The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2025

The extension then silently authenticates the victim into a Chrome profile managed by the attackers Google Workspace. Once this authentication occurs, the attacker has full control over the newly managed profile in the victims browser, allowing them to push automated policies such as disabling safe browsing and other security features.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 9, 2025

Security teams should collaborate closely with IT and software engineering teams to identify where and how public key cryptography is being used. Organisations should prioritise solutions built on zero-trust and zero-knowledge architectures for maximum security, privacy and control.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

One of the report's most pressing concerns is the role of Generative AI in social engineering attacks. From the report: "Generative AI is being used to create highly convincing phishing emails, fake voices, and even deepfake videosmaking social engineering attacks more difficult to detect.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2024

When reading the title of this blog, you might be wondering to yourself why RADIUS is being highlighted as a subject — especially amidst all of the advancements of modern authentication we see taking place recently. Instead, it supports a variety of authentication protocols , including EAP, PAP, CHAP, and others. What is RADIUS?

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Experts warn that organizations must act decisively to protect against this growing threat by implementing Zero Trust architectures, patching vulnerabilities, and strengthening identity security. Cybersecurity awareness and incident response Train employees to recognize phishing attempts and social engineering.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

I had an edifying conversation about this with Steve Hanna , distinguished engineer at Infineon Technologies , a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, based in Neubiberg, Germany. Every device, every connection, every interaction must be verified, authenticated, and monitored.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2022

Privilege and other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Exchange Server, Excel, Office, PowerPoint, Malware Protection Engine, Internet Explorer and more (27 in all). Purdue network architecture. Network Architecture and Design. Network Architecture and Design. Limit authentication attempts.

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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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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Today, there are two major types of common CMS platforms: •The older “traditional” or “monolithic” CMS platforms include a content repository (usually a multimedia database), the administrative console (where content is added and categorized), the presentation system (which makes nice-looking pages), and the search engine. Gierlinger.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 4, 2025

While the company emphasized that no financial data or passwords were exposed, the incident raises concerns about the potential for highly targeted phishing and social engineering , particularly given the brand's clientele of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). That's why MFA adoption remains low in many cases."

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2025

Kowski also emphasizes the need for a multi-layered security approach, stating that "multi-factor authentication, strong password policies, and zero-trust architecture are essential defenses that significantly reduce the risk of AI-powered attacks succeeding, regardless of how convincing they appear."

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Key Components and Functions in a Zero Trust Architecture. Zero Trust architectural principles. NIST’s identity-centric architecture , I discussed the three approaches to implementing a Zero Trust architecture, as described in the NIST blueprint SP 800-207. Core Zero Trust architecture components.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 15, 2021

By deploying basic tools such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) to verify user credentials, companies can avoid these disruptive and expensive ransomware attacks. 2) An attack against a company’s engineering organization to disrupt service delivery to its customers.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 19, 2025

The growing adoption of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies and containerized architectures onboard satellites further heightens this risk, as vulnerabilities in popular frameworks like Kubernetes or Docker could propagate into orbit.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Technical components: Website architecture must be reconfigured to ensure that search engines see multiple language versions of your website properlyas different subsets, not as duplicates. Flexible authentication methods Depending on the culture, different authentication methods can be more or less preferable or trusted.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Implementing a Zero Trust architecture involves verifying every attempt to access the system. John Gunn , CEO, Token Gunn The carnage from 2023 reveals that legacy mutifactor authentication was the most frequent point of failure. The majority of ransomware attacks gained initial access by defeating legacy MFA.

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2025

Their report is a good starting point for diving deep into the MBUX internals and understanding the architecture of the system. It performs user authentication, version check, configuration setup, and provides the initial environment to process the upper layer protocol (PDU). We performed analysis of the first generation MBUX.

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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. ” reads a post published by MSRC VP of Engineering Aanchal Gupta.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2019

I recently had the chance to discuss this with John Loucaides, vice-president of engineering at Eclypsium, a Beaverton, OR-based security startup that is introducing technology to scan for firmware vulnerabilities. Loucaides One type of common firmware vulnerability isn’t so much a coding flaw as it is an architectural soft spot, if you will.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Single sign-on” (SSO) is an authentication method that allows users to enter one set of authentication credentials to access multiple websites, applications, and services. The goal of SSO is to streamline the authentication process by eliminating the need to enter different usernames and passwords for each resource.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Chris Clements, VP of Solutions Architecture, Cerberus Sentinel. The attacker claims to have compromised an end-of-lifed GPRS system that was exposed to the internet and was able to pivot from it to the internal network, where they were able to launch a brute force authentication attack against internal systems.

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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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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The cybercriminals behind Storm-050 employ advanced social engineering techniques, including phishing emails to trick victims into granting access to internal systems. Tiquet continued: "One of the most important steps is adopting a zero trust architecture. Use multi-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized access.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For example, with Cisco Secure Access by Duo, organizations can provide those connecting to their network with several quick, easy authentication options. This way, they can put in place multi-factor authentication (MFA) that frustrates attackers, not users. Enable seamless, secure access.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It’s encouraging to see that enterprises understand that zero-trust architectures present one of the most effective ways of providing secure access to business resources,” said Chris Hines, director, zero-trust solutions, at Zscaler.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

The CVE-2019-0090 vulnerability affects the firmware running on the ROM of the Intel’s Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME). Intel CSME is responsible for initial authentication of Intel-based systems by loading and verifying all other firmware for modern platforms.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Password Security: Investigate different password security techniques, such as password hashing algorithms, two-factor authentication (2FA), and biometric authentication. Social Engineering: Investigate the human element of cybersecurity by exploring social engineering techniques and tactics used to manipulate individuals.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2020

. “A vulnerability in session management for the web-based interface of Cisco Small Business Smart and Managed Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to defeat authentication protections and gain unauthorized access to the management interface.” ” reads the advisory published by Cisco.

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Pen Test Partners

MAY 21, 2025

Within OT / ICS networks, legacy devices are often left unpatched for well-known exploitable vulnerabilities, such as authentication bypass or privilege escalation issues. Collaborating closely with the clients OT Engineering Teams provides access to their in-depth knowledge and understanding of their specific environment.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Controllers are configured and programmed using engineering software – EcoStruxure™ Control Expert (Unity Pro), EcoStruxure™ Process Expert, etc. The CVE-2021-22779 vulnerability, identified in the course of the research, could allow a remote attacker to make changes to the PLC, bypassing authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2021

Cisco Identity Services Engine. Impluse SafeConnect offers automatic device discovery and can support anywhere from 250 to 25,000 endpoints and up with its scalable appliance architecture. It offers a rule-based architecture to automate access based on use cases. Cisco Identity Services Engine. HPE Aruba ClearPass.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Microservices Architecture has Created a Security Blind Spot. Tools like two-factor authentication, rate limiting, and DDoS protection can go a long way in securing APIs. Two-factor authentication helps add a layer of security to your API. Microservices communicate over APIs. password guessing). API Security Tools.

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SecureList

JANUARY 6, 2025

0x22 (34) Adjust the security (DACL) for the user groups LOCAL SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATED USERS, DOMAIN ADMINISTRATOR and DOMAIN USER to grant access to specified file or directory. This memory-resident architecture enhances its stealth capabilities, helping it evade detection by traditional endpoint security solutions.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2024

Additionally, implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) can add an extra layer of security, making it harder for attackers to gain unauthorized access. Today, identity applications require both authentication and end-to-end encryption to provide robust cybersecurity protection.

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Jane Frankland

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Cyberattacks and data breaches will continue to arise because of credential theft, social engineering (phishing, smishing, vishing etc), vulnerabilities in third party software and supply chain processes, forged or stolen machine identities, and misconfigured cloud computing. Here are my predictions for 2023. Types of attacks. Sustainability.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In that particular case, however, they sought supporting materials in a manner similar to the use of an internet search engine. In this case, students needed to learn about the evolution of operating system architecture. For instance, some AI LLM results describe Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) as an authentication type.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 17, 2021

Now mix in architectural changes that support cloud productivity suites like Microsoft 365 and Google’s G-Suite to accelerate your business to cloud-based email security services. Organizations should consider multi-factor authentication across their email security clients such as Outlook. User Awareness Training: Training.

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