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Announcing Duo’s Vision to Streamline Authentication & Enhance User Experience

Duo's Security Blog

During the workday, on the other hand, I spend a lot of time talking to systems administrators, security operations analysts, and IT professionals who do love MFA. They’ve seen it drive down incidents and help desk tickets, reduce their risks, and make compliance programs a lot easier.

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Understanding Brute Force Attacks: The Persistent Threat in Cybersecurity

Webroot

While RDP is a powerful tool for remote administration and support, it has also become a favored vector for brute force attacks for several reasons: Widespread use: RDP is commonly used in businesses to enable remote work and system administration.

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Brute Force attack launched by Russia APT28 using Kubernetes

CyberSecurity Insiders

It is found hacking databases through brute force attacks or password spray via TOR and VPN servers. And then is seen accessing the entire network through stolen credentials and sometimes exploiting vulnerabilities in targeting systems.

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Critical vulnerabilities in Philips Vue PACS devices could allow remote takeover

SC Magazine

Philips recently disclosed 15 critical vulnerabilities and provided patches or workarounds to remediate the risk. If remote access is required to the vulnerable Vue PACS, secure methods should be required to do so, such as a virtual private network (VPN). A physician reviews medical images with the Philips Image Viewer for Vue PACS.

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Managed or Unmanaged Device? Duo’s Device Trust Has You Covered

Duo's Security Blog

In today’s world of hybrid and remote work, administrators must not only verify the user’s identity but also verify the posture of the device before granting access to minimize the risk of unauthorized access. And certain VPN clients or remote access agents perform posture checks to enforce device-based access policies.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 28, 2023 – Windows, Ivanti, Adobe Hit By Flaws

eSecurity Planet

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. They shouldn’t be connected to any networks because of the risk they still pose, despite attempted patches. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows.

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Defending Against Misconfigured MFA & PrintNightmare Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

They then authenticated to the victim’s VPN to initiate a remote desktop protocol (RDP) connection to the domain controllers. Applying the patches does not eliminate all risks but not doing so would be a significant risk. When possible, implement multi-factor authentication on all VPN connections.

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