The Last Watchdog

JUNE 18, 2018

They are scrambling to invent and deliver a fresh portfolio of mobile banking services that appeal to millennials. The recent series of strategic moves made by VASCO Data Security underscore this seismic shift in banking services. LW: Can you walk us through how banks have arrived at focusing on mobile services?

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

There's also a greater expectation of support for everything from how to construct an API request to what to do when you keep getting 429 responses because you're (allegedly) making too many requests. And yes, some of these queries are, um, "basic", but they're still things people want support with.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Enpass’ offline password storage and support for third-party cloud services are two feature offerings you won’t find in many other password managers today.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced extended support prices for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), prompting some businesses to reevaluate how they manage their cloud infrastructure and financial operations. For those that missed it, the key takeaway is that EKS extended support will cost 6x what standard support did.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 11, 2024

Microsoft announced today that it would end support for Windows 10 21H2 in June when the Enterprise and Education editions reach the end of service. [.]

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

But new research suggests that while they have improved the quality of their products and services, these nitwits still fail spectacularly at hiding their illegal activities. Whether that HeartSender program was somehow compromised and used to infect the service’s customers is unknown. ” A number of questions, indeed.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The first vulnerability, CVE-2024-22245, is a Kerberos relay vulnerability where a malicious public website can communicate with the Enhanced Authentication Plugin (EAP) and request arbitrary Kerberos service tickets on behalf of the user visiting the malicious site. WebSocket command used to request Kerberos ST’s.

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GlobalSign

MARCH 21, 2024

This blog will look at what premium support offers over standard support, and what those elevated services can do for you.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 30, 2023

Now this is interesting: Thousands of pages of secret documents reveal how Vulkan’s engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support hacking operations, train operatives before attacks on national infrastructure, spread disinformation and control sections of the internet.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2024

The National Police of Ukraine, with the support of Europol, arrested the alleged mastermind behind a sophisticated cryptojacking scheme. The National Police of Ukraine, with the support of Europol, arrested an individual in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on 9 January. million) worth of cryptocurrencies via mining activities. .”

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

The Board reaches this conclusion based on: the cascade of Microsoft’s avoidable errors that allowed this intrusion to succeed; Microsoft’s failure to detect the compromise of its cryptographic crown jewels on its own, relying instead on a customer to reach out to identify anomalies the customer had observed; the Board’s assessment of security practices (..)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Threat actors who breached the Okta customer support system also gained access to files belonging to 134 customers. Threat actors who breached the Okta customer support system in October gained access to files belonging to 134 customers, the company revealed. ” reads the post published by the company. ” continues the post.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 7, 2022

Supporting national governments has been a major cornerstone of Have I Been Pwned for the last 4 years. Visibility into the exposure of government departments in data breaches remains a valuable service I'm glad to see continuing to be taken up by national CERTs.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 27, 2022

Good essay arguing that open-source software is a critical national-security asset and needs to be treated as such: Open source is at least as important to the economy, public services, and national security as proprietary code, but it lacks the same standards and safeguards.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 29, 2024

On February 21, Change Healthcare, a titan in healthcare support services, suffered a devastating cyberattack by the notorious BlackCat/ALPHV group. The healthcare sector has once again found itself at the center of a storm. This incident has sent shockwaves through the U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

According to a study conducted by Microsoft in collaboration with OpenAI, the two companies identified and disrupted operations conducted by five nation-state actors that abused their AI services to carry out their attacks. ” reads the report published by Microsoft. ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The federal government’s top cybersecurity agency wants to become the managed services provider for commercial critical infrastructure entities, which have become an increasing target of cybercriminals. The post CISA to Provide Cybersecurity Services to Critical Infrastructure Entities appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Bleeping Computer

JANUARY 29, 2024

​Today, the FBI warned about courier services being used to collect money and valuables from victims of tech support and government impersonation scams. [.]

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

Greylock McKinnon Associates, a service provider for the Department of Justice, suffered a data breach that exposed data of 341650 people. The company received the information of the impacted individuals in their provision of services to the DOJ in support of that matter. ” continues the notification.

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The Hacker News

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Identity services provider Okta on Friday disclosed a new security incident that allowed unidentified threat actors to leverage stolen credentials to access its support case management system.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 22, 2024

Nevertheless, it’s not a great idea to get too far behind, not only because you may miss out on important security, compatibility, and performance updates, but also because support for older versions ends. If you’re using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), for example, standard support for 1.24 ended January 31, 2024, 1.25

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Today’s ransomware groups act like regular businesses with PR and advertising, escrow services and even customer support, says Cybersixgill. The post How ransomware gangs operate like legitimate businesses appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 14, 2024

Tech support companies Restoro and Reimage will pay $26 million to settle charges that they used scare tactics to trick their customers into paying for unnecessary computer repair services. [.]

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2024

Brokewell malware supports “accessibility logging,” it records any device events such as touches, swipes, displayed information, text input, and opened applications. The malware also supports multiple “ spyware ” functionalities, it can gather device information, call history, geolocation, and record audio.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2024

The INC Ransom extortion group hacked the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland and is threatening to leak three terabytes of alleged stolen data. The INC Ransom extortion gang added the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. “3 terabytes of data will be published soon.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In October, the Cloud identity and access management solutions provider said that threat actors broke into its support case management system and stole authentication data, including cookies and session tokens, that can be abused in future attacks to impersonate valid users. reads the post published by the company.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Okta revealed that threat actors breached its support case management system and stole sensitive data that can be used in future attacks. Okta asks customers to upload an HTTP Archive (HAR) file in order to support them in solving their problems and replicating browser activity.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2024

PSIRT and Talos launched an investigation to support the customer. The experts have yet to identify the initial attack vector, however, they discovered the threat actors exploited two vulnerabilities ( CVE-2024-20353 (denial of service) and CVE-2024-20359 (persistent local code execution)) as zero-days in these attacks.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 15, 2023

The incident involved a third-party support agent whose account has been compromised. The notification warned customers about unauthorized access to the agent’s support ticket queue.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Identity services provider Okta has disclosed that it detected "additional threat actor activity" in connection with the October 2023 breach of its support case management system. All Okta Workforce Identity Cloud (WIC) and Customer

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

Discord disclosed a data breach, the security breach was caused by the compromise of a third-party support agent’s account. The security breach resulted in unauthorized access to a third-party customer service agent’s support ticket queue. ” reads the Discord Incident Notice sent to the impacted users.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2024

.” The Russian center processes data received from satellites and also provides relevant products to more than 50 state entities, including the Ministry of War, the General Staff and the services of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. It is unclear if the cyber operation was supported by the Ukrainian intelligence.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2024

Ivanti addressed four flaws impacting Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways that could lead to code execution and denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Ivanti has released security updates to address four security flaws impacting Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways that could result in code execution and denial-of-service (DoS).

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BH Consulting

APRIL 17, 2024

Delivering cybersecurity testing services, such as but not limited to penetration testing services (including web app, mobile app, and network), vulnerability assessments, phishing campaigns, and red teaming exercises. Working with clients to support the remediate of technical test findings/recommendations.

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InfoWorld on Security

APRIL 16, 2024

Modern software applications are underpinned by a large and growing web of APIs , microservices , and cloud services that must be highly available, fault tolerant, and secure. The underlying networking technology must support all of these requirements, of course, but also explosive growth.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Okta announced that threat actors breached their customer support system and accessed some of their clients` files. use Okta`s identity and access management services. Hackers used stolen credentials to intrude into the system. GitHub, Apple, Hewlett Packard, Zoom, FedEx, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, etc.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Russian intelligence agency Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested two individuals who are suspected of supporting Ukrainian entities to carry out cyberattacks to disrupt Russian critical infrastructure. The two men are facing high treason charges and could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

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