Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware madhav Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:33 The inception of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004 came at a critical juncture in our technological history. Implement Passwordless Strong Authentication Strong authentication is crucial in enhancing cybersecurity.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

11, 2023, USDoD resurfaced after a lengthy absence to leak sensitive employee data stolen from the aerospace giant Airbus , while promising to visit the same treatment on top U.S. USDoD claimed they grabbed the data by using passwords stolen from a Turkish airline employee who had third-party access to Airbus’ systems.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

In today’s complex IT landscape, one of the biggest problems faced by a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and their IT security team are forgotten and stolen passwords. On average, employees lose 11 hours per year resetting passwords and an average company spends ~$5M per year on setting and resetting passwords.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Recently, Amazon announced that it will require all privileged Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) , starting in mid-2024. Our regular readers will know that we feel that passwords alone are not adequate protection , especially not for your important accounts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Cisco is aware of attacks conducted by Akira ransomware threat actors targeting Cisco ASA VPNs that are not configured for multi-factor authentication. “This highlights the importance of enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) in VPN implementations. . ” reads a post published by Cisco PSIRT.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2024

The issue is tracked as CVE-2023-49606 and received a CVSS score of 9.8. the code is only triggered after access list checks and authentication have succeeded. so if you use basic auth with a reasonably secure password or allow only specific trusted hosts you won’t have to worry. and Tinyproxy 1.10.0.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2023

IBM observed a credential harvesting campaign that is targeting Citrix NetScaler gateways affected by the CVE-2023-3519 vulnerability. IBM’s X-Force researchers reported that threat actors are conducting a large-scale credential harvesting campaign exploiting the recent CVE-2023-3519 vulnerability (CVSS score: 9.8)

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2023

“Stronger together” was the theme of RSA Conference 2023 , which returned to its pre-Covid grandeur under the California sunshine last week at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Here are three evolving themes reverberating from RSAC 2023 that struck me: Getting a grip on identities Password enabled access will endure for the foreseeable future.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 30, 2023

World Password Day has come around again. Since its inception, it’s an awareness day designed to promote and reinforce the importance of better habits when it comes to password settings. Now, as passwords are often the first port of call for our online / digital identities – it’s of course important that good habits are encouraged.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2023

The theme of RSA Conference 2023 — ‘stronger together’ — was certainly well chosen. Here are four evolving themes reverberating from RSAC 2023 that struck me: Password enabled access will endure for the foreseeable future. about the role of advanced wearable authentication devices, going forward.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But conventional protection solutions, like password security, fall short when it comes to efficacy. 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.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers have identified two authentication bypass flaws in open-source Wi-Fi software found in Android, Linux, and ChromeOS devices that could trick users into joining a malicious clone of a legitimate network or allow an attacker to join a trusted network without a password.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2022

However, while few things may be certain in life, with rising global conflicts, a looming recession, and the continued use of weak and breached credentials, we can be sure that more cyberattacks will be on the horizon in 2023.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Cloud identity and access management solutions provider Okta revealed additional threat actor activity linked to the October 2023 breach. Okta provided additional details about the October 2023 breach and revealed additional threat actor malicious activities. On Thursday, October 19, Okta advised customers of a security incident.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

After you register your app and get authentication tokens for a user or service, you can make requests to the Microsoft Graph API. The CVEs of the found vulnerabilities are: CVE-2023-49105 ( CVSS score 9.8 CVE-2023-49104 (CVSS score 9 out of 10): An issue was discovered in ownCloud owncloud/oauth2 before 0.6.1, x before 0.2.1

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

From March 19, users of Twitter won’t be able to use SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) unless they have a subscription to the paid Twitter Blue service. You can still use the authentication app and security key methods. To avoid losing access to Twitter, remove text message two-factor authentication by Mar 19, 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

See the Top Patch and Vulnerability Management tools October 23, 2023 Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Under Active Attack Type of attack: Active exploitation of the high-risk Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability ( CVE-2023-4966 ) disclosed on October 10, 2023 and now known as Citrix Bleed.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Apple says the iOS flaw ( CVE-2023-41064 ) does not seem to work against devices that have its ultra-paranoid “ Lockdown Mode ” enabled. Tracked as CVE-2023-36761 , it is flagged as an “information disclosure” vulnerability. ” The other Windows zero-day fixed this month is CVE-2023-36802. .

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

August 28, 2023 Ransomware Group Exploits Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability In July, Citrix released a patch for a critical remote code execution vulnerability ( CVE-2023-3519 ), which affected the company’s NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway products and carried a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS vulnerability scale.

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DoublePulsar

JANUARY 3, 2024

How 50% of telco Orange Spain’s traffic got hijacked — a weak password So here’s a funny story. You may notice two step authentication is disabled — RIPE don’t require it, and it isn’t enabled by default for new accounts either. Source: Alon Gal of Hudson Rock Great password, btw. ARIN did this in February 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

SAP April 2023 security updates include a total of 24 notes, 19 of which are new vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-28765 : An attacker with basic privileges in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) – versions 420, 430, can exploit the issue to access to lcmbiar file and further decrypt the file.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

CitrixBleed is a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-4966 , in Citrix NetScaler ADC (Application Delivery Controller) software. The vulnerability was discovered by security researchers at Positive Technologies and disclosed to Citrix in October 10, 2023. Threat actors exploited the flaw between October 16 and October 19, 2023.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2023, we should expect continued change as emerging tech and geopolitical conflicts meet to create an even more complicated and risky threat landscape. As these tools continue to advance in 2023, developers will need to balance innovation with security, or it could have real consequences for businesses, individuals, and governments.

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Longer is stronger: why password length matters How long is your password? That’s one of the many fascinating insights from Hive Systems’ 2023 Password Table. For example, NIST recommends eight-character passwords but an attacker using RTX 4090 hardware could guess it in under an hour.) billion last year.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

August 21, 2023 Ivanti finds another vulnerability For the third time in a month, Ivanti’s has reported a vulnerability in a mobile device management platform. The latest — CVE-2023-38035 — affects the Sentry secure mobile gateway, part of Ivanti’s UEM platform and is being exploited as a zero-day.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2021

If anyone wants their online activity to be secure and private, password usage helps them in doing so; as it blocks unauthorized access to a service and access to personal information. About World Password Day- Every year, the first Thursday in May is being promoted as the World Password Day.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2023

On 31-May-2023, Progress Software disclosed a critical vulnerability CVE-2023-34362 in the MOVEit application. Once the malicious webshell is installed, it creates a random 36 characters long password which later is used for the authentication purpose.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 24, 2023

Cisco is aware of reports that Akira ransomware threat actors have been targeting Cisco VPNs that are not configured for multi-factor authentication to infiltrate organizations, and we have observed instances where threat actors appear to be targeting organizations that do not configure multi-factor authentication for their VPN users.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

What are some personal cybersecurity concerns for 2023? Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have been predicted to soar in 2023 according to Forbes Advisor. Use strong passwords, and ideally a password manager to generate and store unique passwords. And what are some ways we can protect ourselves?

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We conducted an analysis of the IoT threat landscape for 2023, as well as the products and services offered on the dark web related to hacking connected devices. Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2023

Additionally, sophisticated adversary-in-Middle (AiTM) attacks are helping attackers bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA security measures). The 2023 report also provides actionable insights and expert advice on how organizations can employ security best practices to protect themselves from phishing attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Google, the much-used search engine across the world, has disclosed some security steps to its Gmail users to stay cyber safe in the year 2023. Key a password that is at least 15 characters and comprises a mix of alphanumeric characters tucked by 1 -2 special characters.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 28, 2022

And if it is an app, please ensure that the account is enabled with a 2-Factor authentication. Avoid using easy guessing passwords and use only those that are of minimum 15 characters and are made of a mix of alphanumeric characters topped by 1-2 special characters. . Keep the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi ON only when required.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Experts warn of an authentication bypass zero-day flaw that affects Apache OfBiz, an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Experts warn of a zero-day flaw that affects Apache OfBiz, an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. ” reads the report published by SonicWall.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

Why is identity management and security important in 2023? “In Identity Verification and Validation: Users' and devices' identities should be confirmed and authenticated before granting access to systems and data. The post IDENTITY MANAGEMENT DAY 2023: Advice from Cyber Pros appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

August 21, 2023 Ivanti finds another vulnerability For the third time in a month, Ivanti’s has reported a vulnerability in a mobile device management platform. The latest — CVE-2023-38035 — affects the Sentry secure mobile gateway, part of Ivanti’s UEM platform and is being exploited as a zero-day.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

As we can see from the description in the database, the root of the problem is that it’s possible to direct password reset emails to unverified email addresses. CVE-2023-7028 ( CVSS score 10 out of 10): an issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.1 This performs secure authentication on your behalf.

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