CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

This is why it is essential to your device performance to make sure any endpoints include flexible, secure, default-settings and, in particular, optional mechanisms like password complexity, password expiration, and account lock-out, which forces users to modify the default credentials when setting up the device.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2022

Dirk-jan found that the “Write Account Restrictions” property set in Active Directory includes the ability to write to the “ms-DS-AllowedToActOnBehalfOfOtherIdentity” property, which allows you to perform the RBCD attack. You can authenticate with a username/password combo, a service principal certificate or secret, a JWT, or refresh token.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Here we had a situation where an attacker could easily control moving parts within a car from a remote location.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The traffic originated from a suspicious library loaded into the memory of a domain controller server and registered as a Windows password filter, which has access to plain-text passwords to administrative accounts. There are reasons to believe that unknown Linux implants exist that can send data collected from Linux machines to Mafalda.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Telecommunications Encryption 142

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

Security solutions integrated into operating systems, two-factor authentication and other verification measures have helped reduce the number of vulnerable users. BlueNoroff developed an elaborate phishing campaign that targeted startups and distributed malware for stealing all crypto in the account tied to the device. of attacks.

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Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Mobile 74

Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Most recently, the company used phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication for advertising and networking purposes. Facebook needs to be both explicit and detailed about how and when it shares user data. It even collects what it calls " shadow profiles " -- data about you even if you're not a Facebook user.

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Surveillance Advertising Engineering Encryption 217

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For example, one website offered users to obtain a COVID vaccination certificate by entering their British National Health Service (NHS) account credentials. Scammers abused legitimate survey services by creating polls in the name of various organization to profit from victims’ personal, including sensitive, data.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 95

SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If the PowerShell is not present, the malware generates a hidden file with MZ-PE loader with a randomized name located in % APPDATA % directory. If administrative rights are present, its ether executes a PowerShell script that creates two task scheduler entries with GUID-like names and with different triggers.

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Malware DNS Encryption Cryptocurrency 112

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

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Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 232

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The report, titled “ Everyone’s afraid of the internet and no one’s sure what to do about it ,” reveals the dismal rates of adoption for antivirus software, two-factor authentication (2FA), password managers, and unique passwords across online accounts. These numbers are less open to interpretation.

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Surveillance Passwords Software Technology 107

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Vamosi: How do we know who’s on the other end of a connection, who it is that is logging into a computer or an account online? So we include other telemetry that seeks to authenticate that the entity logging in is who they say they are. So that’s why you need multi factor authentication. Think about it.

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Hacking Authentication Artificial Intelligence Technology 52

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

"Stealers" are a kind of malware designed to run on an endpoint post-compromise, while their primary features center on the theft of user data. Together with our colleagues at InQuest, we present a deep dive technical analysis of the malware. Stealers also bridge the realms of criminal and nation-state focus.

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Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

Centraleyes

JANUARY 14, 2024

It is worth noting that if a merchant has suffered a breach that resulted in account data compromise, they may be asked by their acquiring bank (the financial institution that initiates and maintains the relationships with merchants that accept payment cards) to fill a higher validation level. No need for an external audit.

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Computers and Electronics Risk Software Information Security 52

Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Active Lock protects individual files by requiring step-up authentication until the threat is cleared. There are many options for step-up authentication, including Cisco Duo OTP and push notifications. Best of all, there is no incremental cost based on the volume of data collected. Read more about MISP here.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2021

While these alt platforms largely position themselves as “free speech” alternatives, we at CyberNews were also interested in how these alt social platforms compare in terms of data collection. Users would need to read both Triller’s and Quickblox’ privacy policies to get a good idea of how their data is being collected and processed.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At the time of this podcast, Lockbit accounts for 40% of the ransomware present today and it hits both Windows and Linux machines. Vamosi: So ransomware started with like individuals being compromised and their data collected and $300 in Bitcoin and then it became commercialized to industries and so first ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Andreeson Horowitz Battery Ventures Data Collective Venture Capital (DCVC) Foundation Capital Gula Tech Adventures Index Ventures Lytical Ventures RRE Venture Softbank Sorenson Ventures. When accepting VC funding, entrepreneurs are giving up some level of control over the present or future of their company. Business Data.

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