Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site that exposed approximately 885 million documents — many of them with Social Security and bank account numbers — going back at least 16 years. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 8, 2021

Hardware-based PKI provides strong passwordless authentication. Controlling access is at the heart of any enterprise security environment—making sure only those who have the appropriate permissions can access the data, enter the facilities, print a secure document, etc. Certificate-based and software authentication solutions and OTP.

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eDiscovery Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2021

COVID-19 has transformed the document review process. Traditionally, document review was conducted in person by experts at review centers. Through remote operation, document review has become more flexible than ever. Organizations can also strengthen their security by using multifactor authentication tools. [1].

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 6, 2022

For most APIs, the next step is setting up authentication. After all, without successfully authenticating, Mayhem for API can only test for very superficial problems! Giving the fuzzer a way to authenticate to the target API will enable it to exercise more endpoints and maximize coverage. Basic Authentication.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 16, 2023

How Automated API Discovery Tools Can Save You Time and Effort Manual API discovery is impossible due to the sheer number of APIs available, their constant changes, poor documentation, different formats and protocols, and different authentication and security requirements.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2020

The Indian Government fixed a flaw in the secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially allowed anyone’s access without password. It also provides 1GB storage space to each account to upload scanned copies of legacy documents. Any Indian DigiLocker Account Could’ve Been Accessed Without Password.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

It involves convincing a user to click on a malicious link in an email, which can then steal the user’s password hash and authenticate as the user in another Microsoft service. Adobe has since clarified that its apps won’t use AI to auto-scan your documents, as the original language in its FAQ suggested.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2023

“Gaining access to sensitive and privileged documents, stealing and deleting documents as part of a ransomware attack or replacing real documents with malicious copies to further infect users in the organization.” ” There are at least three other vulnerabilities fixed this month that earned a collective 9.8

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

The authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed, an attacker could impersonate any other citizen. The nightmare comes true, the authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed and a flaw could allow an attacker to allow identity spoofing and changing the date of birth. tax service).

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The FCA is proposing amendments to: the UK onshored versions of EU technical standards on strong customer authentication (SCA) and common and secure methods of communication (UK SCA-RTS); its Approach Document on Payment Services and Electronic Money (Approach Document); and. its Perimeter Guidance Manual (PERG). Safeguarding.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2021

Many online services allow users to reset their passwords by clicking a link sent via SMS, and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto identity documents. While you’re at it, consider removing your phone number as a primary or secondary authentication mechanism wherever possible.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

The stolen data includes source code and developer documents and tools, some documents are labeled as “confidential” or “restricted secret.” ” The hackers shared the documents on the file-sharing site MEGA. ” reported ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The vulnerability affects the way Microsoft applications use OAuth for authentication, these applications trust certain third-party domains and sub-domains that are not registered by Microsoft. You can see more API calls documented here.” ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – OAuth, hacking).

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Info Source

JULY 5, 2018

With 20,000+ global customers, Kofax Capture is by far the biggest Document Scanning solution in the world. Literally 10’s of millions of documents are scanned every day. This enables organizations to prove, beyond any doubt, exactly when a document was scanned and that it has not been changed since. proof of authenticity.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2022

A document published by the Obama administration in May 2016 (PDF) says the DEA’s El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) systems in Texas are available for use by federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement, as well as the Department of Defense and intelligence community. .

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Data Breach Today

MAY 28, 2019

Left Documents on Web Without Authentication First American Mortgage Corp. left what appears to be 16 years of mortgage and financial data on its website open without authentication. First American Mortgage Corp. The data has been taken offline, but it's unclear if it may have been accessed by hackers.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The first is a for authentication: a document has been cut in half with an irregular pattern, so that the two halves can be brought together to prove authenticity. Sonja Drummer describes (with photographs) two medieval security techniques.

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OneHub

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

There are plenty of ways to send documents over the internet. Email passwords and document privacy settings aren’t always enough. If you handle sensitive data, be it your own or that of your clients or business partners, here’s how to send documents securely over the internet. How Are Documents Compromised?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Standard things, like login endpoints, are easy to find since requesting any resource that needs authentication is going to redirect to the login page. Similarly, API spec documents and third-party APIs are great targets as they offer rich data sets. APIs spec documents. Here’s a breakdown of attack targets: Kent.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Customers can access a Salesforce Community website in two ways: Authenticated access (requiring login), and guest user access (no login required). But after being presented with a document including the Social Security number of a health professional in D.C. Akiri said he notified the Washington D.C. ”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The government experts conducted an incident response assessment of the state government organization after its documents were posted on the dark web. Neither of the two administrative accounts had multifactor authentication (MFA) enabled.

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Info Source

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The solution all but eliminates user error during the document scanning process. Updates include Windows Server 2019 support to expand support of non-public cloud environments and three new flatbed accessories to give end users more flexibility to capture a wider variety of documents. ROCHESTER, N.Y.,

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2022

This latest MSDT bug — CVE-2022-34713 — is a remote code execution flaw that requires convincing a target to open a booby-trapped file, such as an Office document. Please consider backing up your system or at least your important documents and data before applying system updates. More details here.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2021

Here’s the story of how bogus reviews on a counterfeit Microsoft Authenticator browser extension exposed dozens of other extensions that siphoned personal and financial data. I’m positive there is more to this network of fraudulent extensions than is documented here. Image: chrome-stats.com. “It’s great!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On February 16th, an account linked to that email uploaded a batch of files including marketing documents, images, screenshots, and a substantial collection of WeChat messages exchanged between I-SOON employees and clients. The alleged data breach revealed the capabilities of the China-linked hacking contractor.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 26, 2024

RATE LIMITS What sanely designed authentication system would send dozens of requests for a password change in the span of a few moments, when the first requests haven’t even been acted on by the user? Parth Patel is an entrepreneur who is trying to build a startup in the cryptocurrency space.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Tom Bowyer , manager of product security at Automox , said exploiting this vulnerability could lead to the disclosure of Net-NTLMv2 hashes , which are used for authentication in Windows environments. ” The other Windows zero-day fixed this month is CVE-2023-36802. . ” The other Windows zero-day fixed this month is CVE-2023-36802.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2021

Machines are dramatically increasing, and require a solution that will identify these identities, authenticate them, and then secure their interactions across the network. Enterprises should implement email and document signing with certificates to accomplish this. Simplify ID management. Know, trust, verify. Keep high standards.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2022

“This allows attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to force domain controllers to authenticate to the attacker using NTLM authentication,” Wiseman said. As always, please consider backing up your system or at least your important documents and data before applying system updates. in certain situations.

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AIIM

MARCH 4, 2021

AIIM's training offers this definition for Capture: Capture is the process of getting records (or documents) that you have created into some sort of information management system, and recording their existence in the system. Note that this can include scanning in, or otherwise digitizing, paper and other physical documents.

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Preservica

JUNE 25, 2019

In particular, I was struck by the keynote from DAM industry analyst Theresa Regli that focused on “Traceability and Trust,” and the importance of brand authenticity. This underpins authenticity by preserving original meaning and context using robust archival metadata and technology to demonstrate provenance. Brand protection.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

” “The actors then convinced the targeted employee that a new VPN link would be sent and required their login, including any 2FA [2-factor authentication] or OTP [one-time passwords]. authenticate the phone call before sensitive information can be discussed.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Threat actors exploited this vulnerability to hijack existing authenticated sessions and bypass multifactor authentication or other strong authentication requirements. The security firm published the CVE-2023-4966 guidance document for remediating and reducing risks related to this flaw. states Mandiant.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 9, 2023

After the attacker has successfully initiated communication with the victim, they provide modified legitimate financial documents or payment instructions for the victim to send money to the attacker-controlled accounts. Attackers may also spoof victim organizations to request payment without first compromising a victim's email account.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Most recent documents in the leaked data are dated back to October 22. Threat actors exploited this vulnerability to hijack existing authenticated sessions and bypass multifactor authentication or other strong authentication requirements. At this time, it’s unclear how threat actors have breached the company.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, your accounting technology should have features that work to protect your data, like internal controls, multi-factor authentication, or an audit trail that documents change to your data. Taurins It’s also essential your business evaluates its technology and keeps it regularly updated to the latest security standards.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

From there, the bad guys can reset the password of any account to which that mobile number is tied, and of course intercept any one-time tokens sent to that number for the purposes of multi-factor authentication. Phone numbers were never designed to be identity documents , but that’s effectively what they’ve become.

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