Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Facebook updates its bug bounty program, it is increasing the overall rewards for security flaws that could be exploited to take over accounts. Increasing Bounties for Account Takeover VulnerabilitiesSince 2011, our Bug Bounty program has been among the most… Gepostet von Facebook Bug Bounty am Dienstag, 20. November 2018.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 31, 2024

This feature was rolled out in 2011 to “improve the user experience by making it easier for users to tag photographs with the names of people in the photo.” Therefore, we welcome Facebook’s move away from this kind of broad identification and will closely follow its planned future move toward narrower forms of personal authentication.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. “The targeted accounts are associated with a U.S. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

The security breach was discovered after Mitsubishi Electric staff found a suspicious file on one of the company’s servers, further investigation allowed the company to determine that hack of an employee account. An attempted attack requires user authentication.” SP1 for Windows. ” reported ZDNet.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

contacts, images, and files) from various online accounts associated cloud storage services. Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . Some of the videos were showing how to exfiltrate data (i.e. continues IBM.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

Intezer cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new information-stealing malware, dubbed YTStealer, that was developed to steal authentication cookies from YouTube content creators. “If YTStealer finds authentication cookies for YouTube, it does something interesting though. ” reads the post published by Intezer.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. banks using the Zeus Trojan virus to crack open bank accounts and divert money to Eastern Europe.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The malware utilizes cloud resources for its C2 (command and control) servers, which it accesses via APIs using authentication tokens. As is the case with most hacktivist groups, Head Mare maintains a public account on the X social network, which it uses to post information about some of its victims.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Phosphorus successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and security conference attendees. As always, enabling multi-factor authentication across both business and personal email accounts will successfully thwart most credential harvesting attacks like these.”

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Most recently, the company used phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication for advertising and networking purposes. It's unclear how Facebook measures and assesses its own progress and who might be held accountable for failings. Facebook needs to be both explicit and detailed about how and when it shares user data.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011. . “The emails contained links to fake Google Books pages which redirected to sign-in pages designed to steal credentials and two-factor authentication codes.”

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As a result of collaborative efforts, the VTI Principles serve as a comprehensive set of best practices for VPN providers that bolster consumer confidence and provider accountability, promoting wider VPN adoption and access to the technology’s benefits. Our coalition launched at a significant time in our industry’s history.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

China-linked cyber espionage group APT20 has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in recent attacks, cyber-security firm Fox-IT warns. The APT20 group has been active since at least 2011, but experts did not associate any campaign with this threat actors between 2016 and 2017. “Operation Wocao (??

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 25, 2018

My relationship with 1Password stretches all the way back to 2011 when I came to the realisation that the only secure password is the one you can't remember. There's also a bunch of other ways 1Password can use the data to streamline how users protect their accounts and that's something we're actively discussing.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You probably use the deep web all the time — examples may include bank accounts, your email, and login-restricted content such as news or streaming entertainment. The hidden service gained traction in 2011 and then hit the mainstream when a Gawker article about the site was published. From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

“What Bitcoin was to 2011, NFTs are to 2021.”. A distributed group of devices does the work to vouch for the authenticity of the token the same way it does for a bitcoin. An often used and helpful analogy is to certificates of authenticity (COA) like those used in the art world.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2022

The reputation is well-deserved when you consider that we (the cybersecurity team) tell users to create a unique password for each account to increase security. In 2011, Forrester estimated that each call to the help desk for a password reset costs $70. It depends on what you can use as alternatives for security at the access point.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account. The leak also included the JWT secret key, another type of token, which is usually used for authentication. If attackers had access to this key, they could create an admin account and have privileged access to a website.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2023

released in 2011.” The researchers observed threat actors exploiting the flaw to gain access to the Openfire Plugins interface and creating new admin console user accounts to install a new plugin. The webshell can then be accessed, without authentication, exploiting the traversal. Of those, the most popular version is 3.7.1,released

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Privacy and Passwords: Two-step verification is done by default, but multi-factor authentication (MFA) is recommended. While 2SV is a valuable security measure, it is less robust than multi-factor authentication (MFA). Enabling MFA in the Ring app is recommended for enhanced account protection. Who is Ring? What is SimpliSafe?

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 3, 2021

But if you’re asking me about my first role with a cybersecurity title, that came in 2011, when I was recruited to run the vulnerability management team for a major enterprise. I told them, “Here’s my mission, I need you to help me hold me accountable.”. Every city that I visited, I built groups and met communities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 29, 2023

First observed in 2011, the holiday stresses the importance of having extra copies of data in case of an attack or accident. Control Access Ensuring password security is one of the easiest steps you can take to protect your data, devices, and accounts. Using multi-factor authentication (MFA) when possible is also recommended.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t.

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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 29, 2024

It looks like similar techniques were used on Sir Grayson Perry’s stage show , where information was used to identify members of the audience and query details from their social media accounts live on stage. He has been a speaker on the infosec circuit and was one of the keynotes at the inaugural 44CON London security event in 2011.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

According to the BBC, the data includes: Passport scans of both pupils and parents which date back to 2011. Ensure your RDP points are locked down with a good password and multi-factor authentication. There’s going to be quite a bit of concern for parents and teachers alike, with sensitive data being thrown into the mix.

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NopSec

MAY 17, 2016

The CVSS v2 was updated to the v3 several years ago to account for the changing security requirements, with the CVSS v3.1 Authentication (N, S, M): Does access to the target data require No authentication, Single authentication, or Multiple authentication? being the latest version.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

since at least 2011. back in 2011. 19% of the infections were from India, and the top eight countries affected by Gooligan accounted for more than 50% of the infections. The apparent authenticity of its front explains why some reputable companies ended up being scammed by this group. Android malware. RageAgainstTheCage.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

since at least 2011. back in 2011. 19% of the infections were from India, and the top eight countries affected by Gooligan accounted for more than 50% of the infections. The apparent authenticity of its front explains why some reputable companies ended up being scammed by this group. Android malware. RageAgainstTheCage.

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Google Security

MAY 23, 2023

Chrome Root Program: TL;DR Chrome uses digital certificates (often referred to as “certificates,” “HTTPS certificates,” or “server authentication certificates”) to ensure the connections it makes for its users are secure and private. For example, in 2011 a compromised CA led to a large-scale attack on web users in Iran.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

In 2011, McAfee added to their database security lineup with the acquisition of Sentrigo, which approached database security with an emphasis on privileged user activity and access. For control access, authorization grants users least privilege while the Azure Active Directory manages authentication at the database level.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Bessemer Venture Partners. Sequoia Capital.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That story about the Flashback author was possible because a source had obtained a Web browser authentication cookie for a founding member of a Russian cybercrime forum called BlackSEO. The story on the Flashback author featured redacted screenshots that were taken from Ika’s BlackSEO account (see image above). Kink,” “Mr.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Manual and annoying for a long time, passwords were a key technology, beginning in the early digital age, to protect servers, accounts, and eventually email. Now, it is available to any user with a Microsoft account. Microsoft's model relies on downloading its app for authentication. Except there was a problem. Sebastian P.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

From the first Roomba in 2002 to the first virtual assistant (Siri) in 2011, AI has slowly and steadily penetrated the consumer technology market, often with little comprehension from buyers that artificial intelligence is actually powering the functionality behind their favorite devices.

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NopSec

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The vulnerability traces back to code released in 2011, which is a significant amount of time for a hashing algorithm to find its way into hundreds if not thousands of projects. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this vulnerability make an appearance in future trending CVEs.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Vamosi: In my book from 2011 When Gadgets Betray Us , I profiled a young Czech born streetwise car thief, an unlikely example of a high tech criminal. A proximity authenticate, and CC by forwarding the data from a baseband to the link layer. He's been stealing cars since the age of 11. So rewriting is possible.

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