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6 Best Authenticator Apps for 2024

Tech Republic Security

Authenticator apps provide an extra layer of security. Learn about the best authenticator apps to secure your online accounts and protect your privacy.

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Amazon to make MFA mandatory for 'root' AWS accounts by mid-2024

Bleeping Computer

Amazon will require all privileged AWS (Amazon Web Services) accounts to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) for stronger protection against account hijacks leading to data breaches, starting in mid-2024. [.]

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World Password Day 2024: Try Passkeys!

IT Security Guru

Passkeys represent a significant industry shift in identity security, moving away from traditional credentials of usernames and passwords to a more secure “no knowledge” approach to authentication that is a vastly better user experience. Passwords alone are woefully insufficient; you should always use multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Top Trending CVEs of February 2024

NopSec

February 2024 is off to a ripping start for security research. Ghost CMS Persistent XSS CVE-2024-23724 Researchers at Rhino have identified a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that impacts Ghost CMS. The attack chain is pretty interesting, but does require authenticated access. So, patch now!

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TeamCity auth bypass bug exploited to mass-generate admin accounts

Bleeping Computer

Hackers have started to exploit the critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-27198) in TeamCity On-Premises, which JetBrains addressed in an update on Monday. [.]

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SEC X account hacked to hawk crypto-scams

Malwarebytes

We have seen several high-profile accounts that were taken over on X (formerly Twitter) only to be used for cryptocurrency related promotional activities, like expressing the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The @SECGov X account was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted. — U.S. You’re all set.

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CVE-2024-21378 — Remote Code Execution in Microsoft Outlook 

NetSpi Technical

In 2023 NetSPI discovered that Microsoft Outlook was vulnerable to authenticated remote code execution (RCE) via synced form objects. This blog will cover how we discovered CVE-2024-21378 and weaponized it by modifying Ruler , an Outlook penetration testing tool published by SensePost.