The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

billion work hours in 2023 and helped raise customer satisfaction to 69% for $0.50 Authentication and authorization vulnerabilities: Weak authentication methods and compromised access tokens can provide unauthorized access. This helps them improve their performance over time by gaining data from interactions. per interaction.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 3, 2024

A recent security advisory from Veridium has exposed a series of significant vulnerabilities in their popular VeridiumID authentication platform.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This high-severity vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-22516, allows an authenticated... The post CVE-2023-22516: Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in Atlassian Bamboo appeared first on Penetration Testing. through 9.3.0.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 26, 2023

OFBiz provides a foundation... The post CVE-2023-51467: Apache OFBiz Pre-Authentication RCE Vulnerability appeared first on Penetration Testing. It includes framework components and business applications for ERP, CRM, E-Business/E-Commerce, Supply Chain Management, and Manufacturing Resource Planning.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

According to recent reports, there were over 700 million cyber attacks in 2023 alonea significant rise from the previous year. In 2023, major ransomware incidents targeted healthcare providers, educational institutions, and large corporations. The rise of AI-generated content has made these attacks even more convincing.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It’s time to go back to the basics, and revisit the most common vulnerabilities across attack surfaces according to NetSPI’s 2023 Offensive Security Vision Report. Here are the six spookiest vulnerabilities of 2023 and their tips for remeidation. Here are the six spookiest vulnerabilities of 2023 and their tips for remeidation.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

See the Top Patch and Vulnerability Management tools October 16, 2023 Cisco vulnerability could affect over 40,000 pieces of networking equipment Type of attack: Zero-day vulnerability in IOS XE. and CVE-2023-20273 with a CVSS Score of 7.2. of Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

According to the Thales Data Threat Report, Healthcare and Life Sciences Edition , in 2023, among healthcare and life sciences respondents, human error (76%) is the leading reported cause of cloud data breaches, well ahead of a lack of MFA, the second highest, at 11%.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

VMware has recently disclosed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting VMware Cloud Director Appliance deployments. This vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-34060 and assigned a CVSS score of 9.8 This vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-34060 and assigned a CVSS score of 9.8

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2023

They monitor API traffic, detect anomalies, enforce policies, and provide security measures such as authentication, authorization, and encryption. Security Features : The tool should provide comprehensive security features such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and threat detection.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

It offers a wide range of security testing capabilities, including code scanning, vulnerability assessment , and penetration testing. Authentication: Ensures that users or entities are verified and granted appropriate access based on their identity.

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Identified as CVE-2023-21746, Microsoft Windows could allow a local authenticated attacker... The post PoC Exploit for Windows NTLM Privilege Escalation Flaw (CVE-2023-21746) Published appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

With the recent surge in critical vulnerabilities, organizations should regularly update and patch software, and perform routine vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. It’s triggered by contributions to build system projects and tricks the system into running test code in a live environment.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

An old Microsoft Windows spooler flaw is added to the CISA KEV list, and the Cactus Ransomware gang currently pursues unfixed Qlik Sense servers with a vulnerability patched in September 2023. Only after additional testing in May 2023 did Brocade accept the vulnerabilities existed, but did not issue patches until December 2023.

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NetSpi Technical

JANUARY 18, 2024

Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) is a common two-factor authentication (2FA) mechanism used across the internet. During authentication, the secret is used in combination with the time in a cryptographic hash function to produce a secure 6-digit passcode. Would the app still let me authenticate?

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 14, 2024

Once applied to another resource, it allows the resource to utilize the associated Entra ID identity to authenticate and gain access to other Azure resources. The last item on that list (Deployment Scripts) is a more recent addition (2023). During an Azure penetration test, we don’t often need to follow that exact scenario.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2024

arrives in phases, with the first set of mandatory requirements around multi-factor authentication, penetration testing, and password security taking effect on March 31st. March 31, 2024: First compliance phase for PCI DSS v4.0 Hold onto your credit cards! The highly-anticipated PCI DSS v4.0

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

For more information on Vulnerability Scanning Options see: What is Vulnerability Scanning & How Does It Work?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 16, 2024

The security researchers at Oligo Security discovered CVE-2023-48022 , dubbed ShadowRay , which notes that Ray fails to apply authorization in the Jobs API. A healthy dose of cynicism needs to be applied to the process to motivate tracking the authenticity, validity, and appropriate use of AI-influencing data.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 27, 2025

Our research reveals 2024 saw a 22% increase in attack speed compared to 2023, with the fastest incident achieving lateral movement in just 27 minutes. AI-Enhanced Pentesting Tools: Threat actors are using AI to boost the capabilities of penetration testing (pentesting) tools, allowing them to identify flaws in victim systems faster.

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 11, 2024

In 2023 NetSPI discovered that Microsoft Outlook was vulnerable to authenticated remote code execution (RCE) via synced form objects. This blog will cover how we discovered CVE-2024-21378 and weaponized it by modifying Ruler , an Outlook penetration testing tool published by SensePost.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Table of Contents Toggle Recent Healthcare Attacks & Breaches 5 Key Cybersecurity Management Lessons to Learn Bottom Line: Learn Healthcare’s Lessons Before Suffering Pain Recent Healthcare Attacks & Breaches Large breaches affected over 88 million individuals in the USA in 2023, a 60% increase from 2022. Ascension lost $2.66

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

In April 2023, Bleeping Computer and other tech outlets like TechRadar began circulating reports of cybercriminals successfully hacking WordPress websites. As of May 2023, an official CVE designation is still pending. CVSS score (High), giving WordPress administrators and cybersecurity teams much to fret over. cdn.statisticline[.]com/scripts/sway.js

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 22, 2023

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Implement MFA wherever possible, especially for systems and platforms containing PII. External Assessments and Penetration Testing: Regularly engage with third-party security experts to conduct external assessments and penetration testing.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access controls are your best friends here. The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) investigated and, in November 2023, announced a $1 million penalty against First American for violations of its Cybersecurity Regulation.

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Appknox

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

million caused by broken authentication. In 2022, Twitter suffered a massive data breach, which exposed the personal data of 5.4 Threat actors exploited Twitter's API vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to users' sensitive personal data.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Fundamentals of API Security API security includes a range of tactics such as strict authentication and authorization methods, data encryption technologies, and strong access controls. Prevention: Implement appropriate API access restrictions and authentication. How OAuth Works OAuth is primarily focused on authorization.

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NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As we were preparing our slides and tools for our DEF CON Cloud Village Talk ( What the Function: A Deep Dive into Azure Function App Security ), Thomas Elling and I stumbled onto an extension of some existing research that we disclosed on the NetSPI blog in March of 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

Testing must be performed to verify that resources have been installed, configured, integrated, and secured without error or gap in security. Active Vulnerability Detection Vulnerability scans and penetration testing will be performed [quarterly] and after significant changes to resources to test for unknown vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

Burp Suite Professional provides manual penetration testing capabilities and the Burp Suite Enterprise Edition provides automated dynamic web vulnerability scanning. The Burp Suite Community Edition and Dastardly web application scanners provide free, but feature-limited tools to help developers get started.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Potential threats: Conduct risk assessments, vulnerability scans, and penetration testing to evaluate potential threats and weaknesses. Employ Authentication Methods for All Users & Devices A zero trust approach rejects any sort of inherent trust and requires continual verification of all users and devices.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Authentication Users are responsible for implementing robust authentication mechanisms for access to the infrastructure. Users manage authentication within their applications, relying on the PaaS provider for identity verification. Also read: 13 Cloud Security Best Practices & Tips for 2023 What Is PaaS Security?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

According to the Thales Data Threat Report, Healthcare and Life Sciences Edition , in 2023, among healthcare and life sciences respondents, human error (76%) is the leading reported cause of cloud data breaches, well ahead of a lack of MFA, the second highest, at 11%.

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NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This vulnerability enables unauthorized access to sensitive data, authentication bypass, and application logic interference. 500 Internal Server Error Connection: close Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 05:54:53 GMT Server: Kestrel Content-Length: 5157 System.Xml.XPath.XPathException: This is an unclosed string.

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NetSpi Technical

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Once you’ve authenticated to the node, you will have full access to generate tokens and access files on the host. The issue was initially submitted in June of 2023 as an information disclosure issue. Given the low priority of the issue, we followed up in October of 2023.

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