Schneier on Security

AUGUST 6, 2021

” Abstract: A master face is a face image that passes face-based identity-authentication for a large portion of the population. The results we present demonstrate that it is possible to obtain a high coverage of the population (over 40%) with less than 10 master faces, for three leading deep face recognition systems.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 22, 2023

Security researchers recently published a paper detailing an attack they say can be used to bypass smartphone fingerprint authentication. An attack like BrutePrint could present a significant threat to passkeys , an increasingly popular way to replace passwords with authentication methods like fingerprint authentication or face recognition.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 19, 2022

One new tactic hackers have been using is to steal cookies from current or recent web sessions to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Even cloud infrastructures rely on cookies to authenticate their users. Browsers allow users to maintain authentication, remember passwords and autofill forms. How Hackers Steal Cookies.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Logs from the Exchange server showed that the attacker provided username and password authentication like normal but were not challenged for a second factor through Duo. The logs from the Duo authentication server further showed that no attempts had been made to log into the account in question.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. Which are the challenges of user authentication? In the digital age, authentication is paramount to a strong security strategy. User authentication seems easy, but there are inherent challenges to be aware of. User Authentication.

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HID Global

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

With SSO authentication, users present their smartphone or smart card to a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader for a seamless daily access.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Only 33 percent consistently use two-factor authentication (2FA). When it comes to protecting themselves and their devices, few are practicing the basics: •Only 21 percent use email security software. Only 28 percent don’t use repeated passwords•Only 20 percent use a password manager.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2019

Experts at Tenable discovered 15 vulnerabilities in eight wireless presentation systems, including flaws that can be exploited to remotely hack devices. Wireless presentation systems are used to display content on a screen or through several devices, including mobile devices and laptops. ” reads the analysis published by Tenable.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Fast and Safe Protection for 5G Subscriber Privacy and Authentication. The protection and authenticity of subscriber authentication and privacy in 5G networks is equally important to requirements for increased reliability and low latency. 5G RAN and core networks rely heavily on authentication, authorization, and encryption.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 7, 2020

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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The experts at Tenable Research presented the technique on October 7 at DerbyCon 8.0 The most critical of these vulnerabilities is the authenticated RCE, which would allow attackers to potentially gain full system access. “All of these vulnerabilities require authentication (essentially legitimate credentials).

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As technology has evolved, fingers (and palms and irises and faces) have increasingly been used as a means of biometric authentication. The one in storage matches the one provided at the time of authentication. All this compared to simply matching 2 strings as is done with password authentication. That is all.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

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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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. That is true two-factor authentication: Something you have, and something you know (and maybe also even something you are).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2024

The malicious discovered by the researchers is obscured and is present only in the download package. The malicious build interferes with the authentication in sshd through systemd. Under certain conditions, an attacker can compromise sshd authentication and gain unauthorized remote access to the entire system.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2024

According to researchers, the leak revealed an authentication server with login details and information on Liquipedia’s users along with authentication details for Liquipedia admins. Alongside user information, administrator-level details were also present in the “clients” collection.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Perhaps it’s time we finally push for the widespread adoption of two-factor authentication. What is two-factor authentication? This may sound complicated, but anyone with a bank card has been using two-factor authentication for years. Authentication factor examples. Why you should use two-factor authentication.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 5, 2021

Researchers at Black Hat USA explain issues around defending "Golden Secrets" and present an approach to solving the problem.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 20, 2018

Sounds like a really good idea, but Andreas Gutmann points out an application where this could become a vulnerability: when authenticating transactions: Transaction authentication, as opposed to user authentication, is used to attest the correctness of the intention of an action rather than just the identity of a user.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

The malicious discovered by the researchers is obscured and is present only in the download package. The malicious build interferes with the authentication in sshd through systemd. Under certain conditions, an attacker can compromise sshd authentication and gain unauthorized remote access to the entire system.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Matter works much the way website authentication and website traffic encryption gets executed. Support for DMARC To implement BIMI, companies must embrace DMARC , which stands for “domain-based message authentication, reporting and conformance.” It can be cumbersome to set up and so adoption has been sluggish.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 19, 2020

CEOs, CISOs on Authentication, Access and Defending the Hybrid Workforce Business and security leaders accept that a hybrid workforce is the new norm - some staff members based in a central office and many others permanently working at home. But what new cybersecurity demands does this strategy present short-term and into 2021?

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 19, 2023

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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Adam Levin

AUGUST 3, 2018

The hacker or hackers bypassed the site’s 2-Factor Authentication associated with several employees credentialed to access sensitive data and used that access to take email addresses, server logs, and a decade-old database containing logins and passwords. What Happened. Read more here.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2024

The issue also impacts Enterprise Server (GHES), but an authenticated user This vulnerability is also present on GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES). However, a pre-requisite for the exploitation is that an authenticated user with an organization owner role is logged into an account on the GHES instance. and 3.11.3.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Presently, Meduza password stealer supports Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022 and Windows 10/11. Under Christmas tree you can find great gifts such as significant improvements of user interface (panel), modal windows on loading and expansion of data collection objects.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The attackers forged authentication tokens to access user email using an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key. The company pointed out that crash dumps should not include the signing key, but a race condition allowed the key to be present in the crash dump (this issue has been fixed by the company).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2022

Apple , Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. “I worry about forgotten password recovery for cloud accounts.”

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2022

The login page for esp.usdoj.gov (above) suggests that authorized users can access the site using a “Personal Identity Verification” or PIV card , which is a fairly strong form of authentication used government-wide to control access to federal facilities and information systems at each user’s appropriate security level.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The show presenter asked Tobac to target an unsuspecting colleague. They called the employee using an AI-powered app to mimic the voice of the show presenter and asked for her passport number. Tobac used a call spoofing tool to call the employee masquerading as the presenter. It took me about five minutes,” said Tobac.

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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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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Today, there are two major types of common CMS platforms: •The older “traditional” or “monolithic” CMS platforms include a content repository (usually a multimedia database), the administrative console (where content is added and categorized), the presentation system (which makes nice-looking pages), and the search engine. Gierlinger.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

” You’ll find Thales on stand 152, level Daghilev, and don’t miss our workshop at 3pm on October 11th as Didier Espinet, Chief Information Security Officer, Thales DIS and Laini Cultier, IAM expert at Thales will present a session entitled “Trust and Security: The Keys to Success in the Public Cloud”. Our event booth number is H25-C70.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 25, 2023

Countless websites and online services use SMS text messages for both password resets and multi-factor authentication. ” Apparently, these elite cyber risk leaders did not consider the increased attack surface presented by their employees using T-Mobile for wireless service.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But securing the growing population of Internet of Things devices presents unique challenges. Modern enterprise networks are populated by both people and, increasingly, "things." In this thought leadership article, Brian Trzupek, the Senior Vice President of Emerging Markets at DigiCert discusses what is needed for effective IoT security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2023

Researchers devised an attack technique, dubbed BrutePrint Attack, that allows brute-forcing fingerprints on smartphones to bypass authentication. Researchers have devised an attack technique, dubbed BrutePrint, that allows to brute-force fingerprints on smartphones to bypass user authentication. ” continues the report. .

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