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Announcing Duo’s Vision to Streamline Authentication & Enhance User Experience

Duo's Security Blog

During the workday, on the other hand, I spend a lot of time talking to systems administrators, security operations analysts, and IT professionals who do love MFA. They’ve seen it drive down incidents and help desk tickets, reduce their risks, and make compliance programs a lot easier.

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Understanding Brute Force Attacks: The Persistent Threat in Cybersecurity

Webroot

While RDP is a powerful tool for remote administration and support, it has also become a favored vector for brute force attacks for several reasons: Widespread use: RDP is commonly used in businesses to enable remote work and system administration.

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Defending Against Misconfigured MFA & PrintNightmare Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Inactive Accounts and Default Configurations. Hackers gained initial access by brute-forcing an existing account via “a simple, predictable password” to enroll a new device in the MFA procedures, the agencies said. MFA was automatically disabled because the account was inactive for a long period.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 28, 2023 – Windows, Ivanti, Adobe Hit By Flaws

eSecurity Planet

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. An attacker creates a new admin user and logs into an OpenFire account. They shouldn’t be connected to any networks because of the risk they still pose, despite attempted patches.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 28, 2023 – Windows, Ivanti, Adobe Hit By Flaws

eSecurity Planet

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. An attacker creates a new admin user and logs into an OpenFire account. They shouldn’t be connected to any networks because of the risk they still pose, despite attempted patches.

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Vulnerability Management in the time of a Pandemic

NopSec

For organizations of various sizes that means being able to quickly set up remote working systems to enable employees to work from their homes so that they can protect themselves from being infected. That in turn means answering the following questions: How many VPN terminations do I have and which routable IP addresses they are mapped to?

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Vulnerability Management and the Road Less Traveled

NopSec

Citrix remote desktop, remote desktops still open through the firewall, and the omnipresent VPN or SSL VPN connections) that an attacker can exploit through the firewall. This includes exploiting several medium-risk vulnerabilities that could lead to a major compromise. How times have changed. Pass-the-Hash.