Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As technology has evolved, fingers (and palms and irises and faces) have increasingly been used as a means of biometric authentication. The one in storage matches the one provided at the time of authentication. Google around for "fingerprint scanner hack" and you'll find plenty of material. That is all.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Users are strongly recommended to quickly upgrade their Bricks Builder Theme installations to this current version to reduce the risk of exploitation. The problem: CVE-2024-22245 and CVE-2024-22250 put Windows domains vulnerable to authentication relay and session hijack attacks. and the Windows service (VMware Plug-in Service).

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2021

Data laundering, like money laundering, is the act of acquiring data through an illegal means—whether that’s the dark web or a hacked/stolen database—and then taking that data and running it through a legitimate business or process in order to make the data seem authentic.

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IT Security Guru

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Enter Two-Factor Authentication, or 2FA for short. Here’s a shocking stat: according to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , 81% of hacking-related breaches leverage either stolen or weak passwords. Different Flavors of 2FA Ah, variety is the spice of life, and when it comes to Two-Factor Authentication, the flavors abound.

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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. And when that PCM employee’s account got hacked, so too did many other PCM customers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2023

Ivanti warned customers of a new critical Sentry API authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38035. While the issue has a high CVSS score, there is a low risk of exploitation for customers who do not expose port 8443 to the internet.” ” reads the advisory published by the company.

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Centraleyes

MAY 17, 2024

The infamous 2015 hack by the St. Secure Vendors: Regularly assess third-party risks. Strong Authentication: Implement multi-factor authentication. Strong Authentication: Implement multi-factor authentication. Monitor Networks: Use tools to detect suspicious activity. The stakes have never been higher.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2023

PyPI is going to enforce two-factor authentication (2FA) for all project maintainers by the end of this year over security concerns. Due to security concerns, PyPI will be mandating the use of two-factor authentication (2FA) for all project maintainers by the end of this year. ” continues the announcement. .

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 19, 2022

One new tactic hackers have been using is to steal cookies from current or recent web sessions to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Even cloud infrastructures rely on cookies to authenticate their users. Browsers allow users to maintain authentication, remember passwords and autofill forms. How Hackers Steal Cookies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Fortinet addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability that impacted FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies. Fortinet addressed a critical authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-40684, that impacted FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies. SecurityAffairs – hacking, authentication bypass).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

Atlassian fixed a critical flaw in its Jira software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540 , that could be exploited to bypass authentication. Atlassian has addressed a critical vulnerability in its Jira Seraph software, tracked as CVE-2022-0540 (CVSS score 9.9), that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

. “InfraGard connects critical infrastructure owners, operators, and stakeholders with the FBI to provide education, networking, and information-sharing on security threats and risks,” the FBI’s InfraGard fact sheet reads. “If it was only the phone I will be in [a] bad situation,” USDoD said.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By neglecting to set a password, a BMW dealer in India has jeopardized the entire network of car dealerships in the country and put its clients at risk. The BMW Kun Exclusive put its systems at risk by leaving an environment configuration file (.env) env) accessible to the public.

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Identity IQ

MAY 13, 2024

What Are the Risks of a Data Breach? IdentityIQ In a society dominated by digital interconnectedness, the risks associated with data breaches loom over individuals, businesses, and society at large. The ramifications extend past financial losses due to personal, corporate, and regulatory privacy being at risk.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

How do you define risk? For those in the cybersecurity community, risk is usually defined by degree of exposure an organization might have to losses tied to breaches or system attacks. And yet some are quick to judge Oldsmar, Florida for potential shortcomings in the security slice of the risk equation. Where were the audits?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 7, 2023

Well, according to the SANS Institute, 26% of devices using the above-mentioned passcodes were easily hacked by cybercriminals in the past three years. Researchers at ESET recommend mobile phone users to use an alpha-numeric passcode if possible and even set up biometric authentication to access their phone data.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 12, 2024

When a website gets hacked, the aftermath can be expensive and long-lasting, and the recovery process is often extremely difficult. But what happens if a hack has already occurred? Next, let's discuss the steps to take to recover from a hack. So, instead of panicking, relax and focus on fixing your hacked WordPress site.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 25, 2021

Thanks to a couple of milestone hacks disclosed at the close of 2020 and start of 2021, they will forever be associated with putting supply-chain vulnerabilities on the map. Similarly, the SolarWinds and Mimecast hacks are precursors of increasingly clever and deeply-damaging hacks of the global supply chain sure to come.

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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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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

The hack appears to have been designed to take advantage of anticipation around an imminent annoncement by US regulators about Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). With this control they can intercept messages, two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and eventually reset passwords of the account the number has control over.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability could be exploited by remote attackers to Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLCs). “An attacker who is able to extract the secret key would be able to authenticate to any Rockwell Logix controller.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, PLC). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2020

Apache Guacamole allows users within an organization to remotely access their desktops simply using a web browser post an authentication process. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Apache Guacamole). The post Critical Apache Guacamole flaws expose organizations at risk of hack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

The same types of security risks impact businesses, whatever their size. They are often unaware of the risks they take on, which can include hacking, fraud, phishing, and more. Storing authentication credentials for the API is a significant issue. Related: Using employees as human sensors.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2023

The flaw is an authentication bypass issue that resides in the web-based management interface of the routers, an attacker. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the CVE-2023-20025 flaw to bypass authentication on vulnerable devices. The flaw is due to improper validation of user input within incoming HTTP packets.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2021

VMware has addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance. VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21982 , in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance that could be exploited by attackers to bypass authentication. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. However, while implementing MFA decreases the risk of account compromise by 99.9% , there will always be bad actors looking to break through even the most robust defenses.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

A hacking gang known as Scattered Spiders soundly defeated the cybersecurity defenses of MGM and Caesars casinos. As the companies face nine federal lawsuits for failing to protect customer data, it’s abundantly clear hackers have checkmated multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2019

If you bank online and choose weak or re-used passwords, there’s a decent chance your account could be pilfered by cyberthieves — even if your bank offers multi-factor authentication as part of its login process. Crooks are constantly probing bank Web sites for customer accounts protected by weak or recycled passwords.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

The details of around four million users are now being shared for free on underground hacking forums, according to ZDNet that has obtained samples from different sources, exposed records include usernames, email addresses, and hashed account passwords (bcrypt hashing algorithm). ” reads the post published Risk Based Security.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2023

Multiple vulnerabilities in CyberPower PowerPanel Enterprise DCIM platform and Dataprobe PDU could expose data centers to hacking. CVE-2023-3267: OS Command Injection (Authenticated RCE; CVSS 7.5) CVE-2023-3260: OS Command Injection (Authenticated RCE; CVSS 7.2) CVE-2023-3261: Buffer Overflow (DOS; CVSS 7.5)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

Researchers from Cyber looked for VNC exposed over the internet and discovered over 8000 VNC instances with authentication disabled, most of them in China, Sweden, and the United States. Leaving VNCs exposed over the internet without any authentication makes it fairly easy for intruders to penetrate the victim’s network and create havoc.”

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Another demonstration of how valuable Grindr data is came last year when the US gov deemed that Chinese ownership of the service constituted a national security risk. I asked for technical detail so I could validated the authenticity of his claim and the info duly arrived.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Today, 80% of cybersecurity breaches involve compromised credentials, so it’s essential for businesses to secure their workforce identities, to reduce hacking risks and ensure costs don’t creep up. Verification – ensuring consistent, frictionless user experience with risk-based conditional access policies and enforcement.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Small and medium-sized businesses find themselves in the cross hairs of sophisticated hacking groups. The post As Cyber Attacks Mount, Small Businesses seek Authentication. Imagining the Future of Authentication Episode 163: Cyber Risk has a Dunning-Kruger Problem Also: Bad Password Habits start at Home.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 19, 2020

Hundreds of popular websites now offer some form of multi-factor authentication (MFA), which can help users safeguard access to accounts when their password is breached or stolen. Dennis soon learned the unauthorized Gmail address added to his son’s hacked Xbox account also had enabled MFA.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

Nor is it evidence of a hack of the British, European, or French parliaments.” “Instead, it shows that politicians used their official email addresses to set up accounts on third-party websites (which were later hacked or suffered a breach), putting themselves and the information they’re entrusted to keep safe needlessly at risk.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Researchers found multiple flaws in widely used network management products from Nagios that pose serious risk to organizations. AutoDiscovery component and could lead to post-authenticated RCE under the security context of the user running Nagios. SecurityAffairs – hacking, network monitoring). concludes Claroty.

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