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Can We Stop Pretending SMS Is Secure Now?

Krebs on Security

SMS text messages were already the weakest link securing just about anything online, mainly because there are tens of thousands of employees at mobile stores who can be tricked or bribed into swapping control over a mobile phone number to someone else. “And the ‘fix’ put in seems to be temporary in nature.”

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ROUNDTABLE: Why T-Mobile’s latest huge data breach could fuel attacks directed at mobile devices

The Last Watchdog

Here’s what they had to say, edited for clarity and length: Allie Mellen , analyst, Forrester. Instead of addressing the security gaps that have plagued T-Mobile for years, they are offering their customers temporary identity protection when breaches happen, as if to say, ‘This is the best we can do.’. Josh Shaul, CEO, Allure Security.

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Vulnerability Management Policy Template

eSecurity Planet

Overview Security vulnerabilities enable attackers to compromise a resource or data. Vulnerabilities occur through product defects, misconfigurations, or gaps in security and IT systems. Vulnerabilities consist of two categories: unplanned and planned. Policy defines what MUST be done, not HOW it must be done. Download 1.

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Kali Linux Penetration Testing Tutorial: Step-By-Step Process

eSecurity Planet

It remains to be seen if Kali Purple will do for defensive open source security tools what Kali Linux has done for open source pentesting, but the addition of more than 100 open source tools for SIEM , incident response , intrusion detection and more should raise the profile of those defensive tools. What’s new in Kali 2023.1?

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What We Can Learn from the Capital One Hack

Krebs on Security

What follows is based on interviews with almost a dozen security experts, including one who is privy to details about the ongoing breach investigation. Because this incident deals with somewhat jargon-laced and esoteric concepts, much of what is described below has been dramatically simplified.

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Why API Security Is Everywhere (Except Where You Need It)

ForAllSecure

In this blog post, we'll explore why API security is so important, and how you can make sure you're doing it right. This includes rigorous authentication procedures, regular vulnerability scanning, and refined access control for customer data. There are too many ways to define what “API security” is.

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Threat Model Thursday: 5G Infrastructure

Adam Shostack

The US Government’s lead cybersecurity agencies (CISA, NSA, and ODNI) have released an interesting report, Potential Threat Vectors To 5G Infrastructure. Press release ), and I wanted to use this for a Threat Model Thursday, where we take a respectful look at threat modeling work products to see what we can learn.