CSO Magazine

MAY 6, 2022

The move comes as the risks of password-only authentication continue to cause security threats for organizations and users. It also follows the FIDO Alliance’s publication of a whitepaper in March 2022 describing how it will facilitate true passwordless support for consumer authentication.

Authentication 72

Authentication Passwords Risk 72

SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

According to the new Uptycs whitepaper, Detecting the Silent Threat: 'Stealers are Organization Killers' (gated link), a variety of new info stealers have emerged this year, preying on Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. This demonstrates a focus on collecting data from multi-factor authentication tools.

Malware 68

Malware Social Engineering Passwords Spyware 68

Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

How could remote access capabilities be installed without proper security policies and strong authentication being enforced? Default passwords are widely used for technicians to gain easier access to machines. Most IT professionals would be very surprised. How did this industrial workstation become accessible from the Internet?

Cyber Attacks 112

Cyber Attacks IoT Internet Internet 112

NopSec

JUNE 16, 2014

In the case of higher educational institutions there is data exposure risk from personally identifiable information, such as social security numbers. In the case of Indiana University, a change in the security protections for a web server inadvertently allowed the site to be accessed without the necessary authentication.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Malware Passwords Education 52

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 12, 2022

Because they are actively running code, DAST tools monitor and "listen in" on traffic between the client browser and web server when they interact with each other, such as during authentication or when data is submitted by the user. It can detect hard-coded passwords and other security vulnerabilities which are invisible to SAST.

Software 52

Software Banking Authentication Passwords 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 18, 2021

Well, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, trust is everything. The use of passwords, for example, in isolation, no longer meets the needs of a society that relies so heavily on being online – given they are a relatively weak form of authentication. Why is Digital Identity so important?

Mobile 98

Mobile IoT Digital transformation Banking 98

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

In this article, we will dive deep into different types of data breaches , how organizations can mitigate their risk of falling victim to a breach, and what industries face the highest risk of falling victim to a cyber security attack. Every organization is, to varying degrees, potentially at risk of experiencing a data breach.

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Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52