Dark Reading

MAY 6, 2021

Internet security, privacy, and authentication aren't new issues, but IoT presents unique security challenges.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 3, 2018

Reddit, the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,” announced a security breach that occurred over a three-day period in June. Eleven-year-old member information presents a lesser magnitude than it potentially could have been since the site’s user base has expanded significantly over the last few years. What Happened.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2019

Experts at Tenable discovered 15 vulnerabilities in eight wireless presentation systems, including flaws that can be exploited to remotely hack devices. Wireless presentation systems are used to display content on a screen or through several devices, including mobile devices and laptops. ” reads the analysis published by Tenable.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Fast and Safe Protection for 5G Subscriber Privacy and Authentication. The protection and authenticity of subscriber authentication and privacy in 5G networks is equally important to requirements for increased reliability and low latency. the astounding number of devices, including the growth in the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

A new malware named Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data. Cuttlefish has a modular structure, it was designed to primarily steal authentication data from web requests passing through the router from the local area network (LAN).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The experts at Tenable Research presented the technique on October 7 at DerbyCon 8.0 The most critical of these vulnerabilities is the authenticated RCE, which would allow attackers to potentially gain full system access. “All of these vulnerabilities require authentication (essentially legitimate credentials).

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Matter works much the way website authentication and website traffic encryption gets executed. Support for DMARC To implement BIMI, companies must embrace DMARC , which stands for “domain-based message authentication, reporting and conformance.” Another is S/MIME , which stands for “secure/multipurpose internet mail extensions.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

There seems to be a new stealer in town called #TroyStealer , targeting Portuguese internet users EXE: [link] Exfil email address: domionhuby@gmail.com Has anyone seen this threat before? /cc Finally, the malware validates there is a valid Internet connection through a speed test website. on Twitter, and targeting Portuguese users.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 17, 2023

An authentication bypass affecting Cisco IOS X was disclosed on October 16, 2023. The vulnerability at hand is listed as: CVE-2023-20198 ( CVSS score 10 out of 10: Cisco is aware of active exploitation of a previously unknown vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software when exposed to the internet or to untrusted networks.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Enabling multi-factor authentication 3. Overview We use passwords to access computers, to access personal web applications over the internet, or to access business applications. They continue to be used, since the dawn of the internet, and today protect systems that are networked around the world and host invaluable digital resources.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

And, let’s be honest , the deceptive writing phishing assaults and other cyber threats today employ are skilled enough to fool even the most trained, internet-savvy experts. Ever present threats. Internet and email fraud. Perhaps elderly folks who haven’t spent a lot of time online are easier to deceive.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

This aptly describes the Internet of Things (IoT), where many small things are coming together to shape what we all hope will deliver a great leap in the way we live and do business. As an increasing number of connected devices are deployed within IoT ecosystems, enterprises need to identify and authenticate them.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But securing the growing population of Internet of Things devices presents unique challenges. Modern enterprise networks are populated by both people and, increasingly, "things." Read the whole entry. »

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2022

Apple , Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. “I worry about forgotten password recovery for cloud accounts.”

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2023

Multi-factor authentication ( MFA ) has raised the bar, but MFA alone is not enough to slow, much less stop, moderately-skilled bad actors. about the role of advanced wearable authentication devices, going forward. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Three weeks after releasing patches for a critical vulnerability in VMware vCenter, thousands of servers that are reachable from the internet remain vulnerable to attacks. Learn 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board and 6 steps for building a robust incident response plan. Sign up for CSO newsletters. ].

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 16, 2023

Easterly It’s clear that the present situation underscores the need for robust cybersecurity measures to shield our digital infrastructure from increasingly sophisticated threats. Hovhannisyan advocates focused use of email authentication tools such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. “No I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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NetSpi Technical

JANUARY 18, 2024

Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) is a common two-factor authentication (2FA) mechanism used across the internet. During authentication, the secret is used in combination with the time in a cryptographic hash function to produce a secure 6-digit passcode. But then it struck me.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The attackers forged authentication tokens to access user email using an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key. The company pointed out that crash dumps should not include the signing key, but a race condition allowed the key to be present in the crash dump (this issue has been fixed by the company).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

They then were able to trick some 18,000 companies into deploying an authentically-signed Orion update carrying a heavily-obfuscated backdoor. Log4J, aka Log4Shell, refers to a gaping vulnerability that exists in an open-source logging library that’s deeply embedded within servers and applications all across the public Internet.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2023

Multi-factor authentication ( MFA ) has raised the bar, but MFA alone is not enough to slow, much less stop, moderately-skilled bad actors. about the role of advanced wearable authentication devices, going forward. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

However, if any of these shells were present, it proceeded to decrypt, deposit, and execute the subsequent stage payload “ nttpd.” Once the rules have been created, a thread connects to an NTP server from a roster of authentic NTP servers. ” If none of these shells were detected, the file halted its execution.

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DoublePulsar

DECEMBER 22, 2023

toasty Something curious has been happened over the last few months — more and more ransomware group victims have Outlook Web App facing the internet. I contacted a few of the ransomware victim organisations with Exchange and not much else presented to the internet and asked what the deal was. Obviously, almost nobody replied.

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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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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Historical Shifts: Social engineering has a rich history that reflects the evolution of technology from the pre-internet era to the rise of social media. Pre-Internet Era: In the pre-internet era, social engineering primarily relied on interpersonal communication and physical access.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

DigiCert’s survey presents hard evidence that trust can be the basis of a winning business model. DigiCert’s clients and prospects are steadily modernizing the way digital connections get authenticated and sensitive assets get encrypted, Trzupek told me. “In “Trust has become absolutely paramount in the world,” Nelson observes.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Android app Web Explorer – Fast Internet left an open instance, exposing a trove of sensitive data that malicious actors could use to check specific users’ browsing history. Web Explorer – Fast Internet is a browsing app with over five million downloads on the Google Play store. Original post at [link]. De-anonymize users.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 11, 2020

The most concerning of these appears to be CVE-2020-1380 , which is a weaknesses in Internet Explorer that could result in system compromise just by browsing with IE to a hacked or malicious website. This is the sixth month in a row Microsoft has shipped fixes for more than 100 flaws in its products.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Avoid entering any data if you see a warning message about a site’s authenticity. DNS Spoofing DNS (Domain Name System) is like the internet’s phone book, translating domain names into IP addresses. Always verify the authenticity of Wi-Fi networks before connecting, especially in public places.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

There are three factors that I could see presenting an even greater risk going forward. Hilderman Many components and systems within an aircraft can exchange data and communicate with each other or with the external internet. However, onboard Wi-Fi networks, if not adequately secured, can provide a gateway for cyber attackers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

.” The researchers run a simple query for the Backstage favicon hash in Shodan and discovered more than 500 Backstage instances exposed to the internet. The experts noticed that Backstage is deployed by default without an authentication mechanism or an authorization mechanism, which allows guest access. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In a recent analysis of the public and Internet-facing assets of 471 of the Fortune 500 companies, Cyberpion uncovered more than 148,000 critical vulnerabilities (exploits that are publicly available and actively targeted), with an average of 476 per company. “As CISA makes clear, this presents an unacceptable level of risk.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2022

CVE-2022-22536 is a memory pipes (MPI) desynchronization vulnerability named Internet Communication Manager Advanced Desync (ICMAD). Internet Communication Manager Advanced Desync (ICMAD) is a memory pipes (MPI) desynchronization vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-22536. reads the advisory published by CISA. reads the Threat Report.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

is slated to release a software update on Tuesday to fix an extraordinarily serious security vulnerability in a core cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows. Sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that Microsoft Corp. Those sources say Microsoft has quietly shipped a patch for the bug to branches of the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The prolific use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Large Language Models (LLMs) present new challenges we must address and new questions we must answer. In that particular case, however, they sought supporting materials in a manner similar to the use of an internet search engine. It is not an authentication protocol.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The confidentiality of information in internet communications. Internet communications use the protocol called TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), which allows information to be transmitted from one computer to another through a series of intermediate computers and networks. The hash function.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2022

Nelson: The security challenges present in many smart home devices include device identity, proper authentication (user and device), confidentiality of sensitive data, and integrity of software. Validation of every device to ensure it is authentic and certified. Secured, standard software updates to ensure integrity.

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