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Username (and password) free login with security keys

Imperial Violet

Most readers of this blog will be familiar with the traditional security key user experience: you register a token with a site then, when logging in, you enter a username and password as normal but are also required to press a security key in order for it to sign a challenge from the website. But those Yubikeys certainly do.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. So in this episode, it's not really a handbook for criminal hackers or want to be terrorists, brother this is a purely academic exercise. Don't use familiar passwords seriously. Why glorify the criminal hackers?

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. There's a smart IoT enabled toothbrush for example, I mean, a toothbrush is a stick with bristles. Vamosi: The book Practical IoT Hacking is full of useful examples. And then there's this other example. In addition to a smart coffee mug.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. There's a smart IoT enabled toothbrush for example, I mean, a toothbrush is a stick with bristles. Vamosi: The book Practical IoT Hacking is full of useful examples. And then there's this other example. In addition to a smart coffee mug.

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Discovery of New Internet of Things (IoT) Based Malware Could Put a New Spin on DDoS Attacks

Data Protection Report

While these Mirai-based attacks were successful in creating extensive outages, the method for gaining control over the IoT devices was relatively straightforward—it relied on using weak or default passwords on these devices. Negotiating/Reviewing Contractual Liability. Further Investigation. Preparing for Potential Litigation or Claims.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

Van Norman: industrial control systems are the systems that every industry is going to use from your manufacturing to your chemical, your food and beverage, your power plants. That's where you know, your water plants come in, that's where your chemicals, your oil and gas, your big manufacturing facilities. Van Norman: Right right.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

For example: On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. NOBELIUM, a group of Russia-based hackers, gained access to multiple enterprises through software code, stolen passwords, compromised on-premises servers, and minted SAML (Security Assertions Markup Language) tokens.