The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2022

We all rely on passwords. For better or worse, we will continue to use passwords to access our computing devices and digital services for years to come. Related : The coming of password-less access. Passwords were static to begin with. They have since been modified in two directions: biometrics and dynamic passwords.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Threat actors hacked the home computer of a DevOp engineer, they installed a keylogger as part of a sophisticated cyber attack. Password management software firm LastPass disclosed a “second attack,” a threat actor used data stolen from the August security breach and combined it with information available from a third-party data breach.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Researchers found several vulnerabilities in third-party encryption software that is used by multiple storage devices from major vendors. Researcher Sylvain Pelissier has discovered that the DataVault encryption software made by ENC Security and used by multiple vendors is affected by a couple of key derivation function issues.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

A Nuclear Engineer for the U.S. SecureWorld News just analyzed dozens of pages of court documents to understand this story of the Naval Engineer—an insider—who is accused of going rogue in a high-tech and high-stakes operation. Tools involved digital media, encrypted communication, cryptocurrency, and secret data handoffs.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. LastPass disclosed that criminal hackers had compromised encrypted copies of some password vaults, as well as other personal information.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. This is necessary to make files used by other programs available for encryption. The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2019

If you bank online and choose weak or re-used passwords, there’s a decent chance your account could be pilfered by cyberthieves — even if your bank offers multi-factor authentication as part of its login process. Crooks are constantly probing bank Web sites for customer accounts protected by weak or recycled passwords.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Don’t be afraid of social engineering attacks this Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In the spirit of this year’s theme, we created a parody of the Monster Mash to share social engineering prevention tips far and wide. Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager In 2022, threat actors leaked more than 721 million passwords.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With the release of iOS 16 yesterday, and macOS Ventura next month, Apple fans will be able to use passkeys , its password replacement, for iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Apple's passkey works like a password in that it is built into entry boxes where you put your password. The word "passkey" is not unique to Apple, however.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. This is necessary to make files used by other programs available for encryption. The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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Fox IT

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This blog will be a technical deep-dive into CyberArk credential files and how the credentials stored in these files are encrypted and decrypted. I discovered it was possible to reverse engineer the encryption and key generation algorithms and decrypt the encrypted vault password. Introduction.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

In late October, this author received a tip from Wisconsin-based security firm Hold Security that a file containing a staggering number of internal usernames and passwords for Orvis had been posted to Pastebin. Microsoft Active Directory accounts and passwords. Encryption certificates. 4, and the second Oct. Linux servers.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

"Based on FIDO standards, passkeys are a replacement for passwords that provide faster, easier, and more secure sign-ins to websites and apps across a user’s devices. Unlike passwords, passkeys are always strong and phishing resistant. The FIDO Alliance asserts that passkeys are a replacement for passwords.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

An attacker can use the exploit to access Google services, even after a user’s password reset. The encrypted tokens are decrypted using an encryption key stored in Chrome’s Local State within the UserData directory, similar to the encryption used for storing passwords.” iPhone/15.7.4

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Identity IQ

MAY 15, 2021

Passwords are your first line of defense for protecting your digital identity. As important as they are, however, about 52 percent of people still use the same passwords across multiple accounts and 24 percent use a variation of common passwords that are easy to hack. Hackers employ different strategies to steal your passwords.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Posted by Arnar Birgisson, Software Engineer We are excited to announce passkey support on Android and Chrome for developers to test today, with general availability following later this year. In this post we cover details on how passkeys stored in the Google Password Manager are kept secure.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. Social engineering scams leverage psychological manipulation to deceive individuals and exploit the victims’ trust. This was a 3% increase compared to the previous year.

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Google Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Posted by Arvind Kumar Sugumar, Software Engineer, Android Team With the proliferation of digital services in our lives, it’s more important than ever to make sure our online information remains safe and secure. The prompt can also take you to your Password Manager page , where you can do a comprehensive review of your saved passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. Malware in Encrypted Traffic. A surprising 91.5

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These company-specific Zoom links, which include a permanent user ID number and an embedded passcode, can work indefinitely and expose an organization’s employees, customers or partners to phishing and other social engineering attacks. Image: @Pressmaster on Shutterstock.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The encryption system implemented by popular solid-state drives (SSDs) is affected by critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a local attacker to decrypt data. “We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Ransomware attacks are strategically designed to either encrypt or delete critical data and system files, compelling organisations to meet the attackers’ financial demands. By keeping the encryption key on the infected device, ransomware may gradually encrypt files. With that said…Password Attacks are honestly in the past.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

However, some security keys do not support biometrics, while many authenticators fall back to passwords or passcodes when biometrics fail. WebAuthn-based authenticators use private keys that are not shared publicly and that can be stored securely on tamper-resistant hardware protected with strong encryption.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

According to Gartner , 40% of all help desk calls are related to password resets — and those calls are expensive, with Forrester finding each password reset call costs an organization $70. So it comes as no surprise that most businesses want to improve the productivity of their IT help desks and address the password reset cost problem.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In cases, full disk encryption is a necessary feature. Encrypted data provides an obstacle and a layer of risk mitigation against loss since the data is not easily readable without the right encryption key. Encrypted data involves both data in transit and data at rest. Top Full Disk Encryption Software of 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 14, 2021

Dashlane and 1Password are two of our top picks for password managers in 2021. They offer many similar features, including password generation, automatic form-filling, password analysis, and dark web monitoring. Both tools make it easy for users to create and store passwords and share them safely with other users.

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Anton on Security

APRIL 13, 2023

because of the security of the GCP platform most compromises in the cloud are simply from lack of passwords, poor password strength, reused and leaked credentials, or straightforwardly misconfigured software ” [ A.C. — this make all the jokes about it being ‘so 1980s’ but this is the reality today. You can have fun in the cloud!

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an older but still effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities. Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. Cryptology: Cryptography vs Cryptanalysis.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2023

CircleCI revealed an engineer's laptop was successfully infected with a yet-to-be-named information-stealing Trojan, which was used to steal an engineer's session cookie. Stealing a user's authentication cookie gives an attacker exactly the same access as they'd get if they stole the user's password and logged in.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Password Security: Investigate different password security techniques, such as password hashing algorithms, two-factor authentication (2FA), and biometric authentication. Cryptography: Dive into the world of cryptography, studying symmetric and asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, and cryptographic algorithms.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Rust variant has also been seen using intermittent encryption, one of the emerging tactics that threat actors use today for faster encryption and detection evasion.” ” Upon executing the malware, the Rust binary prompts an error requiring a password to be passed as an argument. ” continues the analysis.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

They generated a custom version of the ransomware, which used the aforementioned account credential to spread across the network and perform malicious activities, such as killing Windows Defender and erasing Windows Event Logs in order to encrypt the data and cover its tracks. In this article, we revisit the LockBit 3.0

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SecureList

AUGUST 25, 2023

Among the most challenging characteristics, we can highlight the following: It supports the usage of encrypted executables with randomly generated passwords. This prevents execution and hinders automatic analysis unless the appropriate password is provided at the command line. Decryptor (EXE) 101: LockBit 3.0

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IT Security Guru

MAY 12, 2024

Implement HTTPS Using HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure) encrypts data transmitted between the user’s browser and the website. Use Strong Passwords and Authentication Ensure that all users, especially administrators, use strong, unique passwords. Data Encryption Encrypt sensitive data both in transit and at rest.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 7, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How to protect your small business from social engineering Microsoft: You're already using the last version of Windows 10 Is it OK to train an AI on your images, without permission? Google Authenticator WILL get end-to-end encryption. Upcoming webinar: Is EDR or MDR better for your business? Eventually.

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