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Verified Duo Push Makes MFA More Secure

Duo's Security Blog

We’re excited to announce early access release of the Verified Duo Push, which will increase the security of our push-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution. With modern phishing-resistant authentication methods, we need to ensure that organizations continue to have the best security around push-based MFA.

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How CASB and EDR Protect Federal Agencies in the Age of Work from Home

McAfee

According to an Analysis Report (AR20-268A) from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), this new normal work environment has put federal agencies at risk of falling victim to cyber-attacks that exploit their use of Microsoft Office 365 (O365) and misuse their VPN remote access services.

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Unveiling the Threat Landscape: Exploring the Security Risks of Cloud Computing

Centraleyes

This challenge aligns with risks such as Broken Authentication (OWASP API2) and Broken Function Level Authorization (OWASP API5), where weak authentication mechanisms or flawed access controls can result in unauthorized access. Implementing multi-factor authentication, security software, and regular training are essential measures.

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Ransomware Taxonomy: Four Scenarios Companies Should Safeguard Against

Cisco Security

” For some environments, this can unfold as easily as a compromised username and password being used to infiltrate a virtual private network (VPN) to access network resources. Leverage XaaS capabilities via the cloud and managed services versus on-premises infrastructure, allowing greater threat detection and vulnerability management.

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Why retailers must adopt a Zero Trust approach during this holiday season

CyberSecurity Insiders

In perimeter-based models, the system will trust user credentials if they are, say, logged in to the corporate VPN or if they are using a pre-registered device. The zero trust approach still authenticates users based on passwords, among other traditional security procedures.

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Chinese fraudsters: evading detection and monetizing stolen credit card information

CyberSecurity Insiders

One residential proxy service popular among Chinese fraudsters is “911,” which is built using software distributed under the guise of a free VPN service. More advanced authentication methods, such as FIDO or passkeys, and more sophisticated machine learning models, will be indispensable soon.

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Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) environments.

CyberSecurity Insiders

If privilege escalation is possible from within an already-authenticated account, the mechanism by which that occurs must be thoroughly documented and monitored (logged) too. GoDaddy, Network Solutions) DNS service (E.g., Akamai, CloudFront) Certificate providers (E.g.,