CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Access management is a key element of any enterprise security program. Problems arise for businesses when they base their access management programs entirely around passwords, however. Passwords: An unsustainable business cost. ” Let ’ s explore how below.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

They’ll try to sweet-talk you into clicking on suspicious links or divulging sensitive information like passwords or credit card details. government’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at phishing-report@us-cert.gov. Remember: real companies don’t ask for your personal data via email.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 7, 2020

Every single byte of data that's been loaded into the system in recent years has come from someone who freely offered it in order to improve the security landscape for everyone. The very second blog post on that tag was about how I used Azure Table Storage to make it so fast and so cheap. What About the Data?

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The victim, through no fault of their own, has been the target of numerous angry tweets designed to ridicule their role in internet security and suggest they are incapable of performing their duty. Obviously, the image is resized to the width of paragraphs on this blog, give it a click if you want to check it out at 1:1 size.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft, like Google TAG, observed a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers that attributed to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. “In recent months, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks targeting security researchers by an actor we track as ZINC. . ” states the report published by Microsoft.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

No, it's not, but that didn't stop Oil and Gas International from logging a bug report with Mozilla : Your notice of insecure password and/or log-in automatically appearing on the log-in for my website, Oil and Gas International is not wanted and was put there without our permission. Please remove it immediately. So what does the class do?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2021

As part of our series on Digital Identity , this blog will look back on the personal identification techniques of previous eras to show how methods of identification have developed over the course of human history. 1961 – The first computer password. 100,000 years ago – Jewellery. 1046 BC – Tattoos. In 2004, for example, the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 4, 2022

If you do, we’ve got your back, and we humbly suggest that when you’re done tagging your dog in every photo and getting your folder names just so, you turn your attention to your device security and give that a little dust off as well. Say “no” to duplicate passwords. How many online accounts do you have?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 16, 2023

At ForAllSecure, our mission is to make security easy to use and easy to integrate with your existing development process. On that note, we’ve released our Mayhem GitHub Action , making it easier than ever to secure your applications using Mayhem in a GitHub CI/CD pipeline ( for free! ). The developer merges their fix.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Here's a short excerpt from our blog post Introducing OCI IAM Identity Domains : "Over the past five years, Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) has grown to support thousands of customers and currently manages hundreds of millions of identities. The post Introducing OCI IAM Identity Domains appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2022

BlackCat (aka ALPHV) Ransomware gang introduced an advanced search by stolen victim’s passwords, and confidential documents. They introduced an advanced search by stolen victim’s passwords, and confidential documents leaked in the TOR network. Additional info is available in the post published by Resecurity on its blog: [link].

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Password Hash Cracking, User Cloning, and User Impersonation: Three Risks Every SAP Customer Should Know. The most recent one was patched with SAP Security Note #3239152 in SAP’s October 2022 Patch Day. The vulnerability is tagged with a CVSS score of 9.6 Password Hash Values in SAP. Cracking Password Hash Values.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2021

He goes into more details in this thread: TAG sent a above average batch of government-backed security warnings yesterday. What we see over and over again is that much of the initial targeting of government backed threats is blockable with good security basics like security keys, patching and awareness, so that's why we warn.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

An individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple , Dell , and Microsoft for helping to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their products. In 2018, security intelligence firm HYAS discovered a malware network communicating with systems inside of a French national power company.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 1, 2018

As this service has grown, it's become an endless source of material from which I've drawn upon for conference talks, training and indeed many of my blog posts. I've regularly quoted the NCSC in particular, for example there's a bunch of their work in my recent blog post about authentication guidance for the modern era.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

HTML smuggling is an evasive technique that uses legitimate HTML5 or JavaScript features to make its way past firewalls and other security technologies. OJ Ngo, co-founder and CTO of network security solutions vendor DH2i, told eSecurity Planet that HTML smuggling is another example of the continuing evolution of attackers and their tactics.

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Lenny Zeltser

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As of this writing, I’ve spent six months in the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Axonius , a rapidly growing technology company. Our IT infrastructure is consistent zero-trust architecture principles , so it made sense to treat identity as the focal point of many security decisions.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2022

In 2022, the same threat actor started spoofing various important entities in South Korea, including KRNIC (Korea Internet Information Center), Korean security vendors such as Ahnlab, cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance, and others. Figure 3 below shows that the decoy content of the document is related to Menlo Security company.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

Imagine a shift away from logging into a “network” to having security seamlessly built into the network, and multi-factor authentication and authorization continuously performed at the application level on the fly — without users typing passwords. The vision being set forth by OMB is ambitious — but vital. What’s in the Strategy?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 29, 2023

However, as with any software component, APIs are also prone to security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers. API security is an ongoing process that demands continual attention and effort from everyone on the development team. For example, weak or predictable passwords make your APIs vulnerable.

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

But naturally, at Carbonite + Webroot, we just wonder how they’ll be used and abused by cybercriminals or if they can be irrevocably lost like the password to a crypto wallet. It seems phishing for users’ passwords to the sites used to buy and sell NFTs is the main method of compromise. Non- what token?

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What happens when several risks carry the same “medium” tag, leaving decision-makers pondering where to focus their attention and allocate precious resources? This involves conducting vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and analyzing historical data on security incidents.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 20, 2021

websites are now using HTTPS with TLS for encryption, for example, while cryptographic methods are commonly used for file and message integrity checks, such as application/patch installers that integrity-check themselves before proceeding, and password hashing. Policy title , big and bold to stand out.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 16, 2024

Beyond being a set of security protocols, data loss prevention policies are a strategic approach that involves identifying, monitoring, and protecting sensitive data throughout its lifecycle. This nuanced approach enhances security without impeding essential healthcare workflows.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

Figure 2: password required to view and modify macros on document. The first peculiarity of the malicious document is the protected macro, in fact, when the user tries to read it immediately shows a message box asking for password. Figure 4: Payload stored in “Company” tag of document metadata. Assembly.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

Security expert Marco Ramilli has analyzed the recently leaked APT34 hacking tool tracked as Jason – Exchange Mail BF. Username and password list can be selected (included in the distributed ZIP file) and threads number should be provided in order to optimize the attack balance. Jason Project GUI. WebService.dll assemply version.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 21, 2018

Transparency has been a huge part of that effort and I've always written and spoken candidly about my thought processes, how I handle data and very often, the mechanics of how I've built the service (have a scroll through the HIBP tag on this blog for many examples of each). Breached Sites Have Been Embracing HIBP. in August last year.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2022

Securing applications is not the easiest thing to do. With all these components to secure, building a secure application can seem really daunting. And by studying these common vulnerability types, why they happen, and how to spot them, you can learn to prevent them and secure your application. Take me back to the top.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The very next day I published a blog post about how I made it so fast to search through 154M records and thus began a now 185-post epic where I began detailing the minutiae of how I built this thing, the decisions I made about how to run it and commentary on all sorts of different breaches. Passwords This was never on the cards originally.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Google TAG has recently published a post about a campaign by Lazarus targeting security researchers. It’s unknown how the attackers were able to obtain the credentials for that account, but it’s possible the credentials were saved in one of the infected system’s browser password managers. Encryption routine.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

This blog was jointly written with Santiago Cortes. According to these blogs, at least 10 companies may have been impacted by these ransomware campaigns in the first two weeks of February. Blog BotenaGo. ‘psexec.exe -accepteula {Target} -u {user} -p {password} -s -d -f -c {payload}.exe Executive summary.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Both during this week and over previous years, there's been various headlines calling the security posture of Aadhaar into question and the Indian government has been vehemently refuting any suggestion that the system isn't top notch. Security /= George blocking — Vatsalya Goel (@vatsalyagoel) January 9, 2018.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hasherezade. In this blog we will take a look at AvosLocker a solid, yet not too fancy new ransomware family that has already claimed several victims. Yet, it is easy to reveal the used function names with the help of tracing and tagging. The ransomware encrypts all attached drives.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

ENTITY file SYSTEM "file:////etc/shadow" > ]> <example>&file;</example> The “/etc/shadow” file stores usernames and their encrypted passwords on Unix systems. dbf.setFeature("[link] false); XInclude is a special XML feature that builds a separate XML document from a tag. DOCTYPE example [ <!ENTITY

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SecureList

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In this blog, we describe two separate incidents. It also takes advantage of the Custom Security Support Provider by registering the created file path to the end of the existing registry value. Extracting infected host information, including password hashes, from the registry sam dump.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

This blog post was authored by Hasherezade. In this blog we will take a look at AvosLocker a solid, yet not too fancy new ransomware family that has already claimed several victims. Yet, it is easy to reveal the used function names with the help of tracing and tagging. The ransomware encrypts all attached drives.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Last June, Google’s TAG team released a blog post documenting attacks on Italian and Kazakh users that they attribute to RCS Lab, an Italian offensive software vendor. Verdict: prediction fulfilled ✅ Explosion of attacks against cloud security and outsourced services. No other country followed suit.

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