Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

The three-year-old high-severity flaw is a deserialization of untrusted data in Plex Media Server on Windows, a remote, authenticated attacker can trigger it to execute arbitrary Python code. “This issue could not be exploited without first gaining access to the server’s Plex account.” in May 2020. in May 2020.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Jeremy Kirk on Twitter: "Someone is claiming to have the stolen Optus account data for 11.2 optus #auspol #infosec #OptusHack pic.twitter.com/1eCINue2oZ / Twitter". Someone is claiming to have the stolen Optus account data for 11.2 Someone is claiming to have the stolen Optus account data for 11.2 million users.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

According to the investigation, an attacker logged into the old VPN (virtual private network) that DDC used before migrating to a new one using a compromised employee account. Weeks after, the attacker used a test account with administrator privileges to establish persistence in the now-compromised environment.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2020

The vulnerabilities have been reported to HP by the infosec researchers Nick Bloor, an attacker could chain the three issues to achieve SYSTEM privileges on targeted devices and potentially take over them. The issue does not impact customers who use Active Directory authenticated accounts. ” reads the HP’s advisory.

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Daniel Miessler

MARCH 20, 2022

The ideas will cover multiple aspects of InfoSec, from organizational structure to technology. At the highest level, I think the big change to InfoSec will be a loss of magic compared to now. HT to Jeremiah Grossman to also being very early to seeing the role of insurance in InfoSec. Accounting is repeatable. The arcane.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2019

One of the most common ways by which malicious actors perpetrate account takeover (ATO) fraud is via password brute forcing attacks. Once they’re in, malicious actors can leverage a compromised business account to steal sensitive information and/or stage secondary attacks. Implement Multi-Factor Authentication.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

infosec #cybersecurity #threatintel #cyber #NFL pic.twitter.com/tl7OWM2Aqf — CyberKnow (@Cyberknow20) February 12, 2022. The BlackByte ransomware gang has already claimed responsibility for the attack by leaking a small number of files it claims to have been stolen. Smart marketing tbh.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

The directive applies to any networking devices — such as firewalls, routers and load balancers — that allow remote authentication or administration. “This is reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance,” French vulnerability researcher Charles Fol tweeted. “Patch your #Fortigate.”

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DoublePulsar

JULY 25, 2023

MobileIron aka EPMM, a widely used Mobile Device Management product from Ivanti, has a crucial flaw — it has an API endpoint which requires no authentication whatsoever. infosec #mobileiron #ivanti / Twitter" If you are using Ivanti MobileIron, check out the Ivanti support forum now.#infosec

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2022

Randy is a CISSP and is active in the Central Missouri InfoSec community. Answer: Use multi-factor authentication everywhere (preferably better than what we have now). Randy is a proponent of risk-based, layered security measures that utilize both preventative and detective approaches to achieve the right solution for the organization.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Spotting and Stopping Persistent Invaders Nation state affiliated threat actors such as FIN6 , NICKEL , and Emissary Panda targeted critical Active Directory assets, notably the (Windows NT Directory Services) NTDS.dit file, the KRBTGT service account, and Active Directory certificates. Rubeus , Mimikatz , etc.)

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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 29, 2024

It looks like similar techniques were used on Sir Grayson Perry’s stage show , where information was used to identify members of the audience and query details from their social media accounts live on stage. He has been a speaker on the infosec circuit and was one of the keynotes at the inaugural 44CON London security event in 2011.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2022

provides software and hardware used to issue financial cards, e-passport production, user authentication for those looking to access secure networks or conduct financial transactions, trust certificated for websites, mobile credentials, and connected devices. Entrust Corp. Entrust security incident dated June 18th.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 29, 2023

In addition, you can take advantage of the OAuth on-behalf-of (OBO) flow to maintain access to the target account, even after the TAP has expired. Read First: Configure a Temporary Access Pass in Azure AD to register Passwordless authentication methods - Microsoft Entra Microsoft identity platform and OAuth2.0

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 3, 2021

As any infosec manager will tell you, no matter how secure your infrastructure, anyone with the right credentials can walk through the front door. Identity and user authentication continue to be a concern for IT managers. It’s time to take a closer look at alternative identity management and authentication strategies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

This vulnerability is remotely exploitable and does not require authentication of any kind, nor does it require any special knowledge or access to a target environment.” “The attacker only needs to know the server running Exchange and the account from which they want to extract e-mail.” ” wrote Microsoft.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Lots of accounts including Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Mr Beast, and a ton more getting hacked for a bitcoin scheme. Carey (@marcusjcarey) January 29, 2019.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Every aspect of human life is influenced and changed by machines — from visiting the doctor, to purchasing online, to accessing bank accounts, to flying on an airplane. Also like humans, machines must be authenticated to be trusted. Once authenticated using their identity, the machine can then be authorized to access data or resources.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

This is how the scammers “fatten the pig” until the right time to “butcher it,” when they take all the money out of the account. Once the victim invests, they will keep pressuring them to pour in more money. What You Can Do. We have considered just a few of the most relevant personal cyber security concerns. Update your software.

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Herjavec Group

APRIL 26, 2021

Commerce is now advancing at a speed that makes it extremely difficult for infosec professionals to keep up. Authenticate their identity. A former employee of a third-party vendor was able to hack in and gain access to 100 million credit card applications and accounts. Understand what they are doing with the access they have.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

Yesterday I was using Twitter when I noticed the following alert issued by the account managed by the US Cyber Command : USCYBERCOM has discovered active malicious use of CVE-2017-11774 and recommends immediate #patching.

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Notice Bored

AUGUST 12, 2020

Firebase Storage is a Google cloud storage/app service: Google promotes Firebase security in terms of high availability and authentication for their customers i.e. web developers using Firebase to host content on the web.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 20, 2021

Nearly a decade ago, the cyber industry was toiling over how to enable access for users between applications and grant access to specific information about the user for authentication and authorization purposes. and authentication-focused OpenID Connect (OIDC). Also Read: Passwordless Authentication 101. Not visible to user.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Instead, sensitive services should authenticate devices and users regardless of where they are located. You can log events such as input validation failures, authentication and authorization success and failures, application errors, and any other events that deal with sensitive functionality like payment, account settings, and so on.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to Carahsoft’s 2021 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey , phishing attacks were the most common threat to healthcare systems, accounting for 45% of security incidents. Enabling and enforcing multifactor authentication on all logins and implementing anti-virus and anti-malware services are all great places to start.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This includes code that deals with authorization, authentication, and other logic critical to business functions. Register for a free CORE account here. Here, I will be looking at Sensitive Data Leak #92, Sensitive data is leaked via routingNumber to log in Account.<init> Click on one of the sensitive data leaks found.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

” This one, as far as infosec stories go, had me leaning and muttering like never before. But fortunately these days many people make use of 2 factor authentication to protect against account takeover attacks where the adversary knows the password. nZNQcqsEYki", Oh wow!

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

Over the years, the infosec community has discovered multiple APTs operating in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict region – Gamaredon, CloudAtlas , BlackEnergy and many others. The module’s configuration includes OAuth tokens required for cloud storage authentication. In order to steal, it reads Gmail cookies from browser databases.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

And what parallels might infosec learn from COVID-19? In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. If you’ve been in the infosec world as long as I have, you have probably encountered Mike Amadhi. Again, maybe infosec can learn from the biological pandemic.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

And what parallels might infosec learn from COVID-19? In this episode, Mike Ahmadi draws on his years of experience in infosec, his years hacking medical devices. If you’ve been in the infosec world as long as I have, you have probably encountered Mike Amadhi. Again, maybe infosec can learn from the biological pandemic.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 16, 2023

Similarly, Coinbase’s improper API validation process enabled users to make unlimited cryptocurrency trades between accounts without being detected. Tracking sensitive data usage across authenticated and unauthenticated APIs, and ensuring compliance requirements are met, has become an important aspect for Infosec teams.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2021

The cardholder is a client of the issuing financial institution and may have an account directly linked to the payment card. They are a third-party system and not the bank where the merchant has an account. This triggers the event or flow of payment authentication and processing with various entities involved in the process.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In this Spotlight edition of the Security Ledger podcast, Rachel Stockton of LastPass * joins us to discuss the myriad of challenges facing companies trying to secure users' online activities, and simple solutions for busting insecure user behaviors to address threats like phishing, account takeover and more.

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Errata Security

MAY 19, 2020

If there's one thing that the entire cybersecurity industry is agreed about (other than hating the term cybersecurity, preferring "infosec" instead) is that you need this vulnerability disclosure program. They are probably going to demand changes in your product, such as integrating authentication/login with some other system.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Ricardo Villadiego, founder & CEO of Lumu , expects “a significant shift towards adopting models based on passwordless architectures like Google Passkeys as the dominant authentication method to combat phishing and scam campaigns. It’s no secret that the SEC is now holding CISOs accountable for the risks organizations take on.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

But infosec thought leaders say that blaming an intern ignores the true roots of the problem, including insufficient credentials policies and access management practices – as evidenced in part by the simplicity of the password itself: “solarwinds123”. Infosec experts similarly chided the company for a lack of strong credentials.

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