The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2021

This round of attacks, including simple but effective techniques such as password spraying, the process of using a known email address coupled with common passwords, such as 12345678, shows how powerful low-tech approaches are. “To This of course is how they get a toehold to go deeper. Cyber hygiene works.

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Google Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This blog post outlines recent improvements around how users interact with the lockscreen on Android devices and more generally with authentication. The model itself is fairly simple, classifying authentication modalities into three buckets of decreasing levels of security and commensurately increasing constraints.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A trend of non-vetted content Not long into the fall 2023 semester, students began to cite blogs and vendor materials that made sense but were partly or entirely incorrect. In this case, students needed to learn about the evolution of operating system architecture. It is not an authentication protocol.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Not all multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions are equal. For a two-factor authentication solution, that may include hidden costs, such as upfront, capital, licensing, support, maintenance, and operating costs. Estimate and plan for how much it will cost to deploy multi-factor authentication to all of your apps and users.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Traditional frameworks assume that the company controls the endpoint, network access or the authentication method. But what is clear is that SaaS security is a big enough problem to require a dedicated architectural layer because of its unique requirements. SaaS Security Pillars: Discovery, Prioritization, Orchestration.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 11, 2022

With the proper validation, you can authenticate a user (human or machine) and authorize them to access privileged services, accounts, and applications. As machines and humans both have identities that require authentication, the list of credentials to keep track of and protect can include: Passwords. One-time password devices.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this blog, see the depth of Duo integrations with various AWS applications and services, and learn how you can better equip your organization with security that frustrates the attackers and not the users. Most AWS services leverage AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) or AWS Identity Center to authenticate users. Did you know?

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 19, 2021

This blog is part of an ongoing blog series for Duo’s Universal Prompt Project. The project is a major re-architecture and redesign of the Duo multi-factor authentication experience. Once credentials are compromised, hackers can take over user accounts; even change the passwords and lock users out. The OAuth 2.0

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

focuses on developing stronger authentication requirements around NIST Zero Trust Architecture guidelines. now mandates that multi-factor authentication (MFA) must be used for all accounts that have access to the cardholder data, not just administrators accessing the cardholder data environment (CDE).

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2022

Enforce MFA on MSP accounts that access the customer environment and monitor for unexplained failed authentication. Protect internet-facing services Defend against brute force and password spraying Defend against phishing. Enforce multifactor authentication (MFA). Manage account authentication and authorization.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

IAM encompasses various components, with Single Sign-On (SSO) unifying multiple applications under a single login system, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enhancing access controls, and automation tools simplifying profile management and user activity tracking. Eliminating privilege creep becomes more achievable.

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

Access management solutions, including single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and privileged access management (PAM), can offer a comprehensive defense against threats. There should not be a need to rip and replace any existing security architecture, and thorough documentation should be provided.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This blog was written in collaboration with Jean-Paul Truong. T he importance of having robust data security and authentication processes has never been higher. In a real-world example, Parfait envisions citizens logging into a hotel website and booking their stay using a FIDO authentication token.

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Veracode Security

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This is the ninth entry in blog series on using Java Cryptography securely. We started off by looking at the basics of Java Cryptography Architecture, assembling one crypto primitive after other in posts on Cryptographically Secure Random Number Generator, symmetric & asymmetric encryption/decryption & hashes.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Access controls are the nexus of security and the expanding perimeter, and zero trust is the architecture that encompasses it. Zero trust is an all-inclusive security and privacy architecture. The network security perimeter is dynamically created and policy-based, and must be guarded by secure and highly managed access controls.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This is similar to the security keys that are used by many online services to provide multi-factor authentication (MFA). By requiring users to provide a hardware security key in addition to their password, Apple is able to greatly reduce the risk of unauthorized access to their accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers. For further information, see our blog post: [link] — Security Response (@msftsecresponse) October 29, 2020.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

“The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. . “The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. To nominate, please visit:?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 7, 2021

Modern architectures and applications place additional demands on access management tools. This blog will introduce access management evaluation criteria guidelines and discuss what features you should look for and what vendors to consider for your next employee access management solution. FIDO Authentication.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 30, 2021

This blog was written in collaboration with James Mobley. This drives the need to rethink the traditional network architecture, and the concept of a secure access service edge (SASE) emerged as a result. Cisco’s SASE architecture secures and optimizes your connectivity so you can deliver the best application experiences.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 16, 2021

This blog post was originally created by Jeremy Rasmussan, Chief Technology Officer at Abacode. Read the original blog here. . Believe it or not, a lot of RDP abuse comes from simple brute-force password guessing on the Internet-exposed service. MFA/Password Security. Once is a fluke. Twice a pattern.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

Would you like to drop passwords completely from your users’ sign-in experience? With the right settings, the WebAuthn API can easily give you strong assurance that a user is who they say they are without them ever having to enter a password. WebAuthn and Multi-Factor Authentication.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 24, 2023

An organization’s users must have trust in both the domain and the fidelity of its architecture. Typically, that post-breach recovery relies on surface level fixes: “rotating the KRBTGT password twice”, “increasing the available RID pool”, etc. We will mention any related blogs, tools, or variations of the attack performance.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. According to the Software Engineering Institute, software architecture or coding flaws are responsible for up to 90% of security problems. Authentication and password management. Implement password hashing on a trusted system. Input validation.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The probe also found no evidence of access to Microsoft’s production services or customer data, according to a blog post penned by Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft corporate vice president of security, compliance and identity. Vectra Chief Technology Officer Oliver Tavakoli applauded Microsoft’s endorsement of a zero trust architecture.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

August 31, 2023 VMware Updates Address Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities VMware Aria Operations for Networks, formerly known as vRealize Network Insight, has a critical SSH authentication bypass flaw, identified as CVE-2023-34039 , with a CVSS severity rating of 9.8. MFA should be enabled for all VPN users.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 10, 2023

Effectively protecting complex networks against sophisticated phishing attacks involves a comprehensive security stack including multi-factor authentication (MFA) , single sign-on (SSO) , and domain name system (DNS) security. We didn’t have a reliable security capability or any sort of architecture for our security offering.”

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Segmentation Gateways: Central to the architecture is segmentation gateways, which can be physical or virtual. Here, you create user identity authentication and validation processes, establish security policy rules, and configure decryption policies. These gateways connect and protect network segments.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

As World Password Day comes around again this May 6 th , how much has changed in the year since we last marked the occasion? As such, this year’s World Password Day is in fact a timely reminder for businesses to drop passwords forever, and instead rollout access management solutions such as passwordless authentication.

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Cisco Security

MAY 25, 2022

In this blog, we’ll review a concept that has been foundational to networking and cybersecurity from the beginning: the session. With all the different classes of sessions, there are different mechanisms and protocols by which authentication and authorization are employed to eventually provide that access. Why focus on the session?

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

To correctly set up a Zero Trust architecture, you need to understand what it actually takes to make systems Zero Trust. Rather, Zero Trust is more about creating and refining an architecture and applying a consistent mindset. not just username and password. Zero Trust Definition and Guiding Principles. It is not a destination.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

Imagine a shift away from logging into a “network” to having security seamlessly built into the network, and multi-factor authentication and authorization continuously performed at the application level on the fly — without users typing passwords. What’s Next?

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The probe also found no evidence of access to Microsoft’s production services or customer data, according to a blog post penned by Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft corporate vice president of security, compliance and identity. Vectra Chief Technology Officer Oliver Tavakoli applauded Microsoft’s endorsement of a zero trust architecture.

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Veracode Security

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This is the ninth entry in blog series on using Java Cryptography securely. We started off by looking at the basics of Java Cryptography Architecture, assembling one crypto primitive after other in posts on Cryptographically Secure Random Number Generator, symmetric & asymmetric encryption/decryption & hashes.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Let’s face it, these days the information we keep online is too important to safeguard with a username and password — especially with target credential attacks becoming inherently more common. In fact, according to Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report , 80% of security breaches involve compromised passwords.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Lapsus$ has used tactics such as social engineering, SIM swapping, and paying employees and business partners for access to credentials and multifactor authentication approvals. Reset password for Okta admins. Reset 2-factor authentication for Okta superadmins. What happened in the Okta attack? Re-enable MFA for those accounts.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

In many rnodern phishing attacks, malicious links send employees to copies of otherwise farniliar websites—like an internal payroll portal login page where it’s quick to muscle-rnemory a username and password. Duo’s enrollment and authentication processes made it easy for even the most anti-tech users to get up and running with MFA.

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