Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

VMware disclosed a critical bypass vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director Appliance that can be exploited to bypass login restrictions when authenticating on certain ports. “VMware Cloud Director Appliance contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in case VMware Cloud Director Appliance was upgraded to 10.5

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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site that exposed approximately 885 million documents — many of them with Social Security and bank account numbers — going back at least 16 years. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A sophisticated form of mobile malware dubbed "GoldPickaxe" has been uncovered, which collects facial recognition data to produce deepfake videos, enabling hackers to bypass biometric authentication protections on banking apps. Once installed, GoldPickaxe can harvest facial scans and identity documents, intercept text messages, and more.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 10, 2024

A quick intro to security keys: A security key can work in place of other forms of two-factor authentication such as receiving a code through SMS or pressing a button in an authentication app. When it came to authenticating, both keys worked just fine. Then, you enter your password and that's that.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2019

says it will soon force all Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs) that help companies manage their Office365 accounts to use multi-factor authentication. As it happened, the PCM employee was not using multi-factor authentication. It might be difficult to fathom how this isn’t already mandatory, but Microsoft Corp.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 10, 2023

Among these processes is the electronic signature, or rather “e-signature,”– the digital alternative to signing documents in person. These acts were passed to (1) solidify the legitimacy of e-signatures in the business world, (2) ensure all parties have consented to conduct business electronically, and (3) authenticate the signer’s identity.

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SecureBlitz

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Digital document verification in businesses with global coverage of clients and an immense network of AI models brings forth nothing but accuracy and speed. The post How Identity Document Verification Services Can Help You Build Trust appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity. The service of. The service of.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

From March 19, users of Twitter won’t be able to use SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) unless they have a subscription to the paid Twitter Blue service. In fact, they're referenced by Twitter repeatedly in the documentation regarding the removal of the text service for free Twitter users.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

A recent project associated with Dartmouth College aims to limit the damage hackers cause by tricking them with fake documents. The idea involves spreading several fake documents. WE-FORGE depends on artificial intelligence (AI) to create false documents , protecting intellectual property in the process.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2022

This data includes identification documents, spreadsheets related to Roblox creators, and various email addresses. At time of writing, there’s no specifics with regard to the “identification documents” This could mean driving licence, passport, employee ID scan…we simply don’t know at the moment.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 15, 2022

According to the FBI’s bulletin, cyber actors were able to obtain access to primary credentials for users with Duo accounts that did not have an enrolled multi-factor authentication (MFA) device. This activity was documented as early as May, 2021.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The first is a for authentication: a document has been cut in half with an irregular pattern, so that the two halves can be brought together to prove authenticity. Sonja Drummer describes (with photographs) two medieval security techniques.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 24, 2023

Cisco is aware of reports that Akira ransomware threat actors have been targeting Cisco VPNs that are not configured for multi-factor authentication to infiltrate organizations, and we have observed instances where threat actors appear to be targeting organizations that do not configure multi-factor authentication for their VPN users.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2022

Online document verification has become a useful tool in the current environment of remote onboarding; it eliminates the need for in-person verification. The post Online Document Verification: How Does It Work? The post Online Document Verification: How Does It Work? appeared first on 1Kosmos.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 8, 2021

Hardware-based PKI provides strong passwordless authentication. Controlling access is at the heart of any enterprise security environment—making sure only those who have the appropriate permissions can access the data, enter the facilities, print a secure document, etc. Certificate-based and software authentication solutions and OTP.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Multi-factor authentication is one of the best ways to thwart bad actors using stolen credentials — but it’s not foolproof. The attacker is sending a user through a proxy and retrieving credentials and/or session tokens by manipulating the end user into thinking they are authenticating into a legitimate resource or application.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 8, 2021

Interesting paper: “ Shadow Attacks: Hiding and Replacing Content in Signed PDFs “: Abstract: Digitally signed PDFs are used in contracts and invoices to guarantee the authenticity and integrity of their content. A user opening a signed PDF expects to see a warning in case of any modification. In 2019, Mladenov et al.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

One common hurdle for systems administrators setting up new Duo Unix integrations is PAM — Pluggable Authentication Modules. We hope that the guidance below, combined with our extensive documentation , will help those setting up new integrations get their systems configured quickly and easily. so : Allows authentication with Kerberos.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

Threat actors breached the Dropbox Sign production environment and accessed customer email addresses and hashed passwords Cloud storage provider DropBox revealed that threat actors have breached the production infrastructure of the DropBox Sign eSignature service and gained access to customer information and authentication data.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 6, 2022

For most APIs, the next step is setting up authentication. After all, without successfully authenticating, Mayhem for API can only test for very superficial problems! Giving the fuzzer a way to authenticate to the target API will enable it to exercise more endpoints and maximize coverage. Basic Authentication.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 31, 2021

The practices mentioned in the document are not to be used by organizations in the government and the private sector as they are able to expose them to unnecessary risks. The post CISA Advises Users to Not Use Single-factor Authentication on Internet-exposed Systems appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Aside from […].

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2023

“Gaining access to sensitive and privileged documents, stealing and deleting documents as part of a ransomware attack or replacing real documents with malicious copies to further infect users in the organization.” ” There are at least three other vulnerabilities fixed this month that earned a collective 9.8

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2020

The Indian Government fixed a flaw in the secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially allowed anyone’s access without password. It also provides 1GB storage space to each account to upload scanned copies of legacy documents. Any Indian DigiLocker Account Could’ve Been Accessed Without Password.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

The stolen data includes source code and developer documents and tools, some documents are labeled as “confidential” or “restricted secret.” ” The hackers shared the documents on the file-sharing site MEGA. ” reported ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak).

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Veracode Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

s start by looking at applications designed around symmetric cryptography, starting with Message Authentication Code in this post. In a lot of applications (think of any kind of secure communication), receiving parties need to be assured of the origin of the message (authenticity) and make sure the message is received untampered (integrity).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in February 2021, we wrote a blog discussing how to prevent sophisticated physical document fraud , focusing on what the fraud looks like today and what can be done to reduce it. And, this problem is only set to grow, as criminals use more sophisticated techniques to forge documents. Security is a gradual process, not binary.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

It involves convincing a user to click on a malicious link in an email, which can then steal the user’s password hash and authenticate as the user in another Microsoft service. Adobe has since clarified that its apps won’t use AI to auto-scan your documents, as the original language in its FAQ suggested.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 2, 2024

Dropbox Sign is a platform that allows customers to digitally sign, edit, and track documents. Even if you never created a Dropbox Sign account but received or signed a document through Dropbox Sign, your email addresses and names were exposed. their documents or agreements), or their payment information.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

Because the trains use a radio system that lacks encryption or authentication for those commands, Olejnik says, anyone with as little as $30 of off-the-shelf radio equipment can broadcast the command to a Polish train­—sending a series of three acoustic tones at a 150.100 megahertz frequency­—and trigger their emergency stop function.

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GlobalSign

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Let’s compare Qualified Trust Seals to other types of electronic seals and why they are important in the evolving document authentication landscape?

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

10 and over 250 reviews, Duo is honored to share that we won the 2023 TrustRadius Top Rated Award for Authentication. Duo’s Multi-Factor Authentication solution combines multiple authentication factors to provide simple ways to protect users. With a score of 9.3/10

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

The authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed, an attacker could impersonate any other citizen. The nightmare comes true, the authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed and a flaw could allow an attacker to allow identity spoofing and changing the date of birth. tax service).

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

Subject lines included “your document” and “photo of you???”. Password Management : Use strong, unique passwords and implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) whenever possible, prioritizing authentication apps or hardware tokens over SMS text-based codes. Reference the provided resources for establishing DMARC authentication.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In this article, we’ll examine in detail what a GST […] The post The Role of GST Number Search and Verification API in GSTIN Authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard. Thankfully, the GST verification API has made this procedure simpler and more effective.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 10, 2023

Public key infrastructure (PKI)  offers a globally accepted standard for implementing various security protocols and authentication mechanisms.  e-commerce and online banking), and authenticate the identity of an entity in an online environment. require PKI to ensure data security through authentication and non-repudiation mechanisms.

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Pentester Academy

MARCH 23, 2023

Lab Walkthrough — Moodle SpellChecker Path Authenticated RCE [CVE-2021–21809] In our lab walkthrough series, we go through selected lab exercises on our INE Platform. Also, to access the upgrade.txt file, we do not need any authentication. Access the below URL where we can find the Moodle current running version.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2021

Machines are dramatically increasing, and require a solution that will identify these identities, authenticate them, and then secure their interactions across the network. Enterprises should implement email and document signing with certificates to accomplish this. Simplify ID management. Know, trust, verify. Keep high standards.

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