IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

One way of reducing the risk of credential stuffing attacks is to implement two-factor authentication where it’s available. His complaint relates to an Apple support page , which explains that “If you already use two-factor authentication, you can no longer turn it off. It’s not available on OkCupid.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

This directory contains the crypto mining module named kswapd0. This component has two main functions: Install a cryptoMiner worker: The main purpose of this elf file is the instantiation of a crypto-mining worker. It is a fork of XMRIG project, one of the most popular software to mine monero crypto values.

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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. See the Top Rootkit Scanners.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another. There, denizens with computer rigs that are built primarily for mining virtual currencies can set to work using those systems to crack passwords.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Humans have used technology to transform their societies from prehistoric times up to the present. Finally, Part 3 will look to the future, will present next steps, and will discuss key takeaways. Blockchain, Provenance, and Authentic Information. Introduction. Customer Data Platforms (CDP). One use case is supply chains.

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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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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

Would you like to know how to protect yourself from the ever-present threat of cybercrime perpetrated by black hat hackers? Antiviruses, especially the modern ones, are so intuitive that some of them will even recognize, in real-time, Trojans present on websites you use. Yes, there are bad and good hackers.

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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. — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 23, 2020 Clearly it was never TP-Link's intention for people to use their plugs in the fashion HA presently is and I'll talk more about why HA does this in the next section of this post.

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ChiefTech

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Attensa is a client of mine, and I live the benefits every day. James, I will send you the presentation I will give a few weeks titled "Using RSS for optimizing Communication in the Enterprise and driving traffic to the Intranet". James, I will send you a presentation that I will give in a few days that an Intranet 2.0

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Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. No authentication was required to read the documents. Image: Linkedin.

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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. Decommissioned data can be presented as a replica of the original application screens, so it maintains familiarity for users, or in a simple tabular format.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. I mean, everybody is shopping for Christmas presents on Amazon.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. I mean, everybody is shopping for Christmas presents on Amazon.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. A report commissioned by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reveals that most big U.S.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 27, 2021

Their goal here is perfectly aligned with mine and, I dare say, with the goals of most people reading this: to protect people from account takeovers by proactively warning them when their password has been compromised. Here's what I'm thinking: There's an authenticated endpoint that'll receive SHA-1 and NTLM hash pairs of passwords.

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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. If data can leak, it will leak.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

No worries — register now and you will receive a link to view the presentation on-demand afterwards. Watch this webinar to find out and earn CPE credit for attending! Date/Time: Wednesday, July 19 @ 2:00 PM (ET) Can't attend live? Save My Spot!

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

" because I had no expectation at all of any of that data being publicly available (note: phone number is optional, I chose to add mine). But fortunately these days many people make use of 2 factor authentication to protect against account takeover attacks where the adversary knows the password. nZNQcqsEYki", Oh wow!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 27, 2022

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. The digitalization of government services and processes make the growing incidence of cyber-attacks a clear and present danger for agencies.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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. So fortunately, we were able to fingerprint it before the authentication. But so we don't try to authenticate with default passwords.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

It's after as much clean-up as I could reasonably do and per the previous paragraph, the source data was presented in a variety of different formats and levels of "cleanliness". people presently use the free notification service and 768k of them are in this breach. Also turn on 2-factor authentication wherever it's available.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.

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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

When I say "kill", that never meant that EV would no longer technically work, but it killed the single thing spruikers of it relied upon - being visually present beside the address bar. Instead, the digicert-secured.com domain is mine. Let's tear it apart bit by bit. That's on the page in the original tweet.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2017

For context, the back story to this is that another British pollie (Damian Green) is presently in hot water for allegedly accessing porn on his gov PC and Nadine is implying it could have been someone else on his PC using his identity. — Nadine Dorries (@NadineDorries) December 2, 2017.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Recent innovations in the attack technology, like the “BlackLotus” UEFI rootkit , have ensured that rootkits are still a very present danger to modern networks and devices. In 2021, Connelly and other researchers presented a new paper outlining an approach to detecting rootkits similar to CloudSkulk. using strong authentication.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 2, 2020

I hope I was a bit more articulate than Richard, but I was someone fronting up and presenting my pride and joy to strangers who I hoped would share the same enthusiasm for it that I did. I built and launched the authenticated API and payment process (I really should have doe this earlier, I'm so happy with it!)

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

I've been involved with a bunch of really poorly implemented "Internet of Things" things in the past that presented serious privacy risks to those who used them. Wearco produces "mining consumables". For example, there was VTech back in 2015 who leaked millions of kids' info after they registered with "smart" tablets.

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