article thumbnail

How the SolarWinds Hackers Bypassed Duo’s Multi-Factor Authentication

Schneier on Security

Logs from the Exchange server showed that the attacker provided username and password authentication like normal but were not challenged for a second factor through Duo. The logs from the Duo authentication server further showed that no attempts had been made to log into the account in question.

article thumbnail

USENIX Security ’23 – Authenticated Private Information Retrieval

Security Boulevard

Authors/Presenters: Simone Colombo, Kirill Nikitin, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, David J. Wu, Bryan Ford Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A Threat to Passkeys? BrutePrint Attack Bypasses Fingerprint Authentication

eSecurity Planet

Security researchers recently published a paper detailing an attack they say can be used to bypass smartphone fingerprint authentication. Yiling He of China’s Zhejiang University and Yu Chen of Tencent Security’s Xuanwu Lab are calling the attack BrutePrint , which they say can be used to hijack fingerprint images.

article thumbnail

Hackers Steal Session Cookies to Bypass Multi-factor Authentication

eSecurity Planet

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. HttpOnly, Secure attribute).

article thumbnail

USENIX Security ’23 – “If I Could Do This, I Feel Anyone Could” *The Design And Evaluation Of A Secondary Authentication Factor Manager’

Security Boulevard

Authors/Presenters: Garrett Smith, Tarun Yadav, Jonathan Dutson, Scott Ruoti, Kent Seamons“ Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access.

article thumbnail

IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Breaking Authentication Attackers can get unauthorized access to the IaaS environment by exploiting weak authentication systems or weaknesses in the authentication process. This danger emphasizes the significance of having strong authentication mechanisms and upgrading access controls on a regular basis.

article thumbnail

Most businesses plan to move away from VPNs, adopt a zero-trust access model

SC Magazine

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.

VPN 135