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Email Provider VFEmail Suffers ‘Catastrophic’ Hack

Krebs on Security

Founded in 2001 and based in Milwaukee, Wisc., VFEmail’s Twitter account responded that “external facing systems, of differing OS’s and remote authentication, in multiple data centers are down.” Strangely, not all VMs shared the same authentication, but all were destroyed. Just attack and destroy.”

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Most commonly used PINs putting smart phones to cyber risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Researchers at ESET recommend mobile phone users to use an alpha-numeric passcode if possible and even set up biometric authentication to access their phone data. This means that hackers can use software to easily guess the passcode and enter the device to steal information.

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SAML: Still Going Strong After Two Decades

eSecurity Planet

These communications on the backend of username and password login processes ensure users get authenticated by the overarching identity manager and authorized to use the given web service(s). Context: Authentication vs. Authorization. Despite the recent prevalence of OAuth and OIDC for authentication and authorization, SAML 2.0

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AI may not Destroy the World, but There are Other Risks

Security Boulevard

Whether it’s Hal refusing to open the pod bay doors in 2001: A Space Odyssey or the wild thought experiment of Roko’s Basilisk—or even way back to (retellings of) Frankenstein’s monster or the ancient legend of the Golem—there’s a fear that our creations will turn against us. For some, AI is the stuff of nightmares.

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How DMARC Can Protect Against Ransomware

eSecurity Planet

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance ( DMARC ) began gaining traction a few years ago as a way to validate the authenticity of emails. DMARC is based on email authentication, and much of the responsibility rests with senders and their DNS text resource records. How DMARC Works to Stop Ransomware.

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Linux Foundation launches software signing service

SC Magazine

A sidewalk depiction of IBM’s Peace, Love, and Linux advertising campaign in 2001. Code signing cryptographically authenticates that software has not been tampered with before installation. Still, the founding members of sigstore believe the project can drastically change the environment for software authentication. “We

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MY TAKE: A path for SMBs to achieve security maturity: start small controlling privileged accounts

The Last Watchdog

Related: How ‘PAM’ improves authentication. Some context about remote desktop controls: Back in 2001, when company networks were assembled around on-premises data centers, Microsoft began including RDC in all versions of Windows. SMBs today face a daunting balancing act.