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Vulnerabilities that (mostly) aren’t: LUCKY13

Pen Test Partners

The LUCKY13 attack was a vulnerability and tied attack identified in February 2013 by AlFardan and Paterson of the Royal Holloway, University of London and given CVE-2013-0169. This can cause a time difference between the various sizes of blocks due to the way that the Message Authentication Code (MAC) is calculated. What is it?

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GUEST ESSAY: Why it’s high time for us to rely primarily on passwordless authentication

The Last Watchdog

Not only are passwords vulnerable to brute force attacks, but they can also be easily forgotten and reused across multiple accounts. The sudden inadequacy of passwords has prompted broad changes to how companies must create, store, and manage them. Our job is to create and implement better systems.

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GUEST ESSAY : Advanced tech to defend API hacking is now readily available to SMBs

The Last Watchdog

To protect against these attacks, businesses need to implement a wide range of strong API security measures such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and vulnerability scanning. Companies are realizing that they have to keep putting out fires on personal devices, leaving them vulnerable to attacks.

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Home Assistant, Pwned Passwords and Security Misconceptions

Troy Hunt

However, not everyone is happy with Home Assistant's decision to steer people away from bad passwords: @home_assistant seems to have implemented @haveibeenpwned password validation/checks and people aren't happy about it! link] - @troyhunt think this one is an interesting read, maybe worthy of a blog post.

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Holes in Linux Kernel Could Pose Problems for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Other Distros

eSecurity Planet

A pair of vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel disclosed this week expose major Linux operating systems that could let a hacker either gain root privileges on a compromised host or shut down the entire OS altogether. Further reading: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2021. Finding Linux Vulnerabilities.

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The value of Key Rotation and Re-encryption.

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The best way to limit the effect of this attack is to rotate the keys used to encrypt your data. Key rotation should be included as a regular part of key lifecycle management process. Key Management – not be a maintenance burden to operations team. Key Management. See link at the end of this blog for more details.

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6 Business functions that will benefit from cybersecurity automation

CyberSecurity Insiders

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Hackers are becoming smarter, and the tools that teams deploy are growing in number, leading to fragmentation and increased vulnerabilities. Hackers are becoming smarter, and the tools that teams deploy are growing in number, leading to fragmentation and increased vulnerabilities.