The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

This threat actor figured out how to route requests to legitimate DNS resolvers in such a way that those servers would reflect and amplify responses to the targeted website — more than 50 times, swamping the site. As it now stands, CoAP does not require authentication to reply with a large response to a small request, Shin told me.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Mobile attacks. Other methods.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With all this in mind, let’s take a look at what a scammer does, who they target, and how to spot one trying to pick your metaphorical pockets. Here’s How to Do It Right. Romance scams aren’t as likely to affect businesses so we’ll leave that one for “eSecurity Planet After Dark,” if we ever go there.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 30, 2019

encryption, two-factor authentication and key management) to protect their data from hackers. They can be brought in to test and bypass a company’s defences and rather than taking advantage of any vulnerabilities, these are reported and advised on how to fix them. The common perception is that all hackers are the bad guys.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The partners aim to combine fingerprint and facial data to more effectively authenticate employees in workplace settings. It’s now commonplace for high-resolution video cams to feed endless streams of image data into increasingly intelligent data mining software. The partnering of SureID and Robbie.AI Acohido.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

This blog post survey the attacks techniques that target AI (artificial intelligence) systems and how to protect against them. This post is the fourth, and last, post in a series of four dedicated to providing a concise overview of how to use AI to build robust anti-abuse protections. first post. adversarial examples. this paper.

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Elie

MAY 30, 2018

This blog post survey the attacks techniques that target AI (artificial intelligence) systems and how to protect against them. This post is the fourth, and last, post in a series of four dedicated to providing a concise overview of how to use AI to build robust anti-abuse protections. first post. adversarial examples. this paper.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2018

For years identity management has relied on three factors for authentication: What one knows (passwords). In this blog post, and in one by my colleague Sandy Carielli from Entrust Datacard, we discuss big data analytics and how it is enabling the evolution of new behavior-based authentication for easier and more robust identity management.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken. Wilde: Now, for me the storyline was interesting right so when it was reported I think in late January, it was completely open right like this is right no authentication at all because well we didn't tell anybody about it. Well, it turns out a lot.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken. Wilde: Now, for me the storyline was interesting right so when it was reported I think in late January, it was completely open right like this is right no authentication at all because well we didn't tell anybody about it. Well, it turns out a lot.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Part 3 will discuss how to manage the various DT risks. Blockchain, Provenance, and Authentic Information. From a DT perspective, how can blockchain help manage the content explosion of digital assets, control access rights, validate authentic information, confirm ownership, and so on? One use case is supply chains.

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AIIM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Legacy applications running on older operating systems are often incompatible with modern security and authentication methods, and therefore more vulnerable to security breaches. Importantly, data stored in the ECM system also provides a useful source of historical information that can be mined for business insights using analytics engines.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 27, 2022

How to Accelerate Government Transformation by Reducing Risk, Complexity, and Cost. Gartner reported that 36% plan to increase spending on AI and machine learning , and 85% want to implement data-mining supported by machine learning until 2024. How to Accelerate Government Transformation by Reducing Risk, Complexity, and Cost.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 18, 2019

I highlighted 3 really important attributes at the time of launch: There is no authentication. In the end, the path forward was clear - the API would need to be authenticated. The New Model: Authenticated Requests I held back on this for a long time because adding auth to the API adds a barrier to entry. There is no cost.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Yeah, me either, because most of mine are probably like yours: the simplest electrical devices in the house. Ubiquiti has a good writeup of how to do this and in the first version of my UniFi network, that's precisely how things were configured. Also check out how to configure interVLAN routing.) But there were problems.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

There also appears to be some confusion over how to best protect critical data. Look at how frequently we hear about AWS S3 buckets left out in the clear with sensitive information for hackers to mine. There’s also the issue with keeping control of keys in the cloud.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2020

Related: A ‘homomorphic-like’ encryption solution We know very well how to encrypt data in transit. And we’ve mastered how to encrypt — and decrypt — data at rest. PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. So how, exactly, does MPC improve the use of PKI?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

They’re also useful for background checks, data analytics, and data mining. Through this platform, companies can also implement a number of cybersecurity measures including multi-factor authentication , biometrics, and device binding to better protect their employees and their data.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2021

The 33-year-old Amazon Web Services (AWS) software engineer was also accused of stealing cloud computer power on Capital One’s account to “mine” cryptocurrency for her own benefit, a practice known as “cryptojacking.”. And it would be a good guess that the authentication and authorization components are probably not fully vetted either.”.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

Enable two-factor authentication (2FA): Enable 2FA wherever possible since it adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second verification step, which is often transmitted to your mobile device or an authenticator app, such as the FNB Apps for FNB customers. Thanks for your email. I wish every rep.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

And they said that they really had no idea how to deal with and classify, you know, a package with over, 1000 pieces of or 1000 vulnerabilities. Ahmadi: If I were to attack, one thing I would probably do, going into the hacker mind for a minute, is I would try to figure out, not only how to attack the system. We let our guard down.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

And they said that they really had no idea how to deal with and classify, you know, a package with over, 1000 pieces of or 1000 vulnerabilities. Ahmadi: If I were to attack, one thing I would probably do, going into the hacker mind for a minute, is I would try to figure out, not only how to attack the system. We let our guard down.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

DevOps has decentralized the creation and delivery of smart applications that can mine humongous data sets to create cool new user experiences. With DevOps and API advances steamrolling forward, no one has thought to establish the practice of requiring passwords to authenticate users at the API level. I’ll keep watch.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 20, 2020

It is highly unlikely that Biden or Obama run their Twitter accounts – they have operatives to do that, so probably not much private gold to be mined at that level. Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West,) ensuring two-factor/multi-factor authentication is enabled to protect their Twitter feed is crucial. Work from home — #wfh.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 27, 2021

I had no idea how to manage an open source project, establish the licencing model, coordinate where the community invests effort, take contributions, redesign the release process and all sorts of other things I'm sure I haven't even thought of yet. It's wins all round.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2022

Despite this spectrum of possible implementations, IT professionals should already have a reasonable understanding of how to secure the typical SaaS solution or the bare-metal data center. Also read: How to Create an Incident Response Plan. Authorization involves how to control access based upon data categorization.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

This article will walk you through the various types of malware, how to identify and prevent a malware attack, and how to mitigate the risks. From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. What is Malware .

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 15, 2019

” David said Truglia initially explained his wealth by saying he’d made the money by mining cryptocurrencies , but that Truglia later would admit he stole the funds. . “One had over $40 million in cash value of various cryptos, and the other one had over $20 million cash value of various cryptos.”

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 29, 2018

The environment that I see is one which is probably good for lawyers, because at least at firms like mine, companies are coming to us saying they really haven’t grappled with the disposition of legacy data. Where are mining operations? Who’s doing the mining? Who’s doing the mining? How do the algorithms work?

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

One way to be good to the community is to have a banner that states what you're doing and how to file a abuse request. So perhaps Bitcoin mining Well, cryptocurrency mining was in their mind. Léveillé: So in the case of Kobalos, there was a password that was required to authenticate.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

Wearco produces "mining consumables". Obviously you want to remove the risk ASAP, but you also want to make sure that information about how to exploit it isn't made public beforehand. And 90%+ of the time, they're more technically adept than their parents and will know how to hide it and circumvent the parental controls.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The ZeroAccess botnet, discovered in 2011, hit systems hard with fraudulent advertising clicks and Bitcoin mining malware, infecting at least 9 million computers worldwide. How to Defend Yourself Against Rootkits. using strong authentication. Want to Learn About More Malware Incidents? adhering to the least privilege principle.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

So I'll pretend like I'm explaining it to my 10-year-old twins because I know how to do this now. The Secure Gateway requires registration and authentication through an approved device for aftermarket use. The hacker mine is on subreddit, and he even has his own discord channel, go to the hacker mind.com/about.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

So that's where the data has come from, let me talk about how to assess your own personal exposure. I'm conscious that many people reading this won't be using a password manager of any kind in the first place and that's an absolutely pivotal part of how to deal with this incident so I'll come back to that a little later.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 19, 2018

So let's talk about what's changed and indeed what's in the future: a few weeks back I announced that Firefox and 1Password were integrating HIBP searches into their products and the way I built that was with an authenticated Azure Function. I wanted to use that same service to add a new Function that will replace the old in-app one.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

I was especially interested in the new addition on How to Identify Fake Websites and that, dear readers, was the catalyst for this blog post. Can you figure out how to inspect a site's certificate? Yeah, nah. Let's tear it apart bit by bit. That's on the page in the original tweet. Try it on Safari on iOS. Seriously?

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

So I started thinking about other ways to hide messages or even how to get malware onto a system without it being detected. So why don't I do some side look why don't I use these legitimate tools so comes up in loads of applications, you know, kindly low mine hours. Like all the unused files within your operating system?

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