IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Medibank faced angry questioning during its annual general meeting yesterday as shareholders sought explanations for the organisation’s response to last month’s cyber attack. The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 million current and former customers was compromised.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

BlueCharlie primarily focuses operations on defense and intelligence consulting companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), think tanks, and higher education. Russia-linked APT group BlueCharlie was observed changing its infrastructure in response to recent reports on its activity.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2023

It’s important to educate staff on the significance of data protection, potential security threats and proper handling of sensitive information. Enforce a culture of strong passwords, two-factor authentication and responsible data access practices to foster a security-conscious culture.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The most common algorithms are those patented by RSA Data Security: This algorithm, also called asymmetric key cryptography, provides a pair of keys (a public and private key) associated with an entity that authenticates the identity of the key itself. Hash encryption is used to ensure integrity and authentication. The hash function.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

In addition, cryptocurrency exchange platforms are implementing more stringent security measures, such as two-factor authentication and advanced encryption, to protect users’ funds. Educate and protect users and investors To effectively counter cybercrime, it is essential to understand the nature and techniques used by criminals.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

As the companies face nine federal lawsuits for failing to protect customer data, it’s abundantly clear hackers have checkmated multi-factor authentication (MFA). But the coup de gras was how easily they brushed aside the multi-factor authentication protections. How they steamrolled multi-factor authentication is a reason for pause.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

The company also fixed a high-severity post-authentication command injection issue ( CVE-2023-27991 , CVSS score: 8.8) The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote, authenticated attacker to execute some OS commands. ” reads the advisory published by the vendor. affecting some specific firewall versions. through 5.35.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2023

PaperCut MF/NG contains an improper access control vulnerability within the SetupCompleted class that allows authentication bypass and code execution in the context of system. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A Reddit user with the handle ‘Educational-Map-8145’ published a proof of concept exploit for a zero-day flaw in the Linux client of Atlas VPN. The Reddit user pointed out that the client does not support any authentication mechanism. It does not have ANY authentication.

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AIIM

JUNE 22, 2018

In this article, we will examine how to educate your employees so that a lethal hack does not disrupt your business. The threat of a hack is greater than it ever has been before with technology now reaching all parts of the world and granting access to the internet uniformly. It’s All About Passwords. Keep Updated.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Implement strong password policies and multi-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized access. Navigating new risks Today, heavy reliance on cloud-centric IT infrastructure and cloud-hosted applications has become the norm. This rendered their Exchange databases “dirty,” posing a substantial threat to their data integrity.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2023

US CISA has added Veritas Backup Exec flaws, which were exploited in ransomware attacks, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

It’s important that as consumers are shopping for these smart home devices that they learn to recognize the Matter trademark so that they can make educated decisions.” Matter works much the way website authentication and website traffic encryption gets executed. And it’s exciting that CSA is already working on those specs, as well.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to conduct a brute force attack in an attempt to identify valid username and password combinations or an authenticated, remote attacker to establish a clientless SSL VPN session with an unauthorized user. ” reads the NCSC-FI’s alert. concludes the alert.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

The goal of Data Privacy Week, celebrated between January 24 – 28, is to spread awareness about online privacy and educate citizens on how to manage their personal information and keep it secure. Merely suggesting using multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting everywhere is not enough. Tue, 01/25/2022 - 05:15.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

“As threat actors become increasingly sophisticated and aggressive in their attacks, we are constantly educating employees about new tactics that might be used against them and adopting new security measures to prevent future attacks,” GoDaddy said in a written statement back in 2020. In a filing with the U.S.

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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. Stay educated. Security places a crucial role in your technology. Adequate IT compliance. No one person can prevent cyberattacks alone.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It was a bit shocking that we were able to reach the deserialization sink without any authentication.” Most of these online assets belong to large enterprises, governments and educational institutions.” The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at the cybersecurity firm Assetnote. ” continues Assetnote.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

To try and prevent cyber attacks including ransomware, it is always a good idea to keep systems up-to-date, activate 2FA authentication for access, use reliable antivirus software and always keep your guard up (awareness). Reflecting on the Wannacry ransomware attack, which is the lesson learnt e why most organizations are still ignoring it.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions madhav Wed, 10/18/2023 - 05:25 This month is Cyber Security Awareness Month , highlighting how far security education needs to go in order to enable a secure interconnected world. It's about keeping your data under your home country's control and protection.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to conduct a brute force attack in an attempt to identify valid username and password combinations or an authenticated, remote attacker to establish a clientless SSL VPN session with an unauthorized user. ” reads the NCSC-FI’s alert. concludes the alert.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. Like other ransomware gangs, the group has developed a Linux encryptor to target VMware ESXi servers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. a SQL injection vulnerability has been found in the MOVEit Transfer web application that could allow an un-authenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to MOVEit Transfer’s database.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to conduct a brute force attack in an attempt to identify valid username and password combinations or an authenticated, remote attacker to establish a clientless SSL VPN session with an unauthorized user. ” reads the advisory published by the IT giant.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

Security researchers released PoC exploit code for the critical authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2022-22972 affecting multiple VMware products. VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users.” using CVE-2022-22972.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As well as October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, there are many planned events to help educate on the emerging trends around cybersecurity and privacy. We have two meeting rooms, and our focus is on protecting and securing access to your data through modern and strong authentication solutions. Our event booth number is H25-C70.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This demonstrates a lack of rigorous employee education and training on cybersecurity measures, making employees part of the problem rather than part of the solution. This demonstrates a lack of rigorous employee education and training on cybersecurity measures, making employees part of the problem rather than part of the solution. “IT

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

“A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IND could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device.” An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to inject arbitrary operating system commands or access sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

Most affected organizations are educational institutions such as schools and universities, healthcare facilities including clinics and doctors’ practices, nursing services, legal and tax advisory firms, local governments, and a multitude of medium-sized enterprises. reads the advisory published by Microsoft. In February 2024, the U.S.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 31, 2023

The guide also serves as an educational resource on the latest security technologies. The guide includes sections on risk assessment and management, incident response, authentication and access control, monitoring and logging, encryption, physical security, and more.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

According to the message, there is a huge cash prize for the winner, and to enter, they need to share the link with a friend, who will receive an authentication code to verify that they are real. However, the code is actually part of Facebook’s password reset mechanism. But how is the scammer able to do this?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2022

Not everyone adopts multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure their accounts. Many stick with simple username and password combinations despite the weaknesses of this authentication method. Passwords are the most common method of authentication. Passwordless Authentication 101. The Problem with Passwords. MFA Basics.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Educate staff on the hazards of using the same password across different platforms, and consider the benefits of multifactor authentication. Businesses can bolster security through rigorous authentication procedures and company policies requiring long and complex passwords.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The DigitalOcean storage bucket, containing almost a million sensitive files, was left open to anyone without requiring authentication. Almost a million files with minors’ data, including home addresses and photos were left open to anyone on the internet, posing a threat to children.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

billion Azure AD brute force authentication attacks and detected 35.7 Enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) and passwordless authentication would allow customers to protect their accounts from brute force attacks. billion Azure AD brute force authentication attacks and intercepted 35.7 ” states Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

Below is the list of flaws exploited by the ransomware gang’s affiliate: CVE-2021-27876 : The communication between a client and an Agent requires successful authentication, which is typically completed over a secure TLS communication. It supports multiple authentication schemes: SHA authentication is one of these.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To ward off this digital malice, always verify the identity of callers and consider using call authentication tools when available. Educate yourself about emerging threats and stay updated on security best practices to protect your online presence from this spectral danger. Just like magical amulet guards against dark forces.

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