Data Breach Today

MARCH 27, 2024

Attackers are meeting the rise of multifactor authentication by using tools such as Tycoon 2FA.

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KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Inadequate authentication measures leave your digital identity vulnerable to cybercriminals. Tools like multi-factor authentication, biometrics, passwords, PINs and tokens are more vulnerable to attacks and social engineering than you realize.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 28, 2019

Fraud schemes have migrated in recent years, exposing inherent vulnerabilities in how most organizations authenticate users. Diego Szteinhendler of Mastercard outlines new strategies and tools for evolving authentication practices beyond solely payments security.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Trusona's Kevin Goldman on Why People Work Around Security Tools That Aren't Usable Security practitioners are putting cognitive psychology and customer experience at the forefront of new product development in a push for usability, says Trusona's Kevin Goldman.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

This has given rise to a large number of open source security tools. However, the tools themselves vary considerably in scope, sophistication, and function. The editors of eSecurity Planet find the following 20 open source security tools to be particularly useful. The Best Open Source Security Tools. WhiteSource.

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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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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. Yubico also includes a running list of sites that currently support keys for authentication.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 24, 2022

The Russia-backed Nobelium APT has pioneered a post-exploitation tool allowing attackers to authenticate as any user.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

ConnectWise warns of the following two critical vulnerabilities in its ScreenConnect remote desktop access product: CWE-288 Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel (CVSS score 10) CWE-22 Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (“path traversal”) (CVSS score 8.4)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

The MASQ tool could be used by attackers to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls. Such activity is not limited to just payments – bad actors are also abusing social media and e-mail accounts using such tools. The tool is available for $130 and each new device fingerprint starts from $1.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

The use of an additional form of authentication to protect the accessing of a sensitive digital system has come a long way over the past decade and a half. An Israeli start-up, Silverfort , is seeking to make a great leap forward in the state-of-the-art of authentication systems. LW: Let’s come back to ‘adaptive authentication.’

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability could be exploited by remote attackers to Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLCs). “Additionally, this vulnerability could enable an unauthorized third-party tool to alter the controller’s configuration and/or application code.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 10, 2023

Phishing Kit Primarily Used in Attacks Against Employees of Fortune 500 Companies Threat actors are taking control of cloud-based Microsoft 365 accounts of C-suite executives using a multi-factor authentication phishing tool.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 11, 2023

Phishing Kit Primarily Used in Attacks Against Employees of Fortune 500 Companies Threat actors are taking control of cloud-based Microsoft 365 accounts of C-suite executives using a multi-factor authentication phishing tool.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. Further reading: Best Ransomware Removal Tools. Best Antivirus Software for 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

However, smaller companies rarely have the IT talent, tools, or budget to prevent such attacks. Poorly implemented authentication can also lead to network breaches and compliance headaches. That’s where the tool comes in — it helps manage all those connections.” Each connection needs to be authenticated and privileges enforced.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 6, 2018

OneSpan's David Vergara on the Combined Power of Legacy and Emerging Technologies At the advent of real-time payments, it's more critical than ever for organizations to quickly authenticate users and transactions.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

Passwordless authentication as a default parameter can’t arrive too soon. That’s the upshot of a new report, The State of Passwordless Security 2021 , put out by HYPR , a New York City-based supplier of advanced authentication systems. Related: Top execs call for facial recognition to be regulated. 1 use case is remote access.”.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 30, 2022

Gunn Will Prepare Token's Wearable Authentication Ring for Large-Scale Production Token selected former OneSpan CRO John Gunn as CEO to scale the organization and prepare its wearable authentication ring for large-scale production.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These tools saved 2.5 Microsoft Bot Framework: Microsoft’s offering is a robust platform providing bot development, deployment and management tools. Authentication and authorization vulnerabilities: Weak authentication methods and compromised access tokens can provide unauthorized access. per interaction.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 25, 2022

Department of Justice has indicted a 23-year-old Russian national for operating a cybercriminal marketplace that sold thousands of stolen login credentials, PII and authentication tools, according to U.S. FBI Puts Russian Carder on the Most Wanted List of Cybercriminals The U.S.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. In an Aug.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 16, 2023

How Automated API Discovery Tools Can Save You Time and Effort Manual API discovery is impossible due to the sheer number of APIs available, their constant changes, poor documentation, different formats and protocols, and different authentication and security requirements.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 16, 2023

Enterprise Secrets Management Explained: Best Practices, Challenges, and Tool Selection madhav Thu, 08/17/2023 - 06:28 Whether hosted in the cloud or on-premises, modern applications and integrations have accelerated the need for digital secrets. The simplest definition of a secret is that of a digital authentication credential.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a tool for detecting potentially malicious activities in Azure/Microsoft 365 environments. The tool was developed to support incident responders and investigate identity and authentication-based attacks. ” reads the post published by CISA. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

Here we’ll discuss how patch management works on Linux, best practices, and the best patch management tools for Linux. There are patch management tools that can help manage all those operating systems and more; we’ll get to those later on. Also read: Patch Management vs Vulnerability Management: What’s the Difference?

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As a tradeoff for enjoying our digital lives, we’ve learned to live with password overload and even tolerate two-factor authentication. I had a chance to discuss this seminal transition with George Avetisov, co-founder and chief executive officer of HYPR , a Manhattan-based supplier of advanced authentication technologies.

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The FBI is warning businesses about a new series of cyberattacks that can circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA). In a Private Industry Notification (PIN), the FBI warned businesses that “cyber actors” had been observed, “circumventing multi-factor authentication through common social engineering and technical attacks.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

Researchers found a critical vulnerability in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager that could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass authentication. The authentication bypass flaw affects HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager (EIM) version 1.21. ” reads the security advisory published. Rated critical, with a CVSS score of 9.8,

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2021

FireEye also released a tool named Azure AD Investigator that could be used by organizations to discover if their organization has been breached by the SolarWinds hackers, tracked by the security firm as UNC2452. . “Dual-use artifacts may be related to threat actor activity, but also may be related to legitimate functionality.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

Nearly half of EDR tools and organizations are vulnerable to Clop ransomware gang tactics, according to tests by a cybersecurity company. Lace Tempest (Storm-0950, overlaps w/ FIN11, TA505) authenticates as the user with the highest privileges to exfiltrate files,” Microsoft notes. Memorial Day holiday.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2022

Researchers shared technical details and proof-of-concept exploit code for the CVE-2022-28219 flaw in Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus tool. out of 10), in the Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus tool. The tool is very attractive to threat actors because of the privileged access they have to Active Directory. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

The site says it sells “cracked” accounts, or those that used passwords which could be easily guessed or enumerated by automated tools. One example is Genesis Market , where customers can search for stolen credentials and authentication cookies from a broad range of popular online destinations.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Even in the cloud era, Microsoft Exchange Server remains a staple business communications tool across the globe. Fortunately, effective tools and wise best practices can help mitigate this this exposure enabling companies to indefinitely leverage Exchange Server as a productive, resilient and secure communications tool.

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