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Twitter to Charge Users for SMS Two-Factor Authentication in Apparent Security Crackdown

IT Governance

In yet another controversial policy move, Twitter announced this week that it’s removing text-based 2FA (two-factor authentication) for non-paying users. It has focused on the costs that Twitter incurs as a result of SMS-based authentication, when the real threat is to users. Twitter has instructed users to remove SMS authentication.

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DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal

Krebs on Security

KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal information on their targets.

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Windows 7 End of Life Presents Hacking Risk, FBI Warns

Adam Levin

Use two-factor authentication where possible. The post Windows 7 End of Life Presents Hacking Risk, FBI Warns appeared first on Adam Levin. Audit network configurations and identify any systems that can’t be updated. Log Remote Desktop Procedure login attempts.

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Chinese cyberspies obtained Microsoft signing key from Windows crash dump due to a mistake

Security Affairs

Microsoft revealed that the Chinese group Storm-0558 stole a signing key used to breach government email accounts from a Windows crash dump. Storm-0558 threat actors focus on government agencies in Western Europe and were observed conducting cyberespionage, data theft, and credential access attacks.

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New EU Strong Customer Authentication Standards: Implications for Payment Service Providers

Data Matters

Under the revised Payment Services Directive (2015/2366) (PSD2), the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Commission were required to develop and adopt regulatory technical standards on strong customer authentication and common and secure open standards of communication. STRONG CUSTOMER AUTHENTICATION. What is SCA?

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Security Analysis of Threema

Schneier on Security

We present seven different attacks against the protocol in three different threat models. As one example, we present a cross-protocol attack which breaks authentication in Threema and which exploits the lack of proper key separation between different sub-protocols. It also said the researchers were overselling their findings.

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Mastering identity security: A primer on FICAM best practices

IBM Big Data Hub

For federal and state governments and agencies, identity is the crux of a robust security implementation. Numerous individuals disclose confidential, personal data to commercial and public entities daily, necessitating that government institutions uphold stringent security measures to protect their assets.