detection 79

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Thu, 09/29/2022 - 09:42. Hence, all network traffic “must be encrypted and authenticated as soon as practicable.” Hence, device-to-device, API-to-API, container-to-container, or, in a word, machine-to-machine communications must be authenticated. Zero Trust Is (also) About Protecting Machine Identities. brooke.crothers.

IoT 111

IoT Authentication Encryption Architecture 111

Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

In late January 2022, ThreatLabz identified an updated version of Conti ransomware as part of the global ransomware tracking efforts. This update was released prior to the massive leak of Conti source code and chat logs on Februrary 27, 2022. Start encryption using the specified path as the root directory. Technical Analysis.

Ransomware 129

Ransomware Encryption Software Passwords 129

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2022

Tue, 05/17/2022 - 05:36. In a previous blog post, I discussed how The White House Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 laid out new, rigorous government cyber security standards for federal agencies. Protect – Encrypt data at rest and in-flight without costly performance impact. MFA and Encryption. Government.

Cybersecurity 87

Cybersecurity Encryption Architecture Technology 87

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). To nominate, please visit:?. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Spyware 70

Spyware DNS Surveillance Ransomware 70

Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

Thu, 07/21/2022 - 15:03. The same issues, or even worse, will be faced in the near future if businesses, organizations and agencies fail to be proactive in establishing concise and comprehensive policies and practices for migrating to a post-quantum encryption regime. Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms Announced.

Encryption 114

Encryption Authentication Architecture Backups 114

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

Authentication. Two-factor authentication is another important security measure for the cloud era. Increasingly, passwordless authentication is becoming the norm. Data encryption. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever.

Cybersecurity 100

Cybersecurity Passwords Penetration Testing Encryption 100

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2024

This new regulation ( EU 2022/2554 ) requires financial entities, and their critical Information and Communication Technology (ICT) suppliers, to implement contractual, organisational and technical measures to improve the level of digital operational resilience of the sector. This is called cyber shredding.

Financial Services 83

Financial Services Cybersecurity Encryption Risk 83

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” Since September 2022, Moobot botnet was spotted targeting vulnerable D-Link routers. ” reads the joint report. ” continues the report.

Energy and Utilities 96

Energy and Utilities Government Firewall Malware 96

Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2022

Implement Strong Authentication and Authorization Solutions. Identification and authentication failures, a typical API attack as stated by OWASP, result from poor or non-existent authentication and authorization. Solid authentication solutions like OAuth and OpenID Connect should be integrated when feasible.

Authentication 76

Authentication Encryption Software Hacking 76

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2022

Thu, 04/28/2022 - 16:10. While TLS is being used to secure traffic between clients and servers on the internet, it does so by using unidirectional authentication — the server presents a digital certificate to prove its identity to a client. 509 certificates to identify and authenticate each microservice. brooke.crothers.

Authentication 52

Authentication Encryption Architecture Internet 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Cybercrime 89

Cybercrime Malware Hacking Accountability 89

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. Only use encrypted HTTPS or other types of secure connections (SSH, etc.). Disable any service that you are not using, such as Telnet, SSH, web server, SQL server, phpMyAdmin and PostgreSQL.

VPN 103

VPN Internet Internet Firewall 103

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2022

Wed, 08/03/2022 - 10:48. 230 apps were leaking all four 0Auth authentication credentials and could be used to fully take over Twitter accounts to perform critical/sensitive actions. The Twitter API provides direct access to a Twitter account and OAuth tokens are used by the Twitter API for authentication. brooke.crothers.

Mobile 98

Mobile Authentication Accountability Identity Theft 98

Security Boulevard

APRIL 7, 2022

Thu, 04/07/2022 - 16:18. In the meantime, it is important to understand that TLS should be employed to encrypt all communications in the cluster between services, not just ingress. But that is a topic for another blog.). This is where mTLS comes useful—mTLS makes the authenticity symmetric. brooke.crothers.

Authentication 52

Authentication Encryption Digital transformation 52

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

So watch out for weak encryption protocols, insufficient network segregation, or insecure user authentication mechanisms. Software gaps Similarly, the availability of onboard Wi-Fi services has become increasingly common in commercial aircraft so passengers can stay connected to the internet even during a long flight.

Software 264

Software Risk Artificial Intelligence Engineering 264

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 16, 2022

Thu, 06/16/2022 - 05:26. With cloud and mobile computing becoming the norm, identity-based and strong authentication are the crucial steps in advancing trust in the digital world. Humans, machines, and APIs should all be authenticated using this method based on their identities, purposes, and usage context.

Encryption 71

Encryption Artificial Intelligence Architecture Digital transformation 71

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In fact, the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report revealed an alarming 13 percent increase in ransomware attacks overall – greater than past five years combined – and the inability to properly manage identities and privileges across the enterprise is often the root cause. Related: Replacing VPNs with ZTNA.

Ransomware 220

Ransomware Passwords Data breaches Accountability 220

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

According to the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report – Financial Services Edition , 52% of U.S. was released on March 31, 2022, and before we know it, businesses will face the compliance deadline of March 31, 2024. Secure data storage is closely related to encryption and key management. The new version of the standard, PCI DSS 4.0,

Financial Services 78

Financial Services Data breaches Accountability Encryption 78

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. This means that the threat actor was able to avoid detection for more than 15 years.

Malware 78

Malware Spyware Encryption Phishing 78

Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

Fri, 05/27/2022 - 09:43. The difference between root SSH and SSH keys is that SSH can support basic password authentication, whereas SSH keys are a more secure authentication process when logging into an SSH server. Just like a physical key, there is specific code and encryption on each of the public and private keys.

Encryption 72

Encryption Authentication Passwords Risk 72

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

This blog was jointly written with Santiago Cortes. AT&T Alien Labs™ is writing this report about recently created ransomware malware dubbed BlackCat which was used in a January 2022 campaign against two international oil companies headquartered in Germany, Oiltanking and Mabanaft. Blog BotenaGo. Executive summary.

Ransomware 119

Ransomware Encryption Malware Backups 119

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Mon, 11/21/2022 - 18:30. Private key encryption is also referred to as symmetric encryption, where the same private key is used for both encryption and decryption. In public key cryptography, the private key is used for encryption and digital signatures. What Is a Private Key? brooke.crothers. Digital identities.

Encryption 52

Encryption Cryptocurrency Authentication Software 52

Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

We can help block those authentications and provide remediation steps that your users can use to make their devices much more secure before accessing your sensitive applications and data. These policies are geared to protect your organization when access devices don't meet your security needs.

Mobile 69

Mobile Encryption Authentication Data breaches 69

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited by an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code on an affected system or cause vulnerable devices to reload. .” through 12.4 through 15.6 and IOS XE 2.2

Malware 85

Malware Firmware Government Education 85

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level level vulnerability involves a lack of validation, which allows attackers to steal Kubernetes API credentials from the ingress controller, compromise the authentication process by modifying settings, and gain access to internal files including service account tokens.

Software 111

Software Education Ransomware Firmware 111

Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In March 2022, the PCI Council released the long-anticipated v4.0. Section 3 Sensitive authentication data must now be encrypted or protected if stored before authorization. Disk level encryption is no longer permitted for protection unless it is a form of removeable media (e.g., USB, external SSD).

Authentication 52

Authentication Passwords Media Encryption 52

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

In this email, the bad actor pretending to be the sender may nefariously capture the individual’s authentication details or prompt a malicious download that then compromises the system. Today, according to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report , phishing is one of the leading five tactics used to initiate data breaches.

Phishing 89

Phishing Social Engineering Small Business B2B 89