Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

One of the most severe vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2020-2018 , is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature. This vulnerability does not impact Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. The issue received a CVSSv3.1

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers observed both the Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnets using an exploit for a post-authentication Remote Code Execution vulnerability in legacy Symantec Web Gateways 5.0.2.8. Experts note that the exploit is only effective for authenticated sessions and the affected devices are End of Life (EOL) from 2012.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 26, 2021

Among other things, BIMI requires that marketers implement an email security protocol called Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance ( DMARC ) in its most rigorous form. I first wrote about DMARC shortly after it was launched, with some fanfare, back in 2012. This was the BIMI steering committee.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Presently, Meduza password stealer supports Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022 and Windows 10/11. The product has been originally emerged at XSS underground forum, and later received positive feedback on other well-established communities including Exploit.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2020

The first issue, tracked as CVE-2020-9315 , could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to gain read-only access to any page within the administration console, without authentication, by simply replacing an admin GUI URL for the target page. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0516.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers. The Zerologon vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1472 , is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Immersive Labs principal security engineer Rob Reeves told eSecurity Planet that the attack doesn’t require credentials or authentication in order to execute code on the system. Just because your Exchange Server doesn’t have internet-facing authentication doesn’t mean it’s protected.”

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

Mobile-based authentication has been added to the security armory of both the consumer and the enterprise login credentials. Further attempts at hardening login whilst balancing usability, have seen the advent of biometric authentication methods; all attempt to cope with the infinite “phishability” of the humble password.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2019

“Recently I came across a blog from the ZDI, in which they detail a way to let Exchange authenticate to attackers using NTLM over HTTP. Mollema demonstrated that it’s possible to transfer automatic Windows authentication by connecting a machine on the network to a machine under the control of the attacker.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2020

The hacker group has been targeting Japanese heavy industry, manufacturing and international relations at least since 2012, According to the experts, the group is linked to the People’s Republic of China and is focused on exfiltrating confidential data. An attempted attack requires user authentication.” SP1 for Windows.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

Microsoft has a technology called Active Directory that allows workstations to authenticate with a “domain controller.” Patches that can cause problems include the following: KB5009624 for Server 2012 R2 KB5009595 for Server 2012 R2 KB5009546 for Server 2016 KB5009557 for Server 2019. Libarchive RCE vulnerability.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“It took nearly 11 months (328 days) to identity and contain data breaches resulting from stolen or compromised credentials.” – IBM’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2023 I recently came across a 2012 article from CSO Online , and realized that it has been more than 11 years since the phrase “Identity is the new perimeter” was coined!

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint found that Megatraffer’s ICQ was the contact number for Himba[.]ru

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2019

This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction.” This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction. The flaws affect Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, ” reads the security advisory for the CVE-2019-1181.”An

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. This software uses patented security architecture with 256-bit encryption, plus built-in two factor authentication. Dashlane is a password management software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2021

The three vulnerabilities addressed by the security vendor are: CVE-2021-20021 : Email Security Pre-Authentication Administrative Account Creation: A vulnerability in the SonicWall Email Security version 10.0.9.x CVE-2021-20022 : Email Security Post-Authentication Arbitrary File Creation: SonicWall Email Security version 10.0.9.x

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2022

I reviewed the techniques that Matt Nelson mentioned could be used to coerce authentication from the client push installation account and found that when the “Clear Install Flag” site maintenance task is enabled, SCCM will eventually initiate client push installation if you simply remove the client software from a system. Background.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2022

CVE Number CVE Title Required Action Due Date CVE-2021-32648 October CMS Improper Authentication 2/1/2022 CVE-2021-21315 System Information Library for node.js CVE Number CVE Title Required Action Due Date CVE-2021-32648 October CMS Improper Authentication 2/1/2022 CVE-2021-21315 System Information Library for node.js

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So, if HIBP says your email address was involved in the great big LinkedIn breach of 2012, the Canva breach of 2019, or any other notable episode of credential theft, you know to change your passwords on those systems, and not use them anywhere else. Lastly, use two-factor authentication (2FA) to add a layer of protection to your accounts.

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InfoWorld on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The year was 2012, and a revised security protocol called OAuth 2 swept the web, allowing users to use security providers to easily log in to websites. OAuth is what enables you to “authenticate with Google” or other providers to a completely different website or application. It works like a beer festival.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Forced Authentication [ T1187 ]. Use Alternate Authentication Material. Use Alternate Authentication Material. GPON Router authentication bypass and command injection attempt. Netgear DGN1000 series routers authentication bypass attempt. CVE-2012-0391. CVE-2012-2998. Network Sniffing [ T1040 ].

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2019

Krebs date some cases back to 2012, anyway he did not find an indication that employees have abused access to this data. Consider enabling a security key or two-factor authentication to protect your Facebook account using codes from a third party authentication app. Pick strong and complex passwords for all your accounts.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Spokespersons for MyHeritage and 500px confirmed the authenticity of the data. Journalists pointed out that depending on the specific website there are other information in the archives, including location, personal details, and social media authentication tokens. The data doesn’t include financial information.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2021

The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. This software uses patented security architecture with 256-bit encryption, plus built-in two factor authentication. Dashlane disadvantages: authentication and affordability.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2019

. “Vodafone also identified backdoors in parts of its fixed-access network known as optical service nodes, which are responsible for transporting internet traffic over optical fibers, and other parts called broadband network gateways, which handle subscriber authentication and access to the internet, the people said.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

XakFor has been active since 2012, most of its visitors were Russian-speaking hackers and crooks. Not all the malware were authentic, some of them were cracked versions, while other s were backdoored. .” Unlike other crime forums, XakFor was not hosted on anonymizing networks like Tor and I2P.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents. LinkedIn data breach (2012). Summary: The company was attacked in 2012, when usernames and passwords were posted to a Russian hacker forum.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Palm print-enabled Walther PPK – Skyfall (2012). Starting with one of the more recent instalments of the franchise, biometric technology forms an unlikely ally for Bond in the second act of the 2012 film Skyfall.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

. “In times like these it’s important to make sure you’ve shored up your basic defenses, like using multi-factor authentication, and if you suspect an incident – take it seriously and act quickly.” 2016 – Shamoon 2 spread in the wild.

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Vipre

MAY 5, 2021

You also should consider encryption and strong authentication policies for added protection. Since 2012 when police locker ransomware variants first emerged, ransomware variants have become more sophisticated and destructive. Do you have a patch management policy? Ransomware is a growing criminal activity involving numerous variants.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 9, 2024

In 2012, Keirans fraudulently acquired a copy of Woods’ birth certificate from the state of Kentucky using information he found about Woods’ family on Ancestry.com. He handed a bank employee his real Social Security card and an authentic California Identification card, which matched the information the bank had on file.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 30, 2021

Start with security: Make sure you have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. You may also want to check whether your email address or phone numbers are on HaveIBeenPwned (LinkedIn suffered a genuine breach in 2012, and over 100 million passwords were stolen). Don’t know what HaveIBeenPwned is?

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Kali Linux

JANUARY 13, 2014

One such recent addition is the version of FreeRDP, which allows a penetration tester to use a password hash instead of a plain text password for authentication to the remote desktop service in Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1. Again, keep in mind that this only works on Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1. RDP security improvements.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2019

The CVE-2019-0808 resides in the Win32k component, it could be exploited by an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. The issue could be exploited by an authenticated attacker to run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.

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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. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. a16z Investments. Bessemer Venture Partners. Greylock Partners.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Note that NTLM was designed to perform authentication based on the challenge/response-based authentication system in which a client sends the plaintext username to the domain controller. If the data matches, then the client is allowed to authenticate. Identifying if devices and applications still use NTLM version 1.0

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 1, 2024

When either on-premise or cloud-based Active Directory domain controllers process Kerberos authentication requests, the leak causes the LSASS process to stop responding and the domain controller will unexpectedly restart. Oglio tracks vulnerability CVE-2023-48022 , rated CVSS 9.8 (out out of 10), and calls it Shadow Ray.

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