The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2020

Doing authentication well is vital for any company in the throes of digital transformation. Related: Locking down ‘machine identities’ At the moment, companies are being confronted with a two-pronged friction challenge, when it comes to authentication. LW: What obstacles are companies running into with cloud migration?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2021

VMware has addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance. VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21982 , in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance that could be exploited by attackers to bypass authentication. and earlier.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Mandatory multifactor authentication is just the latest in Oracle's commitment to have security built-in by default into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 20, 2022

How to activate multifactor authentication everywhere. The impact of not having multifactor authentication (MFA) activated for all users is now well known by enterprises. The challenge of multifactor authentication everywhere. Variety of a user’s authentication journey…. Variety of a user’s authentication journey….

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Russia-linked APT29 threat actors have switched to targeting cloud services, according to a joint alert issued by the Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies. “As organizations continue to modernize their systems and move to cloud-based infrastructure, the SVR has adapted to these changes in the operating environment.”

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Cloud security builds off of the same IT infrastructure and security stack principles of a local data center. However, a cloud vendor offering provides a pre-packaged solution that absorbs some operational and security responsibilities from the customer. Shared Security Model: Cloud Provider Responsibilities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 20, 2022

Cloud First, Security Second? Cloud solutions were a lifesaver for organizations during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic as employees worked remotely or went hybrid and businesses pivoted their technology strategies to keep operations going. Multi-cloud Adoption Challenges and Complexities. Tue, 06/21/2022 - 05:17.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Threat Actor Used Session Hijacking Technique to Access Files of 134 Okta Customers Days after announcing a security compromise, cloud-based Identity and authentication management provider Okta said that an unknown threat actor accessed files of 134 customers by after an employee signed in to a personal Google profile on the Chrome browser of an Okta-managed (..)

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is recommending that government agencies and private organizations that use Microsoft’s Exchange cloud email platform migrate users and applications to Modern Auth before Basic Auth is deprecated in October. How to Migrate Exchange Authentication. Click Save.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Cloud security is an essential part of today’s cyber security landscape. With hybrid working now the norm, many organisations are relying on Cloud services to access data from home or the office. This might include spotting misconfigured firewalls or physical security threats.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2022

VMware patched a critical authentication bypass security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31656, impacting local domain users in multiple products. VMware has addressed a critical authentication bypass security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31656, impacting local domain users in multiple products. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government (Part 1 of 2) sparsh Tue, 11/28/2023 - 05:20 Bruce Schneier recently blogged : A bunch of networks, including US Government networks , have been hacked by the Chinese. The phrase “ negligent security practices ” is being tossed about—and with good reason.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The NSA has published an advisory outlining how “malicious cyber actors” are “are manipulating trust in federated authentication environments to access protected data in the cloud.” From the summary : Malicious cyberactors are abusing trust in federated authentication environments to access protected data.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Portnox Cloud offers network access control (NAC) as a cloud-hosted SaaS solution that enables rapid deployment of basic NAC capabilities. Although the capabilities are more limited than some NAC competitors, the quick deployment and reduced IT labor costs make Portnox Cloud an attractive solution for many.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 19, 2022

One new tactic hackers have been using is to steal cookies from current or recent web sessions to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Even cloud infrastructures rely on cookies to authenticate their users. Browsers allow users to maintain authentication, remember passwords and autofill forms.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 14, 2022

(“Wegmans”) in connection with a cloud storage security issue. The NYOAG alleges that Wegmans exposed the personal information of three million consumers by storing the data in misconfigured cloud storage containers. In May 2021, Wegmans discovered a second misconfigured cloud storage container.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

Passwordless authentication as a default parameter can’t arrive too soon. That’s the upshot of a new report, The State of Passwordless Security 2021 , put out by HYPR , a New York City-based supplier of advanced authentication systems. Threat actors now routinely bypass these second-layer security gates.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Infrastructure as a service security is a concept that assures the safety of organizations’ data, applications, and networks in the cloud. Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. Which are the challenges of user authentication? In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. User authentication seems easy, but there are inherent challenges to be aware of. User Authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 1, 2018

What’s interesting about the incident is that it showcases once again why relying on mobile text messages (SMS) for two-factor authentication (2FA) can lull companies and end users into a false sense of security. APP-BASED AUTHENTICATION. SECURITY KEYS.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The shift toward cloud-native applications is changing the building blocks of IT. Cloud-native application development and the use of containers and orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes offer undeniable advantages in performance, portability and scale. Identifying all of the “things” (e.g. 509 certificates.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Most Popular Data Security Webinars of 2022: Sovereignty, Cloud Security and Compliance Top the List. Trends in Cloud Security: Key Findings from the 2022 Cloud Security Study. This webinar presents key findings from the 2022 Thales Cloud Security Study. Thu, 01/12/2023 - 05:54.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Microsoft moves ahead with a plan to sunset basic authentication, and other providers are moving — or have moved — to requiring more secure authentication as well. Is your company ready?

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We can and should get the benefits of the cloud while taking security back into our own hands. These ideas, which we’ll refer to in the aggregate as “decoupling,” allow us to rethink both security and privacy. In security this is called Least Privilege. Here we outline a strategy for doing that.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cloud account takeover scheme utilizing EvilProxy hit over 100 top-level executives of global organizations EvilProxy was observed sending 120,000 phishing emails to over a hundred organizations to steal Microsoft 365 accounts. Proofpoint noticed a worrisome surge of successful cloud account compromises in the past five months.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

10 Top Near-Term Security Projects Start With Revisiting Security for Remote Workers Revisiting remote workforce security defenses, simplifying cloud access controls and pursuing risk-based vulnerability management and passwordless authentication are among the 10 security projects that all organizations should consider for this year and next, according (..)

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 17, 2021

In pulling off that milestone hack, Paige Thompson took advantage of CapOne’s lack of focus on cloud security as the banking giant rushed headlong into leveraging Amazon Web Services. A slew of new cloud-security frameworks have gained traction since the Capital One hack. Here are the key takeaways: Cloud migration risks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 17, 2022

Enhance your security posture by detecting risks on authenticator devices. This is especially relevant to an organization’s security posture. Not only are mobile devices used as end points to access corporate mail and other enterprise applications, they are also frequently used as authentication devices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Not All Authentication Methods Are Equally Safe. There is broad recognition by security leaders that stronger authentication is foundational to preventing data breaches. Implementing partial MFA for subsets of users will leave gaps and create security vulnerabilities. Distinct user authentication journeys.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 15, 2022

FIDO - Leading the Zero Trust Passwordless Authentication Evolution. It’s no secret that passwords have become one of the weakest links in enterprise security. Zero Trust approaches are crucial in helping modern organisations achieve better security outcomes. Zero Trust Security. The Role of Passwordless Authentication.

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Dark Reading

JULY 16, 2019

New research shows cloud apps are climbing, SMS authentication is falling, Chrome is the enterprise browser favorite, and Android leads outdated devices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Citrix released security updates to address a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway. Citrix is urging customers to install security updates to address a critical authentication bypass issue, tracked as CVE-2022-27510, in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway. ” concludes the bulletin.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 20, 2022

How to activate multifactor authentication everywhere. The impact of not having multifactor authentication (MFA) activated for all users is now well known by enterprises. The challenge of multifactor authentication everywhere. Variety of a user’s authentication journey…. Variety of a user’s authentication journey….

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The shift toward cloud-native applications is changing the building blocks of IT. Cloud-native application development and the use of containers and orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes offer undeniable advantages in performance, portability and scale. Identifying all of the “things” (e.g. 509 certificates.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 22, 2023

Security researchers recently published a paper detailing an attack they say can be used to bypass smartphone fingerprint authentication. Yiling He of China’s Zhejiang University and Yu Chen of Tencent Security’s Xuanwu Lab are calling the attack BrutePrint , which they say can be used to hijack fingerprint images.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The Wiz Research Team recently discovered a supply chain vulnerability in IBM Cloud that they say is the first to impact a cloud provider’s infrastructure. The security issues were reported to IBM Cloud in late August, and were patched in early September. Network Access to IBM Cloud Build Servers.

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