The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

SMBs and enterprises alike have been struggling with APIs as a mechanism for information security. To protect against these attacks, businesses need to implement a wide range of strong API security measures such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and vulnerability scanning.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When someone is told that passwords are going away in favor of a new, “password-less” authentication method, a healthy dose of skepticism is not unwarranted. Experts in the fields of data protection and information security now look towards new technologies to make system access much more secure. What is WebAuthn?

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2024

The technique causes the VPN to fail to encrypt certain packets, leaving the traffic vulnerable to snooping. TunnelVision exploits the vulnerability CVE-2024-3661, which is a DHCP design flaw where messages such as the classless static route (option 121) are not authenticated and for this reason can be manipulated by the attackers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 16, 2022

With cloud and mobile computing becoming the norm, identity-based and strong authentication are the crucial steps in advancing trust in the digital world. Humans, machines, and APIs should all be authenticated using this method based on their identities, purposes, and usage context.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The deadline is fast approaching The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was developed in 2008 to standardize the security controls that need to be enforced by businesses processing payment card data in order to protect cardholder data and sensitive authentication data wherever it is stored, processed, or transmitted.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Apply principle of least privilege : applications sharing patient information must provide the appropriate permissions limitation so that any people or entities receiving ePHI can only access what they really need. Ensure appropriate patient authentication. Apply encryption. Security Misconfiguration. Validate security.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. Only use encrypted HTTPS or other types of secure connections (SSH, etc.). Disable any service that you are not using, such as Telnet, SSH, web server, SQL server, phpMyAdmin and PostgreSQL.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“In a TLS server, this can be triggered if the server requests client authentication and a malicious client connects.” “We still consider these issues to be serious vulnerabilities and affected users are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible,” reads a blog post published by the OpenSSL team.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 20, 2023

Consequently, the need to know and understand information security at this level is an increasing requirement for privacy professionals. The idea of this series is to present some of the key concepts and frameworks in information security and highlight areas of intersection with privacy and data protection.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Section 3 Sensitive authentication data must now be encrypted or protected if stored before authorization. Disk level encryption is no longer permitted for protection unless it is a form of removeable media (e.g., If using just passwords for authentication, service providers must change customer passwords every 90 days.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

It also provides an authenticated inter-process communication mechanism. Since 2016, Microsoft is urging admins to stop using SMBv1, later versions of the protocol implemented security enhancements, such as encryption, pre- authentication integrity checks to prevent man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks, and insecure guest authentication blocking.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

out of 5 stars on Chrome web store, 9 out of 10 pairs of participants failed to complete the assigned task of exchanging encrypted emails, i.e. 90% failure rate. The most common mistake that repeatedly occurred in all of these studies [13,14,15] was to encrypt a message with the sender’s public key. This type of scheme (e.g., [8,9])

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). To nominate, please visit:?. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 6, 2021

The eight areas are: Application Control Patch Applications Configure Microsoft Office Macro Settings User Application Hardening Restrict Administrative Privileges Patch Operating Systems Multi Factor Authentication Daily Backups Each area comes with guidance to improve maturity of the area.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited by an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code on an affected system or cause vulnerable devices to reload. .” through 12.4 through 15.6 and IOS XE 2.2

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

In this blog, we’ll home in on Conti, the strain identified by some as the successor, cousin or relative of Ryuk ransomware , due to similarities in code use and distribution tactics. The files are then held for ransom and the victim is threatened by data loss, because of the encryption, and leaking of the exfiltrated data.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 14, 2021

"Information transfer" is another ambiguous, potentially misleading title for a policy, even if it includes "information security". Transmission of information through broadcasting, training and awareness activities, reporting, policies, documentation, seminars, publications, blogs etc.,

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

. “The reservoir’s HMI system was connected directly to the internet, without any security appliance defending it or limiting access to it. Furthermore, at the time of the publication, the system did not use any authentication method upon access.” ” reads the blog post published by OTORIO.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2022

In a blog post detailing its efforts to track and contain the breach, Microsoft described LAPSUS$ as a “large scale social engineering and extortion campaign.” Ransomware attacks encrypt data and require that the victim pay a ransom for the data’s release. It’s unknown what data was compromised.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

A VPN router automatically connects to VPN servers, and any traffic will be automatically encrypted. Use 2FA or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on your router to provide an additional layer of security. He holds a degree of Computer Science from Iqra University and specializes in Information Security & Data Privacy.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security. Despite this, physical security must be implemented correctly to prevent attackers from gaining physical access and taking whatever they desire.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

It is also more sophisticated, using advanced encryption algorithms that make it more difficult to decrypt files that have been encrypted by the malware, moving laterally to disrupt cloud applications and taking advantage of inconspicuous crypto-mining schemes. Today, we can start with securing user access.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

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. In our previous blogs we have discussed the many challenges that organizations face as they are seeking to embrace the Zero Trust security model.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 2, 2019

The second regulation, the EU Network and Information Security Directive (NIS) 2 , provides legal measures to boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU. The post How Brexit Impacts the Future of Europe’s Cybersecurity Posture appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity.

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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. Krebs wrote for The Washington Post between 1995 and 2009 before launching his current blog KrebsOnSecurity.com. Read more: Top IT Asset Management Tools for Security.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 30, 2021

Using this list as a backdrop the following best practices are presented as a call to action to help organizations take a proactive approach at addressing API security risk. Be sure to check out the bonus tip at the end of the blog and share in the comments other ways your organization is successfully securing APIs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Attackers replaced binaries on compromised EdgeRouters with trojanized OpenSSH server binaries allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key. ” continues the report. ” concludes the report.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Consistent with the federal government’s deployment of Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM), the CDM program is a dynamic approach to fortifying the cybersecurity of government networks and systems. The post bA Data-Centric Approach to DEFEND appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2018

Healthcare’s IT evolution has brought numerous security challenges including regulations, the use of digitally transformative technologies that have created huge amounts of data to store and protect, and the extraordinary value of electronic personal health information (ePHI) to cybercriminals. Regulations.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The 12 technical and operational control requirements of the PCI DSS were established to ensure data security competence and are accepted as a benchmark for information security. You can determine your Merchant Level here with our deep explanation of merchant levels, SAQ’s and reporting requirements.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

Each module of the CommonMagic framework is used to perform a certain task, such as communicating with the C2 server, encrypting and decrypting C2 traffic, and executing plugins. The module’s configuration includes OAuth tokens that are used for cloud storage authentication.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A public key infrastructure (PKI) is responsible for supporting public encryption keys while also enabling users and computers to safely exchange data over networks and verify the identity of other parties. As a chief information security officer (CISO), success largely depends on protecting your business’s information assets.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2018

In this age of big data, the concept is fitting, because this kind of information is increasingly being used to identify individuals and even machines. For years identity management has relied on three factors for authentication: What one knows (passwords). What one has (tokens). And what one is (biometrics). Big Data Analytics.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 22, 2024

The Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) establishes a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the cybersecurity posture of federal agencies. This categorization and implementing appropriate security controls are crucial for achieving FISMA compliance.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

A new banking trojan dubbed maxtrilha (due to its encryption key) has been discovered in the last few days and targeting customers of European and South American banks. The victims’ data is encrypted and sent to the C2 server geolocated in Russia. With this trick in place, criminals can bypass some security agents.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 19, 2021

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