Data Breach Today

JUNE 17, 2022

Okta's Sean Frazier on Securing the Supply Chain, Software Development Life Cycle Interest in passwordless authentication architecture continues to grow among U.S. government agencies and departments as they embrace more modern approaches to identity and access management, says Sean Frazier, federal chief security officer at Okta.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

Related: Satya Nadella calls for facial recognition regulations Historically, this relationship has been effective from both the user experience and host perspectives; passwords unlocked a world of possibilities, acted as an effective security measure, and were simple to remember. The next big thing is passwordless authentication.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Perhaps not coincidently, it comes at a time when enterprises have begun adopting passwordless authentication systems in mission-critical parts of their internal operations. Excising passwords as the security linchpin to digital services is long, long overdue. Security + efficiency. Here are a few takeaways.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2024

The three flaws fixed are: CVE-2024-21899 : an improper authentication vulnerability could allow users to compromise the security of the system via a network. CVE-2024-21900 : an injection vulnerability could allow authenticated users to execute commands via a network.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 2, 2024

Forrester's Sandy Carielli Shares Highlights From API Security Report Forrester analyst Sandy Carielli highlights key API security aspects in Forrester's report titled The Eight Components of API Security," which covers governance, discovery, testing, authentication and protection from API breaches as many organizations are grappling with the maturity (..)

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Moving From AFDS to Avoid 'Golden SAML' Wasn't A Cure-All A post-SolarWinds move away from Active Directory Federation Services to Azure AD - now known as Entra ID - didn't necessarily stop hackers from forging single sign on authentication messages, warn security researchers from Semperis, who unveiled an attack they dub "Silver SAML."

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

Payments Expert Troy Leach Joins the Panel to Cover AI, Zero Trust and IoT Security In the latest weekly update, Troy Leach, CSO at Cloud Security Alliance, joins three editors at ISMG to discuss important cybersecurity issues, including how generative AI is enhancing multi-cloud security, AI's influence on authentication processes, and the state of (..)

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Twitter is having intermittent problems with its two-factor authentication system: Not all users are having problems receiving SMS authentication codes, and those who rely on an authenticator app or physical authentication token to secure their Twitter account may not have reason to test the mechanism.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Security & ease of use: It is one thing for non-healthcare entities to debate these merits of new authentication in solutions. Tom Scontras of Yubico talks about how healthcare approaches authentication. But in healthcare, where the decisions directly impact patient safety, the stakes are critical.

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HID Global

JANUARY 16, 2024

Adopt secure print management practices to protect your data & reduce waste. Utilize RFID readers or biometrics for user authentication on every print job.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This traditional authentication method is challenging to get rid of, mostly because it’s so common. And for businesses, transitioning to new authentication solutions can be expensive and time-consuming. It supports standards that make implementing newer, stronger authentication methods possible for businesses.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Company's Action Follows Similar Move by Google Nest Amazon's Ring is mandating the use of two-factor authentication for all users, a move designed to help stop creepy takeovers of the web-connected home security cameras. A passcode will be sent to a user's email address or by SMS.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 18, 2024

New advancements in generative AI voice cloning come at a time when banks are looking for additional ways to authenticate their customers – and they’re choosing your voice.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple improper authentication bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Apple improper authentication bug, tracked as CVE-2022-48618 , to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

The World Wide Web Consortium today announced a standardization milestone for a new browser capability that helps to streamline user authentication and enhance payment security during Web checkout. W3C will seek additional implementation experience prior to advancing this version of Secure Payment Confirmation to Recommendation.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Signal has had the ability to manually authenticate another account for years. Instead of relying on Apple to verify the other person’s identity using information stored securely on Apple’s servers, you and the other party read a short verification code to each other, either in person or on a phone call.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 20, 2022

How to activate multifactor authentication everywhere. The impact of not having multifactor authentication (MFA) activated for all users is now well known by enterprises. The challenge of multifactor authentication everywhere. Variety of a user’s authentication journey…. Variety of a user’s authentication journey….

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A Study on Usability and Security Perceptions of Risk-based Authentication “: Abstract : Risk-based Authentication (RBA) is an adaptive security measure to strengthen password-based authentication. I’ve blogged about risk-based authentication before. Paper’s website.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 10, 2023

Legacy infusion pumps commonly available for purchase on the secondary market often contain wireless authentication and other sensitive data that the original medical organization owners failed to purge, warned researcher Deral Heiland, citing a recent study conducted by security firm Rapid7.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 15, 2021

Wells Fargo's Sridhar Sidhu on Redefining IAM for Remote Workforce Organizations with largely remote workforces must strengthen their dynamic authentication processes to enhance security, says Sridhar Sidhu, senior vice president and head of the information security services group at Wells Fargo.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 1, 2022

FIDO2 multi-factor authentication systems are not susceptible to these attacks, because they are tied to a physical computer. And even though there are attacks against these two-factor systems, they’re much more secure than not having them at all. If nothing else, they block pretty much all automated attacks.

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HID Global

MARCH 11, 2024

Discover how RFID technology played a role in Italy’ secure ID card system, enhancing access with contactless technology and two-factor authentication by HID.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Experts warn of ongoing credential stuffing and brute-force attacks targeting Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) SSL VPNs. Cisco is aware of attacks conducted by Akira ransomware threat actors targeting Cisco ASA VPNs that are not configured for multi-factor authentication. ” reads a post published by Cisco PSIRT.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2020

Doing authentication well is vital for any company in the throes of digital transformation. Related: Locking down ‘machine identities’ At the moment, companies are being confronted with a two-pronged friction challenge, when it comes to authentication. LW: Can you frame the separate issue of securing service accounts?

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Threat Actors Using Social Engineering, Other Technical Techniques to Circumvent MFA Protections The FBI is warning banks, businesses and other organizations that cybercriminals are using social engineering and other technical techniques to circumvent multifactor authentication security protections.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 4, 2024

Device Bound Session Credentials Tie Authentication Cookies to Specific Computers Google is prototyping a method to stymie hackers who get around multifactor security by stealing authentication cookies from desktops.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I currently have over 450 accounts that use passwords combined with a variety of two-factor authentication methods. Related: How the Fido Alliance enables password-less authentication. Only a dozen or so of my accounts get authenticated via self-hosted services. Scale to come. Sharing protocols.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

VMware disclosed a critical bypass vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director Appliance that can be exploited to bypass login restrictions when authenticating on certain ports. “VMware Cloud Director Appliance contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in case VMware Cloud Director Appliance was upgraded to 10.5

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2022

VMware patched a critical authentication bypass security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31656, impacting local domain users in multiple products. VMware has addressed a critical authentication bypass security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31656, impacting local domain users in multiple products. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is recommending that government agencies and private organizations that use Microsoft’s Exchange cloud email platform migrate users and applications to Modern Auth before Basic Auth is deprecated in October. How to Migrate Exchange Authentication. Click Save. date and time).

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In an interview, Rohas Nagpal, a chief architect at Primechain Technologies, describes how blockchain can be used for authentication and pinpoints areas where blockchain is not the ideal technology. He'll be a featured speaker at ISMG's Security Summit in Mumbai Thursday.

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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. HttpOnly, Secure attribute).

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2019

says it will soon force all Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs) that help companies manage their Office365 accounts to use multi-factor authentication. As it happened, the PCM employee was not using multi-factor authentication. It might be difficult to fathom how this isn’t already mandatory, but Microsoft Corp.

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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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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 1, 2018

What’s interesting about the incident is that it showcases once again why relying on mobile text messages (SMS) for two-factor authentication (2FA) can lull companies and end users into a false sense of security. APP-BASED AUTHENTICATION. SECURITY KEYS.

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